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  It may not have counted in the record book, but it sure made a positive mark on the faithful.  And on the psyche of the guys in black.

Update (3:50 p.m. Thursday): Classes to Resume Friday at Liberty High School Following Main Break

Water service has been restored and classes at Liberty High School will resume on Friday, August 26, 2011, after a water main break in the City of Bedford forced the school to close this morning.

(Prior Story, Thursday, 10:15 a.m.)

By Congressman Robert Hurt

Making over 30 stops across the 5th District along Route 29 this past week I talked to and met with many Central and Southside Virginians about the pressing issues currently facing our nation.

    In 2000, I had a bumper sticker that said, “No New Texans,” a clear and simple repudiation of the presidential candidacy of George W. Bush.

It was also a sneer at the broken “No new taxes” pledge that Bush’s father had reneged on in the light of fiscal and economic reality. That compromise almost seems quaint now, doesn’t it? Given that most conservative Republicans would rather stomp their grandmothers than raise taxes.