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Garden Week opens
With guidebooks in hand, and spring blooms in full array, John Adams and Thomas Jefferson together visited garden after garden.
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Festival of the Book event at Greene library
Author Lisa Tracy will read excerpts of "Objects of Our Affections" at the Greene County Library's Virginia Festival of the Book event Saturday, March 19 at 4 p.m.
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'Imagine Ireland' at book festival
A lot of people enjoy listening to an Irish brogue, regardless of what’s being said.
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Author Shenk to kick off Virginia Festival of the Book
Those who coached baseball great Ted Williams lauded his “natural ability.”
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Webb's decision not to run scrambles 2012 Senate race
With less than two years remaining in his first term, U.S. Sen. Jim Webb, D-Arlington, says he will not seek re-election in 2012.
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In and Around Greene
Greene County-area coming events
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Omega-3 pills fail to work in Alzheimer's patients
CHICAGO -- Omega-3 pills promoted as boosting memory didn't slow mental and physical decline in older patients with Alzheimer's disease, a big disappointment in a multimillion-dollar government-funded study. "We had high hopes that we'd see some efficacy but we did not," said Dr. Joseph Quinn, an author of the $10 million study and a researcher at Oregon Health and Science University.
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Va. alerts schools of black Confederates error
The state Department of Education is alerting Virginia superintendents and history teachers about a passage in a state-approved textbook that falsely claims that thousands of black troops fought for the Confederacy.
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UPDATE: 2 workers killed in Tenn. post office shooting
Two women working at a West Tennessee post office were shot and killed Monday during a possible robbery attempt, authorities said.
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Get your dose of Ferguson a little earlier in the night
A native of Glasgow, Scotland, Ferguson started his career as a drummer in punk bands and served as a bartender, bouncer and construction worker before getting talked into trying his hand at acting.
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Southern Baptist leader: Yoga not good
LOUISVILLE, Ky. -- A Southern Baptist leader who is calling for Christians to avoid yoga and its spiritual attachments is getting plenty of pushback from enthusiasts who defend the ancient practice. Southern Baptist Seminary President Albert Mohler says the stretching and meditative discipline derived from Eastern religions is not a Christian pathway to God.
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Pentagon says Rolling Stone writer denied embed
WASHINGTON -- The author of the Rolling Stone article that ended the military career of Gen. Stanley McChrystal, the former top commander in Afghanistan, has been denied permission to join U.S. troops fighting in Afghanistan. "There is no right to embed," Defense Department spokesman Col. David Lapan said Tuesday regarding freelance writer Michael Hastings.
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Crush of mud finally plugs BP's well in the gulf
NEW ORLEANS -- In the end, it was a crush of mud that finally plugged the blown-out well in the Gulf of Mexico, three months after the offshore drilling rig explosion that unleashed a gusher of oil and a summer of misery along the Gulf Coast. The government stopped just short of pronouncing the well dead, cautioning that cement and mud still must be pumped in from the bottom to seal it off for good.
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Mo. vote against health-care mandate aids Va. push
In the first state to hold a referendum on the issue, Missouri residents voted 71 percent to 29 percent against the mandate.
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More book reviews from WMMS 6th grade
Book reviews written by Diane Tyburski’s sixth-grade class at William Monroe Middle School.
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In and Around Greene
Local upcoming eventts happening in Greene County
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local events happening in Greene
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In and Around Greene
Upcoming events in and around the county of Greene
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In and Around Greene
Community events, concerts and fundraisers
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Library Matters
A Great American Writer
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LIBRARY MATTERS: In translation
In translation
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LIBRARY MATTERS: Time travel novels
Time travel novels
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VCE NEWS
Agronomy Tip: Summer and early fall soil fertility check
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Blue Ridge School history celebrated: 'The Past is the Beginning'
In Part 3 of a continuing series of articles, local author Nancy Morris explores the next phase of the school’s rich history
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