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7 hrs ago | Style Weekly

No BS

Richmond's No BS! Brass Band recently played three songs for NPR Music's Tiny Desk concert series.

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Related Topix: Richmond, VA

11 hrs ago | WRIC-TV Richmond

VCU Receives Grant For Tobacco Cessation Study

Virginia Commonwealth University is getting grant money to study new ways to treat nicotine dependence.

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Related Topix: Nicotine, NicoDerm, Nicotine (generic), Medicine, Smoking, Health, University of Pittsburgh

Tue Jun 18, 2013

WHSV-TV Harrisonburg

Woman in Serious Condition After Struck by Bus

Police tell the Richmond Times-Dispatch the woman who was struck Tuesday is expected to survive.

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Related Topix: Harrisonburg, VA

Style Weekly

Architecture Review: Life of Pei

A pedestrian crosses East Marshall Street toward the new James W. and Frances C. McGothlin Medical Education Center which complements the art deco West Hospital on the VCU medical campus.

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The Washington Post

Virginia teacher preparation programs get a C-minus

The National Council On Teacher Quality released a first-of-its-kind national review of teacher preparation programs Tuesday.

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Related Topix: Radford University, Longwood University, Education

Mon Jun 17, 2013

Lubbock Avalanche-Journal

Life of local child affected by hydrocephalus

At 4 months old, Haley Vogeler received what her mother believed would be her first and only surgical procedure as a child.

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Related Topix: Medicine

NorthJersey.com

The dog days of summer might not be so bad after all: ...

"Bark" highlights a study from Virginia Commonwealth University that found that employees who bring their dogs to work produced lower levels of the stress-causing hormone cortisol.

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Sun Jun 16, 2013

Jacksonville Daily News

Carteret names new fire marshal

Eddie Lewis, who has worked part time in the county fire marshal's office since 2000, has accepted the full-time position vacated earlier this year with the retirement of Ben Barnett.

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Related Topix: Fire, Carteret County, NC

Sat Jun 15, 2013

WTAE-TV Pittsburgh

Magnet schools in Pittsburgh losing racial balance

While magnet schools in Pittsburgh Public Schools historically ensured racial balance, city magnet schools now operate as schools of choice without any guarantees or deliberate measures racially balancing them.

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Busted In Acadiana

Former Lafayette priest kills himself after victims show up at his door

When it was found three days after Christmas, the small pickup truck was idling in a secluded spot at a shuttered rock-and-sand plant off a lonesome stretch of state Route 5 in Charles City County.

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Related Topix: Lafayette, LA

WNYC-AM New York

No BS! Brass Band: Tiny Desk Concert

Just southeast of the Virginia Commonwealth University campus in Richmond, Va., lies a compact neighborhood called Oregon Hill.

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Related Topix: New Orleans, Jazz, California

Fri Jun 14, 2013

Examiner.com

Plan to take your dog to work day

If you would like to have a really great day at work, you will want to take advantage if your organization is anything like Guardians of Rescue and supports Take Your Dog to Work Day .

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Related Topix: Central Michigan University

Westmoreland News

WRAR host to lecture on Civil War

Jon Stallard, morning show co-host at WRAR in Tappahannock, writer, genealogist and history buff, will present a lecture at Historic Christ Church at 420 Christ Church Road in Weems on June 20 at 7 p.m. He will examine the claim of some that Gettysburg was really the "High Tide" of the Confederacy.

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Related Topix: Life, Hobbies, Genealogy, Tappahannock, VA, Weems, VA

Thu Jun 13, 2013

Medical News Today

Side Effects Of Radiation To Treat Prostate Cancer Reduced By Biodegradable Implant

Main Category: Prostate / Prostate Cancer Also Included In: Medical Devices / Diagnostics ; Radiology / Nuclear Medicine Article Date: 13 Jun 2013 - 0:00 PDT Several years ago, Virginia Commonwealth University Massey Cancer Center became the first center in the United States to test an Israeli-invented device designed to increase the space between ... (more)

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Related Topix: Prostate Cancer, Health, Oncology, Medicine

Wed Jun 12, 2013

WTVR Richmond

Debate lingers over plans for Richmond children's hospital

While Virginia Commonwealth University moves forward with plan to build a new freestanding children's hospital in Richmond, some doctors are worried it may not be the best option for kids.

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Related Topix: Richmond, VA, Family, Kids, Charlottesville, VA

The record Online

Civil War lectures to continue June 20

Jon Stallard, WRAR morning show co-host, writer, genealogist and history buff, will present a lecture at 7 p.m. June 20 at Christ Church at 420 Christ Church Road in Weems.

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Related Topix: Church Road, VA, Weems, VA

Customer Interaction Solutions

BRIEF: 3 robbers using bicycle strike on VCU campus

A trio of robbers, including one riding a bicycle, took a man's wallet on Virginia Commonwealth University's main academic campus late Tuesday night.

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Daily World

Notorious priest kills himself after sexual abuse victims show up at his home

When it was found three days after Christmas, the small pickup truck was still running, idling in a secluded spot at a shuttered rock-and-sand plant off a lonesome stretch of state Route 5 in Charles City County.

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Related Topix: Roman Catholic Church, Religion

Tue Jun 11, 2013

WTVR Richmond

VCU plans a free-standinga Children's Hospital

Richmond could soon get a free-standing children's hospital. Virginia Commonwealth University Health System has come up with a plan to build one and has asked VCU Health System Authority to consider the plan.

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Related Topix: Richmond, VA

Al Bawaba

VCUQatar research project awarded NPRP Grant

Virginia Commonwealth University in Qatar's project 'Mechanically Strong Aerogels with Custom Shapes', has been awarded an $881,000 National Priorities Research Program grant by the Qatar National Research Fund .

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Related Topix: Physics, Science, World News, China