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Uber-ing with a child: Site details various seat laws around DC, nation
The advent of ride-booking services like Lyft and Uber have raised questions about how parents can get around with their little ones safely and legally. But child-restraint guidelines pertaining to the services vary from state to state. A new online breaks down each jurisdiction’s rules, and its creators have released a study illustrating how parents use the services.
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College Football Corner: It’s a Wildcat world
For the first time since 1977, the Kentucky Wildcats will finish with a winning conference record. Dave Preston talks the latest college football stats, wins and losses in this week’s College Football Corner.
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Training to focus on risk from storm-damaged trees
Urban Forest Strike Team Task Specialist training will be conducted at Virginia Tech Tuesday through Thursday.
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Virginia Tech researchers get award to study exoskeletons
Researchers at Virginia Tech will use a $3 million award from the National Science Foundation to conduct research to develop whole-body powered exoskeletons to improve worker productivity and safety.
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Mementos marking 2009 disappearance of slain student vanish
The parents of a slain Virginia Tech student say mementos left to mark the ninth anniversary of her disappearance vanished within hours.
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Judge weighs bond for ex-Tech student after charge dropped
A judge in Virginia is considering whether to grant bond for a former Virginia Tech student after a felony gun charge against him was dismissed.
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College Football Corner: Put up your Dukes
On a weekend where Maryland and Navy were idle while Virginia and Virginia Tech were on the road, the spotlight shined on the commonwealth’s capital as James Madison roasted Richmond, 63-10.
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Old Dominion shocks No. 13 VTech 49-35 behind backup QB
Blake LaRussa came off the bench to throw for 495 yards and four touchdowns to lead Old Dominion to a 49-35 upset of No. 12 Virginia Tech on Saturday.
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Former college student found guilty for role in teen’s death
Natalie Keepers was charged as an accessory in the 2016 fatal stabbing of Nicole Lovell. Keepers’ friend David Eisenhauer is serving a 50-year sentence after pleading no contest earlier this year to first-degree murder in connection to the death.
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Ex-Virginia Tech student’s trial begins in girl’s 2016 death
Natalie Keepers has pleaded not guilty to being an accessory before the fact to David Eisenhauer in the 2016 fatal stabbing of 13-year-old Nicole Lovell.
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Donations to Virginia Tech top $150 million
Donors made more than $153.6 million in new gifts and commitments to the university during the 2017-2018 fiscal year.
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Checking work email outside office is killing your mental health
Do you obsessively check your work email account when you’re out of the office? You might be harming your romantic relationships — and your mental health — a new study from a Virginia Tech expert shows.
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Newspaper sues ex-reporter over control of Twitter account
BH Media Group Inc., the parent company of The Roanoke Times, filed a lawsuit Monday alleging Virginia Tech football beat reporter Andy Bitter has misappropriated trade secrets by using the account at his new job at The Athletic website.
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Incoming Virginia Tech class most diverse in school history
Virginia Tech’s 6,400-member freshman class is deliberately smaller than last year’s class of 6,800, but is fast approaching its goal for first-year students classified as either as first-generation, low-income or minority students.
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Virginia Tech to honor grad who died in US Navy training
Virginia Tech plans to add the name of a graduate who died in a U.S. Navy training exercise to its Pylon memorial.
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