AAA urges motorists to prepare vehicles for winter
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According to AAA’s Automotive Research Center, at 0°F, a car’s battery loses about 60 percent of its strength and at 32°F it loses 35 percent.
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Food Bank clients face tough choices this holiday season
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Families on limited incomes throughout the Blue Ridge area continue to make difficult choices between their basic needs and putting food on the table, according to a recent study of hunger in the area.
McAuliffe announces first Mid-Atlantic commercial hops processing operation
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Black Hops Farm, LLC will initially convert 15 acres of former pasture land into a hopsyard and build a new processing facility, becoming the largest hopsyard in Virginia.
Cancer discovery: Compounds found to block key cancer driver
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Researchers have identified promising compounds to inhibit a key driver of many forms of the disease, including lung, prostate, colon, bladder and pancreatic cancer.
Virginia Tech recommends candidates for Rhodes and Marshall scholarships
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Virginia Tech has recommended three candidates for the Rhodes Scholarship and three candidates for the Marshall Scholarship.
AAA: More than 1.3 million Virginians to travel for Thanksgiving
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Nationwide, AAA Travel projects 46.3 million Americans will journey 50 miles or more from home during the Thanksgiving weekend, the highest volume for the holiday since 2007 and a 4.2 percent increase over 2013.
Route 29 Solutions Panel eets Thursday in Charlottesville
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The Route 29 Project Delivery Advisory Panel will hold its tenth meeting at 2 p.m. Thursday at the Virginia Center for Transportation Innovation and Research, 530 Edgemont Road, Charlottesville.
Students to compete for $40,000 in revamped UVA Entrepreneurship Cup
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Nine business concepts formulated by students or student teams will square off Friday in the final competition of the UVA Entrepreneurship Cup, to be held in the Great Hall of Garrett Hall.
Sold-out TEDxVirginiaTech to take over Moss Arts Center with inspiring speakers, technology expo
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The third annual TEDxVirginiaTech kicks off tomorrow evening at the Moss Arts Center with Virginia Tech faculty, students, and alumni giving the talk of a lifetime.
State first responders eyeing uses of unmanned aircraft in emergencies
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First responders will learn more about the use of unmanned aerial vehicles, also known as drones, at a meeting at Virginia Tech’s Southern Piedmont Agricultural Research and Extension Center.
