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    Apr 24, 2013 |Story| WDBJ7
  1. Biden, law enforcement to attend Boston memorial for slain officer

    Thousands of law enforcement agents from around the country plan to attend a memorial on Wednesday for a campus police officer who authorities say was slain by the accused Boston Marathon bombers, and Vice President Joe Biden is slated to speak at the ceremony.
    Thousands of law enforcement agents from around the country plan to attend a memorial on Wednesday for a campus police officer who authorities say was slain by the accused Boston Marathon bombers, and Vice President Joe Biden is slated to speak at the...

    Tags: Justice System, Sports, Police Investigations, Law Enforcement, Shootings

  2. Apr 23, 2013 |Story| WDBJ7
  3. Security officials face questions over Boston Marathon bombings

    Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, 19, was formally charged with using a weapon of mass destruction and malicious destruction of property resulting in death at a bedside hearing on Monday in his hospital room, where he was recovering from gunshot wounds suffered in shootouts with police.
    Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, 19, was formally charged with using a weapon of mass destruction and malicious destruction of property resulting in death at a bedside hearing on Monday in his hospital room, where he was recovering from gunshot wounds suffered in...

    Tags: Justice System, Sports, U.S. House of Representatives, Shootings, Bombings

  4. Apr 19, 2013 |Story| WDBJ7
  5. More violence near Boston

    <span style="font-size: small;">Tensions continue running high outside of Boston, Massachusetts where police are converging on a neighborhood in Watertown. </span>
    Tensions continue running high outside of Boston, Massachusetts where police are converging on a neighborhood in Watertown. The sounds of gunfire and explosions rang out early Friday morning. Police are out in force in the Watertown community where...

    Tags: FBI, Sports, Shootings

  6. Dec 1, 2011 |Story| WDBJ7
  7. One of the toughest colleges to earn an "A" is in our area

    There are no easy "A's" at Roanoke College.
    Reporter
    There are no easy "A's" at Roanoke College. Sophomore Robert Hillman told News 7, "I think I've gotten one A, just one, yeah." The website GradeInflation.com has listed Roanoke College has one of the toughest graders in the country. The website came up...

    Tags: Colleges and Universities, Teaching and Learning, Education, Students

  8. May 23, 2013 |Story| Reuters
  9. COLUMN-Some cracks in the technocrat cult-Chrystia Freeland

    Reuters
    (Chrystia Freeland is a Reuters columnist. Any opinions expressed are her own.) By Chrystia Freeland NEW YORK, May 23 (Reuters) - We are living in the age of the technocrats. In business, Big Data, and the Big Brains who can parse it, rule. In...

    Tags: Sociology, The Washington Post, Economy, Business and Finance, Restraint of Trade, Thomson Corporation

  10. May 23, 2013 |Story| Reuters
  11. Column: Some cracks in the technocrat cult

    Reuters
    NEW YORK (Reuters) - We are living in the age of the technocrats. In business, Big Data, and the Big Brains who can parse it, rule. In government, the technocrats are on top, too. From Washington to Frankfurt to Rome, technocrats have stepped in where...

    Tags: Sociology, The Washington Post, Economy, Business and Finance, Restraint of Trade, Thomson Corporation

  12. May 23, 2013 |Story| Reuters
  13. YOUR MONEY-Wall St. on the silver screen: Pros pick top movies

    Reuters
    (The author is a Reuters contributor. The opinions expressed are his/her own.) By Chris Taylor NEW YORK, May 23 (Reuters) - In the annals of Hollywood, Wall Street has not been treated very kindly. From "Wall Street" to "Boiler Room", "Trading Places"...

    Tags: Long Island, Margin Call (movie), Leonardo DiCaprio, Citigroup Incorporated, Jim Cramer

  14. May 22, 2013 |Story| Baltimore Sun
  15. 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: Entertainment, Education, Graduation, Science and Technology, Colleges and Universities

  16. May 23, 2013 |Story| Reuters
  17. Wall St. on the silver screen: Pros pick top movies

    Reuters
    NEW YORK (Reuters) - In the annals of Hollywood, Wall Street has not been treated very kindly. From "Wall Street" to "Boiler Room", "Trading Places" to "American Psycho", the halls of finance are usually portrayed as places of shiny excesses and dark...

    Tags: Long Island, Margin Call (movie), Citigroup Incorporated, Leonardo DiCaprio, Economy, Business and Finance

  18. May 22, 2013 |Story| Reuters
  19. Thrifty Merrimack developing new cancer drugs at lower cost

    Reuters
    NEW YORK (Reuters) - Little known biotechnology company Merrimack Pharmaceuticals Inc has quietly built a large pipeline of experimental cancer treatments that it aims to deliver at a fraction of the cost spent by larger rivals. That could translate into...

    Tags: Ovarian Cancer, Chemotherapy, Health Treatments, Medical Research, Biotechnology Industry

  20. May 21, 2013 |Story| Baltimore Sun
  21. NRA draws wrong conclusions from Boston

    In the days and weeks after the Boston Marathon bombings, the National Rifle Association has repeatedly stated that many Bostonians who did not possess guns probably wished that they had them in their homes during the tense "shelter in place" manhunt....

    Tags: Richard Donohue, Jr., Interior Policy, Sports, Shootings, Politics

  22. May 21, 2013 |Story| AP Broadcast
  23. Moniz, sworn in as energy secretary, delays action on LNG exports while he studies data

    Associated Press
    WASHINGTON (AP) — Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz said Tuesday he will delay final decisions on about 20 applications to export liquefied natural gas until he reviews studies by the Energy Department and others on what impact the exports would have on...

    Tags: Alternative Energy, Petroleum Industry, Energy Saving, Energy Resources, Natural Gas

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