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I’m lovin this AP thing. Silly, sure. Plenty of people have mentioned that to me. But I can’t help it. Say my name in the same sentence as “the Associated Press” and I blush. In two days, I’ve received dozens of phone calls about that railroad story. I stopped counting after the 30th phone call [...]

Forget cool, collected professional. I get down-right giddy with good news. The Associated Press picked up an article of mine today, published in today’s Daily News-Record. That means it could run anywhere. Anywhere. Because it’s a Virginia-focused story, that means mostly likely Virginia. Like, the Daily Press. And a Washington radio station. Or a Hampton [...]

Fall Rail Excursions A Road Less Traveled By Kelly Jasper VERONA — Ed Keenan lives every boy’s dream. Keenan, 68, of Waynesboro, is a train conductor. On Sunday, he and a crew led more than 600 people on backwoods tours of the Shenandoah Valley. Each fall excursion travels the short-line of the historic Shenandoah Valley [...]

Until today, I couldn’t dream of staying anywhere else than in a one- or two-star hotel or a hostel while I travel. In December, I’ll crash at a place for maybe 17 euros or so (when I’m not in Enschede with the family). It’s nothing fancy. Just six bunks to a room, communals baths and [...]

I’m an advocate for satire. I’m an advocate for news. I’m not, however, CNN.com, who in an unbelievably mind-blowing decision posted … um, ahhh … “news,” I guess they called it, from The Onion, the sometimes funny but intentionally satirical pre-Daily Show-type news source. On purpose. Yesterday CNN.com posted The Onion article, Flustered Bush misses [...]