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Lynchburg group prepares for James River Batteau Festival
Reporter/Lynchburg Bureau ChiefHow many people does it take to flip a boat? In Lynchburg the answer is 45. A group of friends got together on Richmond Avenue Wednesday night, to move a boat weighing almost 3,000 pounds. The giant vessel is one of 20 that will be floating in this...Tags: Festive Events, Arts and Culture, Lynchburg (Lynchburg, Virginia)
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Pine Crest TE Kalvin Cline commits to Virginia Tech
“So all the five stars and all that tech following and Rivals and all that stuff, he wasn’t on the radar. And quite honestly, I don’t believe in all that stuff, so I don’t put my kids on that radar. The schools that come in here to...Tags: Frank Beamer, Roanoke (Roanoke, Virginia)
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Maryland pension adds Taylor Woods commodity fund in active play
Reuters* Maryland grants $50 million allocation to Taylor Woods * Deal is latest in string of active strategy allocations * Commodities make up 2.6 pct of Maryland pension assets * Top U.S. pension Calpers has only 0.5 pct in commodities By Barani...Tags: Politics, Pension and Welfare, Westport, Science and Technology, Interior Policy
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REFILE-Maryland pension adds Taylor Woods commodity fund in active play
Reuters(Eliminates repeated name of pension in paragraph three) * Maryland grants $50 million allocation to Taylor Woods * Deal is latest in string of active strategy allocations * Commodities make up 2.6 pct of Maryland pension assets * Top U.S. pension...Tags: Politics, Pension and Welfare, Science and Technology, Interior Policy, Finance
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Maryland pension adds actively managed Taylor Woods commods fund
ReutersNEW YORK (Reuters) - Maryland's state pension system has added an actively managed commodity fund to its investment strategy the latest move by a U.S. state away from passive commodity funds, which suffered large losses in the last couple years....Tags: Politics, Pension and Welfare, Science and Technology, Interior Policy, Finance
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UPDATED: Roanoke Times to be purchased by Warren Buffett's media group
The Roanoke Times is getting a new owner. Berkshire Hathaway announced Thursday that it is buying the newspaper. The conglomerate is owned by billionaire, Warren Buffett. The CEO of Berkshire Hathaway's Media Group, Terry Kroeger, says the newspaper...
Tags: Newspaper and Magazine, Norfolk (Norfolk, Virginia), Charlottesville (Charlottesville, Virginia), Bristol (Bristol, Virginia), Media Industry
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Leading candidates for Virginia governor speak at fundraiser in Richmond
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) -- Republican gubernatorial candidate Ken Cuccinelli used a brief address to a luncheon to goad Democratic rival Terry McAuliffe to release his tax returns and debate him 15 times over the next five months. McAuliffe responded by...
Tags: Politics, Ken Cuccinelli, Executive Branch, Government, Elections
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Baltimore 17th fittest metropolitan area
Baltimore is the 17th fittest metropolitan area in the country, according to the latest survey by the American College of Sport Medicine’s American Fitness Index. The index measures the health and community fitness status of the 50 largest...
Tags: Phoenix (Cook, Illinois), Portland (Middlesex, Connecticut), Richmond (McHenry, Illinois), Boston, Physical Fitness and Exercise
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Maryland roots in new 'Ali' opera
In his typical rhyming style, Muhammad Ali might call it something like "a whopper of an opera." The legendary boxer, who floated like a butterfly and stung like a bee, has inspired "Approaching Ali," a chamber opera with music by Carroll County...
Tags: University of Maryland Baltimore County, Music Industry, Human Interest, Manhattan (New York City), Carroll County (Virginia)
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Letters from a son: What Allentown's William Reichard saw at Antietam
He had never been in the smoky, confusing haze of gunfire. Never watched helplessly as strong young men fell dead in front of him. Until the Battle of Antietam, William Reichard didn't know war. Reichard, barely 20, left Allentown in the summer of...Tags: Harrisburg (Dauphin, Pennsylvania), Rebellions, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Armed Forces, Allentown
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University of Virginia is one of nation's least economically diverse
A new report says the University of Virginia remains one of the nation's least socioeconomically diverse public schools but commends the University of Richmond for serving low-income students. The report released Wednesday by the New America...
Tags: U.S. Department of Education, University of Richmond, Education, Personal Income, University of Virginia
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Construction set to start on major development in Roanoke
Developers say a new project in the city of Roanoke will transform a 22-acre site between Carilion Roanoke Memorial Hospital and downtown. Friday morning, they came together with community leaders to break ground on "The Bridges." The first phase...
Tags: Virginia Tech, Politics, Human Interest, Science and Technology, Housing and Urban Planning
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