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Manassas Company Ordered to Pay $218K to Fired Worker, Calvin Coolidge and the Number of the Day
1. Today: The Manassas Park Farmers' Market is today from 3 to 7 p.m. in the Manassas Park City Hall Parking Lot.
2. You Said It: “Least productive? Thank goodness.” A reader responding to Congressman Gerry Connolly’s (D-11th) recent comments on the current Congress being least productive in recent history. The reader continued: “As dysfunctional as our Congress is, the less they do, the better for now.”
3. ICYMI: Manassas Jet Company Fights Labor Department Order to Pay $218K to Fired Pilot
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4. Number of the Day: $18,000. That’s how much in gifts Republican gubernatorial candidate Ken Cuccinelli received from Star Scientific CEO Jonnie Williams. Under heavy pressure, Gov. Bob McDonnell is reimbursing Williams for several controversial gifts Williams has given his family. Cuccinelli told reporters Wednesday that he isn’t going to do the same. “There are some bells you can’t unring,” Cuccinelli said.
5. Today…in History: Calvin Coolidge became the United State’s 30th president on Aug. 1, 1923 following the death of Warren G. Harding.
5. Today…in History: Calvin Coolidge became the United State’s 30th president on Aug. 1, 1923 following the death of Warren G. Harding.
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