She was later seen entering referee Earley's office before leaving the Billie Jean King National Tennis Centre.

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Eric Earley, Blitzen Trapper's lead singer and songwriter, recently sat down to describe the band's distinctively ramshackle music.

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"It puts me in a competitive standing that's not been there before, " Mr. Earley said.

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In Virginia, Democrat Mark Warner, a wealthy venture capitalist who narrowly lost a race for the U.S. Senate in 1996, defeated Republican Mark Earley, a former state attorney general.

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He has tried to soften his tone, but he has not been helped by the Republican nominee for lieutenant-governor, Jay Katzen, who wants a straight ban on abortions, a prohibition of same-sex marriage and a roll-back of Virginia's restrictions on hand-gun purchases (which Mr Earley supported).

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