Enrollment for new dairy farm risk management program to begin Sept. 2
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Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today announced that starting Sept. 2, 2014, farmers can enroll in the new dairy Margin Protection Program.
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Study finds U.S. chicken consumption on the rise
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U.S. chicken consumption is something to cluck about. That’s because new research shows an increase in the amount of chicken consumers are eating in restaurants and buying in stores.
Route 29 advisory panel to meet on Thursday
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The Route 29 Project Delivery Advisory Panel will hold its fourth meeting at 2 p.m. Thursday at the Virginia Center for Transportation Innovation and Research, 530 Edgemont Road, Charlottesville, VA 22903.
What the CIA is Trying to Hide
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Beginning in the 1990s, and accelerating after September 11, the CIA flew terrorism suspects to secret police custody in Syria, Jordan, Egypt, Morocco, and Libya.
Wildlife Center to release Bald Eagle on Thursday
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The Wildlife Center of Virginia, a leading teaching and research hospital for native wildlife, will release a young Bald Eagle on Thursday, August 28 at 11:00 a.m. at Claytor Lake State Park.
JMU Duke Dog answers #IceBucketChallenge
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The JMU Duke Dog answers the #IceBucketChallenge to raise money and awareness for research into ALS.
AAA: Nearly 1 million Virginians traveling for Labor Day
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AAA Travel projects nearly one million (964,305) Virginians will journey 50 miles or more from home during the Labor Day holiday weekend, the highest volume for the holiday since 2008 and a very slight increase of 0.5% over 2013.
Press Conference: ODU football coach Bobby Wilder
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ODU football coach Bobby Wilder talks with the news media in advance of the Monarchs’ season opener on Saturday vs. Hampton.
UVA launches first U.S. test of focused ultrasound to destroy breast tumors
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Expanding its pioneering work in the field of focused ultrasound, the UVA Health System has launched the nation’s first clinical trial testing the technology’s potential to treat benign tumors of the breast known as fibroadenomas.
Jim Bennett: Keep Burger King in the USA
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The best government response to the “inversion” of Burger King with Canada’s Tim Hortons Inc. for the purpose of avoiding US taxes is the opposite of what you might think. Rather than club Burger King over the head with yet more tax avoidance rules, don’t tax Burger King – or its ilk – at all.
