Do you ever dream of getting away for an exotic vacation, but feel constrained by obstacles such as cost, distance, the hassle of traveling with small children, or fun diseases like malaria? Well, you need not look any further than you can drive for the next “Most Amazing Vacation Ever!”...
James Monroe was the fifth President of the United States and considered the last Founding Father of America from the Virginia Dynasty and Republican generation. Monroe was born on April 28, 1758 in Westmoreland County, Virginia, to Spence Monroe, a planter and carpenter, and Elizabeth Jones, an...
Virginia College is a chain of private, for-profit schools with campuses located mainly in the Southeastern part of the United States. Its first campus was originally established in 1983 by the Atlantis Group, Inc. in Roanoke, Virginia but was purchased in 1989 by Education Futures, Inc. Following...
Thomas Jefferson was the third President of the United States and one of the most influential Founding Fathers of America. Jefferson was born to an affluent family in 1743 in Albemarle County, Virginia and was educated at local schools led by ministers and pastors as a child. At the age of nine,...
The West Virginia mining site rescue efforts are ending and funerals for the 25 victims have begun. The mine, named Upper Big Branch and located in Montcoal, West Virginia is owned by Massey Energy. Massey energy has numerous citations for safety violations and own the Montcoal mine which is the...
Only six months after a doctoral student beheaded a fellow undergrad on campus, Virginia Tech University has been struck with another murder. Two Virginia Tech students were found slain Thursday at a Jefferson National Forest campground that is a popular hangout for students, authorities said....
James Madison, Jr. was the fourth President of the United States, an American politician, and political philosopher who contributed as a Founding Father during the late 1700s. Madison was born to Colonel James Madison, Sr. and Eleanor Rose Conway on March 16, 1751 in Orange County, Virginia. As...
Eagles' Michael Vicks has more legal problems. A shooting of Quanis Phillips, co-defendant in the 2007 dog fighting case against Vick, occurred at 2:00 a.m. on June 25, 2010. Authorities and the Philedelphia Eagles are investigating the incident outside of the Guadalajara nightclub in...
A mine explosion in West Virginia killed 25 on Monday, April 5, 2010. The Massey Energy Company, a Richmond, Virginia based company, confirmed that an explosion at it's Upper Big Branch Mine in West Virginia killed 25 of the 31 workers on the site at the time of the blast. The explosion is one...
Here's our list of the top schools for undergraduate business majors looking to pursue a degree in business. These schools are ranked for 2009 according to the overall quality of education and prestige of the program. We found the best business schools to be the ones that best prepared their...
