05/26/11 BEDFORD - The members of the Happy Hour Senior Citizens of Petersburg are planning a day of fun picking peaches at the Apple Valley Archery in Bedford on Saturday, July 9.The cost of this day trip is $35. Buses will be leaving from Petersburg Walmart pa
05/25/11 Domestic diva Martha Stewart is getting back on the board of directors of the company that shares her name, despite a criminal past that forced her off the New York Stock Exchange's board.
05/19/11 This year, 1,700 students will receive degrees from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute on Saturday, May 28, beginning at 9:30 a.m. in the East Campus Athletic Village (ECAV) stadium. They represent the next generation of leaders, engineers, scientists, entrepreneurs, patent holders, game designers, and innovators, in fields ranging from engineering to architecture, from fine arts to science, from ...
05/17/11 WOMEN Overall: 1. Lanni Marchant (Lansing, Mich.) 1:21:27; 2. Lori Buratto (Spokane Valley, Wash.) 1:25:50; 3. Katie Fabish (Springfield) 1:16:17; 4. Shannon Robbins (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1:29:22; 5. Karen Noller (Southern Pines, N.C.) 1:29:59; 6. Kristin Herring (Newport News) 1:30:05; 7. Melissa Cummings (King George) 1:30:40; 8. Lisa Reichmann (Gaithersburg, Md.) 1:31:14; 9. Megan Winstead ...
05/16/11 Most people probably aren't into reading ancient Chinese military treatises for fun. If you've read Sun Tzu's The Art of War, it was probably in high school, or perhaps it was given to you by an overzealous boss trying to get you motivated to make a big sale. But what if ancient China was thrown 30 years into the future, where Wall Street is militarized and China is the dominant economy? In ...
05/16/11 PROVIDENCE - Cheryl Merchant, who calls herself a "factory rat," had advice for the state's political leaders who gathered Monday night for the Senate's economic summit on how to grow the economy.
05/16/11 In March, Harrisonburg Downtown Renaissance and the City of Harrisonburg were presented with a Virginia Main Street Milestone Achievement Award.
05/15/11 WORCESTER - Change was the focus of yesterday's Worcester State University commencement exercises at the DCU Center.
05/14/11 Actor Wendell Pierce of HBO's 'Treme' twill deliver the commencement address
05/13/11 PETERSBURG - The VFW Post 622 will hold its quarterly "Feed a Stranger" event from 1-5 p.m. Friday at the post home, located at 1925 Johnson Road.This VFW post feeds anyone age 60 and older, anyone who is homeless, and anyone who is disabled. All meals
05/07/11 SAN JOSE, Calif. (CBS News) -- It is part of Osama bin Laden's terrible legacy -- almost a decade American military funerals, reports CBS News correspondent John Blackstone.
05/06/11 SeaWorld Parks & Entertainment today announced the launch of "Turtle: The Incredible Journey," a family documentary directed by National Geographic Explorer's Nick Stringer. ? The film will be distributed in partnership with Hannover House by SeaWorld's newly formed SeaWorld Pictures division. ? Hannover House is the entertainment unit of Target Development Group .
05/01/11 More British companies than ever are being led by foreign-born executives as boards spurn UK candidates.
04/27/11 Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell rolled out his teacher merit pay plan Tuesday, inviting 57 districts with "hard-to-staff" schools to apply for a chunk of $3 million in state funding for the 2011-12 school year.
04/26/11 Pitching an undercard of sorts before tonights Jameson Taillon-vs.-Bryce Harper duel, Tyler Waldron survived Harpers best shot and came out victorious Tuesday night.Waldron pitched five solid innings in leading his West Virginia Power to an 8-5 win over Ha...
04/25/11 After plans to accelerate its software development initiatives, HP leased 393,776 square feet in two Moffett Towers office buildings in Sunnyvale, CA, where it plans to create a software innovation center. The new facility will consolidate several of the tech firm's offices across the Bay Area, including those at recently acquired Fortify and ArcSight, and will focus on the company's IT ...
04/20/11 Police say a car struck a deer, then swerved into a tree on Logmill Road early this morning.
04/20/11 In the effort to attract top educators and then keep them in the commonwealth’s public school systems, Gov. Bob McDon­nell on Tuesday invited 57 districts to par­ticipate in a merit-pay plan.
04/19/11 Lisa Gartner Examiner Staff Writer @Lisa_Examiner No.Va. schools wary of teacher pilot program Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell rolled out his teacher merit pay plan Tuesday, inviting 57 districts with "hard-to-staff" schools to apply for a chunk of $3 million in state funding for the 2011-12 school year. But Northern Virginia districts met the governor with blank stares, as Fairfax and ...
04/16/11 Clifford Pirch caught a five-bass limit weighing 16 pounds, 14 ounces Saturday to retain the lead at the Walmart FLW Tour on Lake Chickamauga presented by National Guard. | 
