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It could take more than a month for federal regulators to decide whether to take action against Babcock &amp; Wilcox for possible violations, officials said Friday.           ]]></description>
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          <title>Salmonella victims upset no prosecutions yet against Peanut Corp. of America</title>
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At the height of the nationwide salmonella outbreak nearly a year ago, FBI agents raided two peanut plants and carried away boxes of evidence. FDA inspectors found roaches, mold and a leaky roof. Then, Congress revealed e-mails from the peanut company&#8217;s top executive that seemed to suggest the pursuit of profits over ensuring public safety.           ]]></description>
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A federal judge has turned down a request by the nation&#8217;s No. 2 cigarette-maker and others to immediately halt enforcement of new federal regulations on tobacco products.           ]]></description>
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          <title>NRC to discuss apparent Babcock &amp;amp; Wilcox violations today</title>
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Today federal regulators will meet with Babcock &amp; Wilcox Company officials to discuss &#8220;apparent violations&#8221; surrounding an event at the company&#8217;s Mt. Athos facility in July.           ]]></description>
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          <title>U.S. unemployment hits 10 percent for first time since 1983</title>
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Nearly 16 million people can&#8217;t find jobs even though the worst recession since the Great Depression has apparently ended.           ]]></description>
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          <title>Congress votes for more aid to jobless, homebuyers</title>
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Congress took further steps to right the staggering economy by expanding a popular tax credit for homebuyers and extending unemployment checks for the growing legions of people running out of benefits with few job prospects.           ]]></description>
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          <title>State needs to improve incentives for energy, official says</title>
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Virginia can&#8217;t get complacent when it comes to business and economic development, a state economic development leader said.           ]]></description>
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          <title>Cash for Clunker deals faulted in sales analysis</title>
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The most common deals under the government&#8217;s $3 billion Cash for Clunkers program, aimed at putting more fuel-efficient cars on the road, replaced old Ford or Chevrolet pickups with new ones that got only marginally better gas mileage, according to an analysis of new federal data by The Associated Press.           ]]></description>
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          <title>Engineering research center to break ground in Bedford</title>
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A plan to bring a university-level research facility for engineering to the Lynchburg area &#8212; without the university &#8212; takes a major step forward this week in Bedford County.           ]]></description>
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          <title>UPDATE: Fed again pledges to hold rates at record&#45;lows</title>
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With the recession apparently over, the Federal Reserve on Wednesday held a key interest rate at a record low and again pledged to keep it there for an &#8220;extended period&#8221; to foster the fragile economic recovery.           ]]></description>
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          <title>Lynchburg Bank of America building owners hope to fill space soon</title>
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When Bank of America closes its downtown Lynchburg branch next month, the building&#8217;s owners hope to quickly recruit a new banking tenant.           ]]></description>
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          <title>Barr Laboratories&#8217; parent company reports rising profits</title>
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The company that bought the Barr Laboratories facility in Bedford County last year reported on Tuesday that its profits continue to rise.           ]]></description>
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          <title>Approval helps clear way for reactors&#8217; construction</title>
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A Maryland agency has given a key approval to a deal between two companies that hope to build an Areva-designed nuclear reactor.           ]]></description>
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          <title>Millions without sick leave fear swine flu</title>
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For millions of Americans the rule is simple: If you don&#8217;t come to work, you don&#8217;t get paid.           ]]></description>
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          <title>Ford surprises with $1B profit; sees profit in &#8216;11</title>
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Ford, the only Detroit automaker to dodge direct government aid and bankruptcy court, surprised investors with net income of nearly $1 billion in the third quarter and forecast a &#8220;solidly profitable&#8221; 2011.           ]]></description>
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          <title>Kroger selling more house brands</title>
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SPRINGDALE, Ohio &#8212; Ice cream swooshes out of metal nozzles and swirls into 38,000 &#8220;party pails&#8221; per day here, one of many ways Kroger Co. is using its massive manufacturing capability to feed growing demand for low-priced store brands.           ]]></description>
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          <title>First National Bank drops &#8216;Altavista&#8217; from name</title>
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There&#8217;s something missing from the signs at First National Bank of Altavista.           ]]></description>
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          <title>The News &amp;amp; Advance names new regional advertising director</title>
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Scott Burton has been named regional advertising director for The News &amp; Advance in Lynchburg.           ]]></description>
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After spending more than a year in the red, Genworth Financial made profits in the third quarter.           ]]></description>
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          <title>Lebanon auto&#45;parts plant to close, 76 to lose jobs</title>
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Continued problems in the auto industry has claimed more jobs in the Tri-Cities region.
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          <title>Dominion Virginia Power wants to sell stock</title>
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Dominion Virginia Power and its parent company, Dominion Resources Inc., have asked the State Corporation Commission for permission to sell up to $1.5 billion of the power company&#8217;s common stock to Dominion Resources.           ]]></description>
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          <title>Health care businesses at risk in House overhaul</title>
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The health care overhaul bill produced by House Democrats would impose an array of new taxes, fees and government mandates on major players in the health industry, including insurers, doctors and drugs and medical devices makers.           ]]></description>
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A possible early sign that a fragile economic recovery may be under way comes from MeadWestvaco Corp.&#8217;s report of a slight rise in the amount of bleached paperboard it sold in late summer.           ]]></description>
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The conference will be held at 1 p.m. on Nov. 6 at the NRC&#8217;s Region II offices in Atlanta.           ]]></description>
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Senators agreed Wednesday to extend a popular tax credit for first-time homebuyers and to offer a reduced credit to some repeat buyers.           ]]></description>
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An early progress report on President Barack Obama&#8217;s economic recovery plan overstates by thousands the number of jobs created or saved through the stimulus program, a mistake that White House officials promise will be corrected in future reports.           ]]></description>
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A decline in demand is not keeping R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co. from raising the list price on its cigarette brands by 6 cents or 8 cents a pack for wholesale customers.           ]]></description>
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The jobless rate in the Lynchburg region dropped for the third month straight in September, Virginia Employment Commission statistics show.           ]]></description>
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Sales of new homes dropped unexpectedly last month as the effects of a temporary tax credit for first-time owners started to wane.           ]]></description>
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          <title>Intermet to close Campbell County foundry, affecting 192</title>
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On the day after Christmas, nearly 200 people will lose their jobs at Archer Creek Foundry in Campbell County.           ]]></description>
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The National Research Council governing board&#8217;s executive committee will meet next month to discuss the study that would determine whether uranium can be mined and milled safely in Virginia.           ]]></description>
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          <title>Vertical turbine promises wind power for Virginia</title>
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A Charlottesville company and researchers at the University of Virginia are designing a new turbine that they anticipate will be capable of harnessing wind power across Virginia.           ]]></description>
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          <title>Bank of America to close downtown Lynchburg branch</title>
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Bank of America will close its downtown Lynchburg branch on Dec. 11.           ]]></description>
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After burning through $1 million in savings and seeing no end to their losses, dairy farmers Jake and Lori Slegers figured they didn&#8217;t have much choice - they had to kill the cows.           ]]></description>
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U.S. taxpayers spent about $32 subsidizing the cost of the typical Amtrak passenger in 2008, about four times the rail operator&#8217;s estimate, according to a private study.           ]]></description>
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Results from a new economic survey may ease concerns about rising unemployment and its effect on consumer spending, as forecasters say more employers appear willing to hire in the coming months.           ]]></description>
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PlayStation 3 owners will soon be able to stream movies and TV shows from Netflix to their TVs using the gaming console, just as Xbox 360 owners have been able to do for a year.           ]]></description>
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Capmark Financial Group, one of the nation&#8217;s largest commercial real estate lenders, has filed for bankruptcy protection amid mounting bad debt.           ]]></description>
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Thomas Johnson is carving his dreams out of what could be a bad time for high-end furniture.           ]]></description>
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PORTLAND, Ore. &#8212; The Smart Choices nutrition labeling program, created voluntarily by nine large U.S. manufacturers, is halting after federal regulators said such systems could mislead consumers, officials with the labeling group said Friday.           ]]></description>
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In the third quarter, 580 existing homes sold in the Lynchburg area. That was a 2.4 percent drop from the 594 sales in the third quarter of 2008, according to data released Friday from the Virginia Association of Realtors.
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Statistics released this morning by the Virginia Association of Realtors show that 580 existing homes in the Lynchburg area were sold in the third quarter of 2009, a 2.4 percent drop from 594 homes sold in the third quarter of 2008.           ]]></description>
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The International Paper plant in Lynchburg will not be affected by the closure of three of the company&#8217;s mills, including one in Virginia, a company official said Thursday.           ]]></description>
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The economic heart of the small Tidewater city of Franklin will stop beating next spring when International Paper Inc. will close its mill there and put 1,100 people out of work.           ]]></description>
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Microsoft Corp. put a new edition of Windows on sale Thursday, hoping for a fresh start after a bad reception for the previous version of the software that runs most of the world&#8217;s personal computers.           ]]></description>
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The free-enterprise system is under attack as government gets bigger and more intrusive, and the stakes never have been higher, speakers and panelists said yesterday at the Virginia Chamber of Commerce 2009 Conference on Virginia&#8217;s Future.           ]]></description>
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President Barack Obama unveiled plans to refocus spending of the government&#8217;s $700 billion financial bailout away from Wall Street&#8217;s big financial institutions and toward small businesses on Main Street.           ]]></description>
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Virginia&#8217;s unemployment rate edged higher in September, to a seasonally adjusted rate of 6.7 percent from 6.6 percent in August, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today.=           ]]></description>
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Mohawk Industries will close its Waynesboro plant by the end of the year, leaving its last 120 employees without jobs, the company announced Monday.           ]]></description>
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The parent company of Philip Morris USA reported that quarterly cigarette sales declined compared to 2008, but revenue went up.
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A revised formula for calculating medical costs and geographic variations show that approximately 47.4 million Americans last year lived in poverty, 7 million more than the government&#8217;s official figure.           ]]></description>
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Even with an economic revival, many U.S. jobs lost during the recession may be gone forever and a weak employment market could linger for years.           ]]></description>
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A Long Island, N.Y., mortgage broker will pay Virginia a $7,500 fine for illegal mailings with a potentially alarming &#8220;First Notice&#8221; naming homeowners and advising them of a federal assistance program for people with adjustable-rate mortgages.           ]]></description>
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One of Virginia&#8217;s most lauded and long-awaited industrial projects is getting under way, with its priorities shuffled somewhat because of the economic recession.           ]]></description>
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RICHMOND - You&#8217;ve got to watch your step in the offices of Virginia&#8217;s newest auto insurer. You might be run over by a claims rep on a scooter, or get caught in the crossfire if IT folks start getting a little wild with their Nerf guns.           ]]></description>
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Octobers are tough for Wall Street.           ]]></description>
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Kim Soerenson&#8217;s business has been thinking globally for years. Now that she is selling antique globes in downtown Lynchburg, she hopes to help more people think big.           ]]></description>
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About 95,500 more Virginians have lost both their jobs and their health insurance this year, according to Families USA, a nonprofit organization pushing for universal health coverage.           ]]></description>
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Mukesh Ambani&#8217;s flagship company, Reliance Industries, said Thursday his decision reflects his &#8220;desire to set a personal example of moderation.&#8220;           ]]></description>
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In 1976, William Alfred &#8220;Bill&#8221; Galloway and his wife, Mary Ann Pettit Galloway, bought the small Virginia Diner Inc. with adjacent gift shop and motel by the side of U.S. 460 in Wakefield.           ]]></description>
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Winston-Salem - BB&amp;T Inc.&#8216;s western expansion is going to stop - for now - in Texas.           ]]></description>
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The average amateur male golfer believes he can consistently drive the ball about 222 yards. In reality, one study says, he typically can drive it only about 192 yards.           ]]></description>
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The Farmers Bank of Appomattox plans to buy a branch in Farmville from StellarOne Bank.           ]]></description>
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Genworth Financial&#8217;s board of directors Wednesday announced a quarterly dividend of about 65 cents per outstanding share of its Series A Cumulative Preferred stock.           ]]></description>
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Mattel Inc. and its Fisher-Price subsidiary have agreed to settle a consumer lawsuit for what could total more than $50 million over the 2007 recall of millions of toys made in China that were found to contain high levels of lead.           ]]></description>
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The Dow Jones industrial average is back above 10,000 for the first time in a year as investors bet the economy is indeed recovering from the financial crisis and recession.           ]]></description>
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DETROIT (AP) &#8212; Ford Motor Co. said Tuesday it will add 4.5 million older-model vehicles to the long list of those recalled because a defective cruise control switch could cause a fire.           ]]></description>
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An Areva joint venture has secured a five-year contract to service three nuclear power plants owned by the Tennessee Valley Authority.           ]]></description>
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Orange County is asking a judge to dismiss a legal challenge that seeks to block Wal-Mart Stores Inc. from building a Supercenter near an endangered Civil War battlefield.           ]]></description>
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Although signs point to an improving economy, thousands of Virginians remain out of work. The Richmond Times-Dispatch recently convened a panel of experts to discuss how a governor can help maintain and boost employment in the current economy.           ]]></description>
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Volvo Trucks North America says it will lay off 50 workers at its Pulaski County factory.            ]]></description>
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Downtown Lynchburg&#8217;s Faery Godmother walked a mile in Cinderella&#8217;s shoes this summer, and then found her own Fairy Godmother &#8212; an Enchanted one next door.           ]]></description>
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William Rodgers Sr., the new owner of a floundering Pace Airlines Inc., knew his audience.           ]]></description>
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A Charlottesville-based company is hoping its drug therapy program will one day prolong and enhance the lives of cancer patients.           ]]></description>
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Saturn of Lynchburg will close Oct. 30. Its inventory will be moved to Saturn of Roanoke Valley in Salem           ]]></description>
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An Albemarle County robotics company is playing a key role in a project to convert musician Neil Young&#8217;s gas guzzling 1959 Lincoln Continental into a groundbreaking electric vehicle.           ]]></description>
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Virginia Commonwealth University has named six finalists for dean of its Business School, including the interim dean and the retiring president of Disneyland Resort.           ]]></description>
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Danville Mayor Sherman M. Saunders and JTI Leaf Services on Thursday announced the creation of 39 full-time and 150 seasonal jobs in the Danville area with the opening of JTI Leaf Services&#8217; new facility, which will procure and process U.S. leaf tobacco.
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Ice cream swooshes out of metal nozzles and swirls into 38,000 &#8220;party pails&#8221; per day in Springfield, Ohio, one of many ways Kroger Co. is using its massive manufacturing capability to feed growing demand for low-priced store brands.           ]]></description>
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Our economy sure could use the Next Big Thing. Something on the scale of railroads, automobiles or the Internet &#8212; the kind of breakthrough that emerges every so often and builds industries, generates jobs and mints fortunes.           ]]></description>
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A Houston lawyer representing people sickened by the salmonella outbreak linked to a Virginia-based peanut processor plans to file about 55 claims for compensation.            ]]></description>
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The plight of baby boomers and retirees has been well-documented in the year after the financial meltdown. But for people in their 20s and 30s who have a good job and feel it&#8217;s secure, this is the best of times.           ]]></description>
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The corner of Timberlake and Old Graves Mill roads has long been home in the spring and summer to flavored ice treats.           ]]></description>
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The nation needs to give the same urgency to making sure all Americans have broadband access as the Eisenhower administration did in building an interstate highway system a half-century ago, a report released Friday concluded.           ]]></description>
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The Food and Drug Administration today began collecting millions in fees from the nation&#8217;s tobacco companies to help fund the agency&#8217;s newly granted authority to regulate the industry.           ]]></description>
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The chairman of Wal-Mart Stores Inc. warned Wednesday the global economic recovery will likely be lethargic, even as the retailing behemoth sees great growth potential in China and India.           ]]></description>
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Areva plans to move its nuclear fuel operation in Lynchburg to a plant in Richland, Wash., affecting about 150 employees at its Mount Athos Road facility, the company said Tuesday.           ]]></description>
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