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Tough Bein' A Daddy
![<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="line-height: 150%;">Jason Aldean</span><span style="line-height: 150%;"> is crisscrossing the country on his <em>My Kinda Party</em> tour right now. But, back home his two daughters are headed back to school! When Jason has time off from his tour, he’s always looking for a chance to come back home and just be dad. <em>“You know, I’m always goin’ to softball practices and definitely in the carpool line and all that stuff. So, it’s cool. I mean, I enjoy that. I miss a lot of stuff when I’m out on the road. So, when I’m home I like to kinda get involved in all those things.”</em> Jason just announced that he’ll be donating all the proceeds from his September 30<sup>th</sup> concert in Roanoke, Virginia to <em>Susan G. Komen for the Cure</em>. Jason says his team had great success with his <em>Concert for the Cure </em>last year and he can’t wait to see all those pink shirts out in the audience again.</span></span>](http://media.trb.com/media/thumbnails/story/2011-08/64150242-22045925.jpg "<span style="font-size: small;\"><span style=\"line-height: 150%;\">Jason Aldean</span><span style=\"line-height: 150%;\"> is crisscrossing the country on his <em>My Kinda Party</em> tour right now. But, back home his two daughters are headed back to school! When Jason has time off from his tour, he’s always looking for a chance to come back home and just be dad. <em>“You know, I’m always goin’ to softball practices and definitely in the carpool line and all that stuff. So, it’s cool. I mean, I enjoy that. I miss a lot of stuff when I’m out on the road. So, when I’m home I like to kinda get involved in all those things.”</em> Jason just announced that he’ll be donating all the proceeds from his September 30<sup>th</sup> concert in Roanoke, Virginia to <em>Susan G. Komen for the Cure</em>. Jason says his team had great success with his <em>Concert for the Cure </em>last year and he can’t wait to see all those pink shirts out in the audience again.</span></span>")
Jason Aldean is crisscrossing the country on his My Kinda Party tour right now. But, back home his two daughters are headed back to school! When Jason has time off from his tour, he’s always looking for a chance to come back home and just be dad.... -
WDBJ TV
2807 Hershberger Road, NW
Roanoke, VA 24022-0007
P.O. Box 7
Roanoke, VA 24022-0007
Phone 540-344-7000
Fax 540-344-5097
The Station
Founded: WDBJ first signed on the air in 1955. It has undergone a series of expansions over the years to reach a much...Tags: Marketing, CBS Corp., Lynchburg (Lynchburg, Virginia)
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Todd F. Schurz
Schurz Communications, Inc. With the retirement of Franklin D. Schurz as of June 30th, 2007, the Schurz Communications Inc. board of directors named Todd Franklin Schurz to serve as the company’s President and Chief Executive Officer effective July...Tags: United Way , University of Pennsylvania, Marketing, History (tv network), Franklin (Franklin, Virginia)
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'Thaw Out' 2012 Tour Announced
![<span style="font-size: small;">Rascal Flatts have announced their winter tour, Thaw Out 2012, with special guest Sara Evans and opener Hunter Hayes. Coming off a successful summer tour and Opry induction, the trio hopes to keep up the pace through the New Year. (Audio) “It feels like we’re right back where we were about three or four years ago in terms of momentum and recapturing the joy and the excitement that we had. Even playing together the three of us, we feel completely reinvigorated.” The tour kicks off in Charleston, West Virginia on January 12<sup>th</sup> and runs through February 18<sup>th</sup>.</span>](http://media.trb.com/media/thumbnails/story/2011-10/65486239-18043852.jpg "<span style="font-size: small;\">Rascal Flatts have announced their winter tour, Thaw Out 2012, with special guest Sara Evans and opener Hunter Hayes. Coming off a successful summer tour and Opry induction, the trio hopes to keep up the pace through the New Year. (Audio) “It feels like we’re right back where we were about three or four years ago in terms of momentum and recapturing the joy and the excitement that we had. Even playing together the three of us, we feel completely reinvigorated.” The tour kicks off in Charleston, West Virginia on January 12<sup>th</sup> and runs through February 18<sup>th</sup>.</span>")
Rascal Flatts have announced their winter tour, Thaw Out 2012, with special guest Sara Evans and opener Hunter Hayes. Coming off a successful summer tour and Opry induction, the trio hopes to keep up the pace through the New Year. (Audio) “It...Tags: Rascal Flatts (music group), Atlantic City (Atlantic, New Jersey)
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Lynchburg religious and civic leaders want voting rights restored for non-violent felons
Reporter/Lynchburg Bureau ChiefA push is underway to change a state law that prohibits convicted felons from voting. Virginia is one of four states where voting rights are not automatically restored for non-violent felons, after their sentence is carried out. A group of religious...Tags: Prisons, Voting, Politics, Executive Branch, Government
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UPDATED: Republican statewide candidates crisscross Virginia
Assignment ManagerFresh off last weekend's Republican convention, the party's statewide ticket is crisscrossing Virginia. Gubernatorial candidate and current Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli led the candidates at a stop at the Roanoke Regional Airport Monday morning. ...Tags: Mark D. Obenshain, Republican Party, Politics, Martinsville (Martinsville, Virginia), Government
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After two days of travel, WDBJ7 crew meets up with Hokie Storm Chasers in Kansas
WDBJ7 is tagging along as a team of meteorology professors and students are using the Midwest as their classroom this week. Chris Hurst is with them for the next two days. He and photojournalist Andy May met up with them late Saturday night as they were...
Tags: Weather Science, Virginia Tech, Science and Technology
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Re-opening for Center in the Square
reporterAfter years of planning and hardwork, Center in the Square is open to the public. Roanoke's cultural center re-opened Saturday morning to lots of fanfare with a ribbon cutting by city and center leaders. Center in the Square closed down while a multi-...Tags: Arts and Culture, Arts, Science and Technology, Museums
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What would you do with $600 million?
WDBJ7 Multimedia JournalistSaturday night's Powerball jackpot is reportedly the country's second largest jackpot in lottery history. A surge in nationwide sales has brought the jackpot up to $600 million and that's got a lot of people in Virginia excited. The last time the...Tags: Passenger Cars, Lifestyle and Leisure, Powerball Lottery, Lotteries, Mega Millions Lottery
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The supervised after-prom party: Now with cars, iPads and other goodies
ReutersSometime on Sunday morning, a Pennsylvania high school student will be presented with the keys to a black Honda Civic just for going to a party after the school's annual prom dance. In Roanoke, Virginia, one student will drive away next month with a...Tags: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Entertainment, Apple iPad, Colleges and Universities, Computer Hardware
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Newport News lawyer named "Local Bar Leader of the Year"
Lawyer Polly Chong of Newport News was named a "Local Bar Leader of the Year." The Virginia State Bar’s Conference of Local Bar Associations named Chong and Lori D. Thompson of LeClairRyan in Roanoke as bar leaders of the year, according to a news...
Tags: Hampton (Hampton, Virginia), Christianity, Justice System, Crime, Law and Justice, Newport News (Newport News, Virginia)
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UPDATE: Body of murdered Alleghany County woman positively identified
A body found Monday in Alleghany County is that of a missing woman. Sheriff Kevin Hall says Ashley Rodriguez's identity was confirmed through dental records. Check back here and watch Susan Bahorich's live reports on WDBJ7 at Five and Six. -------------...
Tags: Human Interest, Rockbridge County, Human Body, Crime, Law and Justice, Dentistry and Dental Health
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