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The Richmond Flying Squirrels, Double-A affiliate of the San Francisco Giants, announced that rap artist and legendary entertainer Doug E. Fresh will make a celebrity appearance at The Diamond on July 8 during the Squirrels game against the Harrisburg Senators (Nationals).
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As recent TV ads have been telling us, the United States Postal Service has recently started delivering some mail on Sunday in what most chalk up to an effort to stay one step ahead of United Parcel Service and Federal Express.
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Lidl, one of the fastest growing retailers in Europe, will invest $202 million to establish operations in Virginia. The investment will include $77 million for its U.S. corporate headquarters in Arlington County, creating 500 new jobs, as well as $125 million in a regional headquarters and distribution center facility in Spotsylvania County, creating an additional 200 jobs.
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Major championship winner Keegan Bradley, along with rising stars Justin Thomas and Peter Uihlein will compete in the sixth edition of the award-winning Greenbrier Classic at The Old White TPC Course, June 29 – July 5.
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U.S. Sens. Mark R. Warner (D-VA) and Johnny Isakson (R-GA) introduced legislation today designed to give people with serious illness the freedom to make more informed choices about their care, and the power to have those choices honored.
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The Greenbrier, the historic American resort in the foothills of West Virginia’s Allegheny Mountains, announced today that it has named Lee Trevino, the legendary golfer and winner of six major tournaments over the course of his career, as the resort’s new Golf Pro Emeritus.
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The optic nerve could be the microscope into brain disorders that scientists need. An underdeveloped optic nerve – one that never fully developed its cells or one whose cells died off – could indicate other dysfunctions in the brain.
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Pour a cold glass of milk, and toast Virginia’s dairy producers during National Dairy Month. Milk is the official beverage of Virginia and the state’s third-ranked farm commodity in terms of cash receipts. Virginia is home to 640 dairy farms and an estimated 95,000 dairy cows.
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U.S. Sens. Mark R. Warner and Tim Kaine (both D-VA) along with U.S. Reps. Bobby Scott (D-VA-3), Randy Forbes (R-VA-4), and Rob Wittman (R-VA-1), applauded the U.S. Navy on Friday for signing a more than $4 billion contract to award the construction of the USS John F. Kennedy (CVN-79) to Newport News Shipbuilding.
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Governor Terry McAuliffe this week announced his appointments to the Boards of Visitors at Virginia’s colleges and universities, the State Council for Higher Education for Virginia and the State Board for Community Colleges.
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