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Candidates for Va. governor say they never used drugs
Virginia's nominees for governor, Terry McAuliffe and Ken Cuccinelli, say they have never used illegal drugs. The Richmond Times-Dispatch canvassed the statewide candidates on Thursday, a day after E.W. Jackson, the Republican nominee for lieutenant...
Tags: Elections, Government, Drug Use, Recreational Substance Use, Barack Obama
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June 19: U.Va. President Teresa Sullivan to speak in Virginia Beach
University of Virginia President Teresa Sullivan plans to speak for the next Professional Women’s Leadership Luncheon Series on June 19 in Virginia Beach. Prior to being the university’s eighth president, Sullivan was provost at the...
Tags: Norfolk (Norfolk, Virginia), University of Michigan, Education, Colleges and Universities
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Democrats vie for Lt. Gov., A.G. nominations in Tuesday's primary
Voters head to the polls Tuesday to chose the Democratic nominees for lieutenant governor and attorney general. In the lieutenant governor's primary, state Sen. Ralph Northam of Norfolk will face off against Aneesh Chopra, who is President Barack Obama'...
Tags: Judges, Abortion, Tom Perriello, Government, Lawyers
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Editorials: Flag Day, solar-powered wheelchairs
She's grand, all right Today, June 14, is Flag Day, which isn't so much a holiday as it is an observance. We don't close banks or municipal offices for Flag Day, and if kids are out of school it's only because the school year has ended. But in honor of...Tags: Science and Technology, Jamestown (Jamestown, Virginia), Buckroe, The Washington Post, Poquoson (Poquoson, Virginia)
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The Class of 2013: One to remember
The news was delivered rather somberly to Leah Procopi and Lee Siegle, they said. No one at Gloucester High School could ever remember anything like this happening before. Procopi and Siegle, after four years of high school, were told they had finished...Tags: Graduation, High Schools, College of William and Mary, Gloucester (Gloucester, Virginia), Education
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York senior perseveres in the face of adversity
YORK — Philip Cragg is a polite young man with a quiet and unassuming demeanor. He doesn't like to boast about his achievements or the things he's had to overcome during his high school career. But unlike many high schoolers, Cragg, who is...
Tags: Back Surgery, High School Sports, Graduation, Science and Technology, Science
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Students build a wheelchair that can run (virtually) forever
HAMPTON — In his homeland of Turkey, Alper Sirvan cannot go anywhere without the assistance of his wheelchair. And his current wheelchair is not much help at all. Because of cerebral palsy, the only body part Sirvan can voluntarily move is his...
Tags: Engineering, Science and Technology, Cerebral Palsy, Weather Reports, Teaching and Learning
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Four years of stress and highlights
NEWPORT NEWS — Neil Morgan sketched two lines on a sheet of paper, forming an X. The Newport News City Manager said the lines show the greatest concerns he faced when he became the city's top administrator in February 2010. The upward slanting...
Tags: Virginia Tech, Interior Policy, Realty, Services and Shopping, Shipbuilding
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Chinese pork giant to buy Smithfield Foods for $4.7 billion
Smithfield Foods could soon be under the ownership of Chinese pork company Shuanghui International, according to terms of a deal announced Wednesday morning. Smithfield president and chief executive officer C. Larry Pope said the company's U.S....Tags: Career and Workplace, Unions, Global Warming, The Wall Street Journal, Annual and Special Corporate Meetings
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Study boosts online matchmaking
For more than a decade, the online dating site eHarmony has pitched itself as a company that matches singles with romantic partners who are looking for lifelong relationships. Now a study funded by the Santa Monica-based firm offers scientific evidence...
Tags: The Happiest News!, eHarmony, Science and Technology, Science, Arts and Culture
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Gloucester Class of 2013 is one `to be remembered'
WILLIAMSBURG — The Gloucester High School Class of 2013 has never done things the usual way, said Leah Procopi and Lee Siegle, who shared valedictorian honors and the stage at graduation Saturday at William and Mary Hall. Procopi and Siegle said...
Tags: College of William and Mary, Education
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U.Va. and Virginia Tech joint education center at Oyster Point nears opening
There is a flag available that shows the logos of both the University of Virginia and Virginia Tech, with a diagonal line dividing the two. It is called the house divided flag, but two women managing the universities' new combined education center in...Tags: Career and Workplace, Hampton Roads, Virginia Tech, Newport News (Newport News, Virginia), Advanced Training
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