Tuesday May 6 | Med Ad News
Commonwealth Biotechnologies to Establish New Drug Discovery Service...
May 6, 2008 - Commonwealth Biotechnologies, Inc. is pleased to announce further details regarding Venturepharm , CBI's joint venture with Venturepharm Laboratories Ltd . via Med Ad News
Wednesday Apr 23 | Augusta Free Press
Finalists announced in Virginia Film Competition
Item by Chris Graham newdominion@ntelos.net Thirteen finalists in three categories will represent the Commonwealth in the first annual Virginia Film Competition, the Virginia Film Office announced this week. via Augusta Free Press
Monday Apr 21 | Fredericksburg.com
State Finds Cash for Falmouth Gridlock
“Not everything wanted is funded, but some important projects will move forward.”
Despite dwindling state transportation dollars, plans to ease congestion at Falmouth intersection are moving ahead. via Fredericksburg.com
Apr 19, 2008 | Pharmaceutical Online
Commonwealth Biotechnologies And New Zealand Pharmaceuticals Enter...
Commonwealth Biotechnologies, Inc. is pleased to announce that it has entered into a global strategic alliance with New Zealand Pharmaceuticals Ltd to provide a suite of small molecule chemistry products for ... via Pharmaceutical Online
Apr 17, 2008 | Hampton Roads Daily Press
New twist surfaces in man's 1999 conviction
“Accordingly, the commonwealth would ask that an attorney be appointed to represent the defendant.”
Aquil K. Wiggins has spent nine years fighting what he says was a wrongful conviction in 1999 for a robbery and attempted carjacking outside a Hampton Food Lion. via Hampton Roads Daily Press
Apr 15, 2008 | WAVY-TV Portsmouth
Barge would ease highway truck traffic
A proposed barge service linking Hampton Roads and Richmond has the backing of the Richmond Regional Planning District Commission. via WAVY-TV Portsmouth
Apr 13, 2008 | Rivals.com
Virginia star visits spring camp
Assistant coach and staff recruiting ace Tom Brattan is at it again down in Virginia. via Rivals.com
Apr 11, 2008 | WTOP-FM Washington
Concealed Weapons Applications Rise Sharply
“I just don't believe alcohol and firearms are a good mix. I think it's a safety issue.”
Applications for concealed weapons permits increased by more than 60 percent last year in Virginia . via WTOP-FM Washington
Apr 10, 2008 | English.eastday.com
Venturepharm buys Nasdaq-listed drug firm
Venturepharm Laboratories Ltd. , a Beijing-based pharmaceutical service provider, announced yesterday it had purchased 39 percent of shares of the US medicine group Commonwealth Biotechnologies, Inl. via English.eastday.com
Apr 8, 2008 | The Associated Press | Posted by The Associated Press
Ex-sax player's book details years with Parker, other jazz greats
“When it happens in your life, it's easy to remember”
When Joe Evans smiles, you can almost see the air around him turn brighter.
At 91, Evans is a spirited reminder of the halcyon days of jazz, when Billie Holiday, Louis Armstrong and Charlie 'Bird' Parker headlined dark, smoky clubs.
Those days were also a time of segregation in the South, particularly around Alabama and Pensacola, Fla., where Evans first picked up the saxophone as a teen, paying 50 cents a lesson.
His career likely would have remained a secret to the public _ stories of nights spent on stage with Parker, Holiday, Lionel Hampton, Dinah Washington and an endless list of luminaries _ had he never decided to sit in on Christopher Brooks' African-American music class at Virginia Commonwealth University in 1994. Read more







