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27 min ago | Loudoun Times

Brambleton residents file lawsuit against Loudoun County School Board

The Loudoun County School Board will spend yet another summer facing a lawsuit, thanks to this spring's school attendance boundary process.

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Related Topix: Loudoun County, VA, Broadlands, VA, Broad Run, VA, Dulles, VA, Ashburn, VA

4 hrs ago | The White House

President Obama Announces More Key Administration Posts

William I. Althen is founder of William I. Althen Consulting, which provides counsel on legal issues related to health, safety, labor, and employment matters.

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Related Topix: us Travel, North America Travel, Travel, Washington D.C. Travel, Georgetown University, US Politics, US News, Representative Ann Marie Buerkle, Republican, US House of Representatives

9 hrs ago | The News Item

F&S descendants have accomplished careers

Dr. Mary E. Schmidt has studied at some of the finest schools and practiced medicine at several prestigious medical centers, earning industry accolades along the way.

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Related Topix: Shamokin, PA, us Travel, North America Travel, Travel, Washington D.C. Travel, George Washington University, Virginia Commonwealth University, University of Pennsylvania

Thu May 23, 2013

Main Site

Video calls while you drive are totally OK, right? - View on...

Jerry Brito is a senior research fellow at the Mercatus Center at George Mason University and director of its Technology Policy Program.

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Related Topix: Blog News

Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia

Chapter Placed on Probation for Risk Management Violations

May 23, 2013 The Rho Omicron chapter has been placed on probation until April 30, 2015, for violations of the Fraternity's Risk Management Policy.

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Related Topix: Student Society, Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia, Fraternities

New Media Journal

We Are the Idiots

Born in Philadelphia in 1936, Walter E. Williams holds a bachelor's degree in economics from California State University and a Master's degree and doctorate in economics from the University of California at Los Angeles.

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Related Topix: Temple University, Los Angeles County, CA, Carson, CA, Medicine, Malaria, Health

Wed May 22, 2013

Book TV

2013 Gaithersburg Book Festival: John Turner, "Brigham Young: Pioneer Prophet"

Book TV covered the 2013 Gaithersburg Book Festival on the grounds of the Gaithersburg City Hall.

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Kiplinger Online

Retirees Return to College Just for the Fun of It

You never thought about going back to school-that is, until you retired. Now that you have time on your hands, you're searching for intellectual stimulation.

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Related Topix: North Carolina State University, Poughkeepsie, NY, Marist College, Regis College

Tue May 21, 2013

Loudoun Times

Elizabeth Miller files House of Delegates candidacy

Elizabeth Miller will challenge incumbent state Del. Tag Greason in this November's House of Delegates race, she announced today.

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Related Topix: Loudoun County, VA

Forward

Researchers Feud Over Jewish Genes

Are Jews genetically homogenous? Though it's certainly been a loaded question historically, the quandary has been the domain of scientists for a number of years now, all of whom have pretty much come up with the same answer: yes.

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Related Topix: Israel, World News, Middle East, Religion, Judaism, Genetics, Medicine

Mon May 20, 2013

Network World

Bitcoiners rally to enlighten Washington

Washington's biggest problem when it comes to Bitcoin may just be that policymakers on the Hill don't know enough about it, yet.

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Sat May 18, 2013

Main Site

Dueling #bitcoin ATMs at Bitcoin 2013.

Jerry Brito is a senior research fellow at the Mercatus Center at George Mason University and director of its Technology Policy Program.

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Hilobrow

Tina Fey

I can't help but think that comedian and author TINA FEY is the perfect person to solve the European debt crisis.

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Related Topix: Celebrities, Tina Fey

St. Anthony Messenger

Campus Missionaries Help College Students Find 'Meaning'

A diverse group of young college women lounged on couches at the entrance of the George Mason University Student Union on a recent afternoon.

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Related Topix: Roman Catholic Church, Religion, Orlando, FL

The Virginian-Pilot

Far out! Turtles, bats and Star Trek

We're going far afield this week, beginning in Fairfax, where a large snapping turtle joined thousands of graduates and family members on a sidewalk heading to a ceremony at George Mason University on Thursday.

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Fri May 17, 2013

Patch.com

Remembering Vienna's 'Unofficial Historian'

As an Army veteran and former member of the Central Intelligence Agency, Mayo Stuntz had traveled the world - he spent three years across the Pacific Southwest, and later, served tours in Japan and Nicaragua.

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Related Topix: Vienna, VA, Cornell University, Fairfax County, VA

Thu May 16, 2013

Science, Industry and Business

Study provides insight into nesting behavior of dinosaurs

A university study into the incubation behavior of modern birds is shedding new light on the type of parental care carried out by their long extinct ancestors.

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Related Topix: Paleontology, Dinosaur, Science, World News, United Kingdom, Lincolnshire County, England

Washington Times

EDITORIAL: Making college affordable

Every parent with a college-age child worries about the spiraling cost of education.

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Related Topix: Fairfax, VA, University of Virginia, Penn State University Park, Opinion

Australian Broadcasting Corporation

Does curiosity trump happiness in the wellbeing stakes?

Todd Kashdan believes it's misguided to search for the elusive state of happiness.

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Wed May 15, 2013

NBC Washington

Police: Student Recorded Woman Showering

A 19-year-old George Mason University student was arrested for allegedly recording a woman while she was taking a shower at a freshman dorm.

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