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31 min ago | Virginia Business

New measurement offers fresh look at poverty in the commonwealth

A new measurement of poverty in Virginia is challenging conventional views of economic distress in areas such as Northern Virginia and Southwest Virginia The University of Virginia's Weldon Cooper Center for Public Service unveiled the Virginia Poverty Measure on Wednesday as part of an effort to more accurately reflect the economic conditions of ... (more)

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Wed May 22, 2013

The American Spectator

Can He Unite Virginia's GOP?

E.W. Jackson played every card in the deck to win Virginia's Republican lieutenant governor nomination Saturday night in Richmond - a rousing speech, a dedicated base, and charismatic appeal to undecided conservative delegates.

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Related Topix: US News, US Politics, Barack Obama, Virginia, Virginia Government, Tea Party

NBC29

Gubernatorial Candidates Take Different Tacks in TV Ads

Don't believe everything you hear leading up to this year's state elections - that's the message from some political analysts, as new advertisements in the race for governor hit airwaves this week.

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NBC29

UVA Researchers Identify Enzyme Linked to Cancer Cell Survival

There is new headway in the fight to cure brain cancer and it comes from the University of Virginia.

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The Hook

Copper top: Rotunda gleams for graduation

Final exercises at University of Virginia took place on the Lawn last weekend, May 18 and 19, and while much was made of tradition, something was different: the dome of the Rotunda was copper colored - instead of the traditional white - for the ceremonies.

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The Daily Beast

YOUTHTwenty-nothings

IF YOU'RE in your 20s and you think you've got, like, a decade before you have to get serious about your future, you'd better think again.

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Business Journal

University of Virginia has fallen behind its competitors, consultants say

Baltimore-based higher education consulting firm Art & Science Group told the University of Virginia's governing board Tuesday that despite the university's stature as a "public Ivy," school and state leaders have been complacent in the past 15 years and the school is now falling behind many of its competitors, The Washington Post reported.

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NBC29

Charlottesville Men Share Stories of Race Relations in the City's Past

Even in Charlottesville, considered one of the most liberal cities in Virginia, blacks and whites had to fight to be seen not only equal as late as the 1970s and beyond.

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NBC29

Cville Chamber Launches "Charlottesville Works" Project

It released its 'Charlottesville Works' project Monday. It stems from the 2011 "Orange Dot Project" report that found 27 percent of people in the city are living in poverty.

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The Times-Picayune

Ursuline Academy announces East Jefferson graduates

Rachel Stuckey, a resident of Metairie, is the daughter of James and Terri Stuckey.

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Tue May 21, 2013

Voice of America

New iPhone App Speeds Care of Heart Attack Victims

Researchers have developed an experimental iPhone application, or app, designed to help emergency medical technicians diagnose a particularly deadly form of heart attack and send that information quickly to waiting hospital surgical teams.

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Related Topix: Heart Attack, Health, Baltimore, MD

NBC29

Lieutenant Governor Candidate Turns Heads with Remarks

Some are calling this year's GOP ticket the most conservative in recent memory. And now, just days after nomination, the Republican nominee for lieutenant governor is coming under fire for a series of controversial statements.

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NBC29

UVA Board Talks Development, Appoints New Vice Rector

The University of Virginia's Board of Visitors is meeting in Charlottesville Monday and Tuesday to discuss strategies for the school's future.

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New Hampshire Public Radio -

Clamoring For Tolstoy...In Juvie?

"Books Behind Bars" is program which pairs undergraduates from the University of Virginia with inmates at the Beaumont Juvenile Correctional Center to read classic Russian literature.

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WOI-TV West Des Moines

Iowa loses rowing coach to Virginia

The school announced Monday that coach Steve Pritzker is leaving to become the chief financial officer for the athletic department at the University of Virginia.

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NBC29

McCormick Road Bridge Closes for Replacement

A traffic alert for drivers at the University of Virginia: The Virginia Department of Transportation is closing the McCormick Road Bridge over Emmet Street at 12 p.m. Monday to begin the process of replacing the aging bridge.

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Mon May 20, 2013

NBC29

Charlottesville Council Approves Higher Parking Fines, Lower Speed Limits

You'll now be forking up more money if you get a parking ticket in Charlottesville.

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MyStateline.com

Illinois, Wisconsin Near the Top When it Comes to Native Born Populations

A University of Virginia analysis of census data finds that 2-in-3 people who live in Illinois were born in Illinois.

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The Beaumont Enterprise

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Stephen Colbert tried to transfer to University of Virginia in 1984, but never completed his application essay.

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USA Today

TV on the Web: Colbert gives UVa. grads advice, laughs

It's cap and gown season and The University of Virginia YouTube channel has uploaded comedian Stephen Colbert's Valedictory Address to the school's class of 2013.

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