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Two identical cigarettes led to a discovery by scientists at the Virginia Tech Carilion Research Institute. Study participants inhaled nicotine, yet they showed significantly different brain activity. Why the difference? Some subjects were told their cigarettes were nicotine free.
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What about State? Life on the NCAA bubble is like a ride on a roller coaster. N.C. State was at a crest after its win on the road at North Carolina mid-week, and then at a valley after its double-digit loss at Boston College on Saturday.
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When the national polls are updated on Monday, UVA and Duke will be ranked two and three, and the Cavs and Blue Devils enter the final week of the regular season safe bets for #1 national seeds.
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First National Corporation announced this week that First Bank has received regulatory approval from the Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond and the Bureau of Financial Institutions, a regulatory division of the Virginia State Corporation Commission, to acquire six branches in the Shenandoah Valley and central Virginia from Bank of America.
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The State Corporation Commission (SCC) has approved a 2.8 percent increase in the tolls charged for traveling the Dulles Greenway, a 14-mile roadway that runs between Washington Dulles International Airport and Leesburg.
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The UVA women’s basketball team (17-12, 7-9 ACC) will be the No. 9 seed in the Atlantic Coast Conference Women’s Basketball Tournament which runs from this Wednesday (March 4) through Sunday(March 8).
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The creation of a megaregion extending from Richmond to the Hampton Roads oceanfront would be an economic boon that would attract federal funding for infrastructure, create jobs and enhance connectivity to world markets.
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A group of Bridgewater College students and a faculty member will trade suntan lotion and swim suits for hammers and tool belts as they spend spring break volunteering as construction workers with Habitat for Humanity’s Collegiate Challenge Spring Break 2015.
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Adam Haseley (Fr., Windermere, Fla.) hit a sacrifice fly in the ninth inning to bring home the deciding run as the UVA baseball team walked off with a 5-4 win over Cornell Sunday at The Ripken Experience’s Griffith Field in Myrtle Beach, S.C.
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No. 2 Syracuse (4-0, 1-0 ACC) utilized a 7-0 run out of the gate to set the tone in its 15-9 win over No. 5 UVA (3-1, 0-1 ACC) on Sunday afternoon, inside the Carrier Dome.
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