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Roanoke Police Department Begins Extra Traffic Enforcement
Written by Ronald D. Walton   
Friday, 09 November 2007
The Roanoke Police Department has begun its increased traffic enforcement in preparation for the holiday season. As a result of the increased enforcement, officers working on November 6, 2007 wrote 109 traffic summonses for various violations. The department is enforcing traffic safety laws with zero tolerance in an effort to decrease crashes as drivers travel during the holiday season. The officers are focusing on DUI, aggressive driving, and safety belt and child safety seat violations.
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Roanoke Police Department Investigates Home Invasion
Written by Ronald D. Walton   
Friday, 09 November 2007
The Roanoke Police Department is investigating a home invasion that occurred on November 6, 2007. Officers responded at 9:53 a.m. to a residence on Marr Street. The victim stated that he woke up to find the suspect in his home.
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Rackspace Acquires Blacksburg's Webmail.us PDF Print E-mail
Written by EverythingNRV   
Tuesday, 02 October 2007

Rackspace® Managed Hosting has announced that it has acquired Blacksburg-based Webmail.us, the largest provider of business class email hosting with more than 600,000 business mailboxes under management. Together, Rackspace and Webmail.us will focus on providing a comprehensive mail platform and related services to companies of all sizes.

Rackspace's acquisition of Webmail.us highlights the company's investment to transform traditional IT functions into consumable services via the web. As more and more enterprises transition from purchasing in-house IT assets to leveraging service providers, Rackspace plans to offer a suite of hosted IT services that are more reliable and provide better value than traditional IT. Rackspace has already made a seamless expansion into the mail industry, which it views as the first step in giving businesses a chance to solve a persistent and growing challenge with a better solution.

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Virginia Tech Awards 2007 Veterinary Memorial Fund Research Grants PDF Print E-mail
Written by Jeffrey S. Douglas, APR/Virginia Tech   
Tuesday, 02 October 2007

More than $110,000 in clinical research grants have been awarded to six principal investigators at the Virginia-Maryland Regional College of Veterinary Medicine (VMRCVM) at Virginia Tech through the 2007-08 distribution of Veterinary Memorial Fund research grants.

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Tech's College Of Engineering Receives $1 Million Computing Technology Grant PDF Print E-mail
Written by Lynn Nystrom/Virginia Tech   
Monday, 24 September 2007

A $1 million grant of Fujitsu technology and services to Virginia Tech's College of Engineering will assist in the college's creation of "digital opportunities" for underserved students, as well as pre-college students interested in studying math, science or engineering at Virginia Tech.

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Take Charge Of Your Credit Cards PDF Print E-mail
Written by Walecia Konrad   
Tuesday, 28 August 2007

The average American carries about $5,000 in credit card debt. Does that sound familiar?

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Two Resign From NTELOS Board Of Directors PDF Print E-mail
Written by EverythingNRV   
Saturday, 25 August 2007

NTELOS Holdings Corp. (NASDAQ: NTLS) announced Friday the resignations of Steven Rattner and Christopher D. Bloise from the Company’s Board of Directors. Messrs. Rattner and Bloise were designated to the Board of Directors by Quadrangle Capital Partners LP and Citigroup Venture Capital Equity Partners, L.P., respectively, in accordance with the Company’s shareholders agreement.

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