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• Volkswagen Group of America Unveils Major Educational Philanthropic Effort; Opens U.S. Headquarters

  - 2008-09-18

  Company Contributes $2.1 Million for "Partners in Education" Program Designed to Support Region's Technical Training and Next Generation Engineering Programs HERNDON, Va. -- Volkswagen Group of America, Inc. today announced a five-year, $2.1 million comprehensive education initiative designed to support students and teachers interested in advanced automotive technology and...

  Tags: America, Audi AG, Education, Engineering, FINANCE, partnership, training, U.S., Virginia, Virginia Tech, Volkswagen AG

• Virginia Tech snaps U.S. softball streak

  - 2008-03-28

  OKLAHOMA CITY -- The mighty U.S. Olympic softball team struck out. Virginia Tech's Angela Tincher pitched a no-hitter in a 1-0 win over the three-time defending gold medalists Wednesday, ending the U.S. team's 185-game winning streak in pre-Olympic exhibitions. It was the American team's first loss...

  Tags: exhibition, team, U.S., Virginia Tech

• On a Fateful Anniversary, Remembrances in More Than 50 Communities Across America to Urge Common Sense Gun Laws

  - 2008-03-27

  To: NATIONAL EDITORS Contact: Brady Campaign Communications, +1-202-898-0792, phamm@bradymail.org Immediate Goal Is Congressional Passage of Legislation to Close the Gun Show Loophole WASHINGTON, March 27 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- On Wednesday, April 16, the first anniversary of the terrible tragedy that took 32 innocent lives at Virginia Tech, local citizens in...

  Tags: America, tragedy, U.S., violence, Virginia Tech

• Top story: Virginia Tech

  - 2007-12-23

  NEW YORK -- The massacre of 32 people at Virginia Tech by a mentally disturbed student gunman was chosen the top story of 2007 by U.S. editors and news directors in The Associated Press' annual vote. The rampage, which prompted colleges nationwide to reassess their emergency response systems,...

  Tags: ballot, SECURITY, U.S., Virginia Tech

• Mail Call: Think Gun Control.(Letter to the editor)

  - 2007-07-02

  Readers of our April 30 cover story on the Virginia Tech massacre debated gun control. One noted, "More Americans are killed by guns annually than died on 9/11." Another asked, "Who'd decide who can have guns and what guns?" A third protested, "14 pages for a...

  Tags: INTERNET, U.S., Virginia Tech

• Gun points

  - 2007-05-29

  IN 1996, AFTER an assailant massacred 85 people at a resort area in Port Arthur, Tasmania, Australians responded to the horror by banning the possession of automatic rifles and shotguns. Gunowners proceeded to turn in 650,000 guns to the government which reimbursed them for the cost. Since that year, gun...

  Tags: Government, rifle, SOFTWARE, Tasmania, U.S., Virginia Tech

• Virginia curtsies for royal arrival

  - 2007-05-04

  RICHMOND, Va. -- Queen Elizabeth II arrived here Thursday on the first day of a six-day visit to the USA, carrying on with ceremonies despite the drizzle of rain. Her schedule included a speech, a walkabout, a meeting with Virginia Tech massacre survivors and a greeting...

  Tags: Litigation, queen, U.S., Virginia, Virginia Tech

• Gun control in foreign countries has mixed results

  - 2007-04-27

  After a loner armed with assault weapons turned a scenic resort into a mass of mangled bodies and thrashing injured in 1996, Australia took quick and decisive action. Twelve days later, the government pushed through a tough ban on semiautomatic rifles. Australia, which had been bloodied by...

  Tags: Britain, Canada, Japan, MARKETING, U.S., Virginia Tech

• Tech killings spur gun debate, but guns aren't an issue

  - 2007-04-26

  It is curious that the Virginia Tech tragedy prompted reader Patrick Mackin to write that we should "rid ourselves of guns" ("Take aim at guns," Letters, April 19). With the highway deaths of thousands every year caused by drunken drivers, cellphone talkers and irresponsible behavior, does...

  Tags: car, food, Manufacturing, U.S., Virginia Tech

• Queen Elizabeth II to pay Virginia Tech tribute on US visit

  - 2007-04-24

  LONDON AFP — Queen Elizabeth II is to pay tribute to the 32 victims killed in the Virginia Tech massacre when she visits the United States next month, her office said Tuesday. A spokeswoman said Buckingham Palace was in discussions with the British embassy there and Virginia state authorities...

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