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Coach John G. Agno is your own cultural attache; keeping you abreast of what's effective in leadership.
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After 13 years with a Prince George's County nonprofit organization, a former administrator has been charged with theft after allegedly using organization funding on personal travel, clothing and furniture expenses, according to federal court records.
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That's the view of two legal scholars on religious liberty issues as they observe what they see as an orchestrated campaign against the First Amendment right to free exercise of religion.
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Analyst: Home prices show D.C. region in firm recovery
John McClain, senior fellow at George Mason University and deputy director of the Center for Regional Analysis, said the median price of a home in the D.C. area has gone up quite a bit in the past year, and the region now can be classified as firmly in recovery.
Manassas Participates in Clean the Bay Day
Most local waterways lead to the Chesapeake Bay and that is why a volunteer project taking place in Manassas Saturday aims at cleaning up the floodway along the Winter's Branch Trail.A The project's leader is Rob Gaither, General Manager at Old Town's City Square Cafe .
Obama nominates DC professor as U.S. nuclear security chief
President Barack Obama has nominated Allison Macfarlane , a Professor at George Mason University , as the next Chairman of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission .
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Antony Davies is an affiliated senior scholar at the Mercatus Center at George Mason University and an associate professor of economics at Duquesne University.
Religious freedom issues at heart of HHS lawsuits, legal scholars say
The mass media have done the public a disservice by consistently referring to health reform law regulations so narrowly as the "contraceptive mandate," because it leads people to think the regulations are a matter of interest only to Catholics, according to Harvard Law professor Mary Ann Glendon.
Macfarlane's mixed nuclear record - Nat gas vehicles: The road not...
A MIXED RECORD: People wondering what to make of NRC nominee Allison Macfarlane may not need to look much further than her own extensive paper trail.
Germanna leads in innovation, service
Triplets Corey, Courtney and Christopher Kilgore, 20, graduated from Germanna Community College on May 9, 2012.
There's More to the Story on Obama's Pick for America's Top Nuclear Regulator
Last week, President Barack Obama announced that he would nominate Dr. Allison Macfarlane, a nuclear waste expert from George Mason University, as the United States' top nuclear regulator.
Support for college-bound veterans grows through Yellow Ribbon Program benefits
Over the past year, the Yellow Ribbon Program has made significant improvements in benefits available to student-veterans enrolled in local colleges and universities.
Jeff Barth is running for Congress against Kristi Noem in North Dakota's at-large District, apparently as an Independent.
Is another government/financial meltdown on horizon?
To halt the changes or lessen their impact, Democrats and Republicans in Congress, along with the president, will have to find common ground and act immediately.
Geologist Is Nominated to Lead Nuclear Agency
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Mid-Rivers awards 25 scholarships totaling $25,000 to area students
Mid-Rivers Communications is proud to announce the recipients of 25 $1,000 Higher Education Scholarships to high school and college students within the Cooperative's service area.
Mitt Romney courts African American vote to show he's 'severely compassionate conservative'
The Republican Party once had a lock on the African American vote. But that began loosening 125 years ago when the "Lily-White" movement openly began to push blacks out of the party .
Rapped advice for Class of 2012
Okay, okay, maybe not all commencement speeches follow the same unmemorable script .
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