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  Trick or Treat, President Obama?

  By Sarah Parsons | Sun Nov 1, 2009 1:17 PM ET

  dressed up in costumes!According to a story on MSNBC.com, the President and First Lady invited students from the District of Columbia, Maryland and Virginia to come trick-or-treating. The event also featured outdoor activities and entertainment for kids and their families (so the little ghoul Read More

  More like this in: Barack Obama, Michelle Obama, Children, Halloween, White House, MSNBC, Candy, Maryland, Military, Trick-or-Treating
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  Truly Green Tea

  By Marc Hertz | Sun Oct 11, 2009 10:12 PM ET

  Lipton plant in Virginia doesn't believe in wasting anything. Read More

  More like this in: Unilever, London, Compost, Caffeine, Sustainable Business, Rainforest Alliance, Lipton Tea
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  An Early Holiday Gift: Amazon Slashes Kindle Price

  By Judy Mottl | Thu Oct 8, 2009 8:23 PM ET

  new e-reader competitor IREX Technologies announced it would be launching can e-reader offering with Barnes & Noble and retailer Best Buy.Yes, Virginia, there very well could be a Santa Claus, and market competition seems to be the reading fanatic's best friend these days. Photo courtesy o Read More

  More like this in: The New York Times, Kindle, Amazon.com Inc., Jeff Bezos, Santa Claus, Technology, Gadgets
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  Business Awards Bungled

  By Chaniga Vorasarun | Fri Oct 2, 2009 7:09 PM ET

  she got a letter from the organization rescinding the offer. Apparently, they had mistaken her for another business called the Lodge based in Virginia. Rizos is based in Texas.Rizos wasn’t the only one mistakenly awarded. American Solutions made the same blunder with adult film compan Read More

  More like this in: Texas, Atlanta, Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Business, Entertainment, Regional/Local
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  Seniors Go Bare For Charity

  By Darragh Worland | Wed Sep 23, 2009 5:11 PM ET

  satisfy their curiosity, the calendar is available for purchase here.Watch a video about the calendar below:  Photo courtesy o Read More

  More like this in: Retirement, Baby Boomers, US, Social Responsibility, Fundraising
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  The Green Screen Ecological Film Showcase Returns

  By Wynter Mitchell | Wed Sep 23, 2009 11:52 AM ET

  mislabeld and sold for a higher price in markets despite the presence of toxic levels of mercury which can lead to poisoning.  In October the Virginia Sierra Club will present a documentary, "Coal Country," which looks at proposed coal-fired plants in Virginia's Wise and Surr Read More

  More like this in: Sierra Club, Organic, Farmers, Japan, New Orleans, Hurricane Katrina, Activism, Hurricane
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  Grant-making for the Chesapeake

  By Katherine Gustafson | Mon Sep 21, 2009 9:00 AM ET

  recipient of $75,000, will help farmers put in fences and forest buffers to keep livestock and fertilizers out of the watershed environments along Virginia's Upper Hazel River.GreenTreks Network, also receiving $75,000, will run a social marketing campaign called "Reign in the Rain," which wil Read More

  More like this in: Farmers, Environment, Fertilizer, Wetlands, Water Pollution, Chesapeake Bay, US, Science, Social Responsibility, Regional/Local, Environment, Giving
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  Breaking Free

  By Darragh Worland | Sun Sep 13, 2009 7:35 PM ET

  make."Congratulations to Betts for beating the odds and changing the course of his own family's history. Photo courtesy of globevisions vi Read More

  More like this in: Maryland, University of Maryland, Human Rights Watch, US, Entertainment, Books
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  Dave Matthews' Late Saxophonist Still Giving

  By David Jenison | Sat Sep 12, 2009 2:00 PM ET

  he supported during his lifetime. He's also setting up four-year college scholarships at North Carolina Central University, University of Virginia School of Nursing and to Albemarle High School (Moore's alma mater) for music students headed to college. Moore, whose birthday was Sept. 7 Read More

  More like this in: Dave Matthews, Toys For Tots, North Carolina, Habitat for Humanity, Dave Matthews Band, University of Virginia, Entertainment, Music
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  Sometimes Going Graphic Can Be Good and Bad

  By Judy Mottl | Thu Sep 3, 2009 2:00 PM ET

  of National Public Radio shortly after being posted and immediately came under fire for being too violent and graphic. NPR earlier reported that the Virginia Tech Transportation Institute had recently issued a report (PDF) noting that drivers who text are 23.2 percent more likely to get into a Read More

  More like this in: National Public Radio, YouTube, Transportation, Texting, Virginia Tech Transportation Institute, Technology, Gadgets