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Seattle Times, 23.04.13 20:45 UTC

Norfolk Southern railroad 1Q profit up 10 percent

Norfolk Southern says its first-quarter profit improved 10 percent as an increase in railroad shipping volume and a land sale helped offset continued weak coal demand.

Virginia  Norfolk Southern Corporation  USD 

Seattle Times, 23.04.13 06:59 UTC

AP IMPACT: Congress slows military efforts to save

Parked around the airstrip at Lackland Air Force Base are more than a dozen massive C-5A Galaxy transport planes. There is no money to fly them, repair them or put pilots in the cockpits, but Congress rejected the Air Force's bid to retire them.

Martinsburg  Middle East  West Virginia  Florida  Virginia  Texas  +25 more

Seattle Times, 22.04.13 18:20 UTC

Gov't seeks 45 years for Christian group attacker

Prosecutors say a Virginia man who planned a mass killing at the Washington headquarters of a conservative Christian lobbying group should spend 45 years in prison for his plot.

Washington headquarters  Family Research Council  Floyd Corkins II  United States  Virginia  District of Columbia  +3 more

Wired, 22.04.13 17:43 UTC

After Two Scrubbed Launches, Orbital Sciences' Rocket Finally Lifts Off

Photo: NASA/Bill Ingalls The third time was the charm for Orbital Sciences, which finally launched its Antares rocket and put a payload in orbit, including a “mass simulator” of the Cygnus ...

Android  veteran technology  Smartphone  veteran technology  launch vehicle systems  Virginia coast  +20 more

Los Angeles Daily News, 22.04.13 17:08 UTC

Teen sex culture: Line blurred between sex and rape

It's called slut-shaming, and it's how teens often respond when learning that a classmate has been raped. In the adult world, it's known as blaming the victim. Awash in a sexualized popular culture, ...

FACEBOOK, INC.  Overfelt High  Paullette Segovia  San Lorenzo  East County Alcohol Policy Coalition  Michigan school district  +18 more

Seattle Times, 22.04.13 15:33 UTC

NYC proposes raising age for cigarette purchases

No one under 21 would be able to buy cigarettes in New York City, under a new proposal announced Monday that marks the latest in a decade of moves to crack down on smoking in the nation's largest city.

Bloomberg L.P.  Needham & Company, LLC  United States (US) Indices - Commodity Exchange Inc  Christine Quinn  Michael Bloomberg  federal law  +12 more

Daily Mail, 22.04.13 14:45 UTC

Men ARE more romantic: 48% fall in love at first sight compared with 28% of women

PUBLISHED: 14:21 GMT, 22 April 2013 | UPDATED: 14:21 GMT, 22 April 2013 A survey found that while 48 per cent cent have fallen in love at first sight, a mere 28 per cent of women could claim the ...

The Washington Post Company  The Normal Bar  Normal Bar  Centre for Social Science Research at George Mason University in Virginia  George Mason University in Virginia  Pepper Schwartz  +13 more

Seattle Times, 22.04.13 04:10 UTC

Award-winning children's author Konigsburg dies

E.L. Konigsburg, an author who twice won one of the top honors for children's literature, has died. She was 83.

coach   author   From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler  Falls Church  William McKinley  Frankweiler  +7 more

Telegraph, 21.04.13 23:33 UTC

Private Antares rocket makes test flight

A privately owned rocket built in partnership with Nasa to haul cargo to the International Space Station has blasted off for a debut test flight from a new commercial spaceport in Virginia.

USD  NASA's Wallops Flight Facility  National Aeronautics and Space Administration  Kyle Herring  Atlantic Ocean  Virginia  +4 more

Seattle Times, 21.04.13 21:17 UTC

Rocket that will carry cargo ship test launched

A company contracted by NASA to deliver supplies to the International Space Station has launched test rocket from the East Coast.

Wallops Island  Virginia  Orbital Sciences Corporation  Cygnus  Dulles  International Space Station  +3 more
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The Commonwealth of Virginia is a U.S. state on the Atlantic Coast of the Southern United States. Virginia is known as the "Old Dominion", and sometimes as "Mother of Presidents" because it is the birthplace of eight U.S. presidents. The geography and climate of the state are shaped by the Blue Ridge Mountains and the Chesapeake Bay, which are home to much of its flora and fauna. The capital of...
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