Word: virginia
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...explain the killings to the Washington Post, said, "The economic pie is shrinking to the point where it looks more like a Pop-Tart." But the Dow was above 12,000 on the April morning two years ago when Cho Seung-Hui made his bid for significance at Virginia Tech. And the rampage of Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold at Columbine High School, 10 Aprils ago, came during a delirious bull...
...cleaners and accusing the police of harassing him. "I am Jiverly Wong shooting the people," it began, and signed off with a chillingly bland "Have a nice day." Wong, a Vietnamese immigrant, killed 13 people before taking his own life in the worst U.S. mass shooting since the 2007 Virginia Tech massacre. Despite a 1992 arrest for fraud, the 41-year-old had licenses for both of the handguns used in the attack...
...Among the 30-plus intercollegiate programs across the country, Harvard polo ranks below top teams like Cornell, Texas A&M University, and University of Virginia. But Nick says Harvard is “leaps and bounds” above perennial rival Yale College, whose program has been around for about 45 years. Harvard has already defeated Yale twice, and one of the victories this past fall has remained the highlight of the season—but Snow hopes that will be topped in the coming weeks...
...April 3, Vietnamese immigrant Jiverly Wong, 41, walked into an immigration-services center in Binghamton, N.Y., and opened fire, killing 13 people in the worst mass shooting in the U.S. since the 2007 Virginia Tech massacre. The following day, three Pittsburgh, Penn., police officers responding to a domestic disturbance were killed by 23-year-old Richard Poplawski. In both cases, the suspects were wearing body armor. Wong ultimately took his own life; police eventually took Poplawski into custody after a four-hour standoff, charging him with three counts of criminal homicide and nine counts of attempted homicide as well...
...come here and battle with us on our turf,” sophomore Samantha McMahon said. “From the loss to Penn on Saturday, we wanted to come out fast and hard showing that we can compete with the top teams in the country.” Virginia lived up to its nationally-ranked reputation, notching the first goal of the match within the first few minutes. Harvard responded with a vengeance, scoring the next three, and after fifteen minutes of action, the Crimson led the Cavaliers, 3-1. Soon after, UVA broke through the Harvard defense...