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Lynchburg woman earns global recognition for digital business
Reporter/Lynchburg Bureau ChiefIn today's modern world, books aren't the only tool for teaching kids how to read. "American kids have access to amazing technology, when it comes to education and learning how to read," said Isabelle Duston, a Lynchburg resident and entrepreneur....Tags: Arts and Culture, Language, Lynchburg (Lynchburg, Virginia), Cambodia, UNESCO
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'The Amazing Race' Recap: Take Down That Million
WDBJ7 BloggerIt is the finale; it is go time for the teams! Trey and Lexi are the first to leave the Pit Stop. Teams travel to Barcelona, Spain then catch a train to the Loire Valley in France. Once there they have to find the Garden of France. While on...Tags: The Amazing Race (tv program), New York City, Mushrooms, Landforms, Marketing
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Vice Presidential candidate Paul Ryan one on one interview in Roanoke
WDBJ7 ReporterMost polls show the addition of Representative Paul Ryan to the republican ticket as the vice presidential candidate has been a political shot in the arm for Mitt Romney. Your Hometown News Leader WDBJ7 pushed and got the only local interview with...Tags: Elections, Paul Ryan, Politics, Barack Obama
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Funding to improve drinking water has come at a slow drip
LANARE, Calif. — A bright metal drinking fountain is mounted on the wall in the community center of this tiny town west of Fresno. No one pays it any mind: The water is drawn from a well that has been contaminated with arsenic for years. "Can't...
Tags: Environmental Issues, Henry T. Perea, Medical Procedures and Tests, Water, Water Supply
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Asian shares reverse losses, capped before Fed meeting
ReutersNEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. equities pushed higher on Tuesday as investors grew more confident that the Federal Reserve would temper its recent statements on the future reduction of U.S. monetary support, while still pointing to economic improvement. The...Tags: Renewable Energy, Sumitomo Corporation, Johnson & Johnson Inc., Easter, Chuck Hagel
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Car bombs, shootings kill 30 across Iraq
ReutersBASRA, Iraq (Reuters) - Attacks across Iraq targeting mainly Shi'ite Muslims killed at least 30 people on Sunday, police and medics said, intensifying fears of a descent into all-out sectarian war. Ten years after the U.S.-led invasion that toppled Sunni...Tags: Bashar Assad, Explosions, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Baghdad (Iraq), Basra (Iraq)
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WRAPUP 1-Putin says West arming Syrian rebels who eat human flesh
ReutersBy Khaled Yacoub Oweis and Alexei Anishchuk AMMAN/LONDON, June 16 (Reuters) - Russian President Vladimir Putin, arriving in Britain ahead of an international summit set to be dominated by disagreement over the U.S. decision to send weapons to Syria's...Tags: Unrest, Conflicts and War, United Kingdom, Lebanon, G8, Armed Forces
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Jordan's army ready for any threat from Syria: king
ReutersAMMAN (Reuters) - King Abdullah said on Sunday Jordan's armed forces were ready to protect the country against any threat from the escalating civil war in neighboring Syria. He was speaking as Jordanian and U.S. forces conducted military exercises less...Tags: U.S. Department of Defense, Bashar Assad, Armed Forces, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Libyan No-Fly Zone (2011)
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WRAPUP 2-Putin says West arming Syrian rebels who eat human flesh
Reuters(Updates with blast at military airport near Damascus) By Khaled Yacoub Oweis and Alexei Anishchuk AMMAN/LONDON, June 16 (Reuters) - Russian President Vladimir Putin, arriving in Britain before an international summit set to be dominated by disagreement...Tags: Unrest, Conflicts and War, United Kingdom, Lebanon, G8, Armed Forces
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Swiss president would back criminal probe against NSA leaker
ReutersGENEVA (Reuters) - Swiss President Ueli Maurer said on Sunday he doubted Edward Snowden's claims about his activities as a CIA man in Geneva and would back a criminal investigation into the secrets leaker if Swiss prosecutors called for one. Ex-CIA...Tags: National Security Agency, Central Intelligence Agency, HSBC Holdings plc, Police Investigations, Banking
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WRAPUP 1-Obama considers Syria moves, Assad turns guns on north
Reuters* Obama under mounting pressure to do more on Syria * Bashar al-Assad's forces making gains on ground * Cities of Aleppo and Homs now focus of fighting By Erika Solomon BEIRUT, June 13 (Reuters) - U.S. President Barack Obama is deciding whether to...Tags: POLITICO LLC, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Al-Qaeda, Jihad, Free Syrian Army
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WRAPUP 3-US puts jets in Jordan, fuels Russian fear of Syria no-fly zone
Reuters* Pentagon says F-16s, Patriots to stay in Jordan * Russia cautions against no-fly zone * Kerry says chemical attacks could scupper peace talks * Israeli defence minister says Assad can't win (Recasts with Pentagon announcement) By Oliver Holmes...Tags: White House, Bashar Assad, Military Equipment, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Iran
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