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AP: 27 Dead, Including 18 Children, At Sandy Hook School Shooting In Newtown
Twenty-seven people, including 18 children, have been killed in a shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School, according to the Associated Press. Another person was found dead at 36 Yogananda St. in Newtown, sources told The Courant. Many of the...Tags: Regional Authority, Politics, Teachers, Housing and Urban Planning, Health and Safety at School
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Virginia Tech: Police Officer, 1 Other Killed
Channel 2 NewsVirginia Tech officials say a police officer and another person have been shot and killed on the school's campus. The suspect remains on the loose. A news release from the school says the police officer had pulled someone over in what was a routine...Tags: Shootings
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After two days of travel, WDBJ7 crew meets up with Hokie Storm Chasers in Kansas
WDBJ7 is tagging along as a team of meteorology professors and students are using the Midwest as their classroom this week. Chris Hurst is with them for the next two days. He and photojournalist Andy May met up with them late Saturday night as they were...
Tags: Roanoke (Roanoke, Virginia), Weather Science, Science and Technology
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Fate leads former Hampton All-American Ronald Curry to 49ers coaching job
The rejections stung, sure. They always do. But Ronald Curry had overcome far more, and a few job interviews that didn't pan out weren't about to discourage him. "Everything happens for a reason," he said Friday afternoon. "That's how I've always...
Tags: Sports, Providence Friars, College of William and Mary, Baltimore Ravens, San Diego Chargers
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Graduation day at Virginia Tech
WDBJ7 ReporterOn Friday, 5,000 students graduated from Virginia Tech. Inside Lane stadium, University President Charles Steger gave his first and only commencement speech. The man with maybe the most intimate knowledge of Virginia Tech's most horrific day, never...Tags: Graduation, Education
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Friday is graduation day at Virginia Tech
Friday is graduation day at Virginia Tech. More than 5,000 students will receive their diplomas at the spring 2013 commencement. The graduate school graduated at 8:30 a.m. Friday morning in Cassell Coliseum. The school-wide commencement ceremony...
Tags: Career and Workplace, Graduation, Labor Legislation, Labor Markets
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College grads need jobs
WDBJ7 ReporterOn Friday, thousands of students will graduate from Virginia Tech. The question is how many have a job lined up? The lawn at Alumni Hall was packed with soon to be graduates, all taking part in "Grad Bash", a new tradition that may be the last hurrah...Tags: Science and Technology
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Teel Time: Retiring VT president Steger advocated for athletics
Charles Steger was not the most visible or vocal proponent of Virginia Tech athletics. But as Hokie Nation reflects on his retirement after nearly 14 years as university president, there’s no questioning his advocacy or appreciation for major...Tags: Bowl Championship Series, College Sports, Florida State University, Frank Beamer, Sports
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U.Va., Virginia Tech attempt to balance competitive, business concerns in football scheduling
Bold non-conference schedules will serve Virginia Tech, Virginia and the ACC well as college football drives toward the playoff era. The challenge is in balancing that ambition with business and competitive concerns. Strength-of-schedule has long been a...
Tags: Florida State Seminoles, College Sports, Virginia Cavaliers, Sports, Oregon Ducks
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Virginia Tech storm chasers leave for Tornado Alley
Each year a group of students and faculty from Virginia Tech depart for the Great Plains in search of severe weather. They come back with an understanding of how severe storms develop, and ways to forecast the threat of severe weather. Tuesday, the...
Tags: Southern U.S. Storms (2011)
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Virginia Tech continues leading the research in safer football helmets
Virginia Tech continues leading the research in safer football helmets. On Wednesday, the university released its newest safety ratings and gave one more helmet two thumbs up with the maximum 5 stars. The Xenith X-2 joins Riddell and Rawlings as the...
Tags: Science and Technology, Health and Safety at School, Technology, Engineering
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Are college presidents worth their eye-popping salaries?
Change of SubjectEvidently not. The Chronicle of HIgher Education has posted a list of the top 100 salaries of public-university presidents (by total compensation package: Graham B. Spanier Pennsylvania State University at University Park $2,906,721 (1st) Jay Gogue Auburn...
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May 19, 2013
|Column| Hampton Roads Daily Press
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May 15, 2013
|Story| Daily Press
May 15, 2013
|Column| Hampton Roads Daily Press
May 15, 2013
|Story| WDBJ7
May 15, 2013
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May 13, 2013
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