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Flick prepares to hide the plastic baby in a king cake she made. Whoever gets the piece that contains the trinket wins an honor, such as king or queen of the party. King cakes are always decorated in the traditional Mardi Gras colors of green, purple and gold.
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ROANOKE, Va. (AP) Two wrongful death lawsuits filed over the 2007 mass shootings at Virginia Tech will proceed without the university's president as a defendant. The Roanoke Times (http://bit.ly/wlCeBT ) reports that Special Justice William Alexander refused on Tuesday to
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ROANOKE, Va. - Two wrongful death lawsuits filed over the 2007 mass shootings at Virginia Tech will proceed without the university's president as a defendant. The Roanoke Times ( http://bit.ly/wlCeBT) reports that Special Justice William Alexander refused ...
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NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Fitch Ratings assigns a rating of 'AA+' to the following general obligation (GO) bonds to be issued by Roanoke, Virginia (the city): --$7,345,000 GO public improvement bonds, series 2012A (tax-exempt); --$5,855,000 taxable GO public improvement refunding bonds, series 2012B; --$14,365,000 GO public improvement refunding bonds, series 2012C (tax-exempt). The bonds are scheduled for competitive sale the week of...
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... the horse shit you write?How the good people of the Star City who subscribe to the Roanoke Times must long for someone at the city's only major newspaper to some day hire smart people to populate its editorial board. (I don't subscribe so I don't lose out; I just laugh and click through to the funnies.)This morning? A two-star double-chuckle.Why?The Roanoke Times editorial page comes out (see "ICLEI alarmists get iced, for now") four...
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Let me get this straight. The Roanoke Times editorial board is on record in support of raising gas taxes. Which will have a crushing impact on the poor.The Roanoke Times editorial board is on record in support of SCHIP, which raised the cigarette tax through the roof. A tax which fell overwhelmingly on the poor.The Roanoke Times editorial board is on record in support of legislation that would put payday lenders out of business. A business...
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I'll believe you're sincere when you get consistent on this (or any other) subject:"There's something repugnant in suspecting our neighbors of drug use simply because they're out of work. The idea of drug testing the unemployed builds on an effort to test those turning to public assistance. What makes the unemployed more unclean?"Really.Let me speak for everyone on the planet. They're not unclean. But they're no better than the rest of us...
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This is a partial list and only includes victims who have been specifically named in the media. Collection originally compiled at Wikipedia.org:
First shooting: West Ambler Johnston Hall Dormitory
* Ryan Clark, 22, a senior from Augusta, Georgia triple-majoring in Biology, English, and Psychology. A resident advisor at the West Ambler Johnston Hall Dormitory, Clark was killed in the dormitory as he rushed over to investigate what was going on and came upon the gunman. Clark played the baritone in the Marching Virginians.
* Emily J. Hilscher, 19, a freshman from Woodville in Rappahannock County, Virginia.
Second shooting: Norris Hall Engineering Building
* Ross Alameddine, a sophomore from Saugus, Massachusetts.
* Caitlin Hammaren, a sophomore in International Studies and French.
* Matt La Porte, a freshman from Dumont, New Jersey in University Studies.
* Jarrett Lane, a senior from Narrows, Virginia in Civil Engineering.
* Henry Lee, a freshman from Roanoke, Virginia in Computer Engineering.
* Juan Ortiz Ortiz, a graduate Puerto Rican student in Civil Engineering.
* Daniel Pérez-Cueva, a student from Peru in International Relations.
* Mary Read, a freshman from Annandale, Virginia.
* Reema Samaha, a freshman from Centreville, Virginia.
* Leslie Sherman, a sophomore in History and International Studies from Springfield, Virginia.
* Maxine Turner, a senior from Vienna, Virginia in Chemical Engineering.
* Christopher Jamie Bishop, an instructor killed while teaching a German class.
* Kevin Granata, a professor.
* Liviu Librescu, a professor and Holocaust survivor killed while holding off the gunman so his students could escape out the window.
* G. V. Loganathan, a professor.
* Jocelyne Couture-Nowak, a French teacher from Montreal, Quebec.
* Brian Bluhm, a graduate student in Civil Engineering.
Source: Wikipedia.org
First shooting: West Ambler Johnston Hall Dormitory
* Ryan Clark, 22, a senior from Augusta, Georgia triple-majoring in Biology, English, and Psychology. A resident advisor at the West Ambler Johnston Hall Dormitory, Clark was killed in the dormitory as he rushed over to investigate what was going on and came upon the gunman. Clark played the baritone in the Marching Virginians.
* Emily J. Hilscher, 19, a freshman from Woodville in Rappahannock County, Virginia.
Second shooting: Norris Hall Engineering Building
* Ross Alameddine, a sophomore from Saugus, Massachusetts.
* Caitlin Hammaren, a sophomore in International Studies and French.
* Matt La Porte, a freshman from Dumont, New Jersey in University Studies.
* Jarrett Lane, a senior from Narrows, Virginia in Civil Engineering.
* Henry Lee, a freshman from Roanoke, Virginia in Computer Engineering.
* Juan Ortiz Ortiz, a graduate Puerto Rican student in Civil Engineering.
* Daniel Pérez-Cueva, a student from Peru in International Relations.
* Mary Read, a freshman from Annandale, Virginia.
* Reema Samaha, a freshman from Centreville, Virginia.
* Leslie Sherman, a sophomore in History and International Studies from Springfield, Virginia.
* Maxine Turner, a senior from Vienna, Virginia in Chemical Engineering.
* Christopher Jamie Bishop, an instructor killed while teaching a German class.
* Kevin Granata, a professor.
* Liviu Librescu, a professor and Holocaust survivor killed while holding off the gunman so his students could escape out the window.
* G. V. Loganathan, a professor.
* Jocelyne Couture-Nowak, a French teacher from Montreal, Quebec.
* Brian Bluhm, a graduate student in Civil Engineering.
Source: Wikipedia.org
A toll-free information line has been established for parents and family:
1-800-533-1144
Anyone who has information related to the incidents is encouraged to go to the Blacksburg Police Department to make a statement.
To call the Blacksburg polics, dial:
540/231-6411
1-800-533-1144
Anyone who has information related to the incidents is encouraged to go to the Blacksburg Police Department to make a statement.
To call the Blacksburg polics, dial:
540/231-6411
Overview
The Roanoke Times is a local newspaper in Roanoke Virginia. It has come into national media attention because of the Virginia Tech school shootings of April 2007. The Roanoke Times immediately launched local coverage of the shootings and experimented with "blog like" features.
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