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New July 1 Laws | Richmond Sunlight

Richmond considers tax exemption to spur growth...A Rare Moment of Brilliance from City Council | CHPN 
South of the River
Enter: Manchester
-Add Manchester to the List
-Richmond would takeover the World if this happened...
 
Girls, Girls, There's Enough Room for All of Your Stadiums 
 
Baseball debate turning into a full season of speculation 
 

source: Style Weekly

Finally...
FULL REPORT
Analysis of the Proposed Shockoe Center Development
$100,000 (or $850 per page)
-City Releases Ballpark Study
-The death spiral of Shockoe Bottom baseball (SlantBlog 1st Edition)
-MPW: A museum is better for the bottom 
 
Frustration floods Shockoe...Though we have much to be thankful for here in Richmond, our inability to complete projects before we move on is uncanny.
   
Friends of Richmond Baseball 
-Baseball advocate encourages unity in Richmond
-Announcement on the Future of Richmond Baseball Tomorrow at 10 A.M.
-Baseball Coming to the Diamond Next Year 
 
No Baseball At The Diamond But Maybe A Fair?...Fair Possibly Coming To The Diamond...Fair may be set for Diamond 
-Banana Derby
 
New owners willing to make upgrades to The Diamond  
 
Eastern League Still Heading To Richmond...Eastern League not yet ready to identify Richmond’s new franchise  

Home-run attendance at Salem Red Sox games  
 
Rewind: The Entire Baseball Saga

Marshall appointment approved by city council...Richmond City Council OK’s Marshall as CAO...subconscious slip? 
-More CAO

Fewer students are behaving badly
Style Cover: Christian Soldiers
Saving the streets one by one, the Richmond Outreach Center expands its ministry of bikers, street thugs and recovering addicts.
  
Rewind: 

100 Fastest Growing US Churches 

#5 the ROC (Richmond Outreach Center) Richmond VA (Geronimo Aguilar)--Also see CBN: ROC’ing Richmond


Trani’s last day
-CBS6
-Fan District Hub
-NBC12
 
Trani tree
 
Rewind: VCU Scandals

Taxing Tickets is Strangling Show Business
Strange things are afoot at the Sunny Market
Charter schools face uphill climb in Virginia
Infrastructure Improvements a Special Focus for Award-Winning Cities
Portsmouth's vision starts with luring residents downtown
Getting the Dance of Preservation Right 
 
Conversation shows fault lines in city’s preservation process
Debate for the Ages: John McCardell, founder of the Amethyst Initiative, is at the center of the drinking-age storm
Door Hangings vs. Reality
This latest audit of RPS is scandalous stuff, sure. But it is hardly surprising and it’s certainly not breaking news.   
 
Richmond school district releases audit of payroll and human resources...faults Richmond schools’ human resources, payroll departments
-City Audits: Fiction and Fact 
-Understanding the system - and using it
 
Rewind
-Take the Quiz and Get SCHOOLED 
-The Cranky Taxpayer on Fox Elementary Elevator RFP : Part 1 | Part 2 
-School Board of the City of Richmond, Virginia Audit Committee Charter
 
Richmond school system supervisor criticized in audit for overpaying employee 
 
A kinder, gentler disciplinary policy at city schools just might save their public image 

Older workers scour the ads for jobs
The nuclear option
 
How the tiny town of Dendron has become ground zero in the nation’s energy crisis.
 
Bay Foundation blasts proposed Surry coal plant 
 
Coal plants compared 
 
Activists gird for fight over coal plant in Surry County 
Travelgate?
RPV attacks on Kaine travel start to stick...Kaine's travel questioned, criticized...Warner defends Kaine’s travel as DNC chair
-Kaine declines RPV FOIA request on DNC travel...refuses to give GOP travel records...rebuffs GOP...has increased his travel but says he is not neglecting state business as DNC chairman...Says No To Mullins...No Travel Records For You | AP
-Washington Times Editorial: Democrats' FOIA problems 

For Deeds and McDonnell, a Higher-Stakes Rematch
 
GOP snags top billing on the November ballot...

Gun-rights advocates say Coliseum staff challenged free-speech rights
Revised Goochland shopping center plan gains commission approval
Wal-Mart proposal moves to Orange supervisors
Local Rally For Iran Planned  
 
At Virginia Tech, Iranian students rallied Tuesday to demand democracy and change for their homeland. 
 
Iranian-born Richmonder Connects To Iran Events

State expands need for downtown parking; arts center reduces commitment
Act II Concludes...
Tobacco Avenue Has the Final Word...
-Awesome New Parking Lot Planned For Shockoe Bottom 
-New Ballpark Plan Will Hang Streamers, Christmas Lights From Diamond 
-Shockoe Bottom Purple Martins Pissed Since Species Would’ve Made Perfect Name For Baseball Team

 
Defenders: Va. stadium plan falls apart  
 
Exclusive: Developers drop Shockoe ballpark project
(and the always entertaining RTD Comments Section!)...Eastern League still committed to Richmond...Overhaul of Diamond is last plan standing 
 
Highwoods properties suspends Shockoe Center/ Boulevard project...Shockoe Center development deal dead...Fans react to baseball in the Bottom project suspension...I hear the city could announce a new team in three weeks.
  
Shockoe Bottom Ballpark Plan Dead
 
Developer Pulling Out Of Bottom Proposal...Boulevard Dead As Well..."Optimistic" About Baseball Next Year  
 
Highwoods throws in the towel  
 
shockoe center is dead 
 
Commentary
-CHPN Discussion
-Extra Innings 
-Baseball in the Bottom - Developers Kill the Proposal - Oh Yeah, and Walk Away from Boulevard Too 
-Help Select Richmond's New Advertising Slogan!!!! 

OFF-OFF YEAR ELECTIONS: They Seem Important at the Time
In a Terrifying Instant, Lives Forever Bound   
 
Washington Post
-Crash on Metro's Red Line Kills at Least 6...Signal, Operator Errors Possible Causes...'Train Just Opened Up'...INTERACTIVE: History of Accidents  
Photos: Witness | Crash Scene
Videos: Mayor and Officials | Witnesses | Metro Official

Washington Times
-At least 9 killed in Metro's deadliest accident...Early questions focus on crash warning system...Crash tests emergency response system...Photo Gallery 
  
DC City Paper
-Red Line Trains Collide Near Fort Totten: Deadliest Crash In Metro History...Breaking: Nine Confirmed Dead In Red Line Metro Crash...Photos: Metro Accident, The Aftermath...Photos: Metro Accident, Triage...Old Questions About Crashworthiness of Metro Cars
 
More
-DCist | NBC Washington | AP

CAO D-Day! Looks like Marshall is the Pick | Times Dispatch | WRVA 
 
Marion Barry's Man in Richmond 
-Rewind CAO Search 
 
City Council Meeting June 22, 2009 - How we Set Water Rates / Meet the new CAO (Video)  

Richmond mayor names another top aide  

Harry Black Reemerges
 
City Names First CAROFLO 
 
More CAO Stories

VCU retail struggles to take hold on Broad St. 
Earmarks to Sabato civics center stop 
Feds attempt to solve cookie dough mystery
Sunlight in Richmond
Report shows summer the season for traffic jams 
Rural development debate divides Albemarle officials
The 4th Circuit 
-Time might be right for Wynn to go to Richmond 
-Davis in holding pattern

The Rededication of Battery Park...Community celebrates return...celebrates grand re-opening  
..Saw 15 of the CAPS members trying to get into Crystal Light Church This morning. Just another day destroying the art scene...CAPS moves on Church of Crystal Light? not really 
-Rewind: The Church of Crystal Light brings the no-frills appeal of house shows to Broad Street’s gallery district | Website
-More CAPS
 
Editor's Note: Have you seen the fourth column (Crime Wave) lately? Resource Management?

Richmond Grocery Wars
Cantor and Scott: Bi-partisan buddies
high speed rail-line from Richmond to Washington, D.C.?? 
McDonnell and Deeds claim middle ground
 
AC/CD (A Coup for Creigh Deeds): How Deeds got it done dirt cheap
  
The new Deeds team
  
Keeping the green in the governor's race 

“Homosexuality is Sin” Sign on Broad Street
CAO Finalist Returns to River City | Broke It | Formal Story 
-CBS6 | Times Dispatch
  
Jones may soon fill several top jobs in Richmond 
 
Richmond council members have mixed feelings about proposed CAO
 
A Familiar Stink
 
Best Case/Worst Case for Richmond's Community/Economic Development  
  
The New Richmond CAO?
...City close to hiring new Chief Administrative Officer...
Candidate Under Scrutiny...New Information About Man Who Could Be City's Next CAO | Times Dispatch 
-Rewind: City Hall's Limbo
-Byron C. Marshall Bio 
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Austin Statesman Articles
-
Austin Chronicle Articles 
The Fall of D.C. Church Power
Style Cover: The Curious Case of John Edward Lawler
Nazi saboteurs, prostitutes and City Council. The untold story of one of Richmond’s most popular politicians. 

The Downtown Plan: Did Somebody Say "Implementation"?
Full Primary Coverage Below the Fold
 
Head of the Class: Best Rapids for Every Level...River Wild: The Southeast’s Wild and Scenic Rivers
 

James River Journal: A day of reckless fun and tragedy
 
  
Groups Band to Save River From Developers
 
Richmond officials ponder congestion at Pony Pasture
 
Giant Baby Ruth Bar Floating Down River...City: No Running On Canal Walk 

Bridge near Lake Anna prompts concerns about safety 
Downtown Roanoke living in demand...Fixing up downtown Blacksburg's 'missing teeth' 
At Wilson high, ninth grade is where they give up
The Tao of poo: Can Worrell's green sewage system save water and planet?
As the economic ripple effect hits the commercial real-estate market, a few retailers and developers cleverly carve out opportunities 
  
What the Real-Estate Pros Think

An analysis of the Richmond market
 
 
Real estate investors ask: Where did all the money go? 
-Major players in Richmond-area real estate investment venture

Richmond top 20 cities for young workers 
-Full Report 
-Richmond Tagged a "Mighty Micro" for Next Gen Denizens 

VDH Issues Statement On Swine Flu Pandemic
Retailers want you thinking locally
Interactive preview: Three-part series on Virginia's Indians
-Let Sisyphus Rest
-State's tribes have waited long enough

Philanthropist to replace George Mason Elementary’s playground | CBS6 Streaming Coverage
-Rewind: CHPN Coverage

Roanoker receives France's highest honor
Lost Communities of Virginia
No option? Possible death pact tied to financial losses
Deeds with the momentum in Virginia
A VA agency filed for an EIR with Rachel Flynn on a historic Broad St. structure. It's demolition will be very controversial.
Virginia Democratic Governor Poll 
-Money can't buy McAuliffe an easy race 
 
Wilder and McDonnell  
-Rewind: Bob McDonnell's coincidental private Wilder lunch...Is McDonnell Looking to Wilder for Support? 

Peninsula GOP: Vanasse Bait & Tackle closing after 35 years

Style Cover: The country’s real estate meltdown hasn’t just sparked a recession — it may have ended modern-day suburbia
Chesapeake woman is first death connected to swine flu | WRVA 
Richmond Could Learn a Few Things From Carolina Uplands 
Cultural Insanity  
 
The arts community bands together to decry recent community-policing efforts to target cultural businesses

  
Style Cover: Show Stoppers
From crack houses to bowling alleys: Is the city’s heralded building code SWAT team slowly suffocating Richmond’s cultural renaissance?
-Rumors Update! Rumors and Reality...OUT OF COURT. Only cost us 70 bucks. If you want all the details check out the next issue of style... 
-Cultural Sanity in Richmond
-ACTUALLY fighting the good fight...SAVE RICHMOND ARTS AND MUSIC Facebook
-Arts Council Seeks Input While CAPS Attempts Cap on Progress 
-First Friday Threatened - What You Can Do 
 
Arts Council of Richmond reaching out to make changes   
   
Show at Rumors shut down by police

-The Show Mustn't Go On...Blog Intro 
-Who's Running This CITY!? 
-Richmond’s War on Nightlife (Ongoing…)...Rewind:
The City That Fun Forgot
-Police, ABC hit consignment shop
   
Chesterfield continues nightclub crackdown

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Richmond Media Guide
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Richmond.com
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Richmond Magazine
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Shop Talk
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Elevate Richmond
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Amelia Bulletin Monitor
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Chesterfield Living
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Hanover Herald-Progress  
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Hanover Lifestyle
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Hopewell News
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Powhatan Today
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River City
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Student Papers
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The Collegian (University of Richmond)
-UR Richmond Now (official PR) 
-Commonwealth Times (VCU)
-VCU News (official/PR)  
-Topix VCU
-The Informer (Virginia Union) 

African American Issues
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Key Awareness
-Richmond Free Press
-Urban Views Weekly
-The Voice 

GLBT Issues
-Gay Community Center of Richmond
-GayRVA 
-The Richmond Outsider  

-The Virginia Flame

Jewish Issues
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The Reflector (JCF)

Latino Issues
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Centro de Richmond
-La Voz Hispana
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Left Leaning
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The Richmond Defender
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Senior Issues
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Boomer Life

Women's Issues
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Belle
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V Magazine for Women | Blog

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Business Wire via Richmond.com
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Business Issues
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Work Magazine
 --Creative Work Space Magazine
-Virginia Business Magazine
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 --Central VA News
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R'Biz
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-Retail Merchants  Association Newsletter 
-Greater Richmond Working Capital
-UofR MBA Blog
-Chmura Economics
-DC:
Washington Business Journal
-Hampton Roads: Inside Biz
-Roanoke: Blue Ridge Business Journal | Valley Business Front


Other Virginia Newspapers
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Daily News Record Harrisonburg, VA
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Daily Press Hampton Roads (Hampton, Newport News) Business | Sports
-Daily Progress Charlottesville, VA Business | Sports   
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Danville Register & Bee  Danville, VA Sports
-Fredericksburg Free Lance-Star Fredericksburg, VA Front | Business | Sports 
-InsideNoVA (Culpeper
Star-Exponent/Potomac News/Manassas Journal)
-Lynchburg News and Advance Lynchburg, VA Business | Sports
-Roanoke Times Roanoke, VA Business | Sports 
-Staunton News Leader Staunton, VA
-Virginia Gazette Williamsburg, VA Sports 
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Virginian Pilot South Hampton Roads (VA Beach, Norfolk)  Business | Sports
-Washington Independent DC/Northern VA
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Washington Post DC/Northern VA Business | Sports
-Washington Times DC/Northern VA Business | Sports 
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The Winchester Star Winchester, VA

Virginia Alt-Weeklies    
-16 Blocks Blacksburg, VA
-The Butter Room Various Cities
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City Paper DC/Northern VA
-C-ville Charlottesville, VA
-cvillenews
Charlottesville, VA
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Cvillain  Charlottesville, VA
-DCist DC/Northern VA
-The Hook Charlottesville, VA
-Port Folio Weekly Hampton Roads
-SevenCities
Hampton Roads  
-TReehouse
Hampton Roads
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Washington Life  DC/Northern VA
Also see
NewsVoyager Virginia

VA Colleges & Universities Student Newspapers
-George Mason:
Broadside
-James Madison: The Breeze
-Mary Washington: The Bullet
-Norfolk State: Spartan Echo
-Old Dominion: Mace and Crown
-Radford University: The Tartan
-Randolph-Macon: Yellow Jacket
-UofR: The Collegian
-UVA: Cavalier Daily
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VCU: Commonwealth Times
-Virginia Tech: The Collegiate Times
-Virginia Union: The Informer
-William and Mary: Flat Hat 

Richmond Television
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WTVR 6 (CBS)
-WRIC 8 (ABC)
-WWBT 12 (NBC)
-WCVE 23 (PBS)
-WRLH 35 (FOX)
-WUPV 65 (UPN)

Richmond Online Television 
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-Mashup
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Style Weekly
-TVRichmond
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WCVE 88.9 FM NPR (Stream)
-WDCE 90.1 FM University of Richmond (Stream)  
-WRVQ 94.5 FM "Q-94" Top 40 (Stream)
-WKHK 95.3 FM "K-95" Country (Stream)
-WKLR 96.5 FM "The Planet" Classic Rock (Stream)
-WRIR 97.3 FM  Richmond Indie Radio (Stream)
-WTVR 98.1 FM "Lite 98" Soft Rock (Stream)
-WWLB  98.9 FM Liberty Variety Pop-Rock
-WDYL 101.1 FM "Y-101" New Rock (Stream)
-WRXL 102.1 "The X" New Rock (Stream)
-WMXB 103.7 FM "B-103" Soft Rock (Stream)
-WBJT 106.5 FM "The Beat" Urban (Stream)
-WBBT 107.3 FM "Oldies 107.3" Oldies
-WRNL 910 AM "Sports Radio 910" Sports (Stream)
-WXGI 950 AM "ESPN 950" Sports (Stream)
-WRVA 1140 AM "News Radio WRVA" News (Stream)
-WDZY 1290 AM "Radio Disney Richmond" (Stream)
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WCLM 1450AM Richmond Soul Rado Network (Stream)
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RVABlogs
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Bacon's Rebellion
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The Blue Raccoon | The Hat (Harry Kollatz, Jr.) 
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Jack Goes Forth
-River City Rapids
-River City Voice
-Save Richmond
-Slantblog
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-Urban Issues and Actions 

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-10 South Boulevard
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Carver & Jackson Ward
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Church Hill People’s News
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The Devil's Triangle
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Fulton Hill
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Oregon Hill
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Fourth of July Guides Sticky
Message of the Day
-Richmond.com
-Road Trips for Families
-RVANews
-Times Dispatch
-Virginia Tourism

BLACK DOG
-Legendary Richmond Chow found dead Thursday morning
-Black Dog, RIP July 2, 2009 
-Black Dog Lessons
-A Legend is Gone
-Black Dog Dies
-Friends of Black Dog Facebook | Twitter #blackdog 
 
Rewind:
-Times Dispatch Archives: Holmberg's Black Dog series | Photos for Sale
-River City Rapids: Reporting Again On Black Dog...Black Dog Sighting


Infuzion to Reopen Under New Management?
  
Rewind
-infuzion, you must pay your rent
-Ice Bar Hits Rocks
-Richmond.com Dish on being out-scooped by Style
-Global warming faulted for Infuzion ice bar closing

RVAMag's Cheap Eats: Weekly! Column Premieres
 
Richmond.com Ice Cream Guide

Boat accidents are up from a 20-year low last year
Buying Local
-A new push to shop local 
-Month of Independents!
-350 Project
-RGL Special Section: Buy Local!

Blue catfish: The new shark of the James...About the blue catfish 
 
'A predator on par with a shark' 

Trask gets busy
 
Local Artist To Paint Mural Onto Powhite Parkway


Richmonder @ChokeyChicken was on the Scene in LA
| BBC Interview
-Live-tweeting Death of a Superstar = Epic Win?
-Chad Brown was outside UCLA Medical Center when Michael Jackson died. 
-Local Resident Inadvertently Covers Michael Jackson Chaos Live From LA 
 
The Vigil...Michael Jackson Memorial Scheduled In Richmond 
-NBC12 | Times Dispatch | WRIC8

 
Michael Jackson Coverage: Billboard | E! | Entertainment Tonight | Gawker | LA Daily News |
LA Times | National Enquirer | Rolling Stone | Star | TMZ
-UK Coverage of Jacko: BBC | Guardian | Independent | Mail | The Mirror | News of the World | Standard |
The Sun | Telegraph | Times
-Richmond Reaction: Atom-Bomb Bikini | caroline's plate | Chris Bopst | DL Hopkins | Don Harrison (Tribute Radio Show) | godihateyourband | Lost Art of the City | MattOnFire | NBC12 (radio story) | Richmond.com | RVANews | RVAMag | Style Weekly | Times Dispatch (Melissa Ruggieri
-Regional Roundup: Fredericksburg | Newport News | Williamsburg
 
Rewind: William & Mary Students Break "Thriller" World Record |
Youtube 
-Jacko's Death Bringing W&M Hits 
 
Also See
-Wedding Thriller
-Philipino Prison Thriller 

VCU students opening new gallery in Richmond
NBA will locate talent even if it is in Timbuktu (VCU reference?) 
-Follow Eric Maynor on Twitter: @EMaynor3

Skydiving into a new venture
Emeril TV shows premiere at Fort Lee | Examiner 
Franchitti: Richmond 'awful, awful race'
Helping hands repair homes for Franklin County residents
Days Difference Joining All Time Low Tour, Release New Single
The First RVA Photo Issue  
-Scott Elmquist
-Jake Cunningham 
-Kimberly Frost 
-Michael Otley
-PJ Sykes (IN THE BLACK & WHITE Series)
-Joseph Talman
-LOOK3 Festival of the Photograph 
 
16Blocks (Roanoke) Photography Issue

Miss Arlington is the new Miss Virginia...Massaponax High graduate wins Miss Virginia pageant | Miss Virginia Organization | Re-watch the pageant again and again on livestream | #missva Twitter commentary 
 
Miss Hanover competes for Miss Virginia title

A New Crop of Farmers
More Md., Va. Women Turning to Agriculture, Bringing Organic Meat And Harvests of Heirloom Vegetables to Markets in the D.C. Area
 
Summer Monsters!
-Mold problems a mystery, as reactions vary
-Get ticked off this summer 
-Tests aim to extinguish the spread of fire ants...Fire ants: Hampton Roads is placed in agricultural quarantine...Richmond bugs out over the region's fire ants 
-Mosquito populations increase after high rainfall...Mosquitoes in Suffolk test positive for equine virus 

Staunton River Fun Float Day has subdued atmosphere
The shaping of an (Barboursville Vineyards) Octagon
Swarm and Destroy
-Hell's Satans | Twitter

Recruiters line up for Midlothian lineman
Pictures of Forest Hill Lake Restoration
Batteau Festival winds it up at Maiden’s
   
Staying on their ’teaus  
 
Flat-bottomed batteaux again arrive in Scottsville  
 
Nineteen batteaux set off down the James


Source: Style Weekly (Scott Elmquist) 
Style's Bar Guide 2009
-Style Weekly Bar Guide Articles...Style Weekly Bar Guide Part Deux...Rewind: 2008 Bar Guide/ Style Weekly (Suggestions) 
-Babe’s Makes Style’s Bar Guide 
 
One Way Richmond's Best Bars in RVA  

Richmond Is for Lushes  

Casting call: Ten auditions bartenders


Richmond Rocky Horror Week

Carytown after hours
25 essential Charlottesville experiences for real locals
  
Why I Like the Seven Cities 

The ABC store in Clifton Forge is the only one in Virginia to be in the same spot since its founding in 1934 after Prohibition
Trailer for "The Box," which includes scenes filmed at NASA Langley, hits the Internet  
The Greatest Redskins Party You'll Never Go To Gary Clark might be there. Joe Gibbs? Probably not.
Richmond Getting Another Indoor Football Team
Katie Couric Does Homemade Video of UVa Alumni Weekend
Johnny St. Ours directs new Dave Matthews Band video
  
Forbes ranks DMB 12th biggest earner in music  

Save Money Using Twitter!
-@cheaprichmond
-@HotDealsRVA
-@ipric 
-@rvabargains
-@SpecSpot_Ric_VA
-@StyleOffers 
 
10-20 Media plants $500K in debt raise

Roanoke Ice cream sales off to a sluggish summer start 
A Night of Masked Mayhem 
 
WWE in Roanoke Photo Gallery

Paper, Plastic and Brass Knuckles
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Richmond Grocery Wars
Byrd Park Not Place To Dump Chlorine 
 
Sawmill debris a stunning violation 

Retreading trodden trails
The Bopst Show 60
Reminisce
Streetwalking Down Memory Lane
 


Harry Kollatz's Journey Into Richmond And What I Found There
-Part I
-Part II 
-Part III 
-Parts IV-V 
-Part V
-Part VI
-Part VII

Wegmans wows big first-day crowd...What effect will Wegmans have on other grocers?
Victory over recession: more households take to food gardening
Local wineries serve up their best
Need a gadget, any gadget? Shop has it
Bears common in central Virginia...Bear spotted on campus of Randolph-Macon College 
50 Best Restaurants in DC
-Reader's Choice: #yh50
 
Charlottesville Pizza Pie Throwdown 

Tobacco Avenue’s Tips: Staying Cool In The Richmond Summer

Trinny & Susannah Come to Carytown
...Getting Made (Over) by Trinny and Susannah
-Making Over America with Trinny and Susannah

The D.C. Real World House: Phone Room, Kitchen, Love Sacks on Second Floor
Robertson's Town Hall Meeting - Davenport & Company Presents  
 
Conn. franchise and owner, with local partners, a likely scenario for Richmond

  
The Tipping Point for Shockoe Bottom Baseball...Civic Spirit 

Rivers are straining their banks and skimming their bridges -- posing a greater threat to the region.
 
CNN: Kings Dominion Alien Video 
-Doswell Man Abducted by Floating Smoke Ring Seen Over Kings Dominion Last Weekend...Doswell Man returns Home after Being Abducted by Unidentified Smoke Ring over Kings Dominion Last Weekend 

 
For a Beach turtle lover, habitat is where the heart is
  
Sea turtle Kermit, rescued by swimmer, to be released | AP
-Photos: Virginia Aquarium releases green sea turtle Kermit 
-Virginia Aquarium: Loggerhead Turtles

Mixed Martial Arts
-Luke Thomas Talks a Good Fight
-Brad Smith: Always Up for a Challenge

More Single Women Than Men In Richmond
Onion AV Club Reviews HawthoRNe (takes place in Richmond)
Wrestler Tony Atlas pins success...WWE in Roanoke 
Food News:
-Greek Restaurant under Construction in Carytown
-Local Chefs on Reality Show
-New Organic Coffee Shop in Shockoe Slip?
-Ellwood’s Coffee Gets Local 

Danica next in line to make the jump to NASCAR?
Farmers vs. Guys in Suits  

Locally grown foods are gaining larger audience

Andre Agassi And Stefi Graf In Town
Shenandoah Park Plate
Sleaze's Awakening: The 10,000 Rupees Mix...Intro 
Children At Kings Dominion Told They Are At Disney World 
-Richmond-based Blogs Encroaching on Doswell; Newsfromdoswell Not Happy 

Playboy Reports Sluggish Sales On ‘Girls of VCU’ Issue 

Carbon Leaf keeps growing and will come to O.C.
O Huguenots!
Bizz Buzz: Pro football league sets its base in Richmond 
-Indoor Football League

LOVE HURTS

source: Conrad Stoltz 

Stoltz "slashes" way to victory, McQuaid's season stays unblemished at XTERRA Atlantic Cup in Richmond...XTERRA Richmond. PG 13- B&G- Blood and Gore
-Times Dispatch | Inside Tri 
 
More Thoughts:
-Ups, and Downs
-Better late than never?
 
Bain, Olafsen Win XTERRA Richmond Xduro
...XTERRA runners endure Richmond’s heat
 
A clever story about a flat, Caveman teeth and ingenuity
 
Triathletes gear up for Atlantic Cup 
 
Jamie Whitmore’s greatest victory 

 
GWAR, Me, and the Onrushing Grip of Death: Part 5
- Part 4 | Part 3 | Part 2 | Part 1 
-GWAR.net  

Remembering Fat Rodney
Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil Hipsters
Pole dancing as Exercise
Welcome weather for wineries
Copperheads striking pets in Chesterfield County...Copperheads slither in Midlothian neighborhood 
-Snake run-ins on the rise 
 
What Would Samuel L. Jackson Do?

Grammar Police Arrest Velvet Owner Over Anti-Stadium Sign  
 
No baseball/fireworks at The Diamond on July 4
  
Ex-councilman opposes baseball in Shockoe...El-Amin Returns
  
Baseball not envisioned at UR Stadium
   
Ballpark plans mean big makeover...Transformation theme shared by ballpark plans
-Comparing two of Richmond’s ballpark options
   
Birds could be losers in Shockoe ballpark proposal  

Opening Day Partners Diamond Renovation Powerpoint
-Independent league is ready to pitch in Richmond...RMA calls plan to transform The Diamond intriguing
 
G-Braves aiming for great baseball 'experience'  

Time well spent
  
Connecticut Defenders sale remains on hold

RICHMOND IS SO SCENE
Tips from Butcher Tanya Cauthen (via
‘Black Widow’ wins hot dog-eating contest with 36
Restaurant owner vows legal challenge to Albemarle
Is Richmond a quality minor-league baseball market?  
 
Bostic: Economy, stadium situation doomed Defenders deal ...
Chesterfield group has interest in franchise, ballpark
-Rewind: It Takes a Village
 
Complete Baseball Stadium Coverage

36 Hours in Williamsburg, Va....Rewind: 36 Hours in Richmond, Va. 

source: NBC
More on Body Politic’s demise...Network passes on Richmond-filmed drama
 
Networks Shy From Beltway-Based TV 

'Body Politic': The best pilot you won't see next season...'Body Politic': I've now seen the pilot, The CW needs to pick it up  
 
Rewind: Body Politic Films in Richmond

Manchester Sculpture Thrown Out of Court(house)
Poe lives in Baltimore - Deal with it!
Public Service Announcement
Doswell Lad Wins Virginia DMV Mascot Contest
-Get Out Your Crayons!

You can’t see me if I don’t acknowledge you
Off the Streets
Teen Sex Scandal!
IN THE BLACK & WHITE: 005 - Joe Lally
Now playing at Toad’s Place: The fat lady | Times Dispatch
 
Rewind: Toad's Place Shuts Down

Nearby Baltimore and Richmond are winners in cost and convenience
Richmond Taco Guide
Documentary focuses on Bedford's losses
Friend To Definitely Come Visit You Here Soon

Despite dead deal, Defenders likely to still move...Connecticut team owner considers moving here
 
Short Pump vs. Shockoe
  
Without stadium plan, baseball investors backed off
-Many pieces to Richmond’s baseball puzzle
 
Is Richmond Baseball in Jeopardy?...A happy ending could still be in the offing for Richmond's baseball soap opera...Now what?
 
It’s clear where blame belongs in Defenders debacle
 
Richmond rumors don't seem to fit SeaWolves
 
New Britain was on the map this week 
-More Baseball

Cold Spots: The Edgar Allan Poe Museum
Getting back to nature: Keswick woman opens farm to children and families seeking rural experience
Despite Weather Delays, Goochland Drive-In On Track To Open
The Bopst Show 57

Bill Murray at the Camel
(leaves at 1:45 AM)...Bill Murray at Comfort...Bill Murray at the Kicker's game....Bill Murray at Bev's...Bill Murray at Plan 9...Bill Murray at Carytown
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Bill Murray Partied Here
  
Rewind: NY Post Page 6: Is Bill Murray NYC's New Party Boy?
 
Bizarre Celebrity Activity in Carytown  
 
For 100 Rupee...Why Did Bill Murray Visit Richmond?
-A: Shooting a Jim Jarmusch film
-B
: Looking to Buy Richmond Baseball Team
-C: Thought Richmond was Manhattan because it was west of Williamsburg
-D: Delirium

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OMGWTFRVA.com
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OMGWTFRVA.net 
 
New Media, New Responsibilities (.net, btw)
-Subsequent debate between @styleweekly and @cameronparker



Fuzzy Signals

While dying newspapers get funereal treatment, local television news searches for its place in a changing media landscape.
  
Getting the Style Treatment
 
Rewind: An Old Print Dog Crosses Over...Sleeping Giant
 
WTVR CBS6 Website Re-Design

The Dinosaur on the Lawn
Welcome to the dream blog
-SleepBetter.org | @dream_bigger | Carpenter Co (Richmond, VA) 

'Wash Post" Pay-to-Play Dinner Offer Blows Up -- Here Are Links to Reactions -- And Video Spoof
Veronica's Test Kitchen: Goodbye...
-Kitchen Musings
New! 
Investor increases stake in Media General
-GAMCO Investors

Startup Nation
-Rainey Man
-More Startup-y Than Ever Before...Boulder: One Weekend Down, Many More to Come 
-Atlanta’s VentureLab spins companies out of ideas
-Richmond-based Harbert Venture Partners opens Gainsville Office 
-Deloitte’s Tech Venture Center
 
Where's My Bus? D.C. Gov't Says There's an App for That
Pandora Town Hall w Founder Tim Westergren, Grace Street Theater, Monday, June 29
-@timwestergren Just finished a terrific town hall in Richmond. What an engaged, curious and creative crowd. And the local Chipotle brought free burritos!
-Opening the box on Pandora 
-Video Interview with Pandora Founder Tim Westergren...Outside the box: Pandora founder speaks in Richmond 
-Pandora Town Hall (Richmond, VA)  
-Pandora Meetup -- Creating a Musician Middle Class 
-Richmond Town Hall - Monday, June 29th...Pandora founder to speak in Richmond

The serious business of social media
La VITA Loca
-Closed doors open up questions about Va.'s IT deal
-Lawmakers want new Northrop computer contract
-VITA contract is six months late, says official...State accuses Northrop Grumman of breach...Information Technologies: Investigate 
-VITA Faces Hacking Questions 
-Va. Lawmakers Question System Upgrade Contract
 
More VITA

AOL to become independent once again
Colin Steele Appointed Charlottesville-Based hotelicopter’s Chief Technology Officer
-hotelicopter  

Task force touts benefits of wind farm off Beach coast
Why Richmond, Why?: Richmond.com SEO | News website says it is using SEO 
Anti texting-while-driving law takes effect July 1...No Texting, No E-Mail Behind The Wheel Wednesday...Law aims to bring texting behind the wheel to a full stop...New laws hit books Wednesday 
The case for the “corporate” blog
Richmond ad executive Burford isn’t slowing down
-Burford Advertising

VCU TV/HD Wins Two Regional Emmy Awards for Excellence  
-Your Emmy Award-Winning Bookstore 

SMCRVA 3 on July 23...Social Media for Non-Profit Organizations...featuring Boston's @gradontripp  founder of Social Media for Social Change 
-Rewind: SMCRVA Timeline

Virginia Currents’ May-Lily Lee
Editor recharges her journalism batteries
Criterion brings out "My Dinner With Andre" on DVD.
Online learning is gaining credibility
I’m A Social Media Expert, or, Things About Twitter That Bug Me...Things Bloggers Do That Irritate Me by @homesliceva 
Tech-related disciplinary offenses rise in Chesterfield schools 
 
Let students text at lunch 

Cyber-Defense Command Created
 
DC’s first Cyber Security Symposium...Potomac Tech Wire’s 6th annual Digital Media Conference
  
Some Prescriptions Halted in Va. After Hacker's Attack...Hackers bring the pain in Va. 
 
Reporters Find Northrop Grumman Data in Ghana Market...Sensitive U.S. data found on computer in Africa...More trouble for Va. computer contractor 

Massey CEO joins the Twitterati 
-@donblankenship 

Couple building very green home in Powhatan
Hampton Roads is leader in robotics technology
VCU grad named CBS news correspondent
ZeniMax Media Acquires Id Software
 
Designing video games pays real-world dividends

Facebook face-off
Snagajob follow-up

Chris Anderson’s Free Contains Apparent Plagiarism
-Author Response: Corrections in the digital editions of Free
-Cvillain | Fast Company | Gawker | Kottke

Tales from Twitter: Ukrop's, Jon & Kate and Noodles & Co.
Fanzter Acquires Richmond-Based Mustache Inc.  
-Mustache Inc.  

Yes. You Can Steal WiFi In Front Of Fenty’s House
Limbaugh, Hannity... Schilling? Is the former councilor the next radio talk star?
Northern VA Tech Council names Hot Ticket winners...NVTC Hot Ticket Awards Party
-Contact Solutions (Hottest Bootstrap) Call Center Management
-Clarabridge (Hottest Buzz) Mining Software
-Guidant Technologies (Hottest -Emerging Government Contractor)
-Rosetta Stone (Only Hottest Exit) Language-learning Software
-Availink (Hottest International Company) Digital TV
-GlobalLogic (Hottest Management Team) Offshore Product Development
-Clear Standards (Hottest Venture Capital Deal) Environmental Software

All N.C. plastic bag ban needs is governor's signature
The Washington Post Introduces reachforthewall.com (Site Devoted to Local Swimming Creates Online Hub for D.C-Area Athletes and Fans)
-reachforthewall.com 

(DC-Based) Twicsy Is A Killer And Kind Of Creepy Way To Search Pictures Shared On Twitter 
-twicsy | @Twicsy 


Former Richmond resident gives technology a seat at the Obama policy table
 
RTD EXCLUSIVE: Chopra discusses new job as Obama’s technology chief

 
National Stories
-Federal CTO Sees IT Leading U.S. Out Of Recession...10 Questions For Federal CTO Aneesh Chopra 
-The Nation’s C.T.O. Lays Out His Priorities 
-Chopra's equation: Ideas + Relevance=Innovation 
-Bloggers and tweeters sound off on Kundra, Chopra 

Green gospel growing locally
Times-Dispatch introduces new regular columnist
"...Despite the industry critics who are pushing our demise and local critics who are vying to be us -- the region's best edited news source -- we're facing our challenges with the future in mind."
-Introducing himself—Bill Lohmann’s first column...VIDEO: Bill Lohmann from guest to host
 
This is When it Started to Smell Funny to Me...Rewind: Truth and Consequences (Richmond Times-Dispatch Dirty Laundry)
-Rewind: Keeping the Faith...Final Markdown 
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We're looking for someone who will rip the box into little pieces, burn the remnants, bury the ashes and give birth to a whole new form of journalism in Richmond...Brick Reloaded  
 
Nothing Changes in Richmond 
 

RTD says, Fired Reporters Have Themselves to Blame (full memo)
 
Reporters’ Union Fires Back 
 
Style Weekly Lays Off Two Vending Machines

Robot boats vie for best rescue in Beach competition
NewMediaSeminars.com returns to Richmond with Special Discount
Beach voice recording company is heard far and wide
Chesapeake home among first to install wind power
Richmond BizSense and SM, a missed opportunity?...Newman Opens the Right Conversation on News and New Media 
 
Web-Based News Site Reluctantly Embraces Web

Guest Opinion: The real deal on Twitter
 
For Hire: Twitter and Facebook whiz
Jolie O'Dell's "A Word to My PR Homies" Series:
On Links in Press Releases...On Writing a Lede...On Subject Lines...On Competition...On the Inverted Pyramid...On Sending Access and Materials...On Getting Weird...On an Awesome New Tool...On Embargoes

Hackers steer commuters toward offensive sign 
-Hey F**KTACO, Turn Here!

Newspapers are in his blood
Va. computer agency steeped in tensions...State panel outlines start of IT agency investigation...Senate panel asks House counterpart to join probe...Senate questions state technology deal...Senators Will Investigate IT Group 
 
VITA Director Lemuel C. Stewart Jr. Ouster: Times Dispatch | Government Technology | Washington Technology
  
Dual role of new Va. IT chief questioned...Va. ‘very happy with Northrop Grumman,‘ Kaine says 

Hello, will you be my friend?
Richmond Green Drinks
I Just Called To Say I Love Me
Daily Press Re-Design
 
'Baltimore Sun' Web Site Has New Look...The Sun
Living on Twitter Time
 
Tweet and Sour? Newspapers Set New Rules for Social Networking 

Ripping up the paper
NVTC Green Technology & Energy Task Force
Tech Groups Find New Networking Territory
Chesterfield Observer changes printers
Refresh Richmond Presents Online Reputation Management w @cjsn @gatewood5000 @rickwhittington @sharif28
-#refreshrva
-Online Reputation Management As Seen From The Outside
         
Rewind: 140-character assassination: Are disclaimers and disclosures needed, or even possible, on Twitter? 

Richmond 2.0; Tweeting for business
  
How-to use Twitter for Local Advertising 

Media battle in a "reporter cluster"...Sifting through the chaos of news 
Harbert Venture Partners raising $7.75M annex fund
-Harbert Venture Partners

VCCS, Microsoft Free Vouchers for E-Learning courses and select certification exams 
-American City and County | AP | Richmond BizSense

Richmond’s Y101 to change dial position next month (100.9) 
 
Y101 is moving to 100.9 - Y101 Insider on y101rocks.com 

The Top 5 Mistakes of Social Media Marketing
#OMGWTFRVA Facebook URL party
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OMGWTFRVA Blog Launches (New New Website)...Origins (@OMGWTFRVA @CameronParker @ChokeyChicken @JolieODell @LaptopMnky)
New chief of VCU’s Brandcenter is praised as an innovator | Follow @kellyokeefe 
-Brands and Culture Blog

How Long Will the Daily Progress Last as Is?
TRACK #blogpotomac
 
BlogPotomac(Twitter) Falls Church, Virginia

Shel Holtz (Twitter) keynote on Integration Challenges
-Live From BlogPotomac - Shel Holtz on “Integration Challenges”
-Blog Potomac Has a Posse

Ace Political Blogger Shireen Mitchell (Twitter) - Government 2.0/Political Blogging
 
Ford Social Media Lead Scott Monty (Twitter) - Social Media in a Crisis
-Live from BlogPotomac 2009: Scott Monty on Using Social Media in a Crisis 
-Live From BlogPotomac - Scott Monty on “Social Media in a Crisis”
-Telling Our Story 
 
SOBCon Organizer and Successful Blog Author Liz Strauss (Twitter)- The Business Aspects of Blogging & Social Media
 
Aaron Brazell (Technosailor | Twitter) & Radian 6’s Amber Naslund (Twitter) - Personal Branding, a Dialogue
-Personal Branding
 
Network Solutions Social Media Swami Shashi Bellamkonda (Twitter) - Network Solutions, A Local Success! How they did it.
-Event Review: BlogPotomac 2 
 
Karaoke w Doug Meacham (@dougmeacham), Rohit Bhargava (@rohitbhargava) and Kaitln Wilkens (@catchuplady)
  
Recaps
-My lessons learned at Blog Potomac 
-What I learned at BlogPotomac
-A Few Thoughts From BlogPotomac
-Blog Potomac offers ideas for Historic Sites
-BlogPotomac ROCKED the State Theater
-Liveblogging BlogPotomac in Falls Church, VA 
-Live Blogging: BlogPotomac 
-The Ten Best Ideas from BlogPotomac
-5 thoughts from halftime at Blog Potomac
-Technology Woes Aside, We're at Blog Potomac 

New York Deli to Host GayRVA Launch Party  
-GayRVA Shines at New York Deli Launch Party 

Speaking to Student Journalists about New Media at VCU
TRACK #SMCRVA
 
RWW: Social Media Meets Industrial Media at Social Media Club Event Panel by @jolieodell 
Social Media Club, Richmond, VA: Old & New Media Video by @mcptv
-Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4 | Part 5 | Part 6 
-Interview w DePompa and Sarvay
-Interview w Graham and Kelley
  
Richmond Social Media Club post mortum
by @jonnew 
  
Oral Sex, Organic Blueberries and Social Media by @MarianeMatera 
 
Unemployed, Day 56: SMCRVA Wrap-Up Edition by @mattjh2
 
SOCIAL MEDIA Club of Richmond - It’s Not Just a Party by @modalinc 
 
NBC12 Recap | 2 by @nbc12   
   
How Social Media like Twitter & Facebook are Influencing Mainstream Media: Nhat’s Interview w NBC12 Rachel DePompa by @nhatpham
 
All the cool kids are doing it by @nickdawson  
 
#smcrva by @RichmondEditor
 
Social media club wrap up by @rvanews
 
Richmond Wiki: SMCRVA by @RichmondWiki
  
Web-Based News Site Reluctantly Embraces Web by @Sarvay

SMCRVA: What I Love about Social Media by @stevemullen

Social Media In Da Club by @thecheckoutgirl 


NBC12's Gene Cox Raps, Kinda

Kaine orders new green initiatives
Retired AP investigative journalist Baskervill to be honored
-Virginia SPJ's George Mason Award Ceremony and Celebration 
-AP Memories 

WRIC anchor says she and her spouse lost $200,000 in Ponzi scheme
Media Web Site Pushes Entrepreneurial Model
WiFi draws patrons to the Downtown Mall
Loan hark: FDIC officially axes Landmark lender
-FDIC shuts down bank behind Landmark Hotel 

For all the Ex-Times-Dispatch Employees
-Unceremoniously Dispatched (Please Forgive the Adverb)

Debate continues on New River Valley incubator's future
It's Time to Play: Name that Magazine
Time to Start Your Own Business?
VCU Taking Steps to Mitigate Potential Exposure of Student SSNs | AP | TD 
The Richmond media market: The shrinkage has stopped
Times-Dispatch fights legal-notice decisions
Virginia Grubstake Breakfast features four startups 
-Agenda 

Kaine appoints new secretary of technology
SouthPeak Titles Receive Critical Acclaim and Awards at E3 Expo
thoughts on social media
Robert Scoble: Virginia is Twitter crazy!
 
Time Cover: How Twitter Will Change the Way We Live
-Mashable 
 
Facebook and Twitter: Boomers are easily jumping on strange-sounding social media.
 

Rewind: All A-Twitter...What in Blue Blazes Is Twittering, Exactly?...
T-D is Stupid about Twitter...
Copywrong? Photog sues blogger for $385K
CRT/tanaka, Richmond utility department snag PR awards
-Winners List/Press Release 

NBC's Terrell Brown Moves to CBS
-So Long, Terrell Brown

From the courthouse to the casino
New Baltimore Sun Technology Blog: BaltTech | Twitter 
-Baltimore to host BarCamp 'unconference' next month 

Study: Lack of capital not a 'death sentence' for start-ups
Apps for Democracy - Social Citizen Award 
-Social Entrepreneurship 

NBC12 Anchor Gene Cox Putting Together Ultimate Frisbee Team
Going Viral
Check out the new CHPN forum
-Church Hill People's News Forum 

Blogger Gives Richmond Another Gay Voice Online
-The Richmond Outsider
 
New York Deli to Host GayRVA Launch Party 

Capital News Service, the Invisible Source
21st Century Statecraft
Social Media Club Richmond: "New Media and the News"  
Registration Re-Opens on Sun at 6 PM
Tuesday, June 09, 2009 from 5:30-9:00 PM Science Museum of Virginia. Featuring:
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@RachelDePompa
| @ryanobles
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@sarvay
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@IanGraham
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@StyleWeekly

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@BizSense
-Social Media June Forum -- "New Media and the News" -- Selling Out
 
The new networking
(featuring @amgrohs @cunningham_adam @JeffKraus (@GinnyWiz) @jonnew  @johnrhopkins @mavnet @mojoguzzi @Mox_eMediaGirl (@lewisginter) @OverTheEdgeRVA @Richmondmom @sarvay @ScienceMusofVA @spingirl @thisyounghouse @ToddFeldman @VaDOT @VAStateParks)
-Voices on the network 
-Rewind: All A-Twitter...
T-D is Stupid about Twitter  
-The “blogging nun” and others in Richmond’s social media scene
-Social media conference planned 
   
Rewind:
Power of Social Media?
Registration for SMCRichmond's June 9 panel event is now open. Don't miss out. 
...
7 hours later...#SMCRVA sold out
-New Media and the News Event Details
 
-Come See Me (and Three Smart People) Pontificate on Social Media 

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Lawsuit now accuses Xe contractors of murder, kidnapping


Thief takes dog, leaves everything else
Police investigate VCU-area rape
Homeless man beaten with hammer
Suffolk burglary suspect leaves photo of himself on homeowner's cell phone
-Police find teen
Spotsylvania Driver ran over 14 mailboxes, police say
Robbers with gun, Taser hit Monument Avenue
Bribery attempt alleged in Richmond hit-and-run case
Fake hate mail to Chesterfield church nets conviction
 
Seven Suspects
NBC 12 | Times Dispatch

210 pot plants discovered in Louisa home
Following Girl's Death, State Police Ask For Safe Holiday
Dozens of Petersburg car windows shot out
Authorities use social-networking sites as a tool
-@henricopolice
-@RichmondPolice

Captain reassigned after call to help Chief Monroe study | Times Dispatch
-Monroe had Virginia officer certification 

A look inside the Taliaferro jury...Series of poor choices end in tragedy
Scam Artist Sunday...
-Taken with his charm, investors saw money vanish...Archive: WexTrust 
-Philanthropists lost $1.9 million to Okun scam...Okun facing 400 years in $126 million scam...About 1031 Exchanges...Archive: The Okun Scam
-Local Madoff Victim Speaks 
-Con artists feasting on others' woes

Historical Crimes...
-Pain of quadruple murder still lingers 15 years later 
-Justice: No trail to be found

1911 Louise Owen Beattie Murder
 
Man wanted in beating of 76-year-old woman surrenders
 
Robbery at The Market
...Man sought in daylight robbery of 76-year-old woman
-
Person of Interest picture
What Killed Young Woman In Richmond's Museum District?
His message rekindles hope
1 arrested, 2 sought in Henrico teen’s videotaped beating | WRVA Audio
Always give up the goods 
Henrico Police Searching for Suspect
757
-Man sues Virginia Beach for $200,000 after year in jail 
-Man pleads guilty to murder of Norcom High football player 

Suspect cleared in fatal hit-run
Molesting Eagle Scout gets 7 years
Goodell starts to focus on Vick's future
Inmate: ‘He wanted to kill somebody that night’...Sniper case raises issues about police overtime 
My Unexpected Conversation With a Carjacking Survivor
Police show softer side with homicide support group.
Church Hill called 10th Most Dangerous Neighborhood in America?!? + Robust Discussion...Richmond's Church Hill ranked as a top dangerous neighborhood
-On crime stats for Union Hill and Church Hill North (2002-2009) 
-Church Hill - It's Scary Dangerous BUT a Great Place to Buy an Old House! - Irony Abounds 
 
Full Report: 25 Most Dangerous Neighborhoods 
10) Richmond, Va. (Church Hill)
9) Dallas, Texas (Route 352/Scyene Rd.)
8) Kansas City, Mo. (Forest Ave./41st St.)
7) Memphis, Tenn. (Warford St./Mount Olive Rd.)
6) Kansas City, Mo. (Bales Ave./30th St.)
5) Baltimore, Md.(North Ave./Belair Rd.)
4) Jacksonville, Fla. (Beaver St./Broad St.)
3) Miami, Fla. (7th Ave./North River Dr.)
2) Chicago, Ill. (State St./Garfield Blvd.)
1) Cincinnati, Ohio (Central Pky./Liberty St.)

After 1996 acquittals, NN police officer still fights for his name
 
Chris Brown’s Post-Plea Prospects: Will R&B Star’s Career Survive?
 
Plea Plea
-TMZ | LA Times | Daily Mail | AP | Reuters | NY Times
 
Mark Holmberg Talks Chris Brown
 
Chris Brown's Assault Case: A Timeline
  
Rihanna's attorney reacts to Chris Brown's plea deal 

Shoplifting Mother Brought Along Daughter
Highway Pot Bust
Robber killed in Suffolk break-in had no gun
FIRST ON 6: Belle Isle Attack...not really
Beach DUI-enforcement officer charged with DUI
From Chesapeake to Georgia - 27 years on the run
A string of bad choices ends in five life sentences
He contacted them through their ads on Craigslist to sell computers and Xboxes, and then robbed them at gunpoint. 
Mother and Son DogFighters | CBS6 | NBC12 | Times Dispatch 
Targeting of johns or prostitutes varies among jurisdictions...Curbing prostitution a constant battle for Richmond-area police  
 
West End Prostitution Sting 
-CBS6 (w pictures) | Downtown Short Pump (w pictures) | NBC12 (w picture of computer screen)
 
Undercover prostitution operation nets 14 in Chesterfield

South Richmond man beaten with meat tenderizer
The Stanford and Madoff Cases: An Early Comparison...Prepare for major embarrassments when Stanford trial starts
   
Disgraced Financier R. Allen Stanford Arrested In Virginia
-Financial Times | Guardian | Reuters | Telegraph 

Retail Crime Wave
Man arrested in Chesterfield holdup is suspect in other recent robberies | CBS6 Streaming

Police focusing on robberies at convenience stores, fast-food restaurants...RPD Steps Up Presence On Jeff Davis 

City Crimes Rising...Homicides and robberies up in Richmond 
 
Community comes together after crime wave
 
 
Breaking Down Richmond’s Murder Rate...Murder rate reaction
 
-Chesterfield robber described as similar to armed Prince George suspect...Suspect description released in Jeff Davis robbery 
-Chesterfield Police Looking for 7-Eleven Robber
-Hanover Bank Robbery & Chase 
-Some South Richmond robberies likely linked 

-Another Convenience Store Clerk Shot | Suspect 1 | Suspect 2
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Richmond Police… Busy! (To say the least)...Friends mourn slain owner of South Richmond market 
-FIRST ON WTVR.COM: Auto Repair Shop Murder 
-Cars Burned at Chesterfield Dealership...Homeless man arrested

Three Beach restaurants fall prey to refund scam
Don't mess with road rage...Woman Arrested in Deadly Scooter Accident 
3 sentenced for Beach pizza shop beating seen on YouTube
The 4th Circuit 
-Refuses to Rehear Landmark Obscenity Case
-Free-speech suit against religious college dismissed 

Chesapeake girl kept in box, denied food, warrants say
Portsmouth makes two streets 'private' in anti-crime effort
Ex VCU Police Chief in Critical Care
Summer breaks can spark juvenile arson incidents
Tip For Summer Vacationers: Careful With Those Twitters
 
Sometimes it's good to have nosy neighbors 

Vigilance is No. 1 enemy of gangs
  
Gang violence spurs N.C. hospital to step up security 

W&M football player carjacked
Union Hill Murder Update
Chris Brown “Paranoid” About Death Threats, Loses Delay Bid
-Chris Brown, Rihanna spotted at NBA Finals
 
Drug arrests are plummeting all over, but in the city conflicting data suggests something is amiss. Has Richmond gone cold turkey
Richmond firefighters, police cooperate in theft investigation
Poking Fun at Oneself AWARD:
Several local Krispie Kreme and Dunkin Donut shops are giving away free doughnuts in honor of National Doughnut Day.
Taliaferro honored at Powhatan graduation
 
Parrish Cousins Sentencing, Maximum...
CBS6 | NBC12 | Powhatan Today (Do you think the community is ready to move on?) | Times Dispatch (Editorial: Verdict) | WRVA
   

Attorney: Set aside Joey Parrish’s guilty verdicts
 
Hundreds gather again to protest ‘legal lynching’
 
Taliaferro Family Calling For State To Step In 

Bomb disarmed near Gayton library
Cop Humming Action Movie Music During High-Speed Chase
Henrico man charged with exposure after Craigslist ad...Indecent Exposure Arrest 
DeOnté Rawlings Is Gone. The Cops Are Cleared. What's Left? (DC)
There's still a lot to know about why a 14-year-old was shot in the back of the head. 
 
Stemming the prostitution tide
Beware of bogus pizza orders
Patrolling the River
-River rescues in Richmond on the rise...Rescue at Pony Pasture 
-Heard It on the GRTC 

Slain suspect in abduction, shootout freed by mistake...new rules for office 

Man Charged With Filming Under Women's Skirts | CBS6: "Upskirting"

Chesterfield softball coach charged with providing alcohol to teens | CBS6 | NBC12  
Store owner settles gas-gouging claim
Chesapeake officer's rush hour shooting shuts down highway | Daily Press 

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2009 June Democratic Primary Unofficial Results
-VPAP Election Map
-Breaking down the results...   
-Race to Richmond: Election Returns Discussion 

Next
-Gubernatorial race will play out on national stage 
-Deeds lays groundwork for next phase of race for Virginia governor...prepares for fall rematch...starts fast in denigrating GOP 
-Can Deeds Keep the Party Going in Virginia? 
-Democratic candidates show solidarity with Deeds...A Show of Unity in the Blogosphere 
-McDonnell downplays the help national Democrats and Kaine will provide Deeds
-Assessing Deeds v. McDonnell: Barnie Day | Tony Lee
   
Rasmussen Reports: Election 2009: Virginia Governor Election
Virginia Governor: Deeds (D) 47%, McDonnell (R) 41%
-That didn't take long 
-Poll: VA governor's race awfully close 
-Democrat Deeds Starts Out with Lead in Va.’s Governor’s Race 

 
Can Google Change Election Outcomes? 
-The GOP's new slogan "Just Say Yes" isn't Google-friendly 

Live/Updated: CBS6 Streaming Coverage | NBC12 Decision Virginia | Times Dispatch Politics Blog | Daily Press Shad Plank | Virginian Pilot On Politics  | Washington Post Virginia Politics Blog
 
Twitter: #vagov | @CreighDeeds (w conversations) | @Terry_McAuliffe (w conversations) | @Moran4Governor (w conversations
-WOTT: Tweet Out The Vote 


Election Day Coverage
-Political Wisdom: Former Underdog Leads the Way in Virginia
-All Eyes of the Political World Turn to Virginia 
-Will Democrats (and Terry McAuliffe) Buck Tradition in Tuesday's Primary?...Dark-horse candidate gains as Virginia voters head to the polls Tuesday
-Tight Race in Virginia as 3 Democrats Vie for Governor
-Strategy Memo: Virginia Is For Voters 
-Late surge shapes Va. governor race 
-Morning Fix: Virginia Governor's Race Viewer's Guide 
-Five things the Virginia election results don't mean
-An Energized Virginia Democratic Primary
-Va. voters decide Democratic nominee for governor 
-Virginia Democrats face pivotal primary 
-Virginia Democratic primary today 
-Democratic Candidates Speak Out Before Primary Election 
-Candidates finishing campaigns
-Virginia's race for Governor
-Early Turnout Numbers...Voter turnout is key in Democratic race...Primary Hinges On Voter Turnout...Predictions of Low Turnout Continue...Tepid turnout forecast for Dem primary...Winchester Officials see light turnout  
-Virginia voters head to polls to pick Democrats' gubernatorial nominee
-Polls open today for primary
-Weather Forecast: Rain, rain go away (Hampton Roads)...Election Day Forecast: Muggy, Afternoon Storms (DC) (Still Sticky Then Stormy
-Editorials: The Primary | Vote today | Get out and vote … or not | Votes and visitors | Keep a poll worker busy 

Issues Coverage 
-Question: If you are elected and you can only accomplish one thing over the next four years, what would it be and why? Creigh Deeds (
economy) | Terry McAuliffe (jobs) | Brian Moran (economy) | Michael Signer (advocacy) | Jody M. Wagner (jobs)
-Where the Democrats stand on the issues 
-Looks like a tossup for Tuesday's primary TOP ISSUES
-A quick guide to Tuesday’s primary (uranium mining, rural economic development, transportation) 
-On Requiring Autism Treatment Coverage, A Mix of Support and Silence...Mostly Mum, Including on Mitigating Cost
-Q&A - Governor candidates on business
-Candidates Recognize Needs in Rural Areas (Dental Care) 
-Felons' Rights
-Gubernatorial Candidates Debate Dillon Rule
-Your Gay Primary Guide – Vote Tomorrow! June 9th!...Virginia activists push for anti-discrimination bill  
-Hot-Button Topic (Illegal Immigration) on Back Burner
-Campaign Targets In-State Colleges
-Moran Alone in Rallying Opposition to Surry Power Plant...Q&A - Governor candidates on energy policy
-Virginia Politics Going Nowhere on Transportation...Stepping Gingerly Through Bottleneck (I-66) 
-Candidates Weigh in on Wilderness Wal-Mart 

Polls
-VA Primary: Following The Polls (And Why One Would Do So) 
-Rematch?...Polling shows Deeds has lead 
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Survey USA Poll: VA Democratic Governor Primary 6-8...New polls suggest Deeds surge in Va....New polls dampen the mood of McAuliffe bloggers
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Deeds takes strong lead...Public Policy Polling Sees a “Commanding Lead” for Deeds | CQPolitics | Daily Kos | NBC29 | Real Clear Politics | Times Dispatch | Virginia Tomorrow 

Monday (Day Before) Coverage
-Va. Candidates Enter Homestretch of Tight Primary Race...Democratic candidates begin final push across state...Democrats' End Campaigns, Primary To Pick Victor  
-A Moderate Surge In VA
-Bloggers, Polls Weigh In On Virginia Democratic Gov Primary
-SW Virginia Blitz: Candidates Get Out The Vote...make final plea before Tuesday's election...Last Minute Campaigning for Primary
-Dem Candidates Make Last-Minute Push 
-A look at the 2009 Democratic Primary 
-Black Vote Courted in Virginia 
-Virginia Democrats To Choose Gubernatorial Nominee | Profiles: Brian Moran | Terry McAuliffe | Creigh Deeds
-So what do I need to know to vote? 
-Turnout key to Virginia primary
-Blue Tuesday: Dems Vie For State, Local Nods 
-Democrats debate electability issue 
-Editorial: Want a say? Go vote 
-First steps on our way to electing a 'new' transportation governor 
-Weekend Campaign Wrap 
-Gov: Local church stops, robo-calls and fiesty words over the weekend 

Weekend Coverage
-"You Don't Hear People Talking About It"
-Dr. Bob’s Virginia Scorecard 
-An ad, robocalls, and campaign stops
-Ground Games: Who Has the Edge?...Volunteers for McAuliffe  
-Two veterans, one whirlwind face off for Va. governor nod...Candidates in the June 9 Democratic primary election
-Democrats hustling to get out the vote 
-Final weekend blitz under way for candidates...The Home Stretch 
-Close Races in Virginia, New Jersey May Be Indicators for 2010 
-Tuesday’s primary turnout ‘maybe 5 percent’ 
-Frenetic Push for Voters In N.Va. 
-Dems hope to keep painting the Valley blue 
-Last Minute Donations Pour In...Funding may decide Dems gubernatorial candidate...
VPAP Chart | Update: Coded Gubernatorial Reports
-Campaigns flying blind in Virginia...Virginia: Three Keys to the Outcome 
-Gubernatorial candidates to make stops Sunday 
-Early turnout low in primary voting 
-Unions Invest in Virginia Election
-Wilder: Virginia Democrats 'not energized' in governor's race 
-Democratic gubernatorial hopefuls seek to energize supporters...Deeds, McAuliffe, Moran dash to turn out the vote 
-What's a Good Democrat To Do? 
-Virginia Governor: The Undecided Masses 
-Va. GOV: Get ready for a hot wet primary election...Dampening Turnout 
-Analysis: Va. Dems' primary brawl reaches the wire...Primary now a horse race...Race for Virginia Democratic Governor Nominee Gets Tight...Three-Way Tossup in Virginia Primary Shouldn't Block Majority Winner 
-Who will make a difference? 
-Build on the great legacy 

Newspaper Editorials/Endorsements 
-Augusta Free Press: McAuliffe, Signer, Marrow 
-Church Hill People's News: Creigh Deeds
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Richmond Free Press: McAuliffe
-Staunton News Leader: Deeds for Dem nomination
-Times Dispatch: (No) Endorsement 
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The Voice: McAuliffe
-Washington Post: Mr. Deeds on June 9

Lt. Governor Race  
-2 vie for chance to challenge Lt. Gov. Bolling  
-VA Lt. Governor primary: Experience vs. Potential 
-Former co-workers Signer, Wagner battle for lt. governor bid
-Democratic candidates for lieutenant governor compete for spotlight 
-Voter Guide: Democratic primary for Va. lieutenant governor 
-Democrats take shots at Bolling ahead of primary
-Voters set to pick Bolling opponent
-Signer, Wagner vie for lieutenant governor nomination 
-Dems vie for party's nomination for lieutenant governor
-Lt. gov. hopeful Signer visits Valley...Signer Woos Primary Votes 

 

Creigh Deeds | Terry McAuliffe| Brian Moran

Creigh Deeds News
-Patience 
-Reading roundup - great analysis on Deeds' victory 
-Goochland goes big for Deeds 
-Money isn't everything | Daily Dish
-Political Wisdom: Former Underdog Leads the Way in Virginia 
-Tense Atmosphere at Democratic Candidates' Charlottesville Headquarters 
-60 rally for Deeds before today's vote  
-Two VA Tech victims come out against Creigh Deeds...VA Tech victims received assistance from McAuliffe campaign to release statement...McAuliffe's team going after Deeds on guns...Two different views on guns and would-be governors
-Deeds snags more state Senate support 
-As time winds down, McEachin backs Deeds 
-Puller Endorses Deeds 
-Newport News' Miller endorses Deeds 
-Deeds Sweeps Through the South  
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Deeds takes strong lead...Public Policy Polling Sees a “Commanding Lead” for Deeds | CQPolitics | Daily Kos
-Deeds Campaigns in Hampton Roads
-Deeds seeking votes on downtown streets 

Terry McAuliffe News
-Over Before It Began: Terry McAuliffe's Folly 
-For big-money candidate, an epic collapse
-McAuliffe defeat is another blow to Clinton legacy...End of the Clinton Era?...
A Rejection of the Clintons? Hardly.
-Money isn't everything | Daily Dish 
-Sabato: McAuliffe Doesn't Fit Virginia 
-McAuliffe pushing GOTV
-McAuliffe rolling with the Tidewater 
-Once a shoo-in for Virginia governor, Terry McAuliffe may lose today’s Democratic primary—much like Hillary Clinton, whose presidential campaign he orchestrated. 
-Terry McAuliffe a force of nature in Virginia race 
-Two VA Tech victims come out against Creigh Deeds...VA Tech victims received assistance from McAuliffe campaign to release statement...An Election-Eve Letter on Guns...McAuliffe's team going after Deeds on guns...Two different views on guns and would-be governors
-McAuliffe's team going after Deeds on guns 
-McAuliffe Rallies Supports 
-McAuliffe Responds to Schweitzer's 'Cry Like a Girl' Quip 
-New polls dampen the mood of McAuliffe bloggers 
-Volunteers for McAuliffe  
-McAuliffe: “I can beat Bob, they can’t”...McAuliffe says Deeds can’t beat McDonnell
-Where In The World Was Terry McAuliffe?...McAuliffe Visits Churches 
-Candidate McAuliffe courts Lynchburg voters
-WSJ: Democrats' Rainmaker Aims to Hold Virginia
-Clinton Lends A Hand Once More...Candidate McAuliffe Dines with Supporters (at LuLu's) 
-Former Dem favorite McAuliffe fights to hang on
-Top Democrats come to Terry McAuliffe's aid...More "support" for McAuliffe...U.S. Rep. Scott throws weight behind McAuliffe (Scott: Yes, I Voted for Terry McAuliffe) ...McAuliffe Touts National Endorsements; Do They Matter to Voters?...What Do Huckabee and Schweitzer Have in Common? 

Brian Moran News
-Favorite Son Falls Short 
-Brian Moran, Knute Rockne, And Remembering The Titans...Moran Travels Home to Alexandria 
-Moran supporters hold Peninsula rally to Get-Out-The-Vote... 
-Moran Back on MSNBC 
-Jim Moran: "I'm Concerned" 
-Moran makes last push in Martinsville 
-'There's A Reason I'm Not In Politics' 
-Dialing Brian Moran 
-Moran Woos Black Voters in Richmond...Reasons They Stayed Late for Moran
-‘Dutiful son’ Moran seeks to continue service
-Moran Plays “Hardball”
-Deeds Visits Charlottesville Farmers Market...Moran Stumps Along Charlottesville Downtown Mall
-Moran calls Deeds stance on Guns “extreme”...Deeds Fights Back
-Mr. Moran on the Attack...Moran goes after Democratic rivals; McDonnell backs charter schools...The three-letter word is back ...Lynchburg Voters League criticizes mailing attacking McAuliffe 

ALL Registered Voters (regardless of party affiliation) in Virginia can vote in the Democratic primary on Tuesday June 9, 2009. (see Democrats to Hold Primary Election on Tuesday for more detail)

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