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1 hr ago | The Virginian-Pilot

Baseball | G. Bridge's Jones No. 33 on draft list

Great Bridge's Connor Jones is No. 33 on Baseball America's latest list of the top major league draft prospects.

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Related Topix: Virginia, Virginia Government

5 hrs ago | NBC29

UVA Plans for Possibility of Rain on Graduation Weekend

The clock is ticking for the University of Virginia's class of 2013. The university's final exercises kick off with valediction on the lawn Saturday morning - depending on Mother Nature.

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Related Topix: Weather, The Colbert Report, Comedy, Entertainment, Television, US Politics, US News, US Senate, Jim Webb, Democrat, Emmy Awards, US Military, US Navy

Fri May 17, 2013

Examiner.com

The Winter Line to Play Beloved Charlottesville Venue

Emerging folk band The Winter Line will make their debut appearance at The Garage on Tuesday, May 21st at 8 p.m. sharp.

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Daily Herald

Parents upset with Dist. 25 report on gifted education

Parents and some board members at Arlington Heights Elementary District 25 had negative reactions to a report from a committee that has been studying advanced learning in the district for the past three years.

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NBC29

Professor Under Investigation Drops Suit Against UVA

A University of Virginia professor has decided not to move forward with his lawsuit against the university.

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Related Topix: Virginia

Washington Examiner

Maryland universities approve 3 percent tuition hike as college costs rise across region

Maryland's state universities announced that in-state undergraduate tuition would rise by 3 percent, the same amount as the past three years.

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Related Topix: Maryland, Salisbury University, College of William and Mary

Philly.com

Principal named for next year at Cherry Hill West

Dr. Kwame Norton, the principal at Kilmer Elementary in Cherry Hill, has been selected as the new principal at Cherry Hill High School West.

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Related Topix: Cherry Hill, NJ, Family, Kids, Teenagers, Education Etc.

Thu May 16, 2013

WHSV-TV Harrisonburg

Man in Critical Condition after Motorcycle Crash

Charles Brooks Jr., 50, of Greenville, is in critical condition at the University of Virginia Medical center following a motorcycle crash.

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Related Topix: Greenville, VA

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: George Mason University, Fairfax, VA, Penn State University Park, Opinion

Examiner.com

Democratic Party starts assaulting Cuccinelli early before he becomes GOP pick

While Ken Cuccinelli prepares to be crowned the Republican Party's prince to take over at Virginia 's Executive Mansion, the Democratic Party is rolling out two early lines of attack against the Commonwealth's attorney general.

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Related Topix: Virginia, Virginia Government

The Daily Nexus

UCSB Police Officer To Run For County Sheriff

UCSB Police Department Officer Ryan Smith recently announced the he will run against incumbent Sheriff Bill Brown and Santa Barbara County Sheriff Department Sgt.

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Related Topix: Santa Barbara County, CA, Criminal Defense Law, Prison, Isla Vista, CA, Arizona State University

WPXI

Investigators still looking into UPMC doctor's cyanide death

Investigators are still trying to determine how a prominent UPMC doctor ingested an apparently lethal dose of cyanide before collapsing at her home last month.

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Related Topix: Allegheny County, PA, US News, US Federal Bureau of Investigation, Criminal Defense Law, Law, Suicide

UConn Advance

Mitchell Green, Philosopher of Language, Mind, Joins UConn Faculty

When a philosophy professor is offered an open-ended invitation to give a talk, there is no telling where the discussion will go - only that it will begin with a question, followed by more questions that challenge the subject, even some which may not have a definitive answer.

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Related Topix: Psychology

NBC29

Miss Virginia USA Sent off to National Pageant

Pageant season is just around the corner, and some of the commonwealth's reigning beauty queens are wishing one of their own the best of luck.

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Wed May 15, 2013

Penn State

Undergrad theses examine topics from body image to recycled tires

Marques Paige said he was a terrible student in high school, and he soon discovered that the nursing program he tried at a community college was not for him.

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Related Topix: Penn State Harrisburg, Standardized Testing, Education

NBC29

UVA Center for Politics' Documentary Earns Emmy Nomination

The University of Virginia Center for Politics' latest documentary, Out of Order , has been nominated for an Emmy Award for Best Topical Documentary.

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Related Topix: Charlottesville, VA, US Politics, US News, US Senate, Republican, Democrat, John Warner, Senator Mark Warner

NBC29

UVA Website Enables Advancement of Research Through Targeted Donations

U.Va. Innovation launched the University of Virginia's first crowdfunding website this week, enabling alumni and others to make targeted, tax-deductible donations in support of specific research and development projects under way at the University.

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Related Topix: Medicine, Nursing, Charlottesville, VA

NBC29

More and More Students Graduating in 3 Years or Less at UVA

A special group of students will take part in the final exercises at the University of Virginia this weekend.

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National Public Radio

Women In Combat: Obstacles Remain As Exclusion Policy Ends

Wednesday's deadline for the Army, Navy, Air Force and Marines to submit plans for ending the policy that keeps women from serving in ground combat positions will open up more than 200,000 positions in the military to them.

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Related Topix: US Military, US Marine Corps, US Navy, US News, US Air Force

NBC29

Scramble for Graduation Weekend Lodging in Charlottesville

As the hotels book their last few rooms, prices are doubling and in some cases, even tripling - from the luxury spots to the rooms with just a lamp, bed and bath.

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Related Topix: Charlottesville, VA