Snow threatens weekend travel in Northwest, North Central
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AccuWeather reports two storms will produce areas of snow in the Pacific Northwest and part of the North Central states this weekend.
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Review of The Interview: Thumbs up to Rogen, Franco, thumbs down to Sony, YouTube
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The great shame surrounding the movie The Interview is that it won’t be seen on a wider scale because of the decision by Sony Pictures to bail on the comedy fantasizing about the downfall of North Korean dictator Kim Jong-un.
Mark Rush to direct Washington and Lee Center for Global Learning
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Mark Rush, the Stanley D. and Nikki Waxberg Professor of Politics and Law at Washington and Lee University, has been appointed the next director of W&L’s Center for Global Learning.
Virginia-Maryland College of Veterinary Medicine students address end-of-life decisions for pet owners
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Euthanasia is one of the most sensitive areas of veterinary medicine, but a group of students at the Virginia-Maryland College of Veterinary Medicine at Virginia Tech decided to tackle it head on with a series of educational events.
Virginia Tech wins contract from Army Research Office to develop tool to link individuals, events
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Chang-Tien Lu, an associate professor of computer science in the College of Engineering at Virginia Tech, has been awarded a $300,000 subcontract from the United States Army Research Office and United States Army Engineer Research and Development Center to develop an automated tool to make sense of data captured in news articles, tweets, images, and audio and video streams.
Randy Forbes: A vision for national defense
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Today, we face serious vacuums in our national defense: a lack of strategy, repeated budget cuts, sequestration, and miscalculated defense decisions.
Herring launches statewide human trafficking awareness campaign
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Attorney General Mark Herring today launched a statewide campaign to raise awareness in Virginia of human trafficking and resources available to victims.
Governor Terry McAuliffe remarks to the Joint Money Committees
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Prepared remarks by Governor Terry McAuliffe to the Joint Money Committees in the Virginia General Assembly in Richmond, Va., on Dec. 17, 2014.
Robert Hurt: Ensuring an open and transparent legislative process
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Congress failed, once again, to follow an open and transparent legislative process and, instead, waited until the last minute to cobble together a massive 1600-page $1.1 trillion spending omnibus for the U.S. government.
David Swanson: Intersection of mistakes with misdeeds
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On a pleasant spring day in December it’s nice to drive past the endlessly under-construction intersection of Route 250 and McIntire Road and realize that the darn thing must nearly be completed. It looks sturdy and attractive.
