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Alex Antunes serves twice-weekly slices of life from the sometimes strange, sometimes oddly normal workday of a NASA astrophysicist.
'Cosmic fruit machine' matches collisions
A new website will give everyone the chance to contribute to science by playing a 'cosmic fruit machine' and compare images of colliding galaxies with millions of simulated images of galactic pile-ups. These collisions, which astronomers call 'galactic mergers', could be the key to finding out why the Universe contains the mix of galaxies it does - ...
City literary agent has best year ever despite rocky market
Christine Witthohn knows a good story when she sees it. In her line of work, she had better.
Vin Suprynowicz: Barefooted, gun-toting hayseeds?
I posted on Nov. 11 at www.lvrj.com/blogs/vin/ a response to a letter-writing government schoolmarm who contends she should not be held responsible for the failure of her young charges to learn anything, since it's all their parents' fault.
Americans are attending college in record numbers. According to a Pew Research Center study, 11.3 million Americans ages 18 to 24 attended college in 2008, continuing an upward trend that began 30 years ago.
Walk raises funds to fight diabetes
Micron Technology Virginia, Manassas, recently hosted the Prince William County Step Out to Fight Diabetes Walk.
Column: Government should serve general interest, not special interests
Virginian James Buchanan, co-founder of "public-choice economics" -- or what he prefers to call the Virginia school of political economy -- celebrated his 90th birthday in October.
Leftist Blood-Curdling Scream Alert: CMPA Reports That Fox Is Fair and Balanced
Leftists including those in the White House who presumptively and obsessively attack Fox News will not be pleased with this.
Former ROTC member Ben Novak, Class of 1965, has been spat on and called a murderer.
CI Participates in Exhibition at Smithsonian National Museum of American History
Camarillo, Calif., Nov 4, 2009 A new exhibition, "Bittersweet Harvest: The Bracero Program, 1942-1964," recently opened at the Washington, D.C. Smithsonian National Museum of American History .
New Hampshire is first state to help newspaper, likely not last
New Hampshire's decision to guarantee a line of credit to a struggling newspaper likely won't be the last such effort despite the questions it raises about independent coverage.
Latest sports drink: chocolate milk
Chocolate milk, the drink mothers give children as a treat, is gaining popularity as a post-workout recovery drink.
Chamber forum tackles health care
Northern Virginia business leaders are grappling with the complexities of health insurance reform, including how to cover spiraling costs of health insurance, according to Greater Dulles Regional Chamber of Commerce president and CEO Eileen Curtis.
Obama's 'Lost And Dislocated' Jobs
The bailout is hurting--not helping--employment. The White House announced last week that the $787 billion stimulus package has "saved or created" more than 1 million jobs.
Locals Share Berlin Wall Memories
The Berlin Wall Anniversary is bringing back memories for local residents who were there to see it all happen.
Who is Moving In Next Door? The DIA Relocating Employee Profile
Last Wednesday , the Albemarle County Board of Supervisors received a briefing titled "Survey of DIA Personnel Moving to Rivanna Station".A The survey, conducted by the Center For Regional Economic Competitiveness , a non-profit research organization affiliated with George Mason University , provides interesting analysis of the jobs who will be ...
After years of growing tensions, 7 minutes of bloodshed
It was still dark on Thursday when Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan left his aging apartment complex to attend 6 a.m. prayers at the brick mosque near Fort Hood.
Feds Launch New Study of BPA Safety, Industry Critics Blast Consumer Reports Study
Industry mouthpieces cranked up a predictable response to a Consumer Reports study that said the chemical Bisphenol A can be found in a diverse assortment of canned foods including those labeled "organic," and even in some foods packaged in "BPA-free" cans.
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Heck Hired As New Vice President, Financial Operations at NATA
National Air Transportation Association President James K. Coyne announced the hiring of Timothy J. Heck as the association's new vice president, financial operations.
Many students may not be aware that this is a critical time in which the future of the Universitya s food service is being determined.
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