Voter turnout tops expectations in Virginia election results
Final canvass shows 39.4 percent turnout of 4.2 million registered voters on Nov 5, aided by two northern Virginia and Hampton Roads sales tax referendums. Warner easily won reelection with 82.6 percent as incumbents coasted in districts redrawn by the General Assembly. Bond issues and constitutional amendments approved with about 1.5 million votes each.
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Richmond
State Board of Elections
Virginia
Hampton Roads
U.S. Senate
John W. Warner
R-Va
Nancy Spannaus
Senate
Virginia Supreme Court
James P Moran Jr
D-8th
Virgil H. Goode Jr
R- 5Th
Rick Boucher
D-9th
Eric I. Cantor
R-7th
Frank R. Wolf
10Th
General Assembly
Schools train docs in bedside manner in West Virginia
WVU and Marshall University train medical students in bedside manners to improve patient rapport and reduce malpractice lawsuits. The Objective Structured Clinical Examination assesses students with actors simulating illness to test diagnostic and communication skills.
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Charleston
West Virginia University
WVU
Michelle Nuss
Nuss
Marshall University
West Virginia School of Osteopathic Medicine
Salvation Army Angel Tree aids Princeton children in need
Ruth and her three children seek Christmas help after domestic abuse. Captain Mullins of Mercer County Salvation Army says the family is starting over and lost belongings and jobs. The children's names were placed on the Angel Tree at Princeton Salvation Army to receive gifts for Christmas.
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Princeton
Ricky
Santa Claus
Santa
Ruth
Four Seasons
Salvation Army
Robert Mullins
Mercer County Salvation Army
Mullins
Angel Tree gifts aid Mercer County youngsters this Christmas
The Salvation Army coordinates Angel Tree donations with area stores including Wal Mart Bluefield and Princeton Mercer Mall Roses Big Lots and Princeton Community Hospital to provide at least 10 gifts per child for more than 1 000 youngsters in Mercer and surrounding counties. The program faces higher need due to economic downturn and last summer’s flood with cash and toy donations critical to supply clothing and toys.
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Ricky
Wal-Mart
Bluefield
Princeton
Mercer Mall
Roses
Big Lots
Princeton Community Hospital
Mullins
Ruth
Salvation Army
Big WO
Mercer
Tazewell
UVA program to train teachers for SOL standards
The Foundations Project at the University of Virginia will train southwest Virginia teachers from Scott and Russell counties in fourth through 11th grade history to better meet Standards of Learning goals. With a three year, 1 million dollar grant from the U.S. Department of Justice, seminars will be held for summers at UVa Wise and at Charlottesville campus, focusing on colonial to modern American history.
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Wise
America
Foundations
University of Virginia
Southwest
Virginia
U.S. Department of Justice
Scott
Russell
Danny Dixon
Scott County
University
Center For the Liberal Arts
U.va.’S
College At Wise
Charlottesville
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John Nelson
Lois Delp
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