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Rockbridge Student "Google Doodle" Finalist
WDBJ-TV Anchor/ReporterHit "Google" and one day you may see the work of a Rockbridge County High School Student. Kellie Nicely is the artist behind the winning design for Virginia in a "Doodle 4 Google" contest. The doodles are featured in the logo design that appears on...Tags: Google Inc., Students, Education, New York City, Rockbridge County
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Scientists find cannibalism at American settlement in Jamestown
Scientists say they have found the first solid archaeological evidence that some of the earliest American colonists survived harsh conditions by resorting to cannibalism. On Wednesday, the Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History and...
Tags: Culture, Archaeology, Arts and Culture, Museums, Jamestown (Jamestown, Virginia)
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Rare fossils found in South Africa on display at Martinsville museum
WDBJ7 ReporterArchaeologists believe they found a link between primates two million years ago and modern day humans during a dig in South Africa five years ago. A rare cast of the bones are now on display at the Virginia Museum of Natural History in Martinsville....Tags: Africa, Arts and Culture, Museums, South Africa, Martinsville (Martinsville, Virginia)
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Dinosaurs invade Martinsville
WDBJ7 ReporterThey may be long extinct, but dinosaurs came to life today for elementary school students. The Virginia Museum of Natural History's dinosaur exhibit opened for Martinsville kids Friday. It's full of bones and full cast models of reptiles and animals...Tags: Paleontology, Museums, Arts and Culture, Science and Technology, Martinsville (Martinsville, Virginia)
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Henry County's school superintendent headed to North Carolina
Henry County's school superintendent is headed to North Carolina.
Dr. Anthony Jackson is leaving Henry County to be a school superintendent at a school system in North Carolina.
He served as superintendent of Henry County schools since the summer of...Tags: Henry County, Apple iPad, Schools, Martinsville (Martinsville, Virginia), Human Interest
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RPT-INSIGHT-Dimon has big say over who serves on JPMorgan board
ReutersBy Nadia Damouni, David Henry and Ross Kerber May 16 (Reuters) - For years, JPMorgan Chase & Co Chairman and CEO Jamie Dimon and other executives have hand-picked new directors, in a practice that is now unusual for a major U.S. bank. The JPMorgan...Tags: Bank of New York Company, Jamie Dimon, Boeing Co., Johnson & Johnson Inc., Elections
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READER SUBMITTED: Museum Of Natural History Activity Features Atlatl Throwing
MansfieldThe Connecticut State Museum of Natural History, part of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences at UConn, presents "Learn to Throw the Atlatl!" The program will be lead by Gary Nolf, World Atlatl Association and Friends of the Office of State...Tags: Science, Museums, Arts and Culture, Storrs, Science and Technology
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READER SUBMITTED: Birds Of Bafflin Sanctuary In Pomfret Focus Of Natural History Museum Activity
PomfretThe Connecticut State Museum of Natural History, part of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences at UConn, will hold a bird watching activity on Saturday, May 25, 8:30 to 10:30 a.m. Paula Coughlin, citizen science coordinator at the Connecticut Audubon...Tags: Science, Arts and Culture, Museums, Pomfret, Science and Technology
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JPMorgan board members targeted by shareholder advisers
JPMorgan Chase, one of the nation's largest banks, survived the financial crisis better than most — only to have the $6 billion "London Whale" trading loss last year expose embarrassing flaws in its accounting and risk controls. Influential...
Tags: Boeing Co., Realty, Shareholders, Air Transportation Industry, Barack Obama
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Inside the Huntington story
"Masterpiece Theatre" has nothing on the real-life, rags-to-riches saga that led to the founding of the Huntington Library, Art Collections and Botanical Gardens in San Marino. This singularly American story of an extraordinary family dynasty...
Tags: Gilded Age, Arts and Culture, Museums, Adultery, Authors
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Cannibalism at Jamestown evidence unearthed
Archaeologists and forensic scientists working with human remains recovered at Historic Jamestowne last summer reported Wednesday that their follow-up studies have turned up the gruesome first physical evidence of the cannibalism that took place during...
Tags: Hampton Roads, Culture, Archaeology, Arts and Culture, Jamestown (Jamestown, Virginia)
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Burleigh Manor Middle student state winner in Google logo design contest
Someday, Burleigh Manor seventh-grader Lauren Shen might go to Google and see what the Internet search engine is displaying to millions of users throughout the country: her artwork. Lauren, 12, is the state's winner in a Google-sponsored national contest...Tags: Sergey Brin, Taipei (Taiwan), Ellicott City, Katie Couric, Taipei 101
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