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Virginia takes new approach to internet education
ReporterThe march of technology has changed the way we communicate. Young people especially are seeing the benefits, and the dangers of living their lives online. Now the state is introducing a new effort to help students navigate some of the difficult issues...Tags: Richmond (Richmond, Virginia), Computing and Information Technology Industry, Science, Corporate Officers, Computing and Information Technology Industry
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Sens. Webb, Warner renew call for offshore drilling in Virginia
U.S. Sens. Jim Webb and Mark Warner, both Virginia Democrats, again asked the Obama administration to open the state’s coast to oil and natural gas exploration.
In a letter Friday to Interior Department Secretary Ken Salazar, the pair said that...Tags: Energy Resources, Democratic Party, Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill (2010), Gulf of Mexico, Natural Resources
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From half a world away to Ground Zero
On the morning of Sept. 11, 2001, half a world away…. Anne-Lise Gere is over the Atlantic Ocean, flying from Paris to North Carolina. Six months pregnant with her first child, she looks forward to a reunion with her Air Force husband. Then the...Tags: Regional Authority, Netherlands, Stock Market, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Animal Attacks
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Teel Time: Texas, 45th in U.S. News rankings, fits ACC's academic profile
Many folks scoff when I suggest academic reputations and rankings will matter if the ACC reconfigures during the current conference musical chairs madness. This is about football and money, not necessarily in that order, they remind.
Granted, Benjamins...Tags: Virginia Cavaliers, Miami Hurricanes, Football, North Carolina State Wolfpack, North Carolina Tar Heels
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NASA chief: Hampton Roads could be leader in green aviation
VIRGINIA BEACH — NASA Administrator Charles Bolden said Hampton Roads could become a leader in the emerging field of green aviation but he warned the industry won’t blossom overnight.
“It is a possibility, but we’re not there yet,...Tags: Boeing Co., Barack Obama, Unrest, Conflicts and War, NASA, Charles F. Bolden, Jr.
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Opposition grows in Virginia to migrant worker pay increase
Opposition in Virginia to a wage boost for thousands of migrant workers grew Wednesday with several lawmakers saying the increase could kill American jobs. The rule would bump hourly wages as much as 50 percent for 66,000 foreign workers enrolled in...Tags: U.S. Senate, Wages and Pensions, Economy, Business and Finance, Rob Wittman, Aquaculture
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McDonnell hosting southern states energy meeting
ALEXANDRIA, Va. (AP) -- Gov. Bob McDonnell is hosting an energy meeting that will include governors and U.S. senators from several states.
Tuesday's meeting is organized by the Southern States Energy Board, of which McDonnell is the chairman. The event...Tags: Regional Authority, Energy Resources, Energy Saving, Natural Resources, Bob McDonnell
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Virginia: land of outsourced labor
One industry wants to keep its foreign workers, the other wants to replace them. That’s how it goes in Virginia, where imported labor does everything from shucking oysters to caring for the elderly. U.S. Sens. Jim Webb and Mark Warner, both...Tags: Wages and Pensions, Democratic Party, Rob Wittman, Jim Webb, Barbara A. Mikulski
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Warner, Webb propose offshore Virginia exploration
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) -- Sens. Mark Warner and Jim Webb are introducing legislation to allow oil and gas exploration off Virginia's coast and to direct half of any leasing revenues to the state.
The legislation introduced Wednesday would also expand the...Tags: Energy Resources, Democratic Party, Crime, Law and Justice, Petroleum Industry, Elections
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Webb, Warner call for oil drilling off Virginia's coast
U.S. Sens. Jim Webb and Mark Warner, both Virginia Democrats, introduced legislation to compel the federal government to open Virginia’s coast to oil and natural gas exploration.
In a joint statement issued Wednesday, the senators said the United...Tags: Energy Resources, Democratic Party, Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill (2010), Environmental Issues, Crime, Law and Justice
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Headed for debt disaster?
Kendall P. Stanley $1.2 trillion. That's the price so far for the fighting in Iraq and Afghanistan according to federal officials. And while we Americans have supported the troops fighting there as we rightly should, we've been less than supportive...Tags: Medicare, Economy, Business and Finance, Retirement, Finance, Republican Party
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Teel Time: Big 12 expansion shenanigans similar to politics that landed Virginia Tech in ACC
The ACC should sue the Big 12 for plagiarizing its stranger-than-fiction expansion script. Professions of affection? Speak-now-or-forever-hold-your-peace intervention from politicians? Schools jilted at the altar? Been there, done that. As media such...Tags: Regional Authority, North Carolina State University, Miami Hurricanes, U.S. Senate, Big East Conference
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Oct 27, 2011
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