Richmond Virginia News Time Capsule February 2009 

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February 23 to March 1, 2009

Economist predicts long road to recovery 
  
Darden dean: ‘We’re ... crossing the chasm’ 
 
Should businesses listen to economists? 
  
1873 Depression refelcted today 
 
Report: Economy Bullshit Not Getting Any Less Shittier 


A cautionary tale: Circuit City 
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Full Circuit City coverage
Texas and Vermont Congressmen oppose Wal-Mart in Orange
Any house cleaning in the mayor’s administration could come with hefty costs
Developments...
-Staples Mill Centre
-Minor sues Landmark developer
-Blacksburg town council wins supreme court case against superstore 
-Council OKs condos for Church Hill...CHPN Discussion
-Mixed-use development planned for Hanover
-Buckroe Boom Downtown Bust? 
-Granby tower developer gets OK for luxury Norfolk project 
-The Marquis falls short 

Budget cuts target Virginia's neediest kids...to save $8 million
On the Clock: Faces and voices of hourly workers in the Seven Cities
Kaine Warns of Heated Primary in Va. Governor's Race...Blog Intro 
Memories of “The Deuce"
-The Voice's Series on Richmond Black history

To have any hope of containing global warming, we have to bring people and prosperity back to our cities.
VPEP Insolvent?
Style Cover: What’s a Nice Guy Like Tim Kaine Doing in a Job Like This?
Senate passes text-ban legislation
City says Lee Bridge is safe...Belle Isle Pedestrian Bridge Still Closed 
Trek highlights Petersburg's ties to King, civil rights era
Predicting poverty in the Commonwealth (Press Release)  
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Report: Slumping economy could increase Va poverty
Richmond ranks with bigger cities in protecting mayor...TD Editorial
Government's power to take private property to go on trial
Struggles prompt Logos Book Store near VCU to close
Michael Rao to be VCU’s Fifth President | AP | TD
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VCU Student Reaction...CMU Student Reaction 
-Round Two Student Reaction: Michael Rao to be VCU's fifth president...Good riddance, Mike Rao (CMU Conservative)
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CMU Press Release...President's Office 
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WRVA Audio | CBS6 Video
 
Chippewas Football!
  
VCU Names Trani's Replacement, and Comment Sections Have a Field Day
 
Rao prepares to depart CMU...Torreano says Rao's decision was a surprise 
 
Breaking News: New VCU President Young Enough To Be Old VCU President’s Grandson 
 
VCU Hires Trani Clone...VCU Looks into Mirror, Finds Rao

source: Style Weekly
Dirtwoman's New Ramp 
(built by CBS6's Mark Holmberg, Y101's Kyle Christians, City Spokesman Steve Skinner, and Style Weekly's Chris Dovi)
Eating Richmond
-EatingRichmond.com Starts Today
-New Website Devoted to Richmond Food Lovers 
-the foodie website/cat is out of the bag. 
-EatingRichmond.com....a gathering of food blogs 
-Eating Richmond 
-Romance and Cheesesteaks and Eating Richmond! 
-The New Local Favorite - eatingrichmond.com 
-EatingRichmond.com....a gathering of food blogs 
 
First Dinner, Last Post 
Belle Isle Bridge To Remain Closed
The 7 people you meet at VCU
Staunton Porn dealer giving up court fight
Slumdog: Vinegar Hill’s thrill
We have an Oscar winner

Another local beauty makes Top Model
 
 
From Sketchbook to Runway: What inspires Blacksburg’s young fashion designers.  
 
Stylin’ and Profilin’

The Band You’re About to See Sucks
Movieland: one-hit wonder or solid long-term business?  
 
Worth the Hype? 
  
A new movie theater emerges from the masochistic task of renovating an old warehouse.
 
Hype Richmond Event: IN WITH HYPE: A NIGHT AT THE MOVIES 
Tuesday, March 10, 2009 :: 5:30 p.m. - 7:30 p.m. :: $5 PRE-Registration REQUIRED


Movieland Premiere of Sunshine Cleaning w film's screenwriter, Richmond native Megan Holley.

Thursday, February 26, 2009 7:00 p.m.
ALL proceeds benefit VCU Children's!
 
-Official Website: Sunshine Cleaning
  
Movieland Grand Opening! 
-10 South Boulevard
-Brick 
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CBS6 | Followup
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i know some things 
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je ne sais pas
-Kozmicdogz Breaks Loose 
-NBC12
-North Richmond News
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Richmond.com (Slideshow)
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Richmond BizSense
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Richmond Magazine
-River City
-RVANews
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SlantBlog

-Style Weekly
-Times Dispatch
 
Jobs in Big Demand at New Movie Theater 
 
Richmond Movie Theaters: Then & Now 
 
Sure Signs of Spring  

No baseball stadium near Shockoe slave jail  
 

There's No Crying in Baseball
 
 
Will taxpayers buy a bridge to bankruptcy? ...Slantblog On Public Funding 
 
City Funds for Ballpark Drainage Could Top $15 million
 
Over in the Atlanta Suburbs...
-Stadium close to completion 
-Gwinnett Braves promise good business, good time...Bruce Baldwin Talks Shop 
-Rewind: Why Move the Triple-A Braves to Gwinnett County?

Is Richmond a Sports Town?
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The ‘puck’ stops here for Richmond hockey (TD)
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Missing: Spiders Fans
-Renegades departure another example that Richmond is not a sports town 
-Wednesday, Feb. 25 11:45 a.m.
PRSA: What does it take to market Richmond as a sports city? (with Allan Harvie) 
-The Woes of Sports Marketing in Richmond 

 
Full Baseball Coverage
The Great Richmond Tipping Debate...
-not another blog on the subject of tippinig? 
-This is Why you Tip the Bartender 
-Tip Your God Damn Waiter. 
-Giving Foodies A Bad Name 
-Started it all...Train Wreck Brunch: Valentine’s Delay 

New Farmer’s Market Comes to Near West End (The Market Umbrella at Crossroads) 
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The Market Umbrella 
Fourth-generation butcher from Tuscany Visits Belmont Butchery
The Bopst Show 43
New prom attire guidelines stirring up controversy in Chesterfield County 
 
Post-prom party woes  
 
Rewind: Dirty dancing at Clover Hill High  

Street Racing Ends In Wreck
Father-son team of arm-wrestlers headed to prestigious event in Ohio
Girl Scouts struggle to meet targets on cookie sales
Filmmakers screen new HBO documentary in Norfolk
UVa student designs body armor he might wear
LAMB OF GOD's MORTON, BLYTHE Offer 'Wrath' Track-By-Track Breakdown
Virginia still feeling the love FORTY YEARS, STILL FRESH   
 
State travel officials fall short with their vacation sweepstakes.

How Big Media Misses the Biggest Stories and Some More Stories They Will Miss
Problems, promise for papers predicted
Journalism on the Brink | Part II 
Newsday eyes end to free Web content...E&P
Between Rock and a Really Hard Place
The Washington Post Company Reports 2008 and Fourth Quarter Earnings
RideCharge hails $4.
6M B round Alexandria, VA 
-RideCharge 

Local
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Inbox: Farewell for Now (Port Folio Weekly) 
-Local journalists weigh in on the future of news 
 
National
-The parent company of The Philadelphia Inquirer and The Philadelphia Daily News filed for bankruptcy protection
-San Francisco (Chronicle) Goes First 
-'Rocky Mountain News' to Close After Friday Edition...Staffers React...Denver Post is sad and happy...Final 'Rocky' Appears...Banner Reads, 'Stop the Presses'...RIP Rocky Mountain News 

New Pete Humes Blog (Richmond Magazine): Pop Culture Rodeo 
Social marketing....where content is king.
Journalists Squeezed Out in Media Belt Tightening
New York Fried Chicken!
-CBS6 | NBC12 | Times Dispatch 

Credit card scam is poor therapy
Break-ins up in one NN area
Abortion protests lead to arrests for Spotsylvania man ON THE NET
Man in standoff died from police gunfire, investigation finds 
Be wary: A cop impersonator is working the area...women on edge in Stafford county
Brown-Rihanna fiasco shows that violence is never OK
 

Rihanna won't discuss Chris Brown, but thanks fans

Take Valuables Out Of Your Car
'We just want the truth': Connie Hevener's family wants to know why a cop allegedly hid her killer for 40 years
Charlottesville Kroger Bandits
Robbery Video...Police solicit help 

Henrico Jail Employee Arrested
Chesterfield Police investigate incidents at assault-plagued complex 
Mom Accused Of Driving Drunk With Kids In Car | NBC12 
Before Drug Arrest, State Lawyer Visited House in West End 
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Lawyer in Virginia AG's office arrested on drug charges 
Unsolved: The quiet life and mysterious death of 'Panchito'
Former Virginia Beach teacher sentenced in child porn case 
The Fan Bonnie n Clyde
-Police search for persons of interest in fan robberies 
-Couple of Bandits On The Loose 

University of Richmond Police confirm names of students charged in vandalism case 
Last of Vick co-defendants released
Man pleads in prank robbery
Couple force victim into van, rob him (near Richmond Coliseum) ...fabricated story? (WRVA Audio
Louisa??
Henrico man arrested in Louisa Internet sting
 
 
Band Member Sentenced For Sexting. Singer Gets One Year For Nude Pictures. 

Hampton robber may never be found
Henrico Mother Arrested

February 17 to February 22, 2009

A James River plane crash in 1944 is saving lives today


Richmond-area commercial space vacancies rising
Democrats of Regent stake out new ground and form club
Roanoke's city leaders grow frugal
West Broad Village Delay Possible
Fredericksburg Slavery museum's future in doubt
Just needs a signature: Daily Press | Free Lance Star | Roanoke Times | Times Dispatch | Va. Pilot | Washington Examiner | Washington Post
  
Smoking Bill Updates:
Times Dispatch | Va. Pilot | Washington Times 
Hanover job fair draws about 2,000
Richmond veterinarian will be on ‘Price is Right’ tomorrow
Outer Banks parks look for a cut of stimulus money
Popularity of MMA still grows
 
FREE: A Reason to Watch Fighting 
Down at the Farm
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Rustburg farm takes hit from souring milk prices 
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Growing green 
XTERRA to return to Richmond! (via)
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Sponsor needed
Richmond Magazine Mulling Over More Original Phrase For ‘Best Of’ 
 
How to Cope with Being First at the Bar 
Queen Of The Supermarket
Speaker uses couples to show students the art of kissing
Gravity Lounge faces the music
The Church Hill Tunnel and 231 mystery remains
Dash Shaw's BodyWorld (via
Norfolk woman: Target ripped off underwear design
Taste Test Challenge
New RVA Magazine Published | Volume 4 Issue 11 | Blurred Vision
Style Cover: The Umpire’s New Clothes
How fuzzy math and a litany of contradictions cloud an ambitious plan to bring baseball to Shockoe Bottom.
comments heating up
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Hey Style, Your Bias Is Showing (Re: Shockoe Baseball)...I'm Taking a Break From the Baseball Discussion  
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Style Weekly: not a fan of baseball in the bottom  
 

Swiftboating in Shockoe Bottom
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Rebuttal to F. T. Rea -- Returning to the Fray
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Slantblog Talks Shockoe Baseball And Sock Puppetry 
 
It's still Boulevard vs. Shockoe Bottom and both teams have vocal supporters calling the plays 
   
Minor League Baseball wants progress on stadium plan
 
Church Hill Association votes NO on Shockoe Center proposal (Times Dispatch)...Sign-ups preceded ballpark vote 
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MPW: Mobilization of East End residents may mask political gamesmanship...CHPN Discussion
  
A Primer on Tax Increment Financing (TIF) 
 
Limited Time Offer: Take Me Out to the Ballgame 
Hanks helps hype Historic Area
UVa mulls overhauling honor code
-On our honor
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Make the punishment fit the crime 
Bopst Show 42
Richmond Arts Flashback 8: The Robinson’s New Legs
 
Following up on Centerstage(TM)
 

Save Richmond Special Series:
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Flashback 7: It Starts in Parks
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Flashback 6: Richmond Arts Flashback: “Takin’ It To The Streets” 
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Flashback 5: Richard Florida and “Street-Level Art”
-Flashback 4: Whatever Happened to TheatreVirginia?
-Flashback 3: “The Earl of Chesterfield”
-Flashback 2: “Mr. Cabell’s Richmond”
-Flashback 1: “Salvage Work” ...Rewind: 1984 Salvage Work: After the Arts District Bomb
 
 

Rewind: The Mouse That Roared | Part II
RVAjazzfest
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Interview w Steven Bernstein 
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Jazz great Steven Bernstein reunites with Richmond friends for the first RVAjazzfest. 
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Steven Bernstein visits. I rant. 
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RVAjazzfest!!

source: Lamb of God (language)
Inside Lamb of God’s “Wrath”: Metal Band Unleash Straight-Up Thrash on New Album
  

LAMB OF GOD: New Video Interview Available

 
We Want To Write Songs That Make Us Want To Drive Fast, Headbang And Punch Thing
 
LAMB of GOD : Escape the Plague
Bloggers fight for Hollywood supremacy
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The Wrap
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Big Hollywood 
Why the Smart VCs Are Boarding their Jets
Fini: WaPo goes Book World-less
The Media Landscape: Today and Tomorrow
-Advertising vs. News Smackdown 
How The Internet is Blurring The Lines Between Creative And Ad Buying At WPP
Top 30 Global News Sites, By Unique Visitors
Sweetening The Deal For Moviemakers 
 
New fund could bring movies here
 
 
Red (state) Carpet 
 
Digital media tax passes General Assembly 
Virginian-Pilot to lay off 30 more, close Mix and Port Folio
-E&P
More Clear Channel Cuts?
Pro Blogging: A Panel Discussion w @arnoldkim @jephkelley @thisyounghouse
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Blogging for a living (really) 
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TWITTER RECAP
No Furlough From Pain At Media General 
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'Tampa Tribune,' 'Richmond Times-Dispatch' Parent Orders 10-Day Furloughs 
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Belt-tightening in media squeezes more workers 
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Official Press Release...TD Article (How he writes this without being snarky?) 
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...perhaps would like to write for lunch money for CHPN? 
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Why Newspapers Can't Make Money on the Internet...Part II: Newspapers Must Evolve...and Right Now 
Young Broadcasting Files Under Chapter 11 (WRIC 8 Owner) 
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Press Release 
In tough times, The Free Lance-Star keeps faith in its future
The Charlottesville Twitter Community: An Ethnography of Digital Insanity
Top 30 Newspaper Web Sites See a Rise in Uniques
Dear Facebook, It’s not me, It’s you
State funding for public TV, radio on chopping block
Are Virginia Bloggers Journalists?
Pulaski is big on nanotech

The word of a jailhouse snitch: Can it be trusted?
Four prostitution arrests in Chesterfield
Vending Machine Bandits
Hampton Police say fast-food burglary suspects were not so subtle with planning
That’s Racing: Richmond Inmate sues: ‘NASCAR made me do it!’
UofR Vandalism leaves spray-painted cars, defaced dorm

TMZ: Rihanna -- The Face of a Battered Woman
Mystery of Billionaire Stanford’s Whereabouts Ends in Virginia
-Impact unknown to Richmond area investors of Stanford Group
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Stanford's charm short-lived for women, investors
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Looking for Stanford in Virginia
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How the FBI closed in
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Allen Stanford: an amateur's manhunt guide
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Leading article: Everyone is a loser in the Stanford scandal
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Money Has Ruined My Beautiful Game
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Robert Allen Stanford’s Mystery Island
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Allen Stanford: the television flickers inside and groceries arrive but still no one answers the door 
Richmond Mayor, Police Chief Speak Out About Shockoe Violence
Greene woman gets jail time for teen sex
Service at SU offers prayers for both men
Richmond Restaurant Shut Down After Shooting
Goochland Gang Members Charged
Arrest In Chesterfield Teen Murder
Investigation of VCU Police Chief Expands
Va. Beach sheriff plans to use inmates to shred city papers

February 9 to February 16, 2009

VIDEO: Gubernatorial Candidates Try Comedy 
   
McAuliffe, Trippi exchange brickbats at Virginia dinner
  

McAuliffe TV buy for real


S&K Menswear, shirtless. And avoidable?
Fix a house, get arrested...
Potential for progress in Henrico’s Regency Square area
Fire At Babes of Carytown
Pumping up profits? An investigation clears many gas retailers of price-gouging.
Potential for progress in Henrico’s Regency Square area
Times Dispatch's Dear Mr. Mayor Series
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Create a Downtown Transportation Hub
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Cultivate City’s Minority Businesses
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Enforce Building Ordinances Already in Place
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Focus on helping middle school students
 
Don't Close Chandler!
 
Mayor asks for more time on city budget   
In Gingrich Mold, a New Voice for Solid Republican Resistance 
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NY Times touts Cantor as GOP’s Future
 
Lighten Up 
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This is Exactly What We Mean…when we talk about the Richmond Times-Dispatch editorial page being intellectually dishonest. 
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Piling On (II)
   

Cantor’s Office Responds: Video Depicting AFSCME Members As Goons
 
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GOP Rep. Cantor Attacked For Profanity-Laced Web Video 
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Your Congressman At Work 
Experts say Richmond can weather downturn
 
Pets become victims of bad economy...Horses get neglected during tough times
   
Holding on in the face of foreclosure
 
Economic lessons for Roanoke parents, families 
Count shows more homeless in area 
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Homeward Virginia 
 
Surviving the Depression: True tales of the 1930s
Downtown Master Plan Conflict of Interest?
Biosolids cause a stink in Goochland
Peanut Corp. of America files for bankruptcy...Friends defend Va. peanut exec 
The Hat's Street Cleaning Conspiracy Trilogy
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Part 1 
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Part 2 
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Part 3
Richmond mayor visits Chesterfield supervisors
Hilco to bid on Circuit City name
-More Circuit City
Bass Pro Shops welcomes RMCVB
Style Cover: Identity Crisis (Facing an economic downturn and corporate upheaval,the region’s rainmakers search for Richmond’s next brand.)
 
Ukropia is Powered by TARP!
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First Market Bank gets $34 million in bailout money
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First Market gets TARP infusion of $33.9 million
Richmond Mayor Says He's Ready to Spend Stimulus Money 
 
Mayor’s D.C. inaugural security tab: $11,586
This cast of characters in Richmond is an independent lot
Tale of Two Auto Shops
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Recession driving repairs 
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Racing’s hard times hitting area businesses
Better Schools in 100 Days
 
City School Suspensions Outpace D.C. by 10,000
 
Across the River...
Chesterfield employees urge School Board to save jobs | WRIC 
 
148 employees make $100,000+ annually
  
Parents Angry Over Job Sharing Decision  
A Breath of Fresh Air
 
Will smoking ban affect dining choice?...For Restaurateurs, a Hazy Cloud Over the Future

Foes try backhanded attack on Va. smoking ban...Byron: Smoking ban infringes on freedom
 
Smoking Ban
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Free Lance-Star | NBC12 | Times Dispatch | Washington Examiner | Washington Post
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Detroit Press | Irish Press: Marlboro man told to smoke outdoors
Bad Infrastructure Day
Will City Council Gut the Downtown Plan? 
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Richmond Greens support
 
The Downtown Plan: If You Break It, Clean It Up...The Downtown Plan: Courtesy Points for Trammell, Flynn 

Downtown Richmond plan could include riverfront condos 
 
The Outcome
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The Downtown Plan: Longer, More Predictable than World Cup
Cities’ annexation bans advance as hope for change fades
Officials like what they see in restored Miller & Rhoads building
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Arise, Miller & Rhoads 
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Miller and Rhoads to open next week 
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Ho, Ho, Hotel: New Miller & Rhoads Hilton To Feature Santas In Every Room
Jefferson-Jackson Dinner:
CNN | Daily Press | National Journal 1 2 | NBC12 | Washington Times | Washington Post 
Navy rules local SEALs' parachuting deaths were accidental
8-year-old Allyson McClellan: 'Why did God let me get cancer twice?
Va bald eagle pair await hatching of 2 eggs
Love In The Asylum
Liberty University disputing evolution 
Tales of Water Rescue
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The route to their rescue lay in a fortuitous arrival 
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Riverkeeper’s job: Helping solve problems on the James 
Environmental groups grow optimistic; new wilderness areas appear likely
Migratory birds take flight north from N.C.
Follow Lynchburg resident Mel White and his son, Mike, as they compete on CBS’ “The Amazing Race.“
Film shows life as ROTC cadet, male cheerleader
Underappreciated Richmond Blog:
Tim's Music Journal: An Upstaging...
Defenders on way to Richmond, Va., for 2010 (Final Edition)...Virginia business group working on deal to purchase Connecticut Defenders  (Final Edition)

CT Reaction: Keep baseball alive in Norwich...Is Class A franchise really the answer?
   
AA team may be coming  
 
Richmond baseball – 2010 and beyond?
  
Richmond group applies for permission to buy team
 
More Baseball
Information about adopting puppy mill dogs
-Twitter Recommendation:
@PR4_4legs 
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Richmond SPCA Rescues NC Puppy Mill Dogs...After 'tough time,' N.C. puppy mill dogs in Norfolk
Preserving Richmond’s playground
“Carytown”-Style Couple Seen Hanging Around in Doswell
Economies of scale: Slimmer 15th Book Fest detailed 
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Virginia Festival of the Book 
'Breweriana' on tap at beer show
Fry’s Spring Service Station Sold
My Secret Identity
Dare County, N.C., goes online with Beach-access campaign
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PreserveBeachAccess.org
Movieland 
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CBS6
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i know some things 
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je ne sais pas
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North Richmond News
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Richmond.com (Slideshow)
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Richmond BizSense
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Richmond Magazine
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RVANews
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SlantBlog
-Style Weekly 
 
Jobs in Big Demand at New Movie Theater 
Marketing Charlottesville as a Creative Community
Cold Comfort: Dishes that chase away winter blahs
"Hot" Richmond Pick-Up Bars
-richmond “pick-up” bars: deconstructed 
Local Flour in Ashland
Va. man charged with killing hawk to help squirrel
University of Richmond raises tuition, room, and board to $48,490
-University Of Richmond Raises Tuition To A Holy Shitload 
Why The Dave Matthews Band Doesn't Rate
-Grammys forget LeRoi Moore, but fans don’t 
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LeRoi Moore: Where's the Grammy love?  
Ballpark Bonds: A Lesson From Broad Street 
 
Live Blogging Highwoods Baseball Presentation...Part 2
 
Group seeks baseball team, backer says...Baseball Club chair speaks in support of Shockoe ballpark
-Connecticut's take 
 
Boulevard or Shockoe Bottom?...Baseball in Richmond 
 
Baseball in Richmond - Boulevard vs. Bottom, Times.....  
  
Sierra Club Opposes Shockoe Stadium Proposal
 
What did THEY say about baseball? 
 
Playing ball in Shockoe Bottom
  
Stadium should wait
 
"Debate"
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Baseball in the Bottom - The Suicide Squeeze Has Started
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Oh Yeah! Are Shockoe Baseball Supporters Really Drinking the Kool-Aid?
-FanGuy Strikes Out on Baseball in the Bottom - Wanna Rap Battle?
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Who knew? Kool-Aid Makes Me "Shrill" and "Mean Spirited"
 
Jesus, I like him very much, but he no help with curveball
 
Kinda Related:
Missing: Spiders Fans (Is Richmond really even a sports town?)  
 
Full Baseball Coverage
Biker’s no fair-weather friend
Boat slips on James
Ultimate Scrabble Championship
First Friday's therapy
  
The best of the best 
Love Is A Many Splintered Thing
Bopst Show 41
Pony Pasture Rapids - a hidden gem
Dogs rescued from Zuni farm stretch group with baby boom
1950's Carytown & Byrd Theatre
Looking for tax credits for energy efficient home improvements? We’ve got some tips.
Images let Navy keep tabs on harbor
Former Martin Branding partner launches own firm
Forget Micropayments -- Here's a Far Better Idea for Monetizing Content
Roanoke Times rolls out changes
SoftChalk puts lessons online
Can ‘green’ boost jobs, help environment?
A Hand Up For Start-Ups 
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Amplifier Ventures Announces D.C Business Accelerator Program | Amplifier Ventures 
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Welcome to LaunchBox09 - A DC Incubator | LaunchBox Digital 
 
Planning a Startup  
Southeast Venture Conference names 2nd round of presenting companies 
Virginia List (No Richmond Companies)
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Aurora Flight Sciences, Manassas, VA 
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Cernium, Reston, VA 
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Energyware, Blacksburg, VA
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GlobalLogic, Vienna, VA
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KZO Innovations, Reston, VA
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LucidMedia, Reston, VA
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NetWitness, Herndon, VA
UVa police use eBay, tech to charge 3 in theft cases
Area stations to switch to digital on Tuesday
  
FCC Says Some Stations Can't Switch Feb. 17 
TwitterGate
@JeffFrederick: Big news coming out of Senate: Apparently one dem is either switching or leaving the dem caucus. Negotiations for power sharing underway. 
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Social Media Saves Senate For Democrats...Huff Post 
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Va. GOP Chair Out ... Wife May Be In? 
Living the social marketing life
 
How we present and "teach" social marketing 
-Twitter Recommendation:
@jonnew
The Shorty Awards: Why Nerds Hate Twitter
 

Surviving the Drama of the Twitter Awards
 
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From the desk of @madmain 
-Twitter Recommendation:
@madmain 
 
Social Media Experts Gather in Richmond, VA for New Media Seminar 
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New Media Seminars 
 
 
Twitter? It’s What You Make It 
Baltimore Sun to move staff from suburban bureaus 
Google’s Road Rally Stops at the VCU Brandcenter 
 
Google Transit helps Va bus riders plan trips 
Time Cover: How to Save Your Newspaper 
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A Penny for Your News
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Battle Plans for Newspapers 
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The writing is on the paywall 
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'Time' To the Rescue for Newspapers? 
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More Ideas for Saving Newspapers: Flavored Ink? Page One Girls? 
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Isaacson Discusses 'Saving Newspapers' Story on 'Daily Show' -- Stewart Proposes Adding Drugs to Newsprint 
 
Rewind: End Times
 
Pull the Plug on Free Content for a Week, Blogger Advises Newspapers  
The Mark Cuban Stimulus Plan - Open Source Funding 
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Ready, Set, Go: Mark Cuban’s New Open-Source Funding Reality Show 
 
The Secret to Start-Up Success: Save Customers Money 
Twin Tech III Recap
It’s Been A Year Since AOL’s Big Widget Play, But How Real Is The ‘Widget Economy’?
Apologize, Apologize
Chris Brown releases statement, says he's 'sorry and saddened'

   
Chris Brown: So Sorry
 
Chris Brown says he’s sorry, seeking counseling
  
Chris Brown in Photos  
 
All Chris Brown, All the time
Camera convicted him but raised battle over privacy
Va. Tech cancels classes on April 16
Gang laws put up a fight
PETA requests investigation of killing of pigs, goats
Two families, two murders, two different trial outcomes in Powhatan
Chesterfield County Police investigate attempted abduction of teen
UVa police use eBay, tech to charge 3 in theft cases
Purse not worth the pain
Target of hate mail accused of fraud
Rape on U of R campus underreported
Teens Charged with Throwing Rocks onto I-295
DC City Paper Covers:
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The Watchmen How useless are the D.C. Police Department's crime cameras? 
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"He Just Went Off" Osman Abdullahi lived with other mentally ill men in a Northeast group home. He had little food, no supervision, and a violent death.
Aunt: Chris Brown is 'Very Loving Person'   

Embattled Chris Brown target of “Shred Your Ex” party
...Chris Brown: Superstar’s life changes overnight 
 
LA Times...
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Chris Brown 'remorseful' over 'stumble,' dad says 
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Leona Lewis, Paris Hilton, Keisha Chante deny having text with Chris Brown
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Chris Brown's Facebook status is now 'single'
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Chris Brown 'feels very bad,' says his stylist 
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Chris Brown vs. Rihanna: Is it Paris Hilton's fault? 
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CoverGirl stands by Rihanna 
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Chris Brown's stepfather not 'surprised' at assault allegations
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Rihanna assisting police in Chris Brown case
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Oh NO! Chris Brown just lost his 'Got Milk?' money!
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Chris Brown loses Wrigley deal, leaves L.A. on private jet
   
TMZ...
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Rihanna's Dad to Chris -- Who Are You?
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Jay-Z -- Chris Who? 
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That Ain't Right 
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Weakness in Brown's Case -- Prior Attacks 
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Rihanna Pics -- A FRAUD!
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Text Message Ignites Rihanna/Brown Violence
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Brown's Lambo -- Dusted for Prints?
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Chris Brown Dumped on Valentine's Day
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Chris Brown Case Not Ready for D.A. (also see AP: DA asks for more evidence in Chris Brown case)
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Chris Brown Will No Longer 'Do a Body Good'
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Rihanna's Injuries -- "Horrific"
 
Punch, Punch
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Chris Brown charged after altercation with Rihanna  
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Grammy-nominated Chris Brown turns himself in for making criminal threats  
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Chris Brown dropped by sponsor; fallout continues
Is There A Conspiracy To Suppress Fan Crime Data?
-Robberies spike around Fan 
Signs of the Apocalypse
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Gang initiation may have involved forced sex 
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Guardian charged in death of Operation Smile baby 
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Father arrested in son's death might suffer mental illness 
Albemarle Suspect charged in baseball-bat slaying
Most At-Risk Inmates: Police or Child Molesters or Both?
-Rewind: Chief William B. Fuller
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Rewind: Capt. Edward L. Hope Jr.
Six arrested on prostitution charges in Portsmouth sweeps 
Judge clears man arrested in gun dispute at Waterside
Arrest total revised in fight Saturday at Toad’s Place
 
National Discussing Ways To Host Way Bigger Fight Than Toad’s Place Did 
VT Shooting Documents Made Available 
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Lonely search for answers 
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Archive on Virginia Tech shootings opens today 

 

February 2 to February 8, 2009

This Week's Circuit City Stories


Street Cleaning a Scam? 
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Street cleaning as profit opportunity? 
Follow-Up Articles & Opinion
Northern Va. Daily | Star Exponent | Times Dispatch | Va. Pilot | Washington Post
  
McDonnell :
AP | Washington Post  
 
Restaurant Smoking Ban
C-ville | Daily Press | DCist | Franklin News Post | Free Lance Star | Madison Messenger | Roanoke Times | Times Dispatch | Virginia Pilot | Washington Post
Why raise kids in the city?
Dinner Serves Up a Platter of Political Questions 
 
Va. politics rattled by brash gubernatorial bid 
No Depression 
 
Hard times hit Mattress King 
Richmond JobNet 
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Richmond JobNet launches
-JobsEQ Career Concourse Featured on Richmond.com
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Attention Job Seekers
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New Web site for job seekers in Richmond area
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Follow Twitter | Facebook
 
Region’s Dogs Enjoying This Unemployment Thing 
 
Pink slips stack up as recession drags on
 
Virginia Slim Pickings 
The Hook on Charlottesville Development
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King of the Road: The unstoppable Wendell Wood 
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Ghost Mall? Vacancies becoming more noticeable 
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Landmark Hotel construction at a standstill 
Numerous Chesterfield County capital projects now on hold due to budget
Out-of-state students may be out of luck under proposal
Norfolk's Miller at top of gift list in Va. legislature 
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VPAP Update: Gifts to Legislators (See how Richmond did) 
A plan to revitalize Gilpin Court
Squire says she will fill vacant seat on City Council...CHPN Broke It
 
Richmond City Council soon back at full strength  
 
Information about Betty L. Squire, Council's selection for 7th District  
Harry Kollatz Reflects on Richmond School Board Eviction
Hanover man nominated for White House Farmer
Buffet, a local Welsh Springer Spaniel will be one of 89 Virginia dogs competing in the 133rd Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show
Find the “extreme croquet”
Travel Tips for a Trip to Richmond
An Open Letter (Please Eat With Us)
We tend to long for the things we have lost, but never seem to blame ourselves for not supporting them while they’re here.
 
Patronizing Locally-Owned Businesses Is Good For Everyone 
 
How diners are surviving the recession  
N.E.R.D., Earthtone scheduled to rock Homecoming concert 
 
Soul Logistics 
Style's Midseason Arts Issue
 
20 Must-Sees 

Art For The Month of February

Last Call for Culture


Wayward seal settles at Jamestown  
Lawmakers Weigh Tax Incentives for Homegrown Movies
The Bopst Show 40
Richmond Magazine Goes Road Tripping
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DC 
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Canaan Valley 
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The Rest 
For Fans of Edgar Allan Poe, a Happy 200th Birthday 
 
Poe’s Honeymoon 
Harry Potter And The Invisible Checkout Girl
CHECK-OUT:
Funky Virginia 
Bringing You The Soul Of The Commonwealth
Caramelized Opinions on Cheap Restaurants  

Restaurants that Last

Ballpark debate heats up in cyberspace...Baseball issue up in the air, again 
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I Support Baseball on the Boulevard | Facebook  
  
Baseball debate heats up again (Official ACORN statement) 
 
House panel backs Richmond ballpark financing bill 
 
Spirits in the Outfield
Five years later, the latest ballpark proposal confronts an old foe: Richmond’s slave history 

Ballpark E-mail Misunderstood, Robertson Says...Jonathan Mallard on Ellen Robertson and the FOIA
 
Refuting Another Ridiculous Argument Against Bottom Baseball 

Richmond’s favorite pastime  
 
Community meeting will discuss proposed Shockoe ballpark 
 
Strip club cited for anti-ballpark sign...Grammar Police Arrest Velvet Owner Over Anti-Stadium Sign 
 
Kinda Related...
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Going, going, gone?  
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Gwinnett Braves looking for 400 part-time workers at new stadium  
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Should bailout money be spent on football games?


Debunked: Apple Doesn’t Ban Facebook In Stores As A Policy...Banned in Short Pump
The new digital valley
2008 Richmond Blog Awards: The winners!
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The Checkout Girl | Acceptance Speech
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10 South Boulevard 
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Tobacco Avenue | Acceptance Speech 
-Posts:
RVANews: Live blogging a mayoral forum | Tobacco Avenue: NBC12 anchor Gene Cox pissed he didn’t make Style’s Power List 
Judy Woodruff and the "broken" journalism business model

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The Rise and Fall and Rise of Journalism 
Architecture prof John Quale marries green and affordable in a housing revolution
JuicyCampus.com squeezed dry; shuts down today, says founder
The Web: Why Obama Won?
Do You Hear What I Hear?
-Plus Live Twittering!
Someone get this "Checkout Girl" a book or movie deal right now!  
The Museum of Me
Getting involved in Richmond environmental movement is as easy as surfing the web.  
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Alliance for the Chesapeake Bay
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Back Porch Energy Initiative
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Chesapeake Climate Action Network
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Green Drinks
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The James River Green Building Council
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Sierra Club’s Fall of the James
Official Elliott Yamin Website (via
"No, honey, the newspaper isn't dead. It's just sleeping."
Batten Sr., two others honored for dedication  
Va. Senator @MarkWarner Warming Up to Twitter
-Other Legislators: @RobWittman @Randy_Forbes @EricCantor (via)
Social networking sites a tool for businesses
Fights mar the night at Toad’s Place
-Winter Ball
Roanoke housing projects: Building communities stronger than crime
Maddoff client list
Cradle to College, Not Cradle to Prison
Is Grisham’s latest based on local case?
Richmond police investigate Highland Park homicide
Another Day, Another Police Chief Arrested
-State police captain released on $20,000 bond 
Teacher arrested on assault charges
Just stay out of the woods
Guilty of manslaughter, Frederick faces 10 years
Too many young, idle hands?
Crime down in Virginia Beach   
Sealed documents from the 2007 Virginia Tech shootings are set to be made public.
 
Ethnic remarks after killing upset Va. Tech leader...
Steger: Do not condemn all Asians 
  

Part 3: Va. Tech’s warning was too late

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Part 2: No Tech follow-up on Cho incidents
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TD Special Report: More sites locked before Tech alert (first of three parts)
Man facing charges in fire at Pierce's eatery
Charlottesville man convicted in robbery gone awry
A young girl tries to lead a normal life after a neighbor’s attack
Slur claims raised Beach police chief's hackles, files show
Hotcop2006
'Hotcop' caught, hilarity ensues  
 
Another Possible Degree Scandal, too?
VCU Reviewed Police Chief's Degree After Arrest
 
Another setback for VCU 
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Rewind: Degree and Tobacco Scandals
 
VCU police chief faces sex charges (VCU Student Paper)...Laws and Men
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Full Chat Session with Hannahmontana2012 (they talk about the mayor's race?!)
 

Police Discussion Board

VCU's Response to Police Chief William B. Fuller's Arrest
...Chesterfield County Press Release
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Commonwealth Times
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Times Dispatch 
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CBS6 
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WRIC8 
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Style Weekly
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Midlothian Exchange
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RVANews
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Washington Post/AP 
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MSNBC 
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Tobacco Avenue
 
Police focusing on Internet predators ask for more funding
  
Small town officer stings Internet predators
 
Child Porn Bill Unanimously Passes House