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Stuart is a town in Patrick County, Virginia, United States, where it is the county seat. [5] The population was 1,408 at the 2010 census . The town of Stuart was named after Confederate Gen. J.E.B. Stuart , of nearby Ararat, Virginia .
McDonald's then appealed to the Kentucky Supreme Court. While its petition was pending in 2010, Ogborn settled with McDonald's for $1.1 million and abandoned her claim for punitive damages. [34] After the court decisions, McDonald's revised its manager-training program to emphasize awareness of scam phone calls and protection of employees ...
Another historical oyster restaurant was the Downing’s Oyster House, owned and operated by Thomas Downing. Downing, the child of former slaves from Virginia, [11] moved to New York City in 1820 after being discharged from the Army following the War of 1812 and opened the Thomas Downing Oyster House in 1825. He would go on to be one of the ...
The U.S. Department of Agriculture has spent at least $1.14 billion compensating farmers for the birds they have had to kill. A similar number wasn't immediately available for how much has been ...
Virginia, with a GDP of $712.9 billion, ranked as the 13th largest state in terms of GDP among the 50 states of the United States. Virginia's economy is larger than countries such as Belgium, Sweden, Ireland, and Norway. Virginia is also among the wealthiest states in the US, boasting a GDP per capita of $81,794, which ranks 19th as of 2023.
The Chesapeake Bay Bridge–Tunnel, connecting Virginia's Eastern Shore with its mainland (at the metropolitan areas of Virginia Beach, Norfolk, Portsmouth, and Chesapeake), is approximately 20 miles (32 km) long; it has trestle bridges as well as two stretches of two-mile-long (3.2 km) tunnels that allow unimpeded shipping; the bridge is ...
The windowpane oyster (Placuna placenta) is a bivalve marine mollusk in the family of Placunidae. [1] It is edible, but valued more for its shell (and its rather small pearls). The oyster's shells have been used for thousands of years as a glass substitute because of their durability and translucence.
August 1; Some BP gas stations say they want to revert to the Amoco brand. [1]BP exec Doug Suttles says he would eat seafood from the Gulf saying, "There's been a tremendous amount of testing done by NOAA (the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration) and the state agencies and the FDA and others.