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RICHMOND, Va., Nov. 18, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Tonya Mallory, President, CEO and Co-founder of Health Diagnostic Laboratory, Inc., has been named the Ernst & Young National Entrepreneur Of The Year(®) 2012 Emerging Category Award winner. The Ernst & Young Entrepreneur Of The Year Award is the country's most prestigious business award for entrepreneurs. The award encourages entrepreneurial activity and recognizes leaders and visionaries who demonstrate innovation,...

Debbie Phelps and swimmers Mallory Weggemann and Rebecca Soni encourage kids to make healthy choices at USA Swimming's Aqua Zone OMAHA, Neb., June 27, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Century Council is showcasing its Ask, Listen, Learn: Kids and Alcohol Don't Mix program at USA Swimming's Aqua Zone during the US Swim Team Trials in Omaha, Nebraska, from June 25 through July 2. The exhibit space is free of charge to the community and open from noon to 5 p.m. June 23 and 24 and 11...

Research considers role of weather in historic Everest tragedyTheir legend has inspired generations of mountaineers since their ill-fated attempt to climb Everest over 80 years ago, and now a team of scientists believe they have discovered another important part of the puzzle as to why George Mallory and Andrew Irvine never returned from their pioneering expedition. The research, published in Weather, explores the unsolved mystery and uses newly uncovered historical data collected during...

An Australian adventurer plans to solve Mount Everest's greatest mystery this week by searching for long-lost evidence that the peak was conquered in 1924, 29 years earlier than previously thought. Mountaineer Duncan Chessell said conditions were the best in decades to find the missing body of Andrew "Sandy" Irvine and perhaps photographic evidence that he reached the peak first, along with Briton George Mallory. Mallory and Irvine perished near the summit during their expedition,...

RICHMOND, Va., April 5 /PRNewswire/ -- Virginia Lawyers Media, publishers of Virginia Lawyers Weekly and the Virginia Medical Law Report, has announced that Tonya Mallory, President and CEO of Health Diagnostic Laboratory, Inc. (HDL, Inc.), has been selected as one of 2010's "Influential Women of Virginia." This awards program, started last year, recognizes the outstanding efforts of women in the Commonwealth in all fields, including law, business, health care, education and the arts. The...

LOS ANGELES, Dec. 16 /PRNewswire/ -- BabyNames.com has released the top, most popular baby names of 2009 and the winners are Aidan and Amelia! The most popular name lists are compiled each year from the preferences of millions of visitors to the BabyNames.com website."Aidan is still the clear favorite for boys," says Mallory Moss, co-founder of BabyNames.com. "It has been at the top of the list since 2003."However, on the girls' list there is a new #1 name: Amelia. Moss...

MIAMI, Oct. 1 /PRNewswire/ -- Lagardere Unlimited announced today that it has entered into a new, multi-year management representation agreement with American Collegiate Tennis Champion Mallory Cecil. Cecil, only 19-years-old and originally from Spartanburg, South Carolina, played on the Duke University Women's Varsity Tennis Team in the Spring of 2009. As a first semester Freshman, Cecil became the seventh Freshman player (and 14th overall) in history in the NCAA Division 1, and the first...

THORNVILLE, Ohio, July 10 /PRNewswire/ -- Jan and Larry Snider, owners of Mallory Mall Gift Shop, located at 14559-A Township Rd. 1061 State Rt. 13, recently added U-Haul truck and trailer rentals to the gift shop they have been operating since 2008. The Sniders offer a wide variety of giftware and decorative pieces including nautical items, birdhouses, wind chimes, fishing and hobby-related items, helium balloons, greeting cards, toys, hand-painted decor, handmade jewelry, and more...all...

Non-Profit Social Entrepreneur Network Earns Three-Month $30,000 Pro Bono PR Campaign to Help Implement Positive Change Emory University Junior Mallory Goldberg Secures Winning Individual Entry; Receives $5,000 Internship to Learn PR Skills to Become a Change Agent EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J., April 14 /PRNewswire/ -- MWW Group (www.mww.com), one of the nation's top ten public relations firms, today announced the winners of its national initiative, "100 Words for 100 Days." Timed to the first...

By Anna L. Mallory anna.mallory@roanoke.com 381-8627 At least 76 percent of students in each of the New River Valley's five school systems are graduating on time, according to a new formula the Virginia Department of Education uses to track the number of students who graduate from high school on time. The formula, used for the first time this year, tracks students who entered the ninth grade four years ago and includes students who transferred in and out of the system. A spokesman for...