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Body of Boston Marathon bombing suspect buried near Richmond
DOSWELL, Va. (WTVR) – The body of suspected Boston Marathon bomber Tamerlan Tsarnaev has been buried in Doswell, according to a report from the Boston Globe. “Tamerlan Tsarnaev’s burial was coordinated by a Virginia woman who heard...
Tags: Sports, Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, Boston Marathon Bombing (2013), Tamerlan Tsarnaev, The Boston Globe
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Justin McLeod's Blog
August 15
Goodbye
They say all good things must come to an end. With that, I'm leaving WDBJ and the news business. I've accepted a position as the community relations coordinator for Roanoke City Schools. There are several reasons why I'm switching...Tags: Blockbuster, Halloween, Matt Damon, Natalie Portman, Loans
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Governor McDonnell proposes amendments to autism bill
A long battle to require insurance coverage to children with autism in Virginia has hit a snag.
Instead of signing the bill that passed the General Assembly, Governor McDonnell has proposed amendments to it.
They would require a license for...Tags: Education, Charles Gibson, Politics, Anderson Cooper, Executive Branch
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May 17th
I don't feel obligated
I had a lovely dinner with a couple of friends recently. The food was so so, the company was great. When the checks arrived, we started talking about tips. I mentioned that I tip before the tax. My friend replied...Tags: Blockbuster, Biutiful (movie), Trips and Vacations, Halloween, Sociology
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Hopkins closes science writing program, citing low selectivity
Graduates of the Johns Hopkins University's master's program in science writing have explained the prospects of life on Mars, the promise of neuroscience research and the ethics of animal testing on the pages of Scientific American, Nature and Popular...
Tags: Agriculture, Education, Boston, Science and Technology, Johns Hopkins University
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Wikileaks Doc Director on Julian Assage: 'The Balls of This Guy - I Thought, 'Wow.'
ReutersMay 23 (TheWrap.com) - WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange seemed like an intriguing topic for prolific documentarian Alex Gibney, but little did he know the rabbit hole of secrets, lies and hypocrisy he would find as he dug into his subject. Gibney's...Tags: WikiLeaks, Sexual Assault, U.S. Department of State, Sweden, Bradley Manning
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Patron column about women one big stereotype
This is in response to Rachel Patron's May 18 column, "Attitudes toward women change, but process is slow:" I am a Jewish woman, a wife, mother and grandmother. I am also a licensed clinical psychologist with a Ph.D. I did not grow up orthodox; I am...Tags: Religion and Belief, Christianity, Christian Orthodoxy, Judaism
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Author Michelle Alexander To Be Honored At Stowe's Big Tent Jubilee
The Hartford CourantRegistration is open for the Harriet Beecher Stowe Center's big event, the Stowe Prize Big Tent Jubilee, which will take place on May 30 from 5:30 to 9 p.m. on the Stowe Center grounds, 77 Forest St., Hartford. The event will honor the 2013 Stowe...Tags: East Haddam, Politics, Human Rights, Farmington (Hartford, Connecticut), Unexplained Phenomena
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Paperless public library to open in Texas
A groundbreaking paperless public library system will open in Texas this year, the BBC reports. Bexar County's $1.5-million BiblioTech project will open its first library branch without a single print book. Instead, the BiblioTech library will...Tags: Justice System, Libraries, Judges, BBC, Crime, Law and Justice
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Panicked gun buying and the NRA
I understand that there are about 310 million people living in the United States, and private citizens here own about 300 million firearms. If these figures are even roughly correct, then the gun industry faces the challenge of selling into a saturated...Tags: Entertainment, National Rifle Association of America, Radio
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From Apple to storms to immigration, GOP divisions may dilute focus on White House scandals
Associated PressWASHINGTON (AP) — A string of unrelated events is highlighting divisions among Republicans just when they'd like to show a united front and take full advantage of President Barack Obama's latest political problems. Tensions between libertarian-...Tags: John McCain, Republican Party, Public Finance, Abortion Issue, Trent Franks
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'Seduced and Abandoned' with Alec Baldwin at Cannes
Last year at the Cannes Film Festival, Alec Baldwin and director James Toback ran around for 11 days making a movie about two guys (themselves; it’s a documentary) scrambling to line up financing for a different movie, a sex-soaked tale of a right-...
Tags: Alec Baldwin, Arts and Culture, Media Industry, Film Festivals, Radio
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