Richmond Virginia News Time Capsule July 2009

Richmond Virginia News Time Capsule July 2009
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Hard News, Politics McDonnell and Deeds pitch farmers in Goochland Friday...Deeds, McDonnell address farm forum Kaine's Weekend Travel and More Did Ukrops bungle the media storm? Here Are The Results of SurveyUSA Election Poll 14 Weeks Out, Republicans Sweep VA Statewide Contests -CBS6 \| NBC12 Who Killed the Rest Stops? Kaine Blames Cantor...The Blame Game Sustainable seas? Overfishing easing in places (via) Despite obstacles, watermen scored a healthy catch Oyster decline may bring harvesting ban Richmond mayor hears concerns of residents -Mark On The Mayor First Townhall Meeting Burbs Roundup -Proposed Chesterfield zoning ordinance amendment called "racist" -Henrico Approves $48 Million North Gayton Road Extension Project -Evictions are keeping sheriff's office busy -Rebecca Dickson, Goochland's new county administrator, was sworn in on Monday. -Powhatan Planning Commission will pick up comp plan talk today The 2009 Style Weekly Power List \| 1-10 \| 11-25 \| 26-50 \| 51-75 -The Fallen -Power Shift -Cocktail reception and panel discussion (Richmond's power structure and where it goes from here). Wednesday, Aug. 5, at 5:30 p.m. -As the next list of the area’s most powerful is released, why not tap into their skills, values and visions to begin an awakening in Richmond? Not on the list... Chesterfield’s Durfee stays an activist while serving in office Was Newport News politician a logical hire for ODU spot? Council approves Union Hill zoning, Downtown Master Plan...Council gives final approval to downtown master plan (TD Tag) -Amending the Downtown Master Plan - Villains and Heros -It All Comes Down To This -Downtown plan poses hurdle for Echo Harbour -The Downtown Plan: We're Champs at Long-Distance Quibbling VirginiaTalks.com Saturday, July 25, at 11 a.m. LiveStream \| @VirgniaTalks (use #VaGov) Virginia Gubernatorial Debate to be Broadcast Statewide -Behind the Scenes Video Journal -Previews: Free Lance Star \| Roanoke Times \| Times Dispatch \| Va Pilot \| WAHU -Deeds and McDonnell Prep for Saturday -Vox Populi Comes to the Gubernatorial Debates -Debate rhetoric heats up -Discouraged, but not dissuaded on debate prospect The Popularity Platform Goldman on Wilder: Don’t believe the hype...Douglas Wilder rejects Barack Obama's overture in Virginia governor's race...Wilder rejects White House plea to back Deeds Virginia Republicans look to 2009…and beyond Deeds Pulls in the President...Obama hitting the campaign trail for Deeds New Chesterfield high schools have higher energy costs CNBC's #1 State for Business Mechanicsville on magazine’s list of best small towns Inside the Marion Barry Love Triangle New federal food safety regs won’t impact small farms Time was when teachers and school administrators had to concern themselves with the possibility of children cheating on tests. Nowadays it’s the other way around. -Beware Their Cheating Hearts -The Cranky Taxpayer: Disability & Assessment Petersburg SOL testing investigation...State report: Petersburg students missed SOLs TRANSPORTATION VA Trains and Automobiles Truckers upset over closing rest stops...Grumbling greets closure of Virginia rest stops...Little rest for tired motorists in Va....Goochland Merchants react to last week’s rest stop closings With unveiling of road plan, McDonnell gears up race...Sell liquor to pay for roads...Virginia/North Carolina border tolls are urged Higher-speed rail diverted in Richmond Kaine revs up support for high-speed rail...High Speed Rail Within Reach \| RVANews Discussion More High Speed Rail It's baaack... -Twitter Feed -Henrico man says he found Harris Teeter logo inside a Ukrop's store -Ukrop's on the block, a look back -Crisis in Ukropia -grocery store market share Latest Mayor's Newsletter: Building a Better Richmond (via) Kaine Says He's Working 'All the Time' on Travels -Kaine travel for DNC is detailed \| AP RVANews and VCU’s School of Mass Comm Students 7 part series on homelessness in Richmond -Agencies seeing more homeless children -Herd of Turtles -7% Increase in Richmond’s Homeless Population Poverty: Who Cares? Proposed changes to Richmond's city charter Kocher to be university’s next chaplain Save Richmond: Six Years Later -Master Plan -CAPS and the Arts NEW RGL SECTION: The Virginia Governor's Race Gubernatorial candidates running on popularity platform Plan your stops: Rest areas closing this morning -Rest Areas Now Campaign Topic...Deeds, McDonnell say they oppose closing rest areas Billionaire Democratic Donor Sheila Johnson to Endorse Bob McDonnell for Virginia Governor Deeds lays out economic plan Obama political arm brings road show to Richmond Value-Added Statewide Candidate Reports (Donors by geography, industry) -Out-of-state groups pump $6 million into Va. gubernatorial race...Slicin' and Dicin' the Money Reports \| Part II \| AP Analysis: PennsylvaniaCs flex muscle in Va. gov.'s race Governor Hopefuls Veer Off The Trail \| WaPo's Candidate Tracker Youth Movement: Azeri judge rejects Hajizada’s appeal...Girlfriend says Hajizada’s injuries untreated as judge rejects detention appeal OL! Blog -Azerbaijan: Activists' support site goes down UR Professors sign letter supporting Hajizada as pretrial hearing delayed to July 20 \| Times Dispatch UR alum, activist arrested in Azerbaijan, possibly over government criticism...Hajizada’s life of activism began at Richmond, father says International Coverage: -Two Legs Good, Four Legs Bad -Youth Activists Beaten, Arrested In Azerbaijan, Denied Lawyers Millionaires, thank you very much Lifeboat involved in Somali pirate attack to visit Norfolk Wal-Mart spurns alternate to Virginia battlefield site Sens. Webb, Warner speak up on Wilderness Wal-Mart; Rep. Wittman keeping out of issue Day 6... -NO ARTICLES! cept this funny tweet: The first sign of the #Ukropalypse: crop circles at the CCV. -Twitter Feed Day 5... -Communication at Work: Trouble on Aisle 1 -NBC12: Ukrop’s, Ukrop’s, Ukrop’s -News from Doswell: Doswell Stop N’ Go Acquires Ukrops Supermarkets -Times Dispatch: Could Ukrop’s find buyer? Unrelated related: Unlikely Places to Find Love in Richmond: #1 Kroger Day 4... -The Checkout Girl: Left Behind News: Kirk Cameron Cast As Cart Boy -Richmond.com: Top 10 Things we Like About Ukrop's Unrelated related: C-Ville Cover: The corporate co-opting of "local" Trying to get a piece of the buy-local action, chains like Wal-Mart and Barnes & Noble roll out their own version of the idea -On (Not) Redefining “Shop Local” Day 3... -Buttermilk and Molasses: The Coming Ukropalypse Will Change Richmond's Psychic Landscape good dialogue happening -Café Darkness: who do I think I am? -CBS6: Ukrop's Sale Could Hurt Some Small Businesses -Richmond.com: The Ukropalypse Unrelated related: Rob Ukrop Talks Soccer \| WELCOME TO UKROP PARK, HOME OF RKYSC Day 2... -Richmond Magazine's Harry Kollatz: Whither Ukrop's? -TD: Ukrops CEO dismisses rumors of selling chain (First Edition)...FULL MEMO TO EMPLOYEES Please know that if anything changes with our company's direction, you and our customers will hear it from me and not fromt he rumor mill, blogs, or anonymouse sources...Ukrop’s Love/Hate -CBS6: Ukrop's For Sale, But no buyer's yet!...Bad Economy or Not, Ukrop's Could Find Buyer's Market...VCU Business School Professor Dr. David Urban on the possible sale of Ukrop's...History of Ukrop's...Ukrop's in Pictures...Discussion -NBC12: Ukrop’s: Rumor, Myth, Reality...Rumors of Ukrop's future flood internet referencing @Mr_Sterling's #Ukropalypse meme -BizSense: Richmond reacts to possible sale of Ukrop’s -Free Lance Star: Ukrop's CEO sends letter denying sale -Richmond.com: Ukrop's-Free Richmond? -Roanoke Times: Ukrop's appears on hunt for buyer Unrelated related: Suspects caught in Ukrop's holdup Ukrop's Super Markets Reportedly Exploring Sale Options For Its 28 Virginia Stores...Ukrops Supermarkets Selling Company?...CONFIRMED -Twitter Feed (First Tweets: @matthewgfreeman \| @edwardbbaldwin) -BizSense \| The Business Journal of the Greater Triad Area \| CBS6 \| Downtown Short Pump \| Free Lance Star \| NBC12 \| Richmond Magazine \| RVANews \| Style Weekly...Facebook \| Roanoke Times \| Times Dispatch \| WRIC8 \| WRVA -Blogger Reaction: Brandon Eats \| City-Data \| Good Times, Good Times \| Haiku Venue \| If it Tkes a Whole Life \| James River News \| Mr. Williamsburg \| One Way Richmond \| Richmond Food Collective \| Rockin N Richmond \| The Steve Cook Report \| SWAC Girl \| The World To Muse While Waiting For Roanoke The problem with too many media outlets...Internet Sources: Ukrop’s To Be Sold For $350 Katrillion, Begin Manufacturing Speedbikes Ukrops to Sell Out - You Heard it Here First -Rewind: A Peek Under the Ukrops Dress...When Not Really Risky = Extremely Hazardous to Your Financial Health...If You¹re Healthy And You Know It, Pay Back TARP The Good Fight: Given the lead Ukrop’s once held in the market — and its considerable effort to defeat the competition, is their loss a canary in the coal mine? The Suitors: -Ahold (aka Giant) \| Wikipedia -SuperValu (aka Albertson's/Shaw's) \| Wikipedia -Harris Teeter \| Wikipedia -Wegman's \| Wikipedia Special Section: Richmond Grocery Wars Hey Joe -Biden Time -Biden tells opponents of stimulus to “look around” to find success...target Cantor in Stimulus speech -Biden defends stimulus package in Henrico...challenges GOP on stimulus on Cantor's turf...Without Stimulus, U.S. Would Go Bankrupt...Up Next: Biden vs. Cantor Having mayor pick auditor is asking for trouble -MPW Waves Caution Flag on Mayor's Personal Auditor Richmond schools audit finds issues totaling $25,000 Some on Richmond council question proposed charter change regarding city auditor...Richmond Council gets look at possible changes to city charter Who Killed the Rest Stops? State has yet to get help for rest areas Kaine seeks waiver to allow businesses in place of rest areas...Request to privatize Virginia's rest stops gets boost...WRVA Audio...Despite pleas, state to shutter I-81 rest areas...Should Virginia's Rest Stops Be Commercialized? State should rethink rest-stop closures, AAA says Closing rest areas to have wide impact State will mothball rest stops for possible reopenings...Cantor Against Commercialization Of Rest Areas VDOT Safety Service Patrols in Fredericksburg area first on the scene to crashes, stranded motorists Governor Race Roundup -The More Debates, The Better -McAuliffe spends $95 per vote in Va. gov. race -Virginia Governor Poll: McDonnell 44%, Deeds 41% -Deeds' big donors outraise McDonnell Style Cover: The Magic Bullet An energized economy! A rejuvenated city! A 90-minute commute to D.C.! Why the supercharged dream of high-speed rail through Richmond may be just that — a dream. -The Slow Track Norfolk mayor says overpricing may hurt region's rail hopes Low Speed Rail: Plans are on track to rescue a trio of historic steam locomotives from a Roanoke scrap yard Virginia gets in line for high-speed rail funding...Va. will apply for stimulus rail funds...State seeks billions for high-speed rail Low Riders, New Plans: The Politics of Bus Routes Mayor wants city to buy GRTC site near Fan Fan Free Clinic’s Norma Schantz dies Virginia Gubernatorial Debate to be Broadcast Statewide The Virginia Bar Association Partners with VirginiaTalks.com -More on VBA Streaming Debate City’s downtown-plan process nears end...sets July 27 vote on downtown plan -The Downtown Plan: At the End, Again, Again, Again...Buttermilk and Molasses Special Series: Downtown Plan -D.M.P. vs Echo Harbour: Round 153 -Developing Richmond’s Waterfront -Amending the Downtown Master Plan - Villains and Heros -Samuels stirs council to keep Character Area Designation -Twitter: #citycouncil Businessman leads forum on future of riverfront...The Downtown Plan: Conversation Returns to the River Dueling petitions on Echo Harbor? Richmond doesn’t need more parkland. It needs better parks and better funding. A more sensible approach to riverfront development would help bring that about...Whence Comes the Editor...Comments From Style on the DMP Let’s make sure Richmond’s gem doesn’t lose its luster Chronic plague at City Hall Losing bidder complained to Richmond about cruiser contract $1 million Richmond police car deal broke rules...Commonwealth’s attorney to probe Richmond police-car deal -Wilder Still...Doug Wilder: Out of Office, In the News...Wilder’s Legacy: Defining the Balance of Power Some on Richmond council question proposed charter change regarding city auditor...Richmond Council gets look at possible changes to city charter Preservationists square off over proposed Wal-Mart Four people burned at Hanover Tomato Festival, two severely burned by Funnel Cake Oil Va. residential fires often cooking-related Debate to be Available Online...Deeds-McDonnell debate to be streamed live on Web First Debate: The Virginia Bar Association Debate The Homestead Resort July 25th 11 a.m. -VirginiaTalks.com \| Facebook \| Twitter -Rewind: First debate set for July 25 in governor's race McDonnell challenges Deeds to series of debates McDonnell Leads Deeds In Poll...Two polls, one curious statistical finding The Courting of Wilder Continues Deeds' son charged with alcohol possession \| AP \| Times Dispatch \| Washington Post For Kocher, chaplaincy should gracefully engage questions of difference In forum, finalist for UR chaplain says he would welcome, support all in community...Experience of past exclusion drives chaplain finalist’s desire for inclusive campus Was Richmond Involved In Federal Building Investigation? After 5 years, upgrades in region's tunnels not complete...Massive traffic jam draws attention to overdue repairs VDOT fields questions over what went wrong in HRBT...VDOT officials blame pipe rupture for tunnel flooding...Virginia GOP lawmakers call for inquiry of HRBT jam Will turn of calendar signal new page for Richmond area? Many in Richmond area struggling to cope as economic downtown drags on STYLE COVER: The Pageantry of Pleasantry In his first six months Mayor Dwight Jones eschews the bully pulpit for a kinder, gentler approach. Is it a lack of leadership or a savvy opening salvo? -Dwight Jones, One Affable Piece of Glass $1 million Richmond police car deal broke rules Federal audit looks into how city used funds to clean up Battery Park. BAD WATER 2009: THE IMPACT ON HUMAN HEALTH IN THE CHESAPEAKE BAY REGION (Full Report PDF) -Report: Chesapeake Bay is ripe for breeding bacteria -Is Flesh-Eating Disease on Rise? Planned Virginia regulations would govern storm runoff Possible Small Earthquake Rattles Western Richmond Overnight...Short Pump Family At Epicenter Of Magnitude 2.3 Earthquake -Story Breaks (or Rumbles) on Twitter...12 Hours Later -For Those About to Rock -The Epicenter in the Backyard Missing Chesterfield barber is found dead \| CBS6 \| NBC12 Fireworks truck explodes on Ocracoke; 3 dead, 2 hurt...Fourth person dies...Victims of N.C. blast were contractors for S.C. company...Explosion reveals gaps in regulation of fireworks crews...Site of fatal explosion had not been inspected...Deadly July Fourth blast continues to rattle island Parents' mission is mental health education Times Dispatch's Sunday Business Case Studies: -Crutchfield Corp. surviving recession with multistep approach -A shop full of memories -3north diversifies to blunt effects of economy To Be or Not to Be Fairfax Co.? Can you pass the citizenship test? 66 to take citizenship oath at Monticello...It took years, but Juan Martinez is proud to be a U.S. citizen -Time Wastes Too Fast A Declaration … of Sorts Chief Justice John Marshall of Richmond helped shape America Boom time: Demolition for Charlottesville public housing? Lifeline to Larry? Will Congress save Sabato’s program? New July 1 Laws \| Richmond Sunlight Richmond considers tax exemption to spur growth...A Rare Moment of Brilliance from City Council \| CHPN City Residents On Latest Ballpark Plan: ‘For The Holy Love Of God Please Make It Stop’ Baseball in Richmond South of the River Enter: Manchester -Add Manchester to the List -MPW: A riverside Richmond ballpark could work -Manchester Pitched As New Ballpark Site -baseball for Manchester? -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 Richmond Baseball: Scorecard 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 -Uniting Richmond's Baseball Fans...Charlie's olive branch -Diradour still swinging for baseball at The Diamond -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...Is Diradour Supporting Baseball or Running for Office? New owners willing to make upgrades to The Diamond Eastern League Still Heading To Richmond...Connecticut Defenders make a lasting impression...Eastern League not yet ready to identify Richmond’s new franchise...Defenders: Parties silent following vote...Future looks bright...Eastern League planning to take Richmond by storm Petersburg Generals filling void for some Richmond-area baseball fans...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. Whatever you call him — dynamo, ‘benign dictator,’ legend — he’s releasing the reins on the city within a city that he built Trani’s last day -CBS6 -Fan District Hub -NBC12 Trani tree...VCU School of Engineering Scholarships Recognize Former President Eugene P. Trani Rewind: VCU Scandals	Features, Entertainment, Life RMA negotiating with Eastern League team on lease...Identification of Richmond’s next baseball franchise possible this week -Eastern League primer, and a Richmond baseball timeline since Braves announced they were leaving Let’s right sad state of cemeteries The Lurid Art of Robert Ullman Pickin', grinnin' and teachin' at Hollins University's annual FiddleFest Filmmakers shoot Fredericksburg scenes for documentary on South Carolinian who won his enemies' gratitude for risky act of charity The Fast and the furious: New gym says slashing your workout time can make you fitter Richmond's Pocket Parks = Hidden Gems Paradise Found -Paradise Park: Twitter \| Facebook The Canal Walk Nations Brings Drag Race to the Masses Lamb of God DVD goes platinum IRL Not Coming To Richmond In 2010 \| Times Dispatch \| AP Black scholars help Museum of the Confederacy Urban Smackdown: Richmond vs. Norfolk Drive-in to open next month City’s homeless soccer squad headed to D.C. Governor Kaine Lends a Hand at Pocahontas New program called "Montpelier Excursions" combines history with inns, meals and more FloydFest quickly gets into its groove...The secret's out at Floydfest -FloydFeast Virginia Rocks! \| Official Site (Facebook) -Daily Progress \| Franklin News Post \| Style Weekly \| WDBJ \| WVTF Audio Short Pump Catchphrase Contest The State of Jazz (In Richmond) Changing the World: ChildFund International’s Anne Lynam Goddard Buying Local -recession is near shop local. the decline of western civilization -Spend Some Time Discovering the Region’s Best Experiences...Silvestri Issues Tourism Call to Action -Retail Merchants message: ‘Think. Shop. Buy. Local’...Think. Shop. Buy. Local...Does your TSBL decal tell a great story? -A new push to shop local -Month of Independents! \| Chop Suey -The 3/50 Project \| 350 Project -RGL Special Section: Buy Local! The Arts... Compared to “nuclear-plant” design, VCU’s proposed art gallery must find a new home...Not On Our Block Art On Trial Exit Stage 1...The Final Curtain The Evening at Morton’s: Arts in Richmond: Culture at the Crossroads Tuesday July 21 6 pm...An Evening at Morton's: When Art and Red Meat Collide Janine Bell, Elegba Folklore Society; David Fisk, Richmond Symphony; Ana Ines King, Latin Ballet of Virginia; Harry Kollatz, Richmond Magazine; Christina Newton, Curated Culture -Rest Stops, Cultural Conversation and (Maybe) Me on TV -An Evening at Morton's: I've Been Promoted D'Angelo Is Alive and (Not So) Well and Living in Richmond The Virginia Metal Alliance Lady Byrd building owner has plans for bankrupt Toad’s Place -What the Bottom Needs Now Is Not Another Rock Club Hanover official: Missing dog case ‘a real tragedy’ Virginia Museum of Fine Arts Acquires Fischer Collection of German Expressionism, Considered to be One of the Finest of its Kind in Existence \| Times Dispatch \| Art Daily Study says men waiting longer to get married in Richmond -When men are scarce, good men are even harder to find: Life history, the sex ratio, and the proportion of men married. The Latest Real World DC News SAVE McIntire Park... from what? Hey! We're looking for 52 fun things to do in Richmond for a project! Tweet your favorite things and tag it #52RVA -#52RVA Detailed Spoilers - WWE SmackDown Taping Results For 7/24 In BJ Upton, a bright ray glows anew New RVAMagazine: RVA's Irregular Broadcast Where to get Fish Tacos Statue: ‘I’m Gay’ Eastern League “closing in” on announcement of Richmond’s new baseball franchise OMGWTFRVA's Fan Bar Guide Surfing the North Carolina Coast...Must See: Surfing, With a Dark Edge Bopst Show 64 At 102 years old, Roanoke's Charles "Hap" Fisher continues to publish his research and is living independently. Memorial Pause Restorer Guy, the newest Richmond television series, premiers on Tuesday The Business of Leisure Virgina Beach kayakers paddle down the course of history From the Newsroom: Restaurant reviewer considers many angles Mrs. Rowe's recipes live on in new cookbook Teens and adults from Hopeful Baptist Church in Montpelier are sacrificing part of their summer to refurbish homes for the poor through the international group World Changers Black students recount early days of integration...Assignment: Massive Resistance Virginians Reflect on Massive Resistance...Former Va. governor recalls struggle to integrate Times-Dispatch editorial expresses regret for Massive Resistance -Va Paper Apologizes For Segregation Role -RT-D's Massive Resistance apology -FIFTY YEARS LATER: REVISITING THE LEGACY OF MASSIVE RESISTANCE During Massive Resistance, civil rights lawyers faced an unexpected, behind-the-scenes campaign to discredit the NAACP. Va. teachers get close look at Massive Resistance VA Historical Society: Massive Resistance Storming a beach? It's how SEALs celebrate (Segway) Polo, on 21st century steeds Dreda McCreary’s mission is clear: minimize mosquitoes The Richmond 48 Hour Film Project -Teams have just 48 hours to make a film this weekend...This FridayReady, set, film: 48-Hour Film Project -Montage Studios/Hand Turkey studio: 48h Film Project \| Follow @handturkey48 -48 Hour Film Project invades Richmond…again -What Was the First Acting Job You Booked in Hollywood? Higher tides affecting entire East Coast region Parks are booming as people look for inexpensive vacations Visiting Old Rag—reservation required Tobacco Avenue Cheer up: -Place On Corner That Probably Sells Weed Tested To See If It Definitely Sells Weed -Have A Nice Day Cafe Employee Having Absolutely Miserable Day Living off the land: Roanokers cultivate the benefits of a community garden Richmond Rocky Horror Grand Finale Friday, July 17 :: The Midnight Show Movieland 1301 North Boulevard The event culminates with a shadow performance by the cast Friday night at Movieland during a screening of the film version of The Rocky Horror Picture Show. The cast will be donating their personal proceeds from this special performance to AIDSWalk. For more information on the cast, visit their MySpace. Bar-Food Hopping at DC White-Cloth Restaurants DesignSponge's richmond, virginia guide! Poolside garden creates backyard paradise Ghost story: Strange sightings in Chesterfield CAPS Follow-UP -Help us create a list for council. -An Uneasy Start to Cultural Treaty -Gallery 5 Takes the Lead on Cultural Revolution -Eddie Money Song...C.A.P.S did it again. This time it was the artspace Tinderbox Counterpoint: Why we should keep the Richmond Admissions Tax Taxing Tickets is Strangling Show Business -Richmond's Great Rock and Roll Swindle...Apologies from Buttermilk Molasses Blog Post -Dear CAPS, Stop Taxing Culture! Rewind: Cultural Insanity Maynor a shining star for CAA basketball...If you read our first two scrimmage recaps, it's obvious that we were impressed by Larry Sanders. -Follow @larry_sanders1 @EMaynor3 on Twitter The River...BE CAREFUL! Swift water rescue training in Richmond...Richmond Swift Water Rescue Team serve residents year-round, but need to be on the top of their game in the summer...warn about hidden dangers when taking a trip to the river Search Crews Find Body of Missing Man in the Appomattox River Apparent Adolescent Drowning Rocks Richmond Family...Missing teen's body found in James River Gloucester Point Beach Tragedy: Eyewitness to boy's drowning says the water quietly took him A bawdy good time...When The Rain Washes You Clean, You’ll Know Pasties and Pizza Variatease Richmond’s reborn city center a reason to celebrate, unite* The Bopst Show 63 Men’s Health: America’s Top Sports Towns -As a sports town, Richmond is just D-ifferent -Survey Says: Richmond Not a Sports Town -The best and worst cities for sports (Richmond #92 of 100) Animal Planet -Suffolk animal shelter reopens after making some changes -Rabid Raccoon Caught Inside Maymont -New N.C. law designed to keep visitors, wild horses safe -Hanover Residents Exposed to Rabid Kitten...17 Exposed To Rabies -Update on rats in Gilpin Court -New Web site lists eagle nests...VaEagles website ~~Richmond Fair now to begin Sunday~~...Richmond Fair will not go on as planned this Sunday Security concerns may keep fair out of Richmond... Halted by No Permits From Richmond Police Department Rewind: Richmond Fair planned for July 17-26...No Baseball At The Diamond But Maybe A Fair?...Fair Possibly Coming To The Diamond...Fair may be set for Diamond -Banana Derby R-Braves fans still finds ways to get baseball fix NYT's Inside the List: Matthew Crawford’s “Shop Class as Soulcraft” -Original Essay: Shop Class as Soulcraft -Rewind: NYT Review (Francis Fukuyama) \| The Case for Working With Your Hands \| Slate Review: Heidegger and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance GWAR, Me, and the Onrushing Grip of Death: Part 6 -Part 5 \| Part 4 \| Part 3 \| Part 2 \| Part 1 -GWAR.net Here's the skinny: This dip was for a record Dream links Smith Mountain Lake and movie for independent producer Reservoir shoreline requires diligence Pilgrimage of faith: Holy Land USA a tourist attraction, spiritual journey ‘Lost Boy’ leaves mark on Lynchburg The Lost City of Elko Look out! The sting of jellyfish may be up in Hampton Roads waters James River Run-off Run-down Stepping up to the plate: Local (Cville) chefs take on the challenge of Restaurant Week -Cassis measures up...Bel Rio, Fossett’s offer encore Americans Should ‘Teach Drinking’…Or At Least Discuss It July 10-11 Bicycle Film Festival Gallery 5 Richmond Rocky Horror Week...A week of “Rocky Horror” Peep This! premiers Sunday FOOD INC. Film Showing in Richmond: Lisa Taranto to Participate on Panel \| Menu of a Mission \| Food, Inc You Guys Don’t Even Know Why I’m Standing Here, Do You? More Tobacco Avenue Classics: -I Big Tower -Lonely Richmond Brave Diagnosed With Depression Free MORTON'S STEAK SANDWICHES! Thu 4:30 PM (follow the Twitter) All in a dane’s work; Charlottesville-based group trains animals to help humans \| Video Lasting bonds: Riding provides comfort for local teen Iverson kicks off camp in his hometown...AI advice: Gangs only lead to jail or death THIS IS RICHMOND PART ONE: GULL LIVE New Restaurants! -Two new restaurants on the way (old Pomegranate space, Marshall and 2nd) -What's New: Greek in Carytown and Brazilian in the Slip -Latest Style Short Order -Dish: New Eats in Carytown Richmond vs. Reality Food Shows No consensus on dealing with fire ants, but many ideas Virginia Department of Game and Inland Fisheries director aims to ensure agency is ‘built to last’ MISSION ACCOMPLISHED source: MVN VOTE NOW \| Mobile Voting Tigers' Brandon Inge takes lead in All-Star Game's Final Vote...Inge in close battle for All-Star Final Vote Brandon Inge (VCU 1996-1998) FOR THE LOVE OF THE GAME: THE STORY OF BRANDON INGE...VCU Hall of Fame Campaign -Operation Send Brandon Inge to the All Star Game -Whitecaps launch campaign to get Tigers' Brandon Inge voted into All-Star game -Vote drive gets going for Tigers' Inge The Case -Brandon Inge: All-Star On and Off the Field -Vote, Vote and Vote again for Brandon Inge -Sorry Granderson, Inge's season is more All-Star worthy -Managers: Leyland: Inge should be on All-Star team...Tigers' Brandon Inge wowed by Alan Trammell's praise The James River Runs Through It When she couldn’t find a book she liked, Richmond mother wrote one Commissary officials raising the bar on customer service James River 'ghost fleet' shrinks to smallest size ever Historical markers, walking trail going in at Fredericksburg's lesser-known battlefield Author Grisham writing movie script about Norfolk murder A noteworthy spot on the map… Virginia Has Instituted New Permit Fee For Some Forest Uses The Bopst Show 62 Welcome center discourages brochure-grabbing, but area tourism centers ready to distribute materials Roanoke mom Jo Ann Foster: Giving birth at age 50 Hung out to dry Clotheslines blow through culture again -Y’all wanna see my underpants? Discussion My summer at Busch Gardens in Williamsburg Net results: Walter Johnson to be honored in Tennis Hall of Fame Manassas lad lands top Pokemon rank Parking at Pony Pasture Jumping off the Cliffs at Smith Mountain Lake: A risky maneuver Catching Up: D’Angelo’s “Brown Sugar” Snake expert shares tips with first responders BLACK DOG -Legendary Richmond Chow found dead Thursday morning -Black Dog has passed, but his memories live on...Black Dog: A Mystical Friend Who Strayed Into the Lives of Many -Black Dog, RIP July 2, 2009 -Black Dog Lessons -A Legend is Gone -Black Dog Dies -Ode to a Muse -Black Dog Can Teach Us All -Friends of Black Dog Facebook \| Twitter #blackdog SPCA creates Black Dog fund Twitter Ticker: Inside the Newsroom 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 Blue catfish: The new shark of the James...About the blue catfish 'A predator on par with a shark' 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 \| godihateyourband \| Happily Natural \| Don Harrison (Tribute Radio Show) \| DL Hopkins \| Lost Art of the City \| MattOnFire \| NBC12 (radio story) \| Pete Humes \| 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 Fourth of July Guides Sticky Message of the Day -Richmond.com -Road Trips for Families -RVANews -Times Dispatch -Virginia Tourism	*Tech, Green, Media* Kaine: VITA should be under governor’s control \| AP Technology Partnership Has Made Important Progress in a Few Years Virginia's CBI getting $2.6M for biofilm tech...Commonwealth Biotechnologies, Inc. Receives NASDAQ Notice of Delisting Blacksburg's Intrexon: Branching out in biotech Richmond Int'l Raceway launches website -RIR The Washington Post Company Reports Second Quarter Earnings The Washington Post Revamps Mobile Products -Features Aneesh, Vivek, and the Gov EXILED: 10SBoulevard Blogger Evicted For Hyper Local News Site -Evicted for Blogging? \| WOTBN Blogger has his say with 'Buttermilk and Molasses'...NBC12 Doesn't Call Buttermilk the "Elder Statesman" Richmond-based Compleo puts social media to work True tales from Richmond’s Lost & Found Local Man Hailed As Hero After Beating Self-Proclaimed Social Media Expert Within Inches Of Life My talks from #SMCRVA and #SM4SC by @gradontripp Jepson hosts Strategic Leadership and Social Media for Social Good conference July 24 \| Live Webcast \| Live Blogging -Social media and nonprofits…before -Follow #sm4sg -@sm4sg Videos by @urichmond -Sandra Peart and Jon Newman...Presentation -Progress and Predictions w Keynote Gradon Tripp...Presentation Slide Show -Case Studies and Best Ideas Panel (part 1) -Case Studies and Best Ideas Panel (part 2) Social media and nonprofits….after…the big opportunity by @jonnew 4 Free Places to List Your Richmond Nonprofit by @RichmondWiki Will Social Media Momentum Build in Richmond? by @sarvay Social Media Club Richmond enjoys a night at Virginia Museum of Fine Arts on July 23 by @dwestjr Social Media for Non-Profit Organizations July 23 Virginia Museum of Fine Arts 5:30 PM featuring Boston based @gradontripp founder of Social Media for Social Change...It’s Gonna Be a Busy Summer -Follow #SMCRVA -@SMCRVA -Non-Profits on Twitter -Rewind: SMCRVA Timeline SMCRVA Summary: Social Media for Social Change...SMCRVA After Party by @OMGWTFRVA Richmond’s Social Media for Social Good by @Richmondmom Weekend Update With TCG by @thecheckoutgirl Taking AOL Back: Forget Platform-A; It’s Just AOL Advertising Now...Interview: AOL’s Levick: ‘Platform-A Didn’t Make Us Work Better; It Just Made Clients Confused’ AOL Legends Steve Case, Ted Leonsis Join Tim Armstrong For 100-Day 'Revival' Meeting Blu mag: New Valley pub launches -Blu Magazine NSF’s Big Bucks! Officials woo nanotech firms for new site in Pulaski County Students take robots for a day by the pool in Franklin Media General share price and first quarter income on the rise...Media General Jumps on 46% Operating Profit Gain...Swings To 2Q Profit On Cost Cuts...TV Revenues Drop 21 Percent VITA pays contractor $9,000 over life of a laptop...Northrop Grumman running late on Va. computer work...VITA contract a fraction of state’s IT spending Kaine criticizes VITA oversight structure...IT agency should report to governor Radio For the Rest of Us: WRIR's Evolution -WRIR SHOW PROFILE: Cause and Effect -WRIR SHOW PROFILE: The Lounge -WRIR SHOW PROFILE: Midnight Soulstice New communication tools for Chesterfield public schools...Chesterfield Schools Go Social Media -@ccpsinfo Introducing Punch Drunk...Jack The Newest Style Weekly Columnist: Jack Goes Forth...Rewind: This Is The End... Norfolk's Spanish-language station is more than music SB Nation Secures New Round of Funding \| Tech Journal South -SB Nation Cox Enterprises agrees to sell 13 N.C. newspapers How to Poorly Represent for Your Brand in 140 Characters or Less -In The Wide Open Web Everyone’s Watching Event: Social Matchbox DC Summer 2009 -Social Matchbox Southern Capitol Ventures invites entrepreneurs to Monday feedback sessions -Calling All Entrepreneurs - North Carolina "Halfway House" aids startups between incubator and stand alone stage Social media @ work Computer crash a tourism disaster Forbes.com names 'Virginia is for Lovers' as one of the top 10 all-time best travel slogans Richmond students rediscover fiction after a half-century absence Job seeking goes high-tech New AOL Chief to Staff: Think Bigger AOL Acquires MMAFighting.com -MMAFighting.com Vivek: One Stop Cloud Shop Longtime T-D science writer recalls covering first moon landing UVA astronaut recalls first moon landing, career Local man helped recover Apollo 11 capsule Model rocket builders gather in Swoope launch field Will we ever go back to the moon? We Choose the Moon -Twitter: @ap11_capcom @ap11_eagle @ap11_spacecraft -Mashable: HOW TO: Experience the Apollo 11 Moon Landing in Realtime -Times Dispatch: Apollo 11 mission to the moon to be re-created online \| Special Report -Developed by the Martin Agency \| Press Release Langley was NASA's crown jewel...Langley's bold landing plan helped NASA reach its goal \| Langley played huge role in putting man on the moon Listen to the Apollo 11 Radiocast NASA’s Needs Kirby Carmichael's Return Republicans say Kaine fumbled deal with Apple Richmond Partnership leader brings big investment to area New Website for Partnership -The Greater Richmond Partnership -Designed by Rick Whittington Consulting Funny-looking Beach radar station is serious business WVEC's general manager and president loses his job Owner of Norfolk TV station fears debt load The End Of This Young House...Introducing Young House Love Kaine asked to stall technology contract changes Tech system's issues to be fixed, officials say Council: IT agency wrongly called closed meeting Disputed Va. IT bill was paid improperly More VITA Seniors caught using cell phones to cheat on test Longtime UVa media liaison dies at 46 Don't Be Afraid of Social Media besocial, bemarketable, bebranded seminar AOL: More Layoffs Inevitable OMGWTFRVA Banner Advertising -OMGWTFRVA.NET 10 Twitter Search Engines, 1 Page Kucinich: Smarter Transparency Is Social Media Dead? -Social Media: The Plateau Depends on Your Vantage Point Click by Click, Reviewers Gain Clout What you've been told about entrepreneurship is wrong! A Year Later… practicing physician who gave it up to run MacRumors.com and start other web projects. Richmond’s New Rock Alt moving to 100.9 Start-ups navigate in choppy waters Lite 98’s Bill Bevins’ Weekend To Involve A Ton Of Aerosmith Under water: What do Media General’s financial woes mean for The Daily Progress? What’s in The Daily Progress’ Future? Days numbered for Media General magazine? Sources: Brick Weekly Apparently Still Publishing Records of freed Va. slaves placed online...African-American project completed Daiy Press Special Series: Our (Hampton Roads) rising tide of technology -Tech boom set to leave military sector behind -Area's schools are a pipeline for high-tech jobs -Modeling and simulation looks like fun, but it's serious stuff. -EVMS leads the way in medical research, technology in Hampton Roads -For shipyard engineers, the future is now...High-tech equipment testers 'prove it can be done' -Jefferson Lab: A world-class facility to study nuclear physics...creates better way to discover breast cancer...employee invents low-tech gizmo to protect high-tech devices -Boeing is latest entry into high-tech field -Lockheed Martin thinks outside the box with Suffolk center -FGM helps military take aim at mountains of data -Virtual reality means genuine hope for the Hampton Roads economy -Military fuels modeling system growth -Region's proud past, bright future -Company's dream grows from garage to aerospace -York contractor's project aims for the space station Obama taps Stauntonian Collins to lead NIH \| White House NASA successfully tests escape pod at Wallops Island Do you know what your child's text message says? -OMG, Text message abbreviation quiz New Monthly Magazine Greater Richmond GRID...Announcement a magazine and web channel that captures metropolitan Richmond’s diverse and interesting people, cultural vibrancy and business innovations The new managing editor of Richmond Magazine's R.Home: Brandon Fox -R.Home -Brandon Eats Tomatoes at Richmond Magazine In the world of advertising, he married art and words One Dating Column Enters This is How We Do It One Date Column Leaves Robot Hearts Richmond.com Has 3 Dating Columns! -Caroline's Plate: @carolinesplate #Set-Ups: A Discussion on Set-Ups via Social Media -Krissy in the City: Single and Not Looking? -Vic in a Box: Pick-Up Lines: Eh? ..and don't forget to check out @thecheckoutgirl in Belle Six Reasons to Stick with Your Startup: Survival Stories from the Trenches -Jolie O'Dell Hones in on the Perils of the Startup (Like Floricane) Twitter can be a profitable tool for marketing featuring @madmain @SeanHVAC How Tweet It Is: Richmond Organizations Embrace Social Media featuring @lewisginter @rvabusiness @smcrva @vmfa -Richmond.com Explores Richmond on Twitter Marketing firms look to Twitter instead of newspapers...Spinning the Web: P.R. in Silicon Valley Richmonder Terry Taylor (@ttaylordude) Writing Real-Time Novel on Twitter -Tweet, You’re Dead The 4th PR idea…ok, maybe 3 1/2 Welcome to the dream blog -SleepBetter.org \| @dream_bigger \| Carpenter Co (Richmond, VA) Virginia Lottery Ad Filmed On Cleveland Street Released North Carolina and other states spar with Web retailers Virginia's Razorsight sees $3M in financing Infrastructure Never Secure? Mediaite.com Focuses on Celebrity of Journalism Researchers Strive to Emulate Efficiency of the Brain Start-Ups Say Innovation Doesn't Grow on Trees Virginia Is #1 For Lovers Picking Your Battles: Goodbye cVillain -Local Blog cVillain Says Goodbye...Sad Cvillain... -We Settled the Rosenberg Lawsuit for $750 PR Case Study: Re-Discovering Lewis Ginter Botanical Gardens Richmond Bloggers Visit Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden! -All Things Richmond \| EPICURIOUSITY \| Hills and Heights \| Oregon Hill \| RichmondMom.com Green Tonic- Urban Gardening Symposium At Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden Audio from July’s New Media Seminars (How Social Media Changed Everything in PR) Underground petroleum tanks mar Albemarle drinking water WTF? OMGWTFRVA.COM versus? 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 Tech Calendar July 21, 2009 Refresh Happy Hour 6:00 - 8:00, Home Team Grill (1630 W. Main St.) July 23, 2009 Social Media Club Presents Social Media for Non-Profit Organizations \| @SMCRVA Virginia Museum of Fine Arts 5:30PM July 24, 2009 Strategic Leadership and Social Media for Social Good conference \| @SM4SG University of Richmond	The Dickensian Side of RIC also see Youth Volunteering Hobby or harassment? Blogger Strom jailed for cop site -A persistent blogger annoys police -- and winds up in jail State revokes day care’s license after child’s death Mother, son indicted in toddler’s death in day-care van \| CBS6 -Excuse me… You’re indicted 11 day cares in Va. left children behind since January 2007 Daycare Death Update...Will Yellow Brick Road Daycare Lose It's License?...Investigators urge revoking day-care’s license Richmond Police Officer Shoots Pit Bull Hate graffiti found in Bryan Park It's deja vu all over again in child porn case Sex Offender Registry: Some say it goes too far Vick's bankruptcy attorneys defend their fees Vick to take part in community celebration in Newport News...Organizers plan Vick “celebration” in his hometown Michael Vick Reaction -Reaction to reinstatement of Vick to NFL (Robin Starr is the chief executive officer of the Richmond SPCA) -Animal rights activist says Michael Vick can help -Experts: Vick Image Rehab Possible, But Unlikely -The Reinvention of Michael Vick -Michael Vick Should Work, but Never Again in the NFL -If NFL signs Vick, it will send wrong message -What Michael Vick Needs to Do Now -Nix the Vick-can-play talk, backing up is his future -Michael Vick - The "Anti-Vick" team list -Why no interest in Vick? -Tim's Take: Michael Vick's reinstatement -Lovie Smith adamant Michael Vick deserves second chance in NFL Chesterfield Police Track Vandals Detectives, owner of escort service expected to testify in murder trial today...Jury considers sentence in Chesterfield motel slaying today Man charged with passing phony bill As President Obama considers a new U.S. attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia, former prosecutors and public defenders say there has been overzealous prosecution and sentencing for drug cases in Richmond's federal court. New Richmond jail on fast track...$140 million project in the works Sheriff's Office reserves most take-home cars for the ranking deputies. Restaurant delivery driver fatally shot...Richmond Police Releasing Few Clues...Richmond police working to ID slain deliveryman -Food delivery drivers talk about job dangers after deadly shooting -Chinese-American group rallies to aid victim’s family Richmond Officers Found Not Guilty \| Times Dispatch -Lessons Learned Samuel Kizer charged with malicious wounding and underage drinking Police: Man came from Nevada for sex with girl on MySpace Inquiry requested for ABC practices Tractor Trailer Scheduled To Jackknife On Bridge Today Stolle drafts bill to help freed Norfolk man get restitution Arrest made in series of commercial equipment thefts and vandalisms Thieves lure victim away from their target Gov. Kaine: Tech panel won't reconvene...Kaine says some don’t want Tech panel reconvened \| AP -Tech panel members willing to reconvene -Tech Families Want Shooting Investigation Reopened...want panel called back \| Washington Post -Roanoke Times: Ex-director took Cho file 'inadvertently'...Cho records surface, raise many questions -Times Dispatch: Ex-Tech official: Cho’s files removed by mistake...Discovery of Cho’s records brings more questions...Former clinic director had Cho mental health records -Washington Post: Va. Tech Shooter's Mental Files Turn Up -NY Times: Va. Tech Gunman’s Mental Health Records Found -AP: Va. Tech families frustrated as gunman's file surfaces -CBS6: Va. Tech gunman's mental health records found -NBC12: Doctor claims he obtained Cho records "inadvertently"...Virginia Tech: Two and a half years later?!?! -WRVA: Cho's Counseling Records Found Monroe passes key state test for police \| CBS6 \| Times Dispatch Teen accused in Landstown bomb plot charged as an adult Lt. McTernan Sector 311 Blog (via) Warner, Webb studying US carry-conceal proposal Prostitution Arrests Up in South Richmond Task Forces Reduces Violent Crime 80% Teen Finds Body In Strange Place...Body discovered at mobile home park Thieves make off with 18 bushes from Suffolk business Chris Brown Apologizes for Rihanna Assault \| AP \| EW \| LA Times Washington Post Debate NFL spokesman: No decision yet on Vick’s future...The Harsh Truth About Michael Vick's Future Vick Finishes Sentence; Future Is Cloudy \| AP \| WRVA -Will Vick Play This Season?...Vick shouldn't be allowed to play...NFL review of Vick 'ongoing'...Players association says Vick, executive director Smith have already met Michael Vick free from confinement today \| AP Northside Criminals Get A G.R.I.P. \| Times Dispatch Burglars steal food, pictures, jewelry from Chesterfield home Newport News killings spark concern Shooting near Mosby Court (First on Twitter) \| 19 Year Old Shot in Richmond's East End Investigation Calls Police Shooting 'Justified': Officers fatally shot mentally disabled man. Dealing with mentally ill a police focus (Roanoke) And it goes on...Suspect sought in South Richmond business shooting Exclusive: I met with the gun owner who saved lives in the Richmond Golden Market shooting last week (via Mr_Sterling)... Man who fatally wounded robber recounts tense shootout...Richmond Store owner grateful for man who shot robber Alleged robber of Golden Food Market dies ...Man charged in shooting at S. Richmond convenience store Cleaning Up Crime Along the Jeff Davis Corridor...Community vows to fight criminal element...Police, proprietors discuss crime in South Richmond ...Fear spreads with robberies on Jefferson Davis Highway...Nearby Business Owners React to Latest Convenience Store Shooting Richmond Convenience Store Owner Shot During Robbery...and suspect both shot on Jeff Davis...midday robbery...Robbed For Second Time In A Month Teen accused in Landstown bomb plot 'hard to miss' Hampton road crews work to stop Beach Road drag racing Bluetooth Crime Police Impersonator Scare At Area Day Care Metals are golden opportunity for thieves Alleged bribery attempt gets man in more trouble 76-year-old woman’s injuries in Richmond robbery more extensive than originally thought Gang graffiti seen as messages Curfew violators keeping police busy Richmond police tighten policy on take-home marked cars \| CBS6 -City Police: Calling Some Cars Suffolk shop owner won't face charges for killing burglar Child abducted in Virginia Beach reunited with parents...N.Y. police arrest man wanted in Va. Beach abduction SUSPECTS FOUND HIDING IN POND Racist Graffiti On The Triple Nickel Bridge In Ettrick 2 Break-In Stories -Chesterfield Bizarre Break-in -Man arrested following home invasion/shoot out Two Richmond Deputies Arrested Churches unite in Newport News to fight crime Daughter of Fallujah victim charged in Norfolk killing Richmond woman gets 8 years for murder plot Police probe multiple lawnmower thefts in Richmond On the Internet, some get tangled in own webs Don't Be Afraid of Social Media Man who sent e-mails is released Local Doctor Pleads Guilty To Federal Charges...Wrote thousands of prescriptions online without examining patients Roanoke Police chief defends officers in shooting Mother of Prince William victims forgives killer who is facing execution Beach police learn new ways to relate to mentally ill Danville fires officer who shot, killed miniature dachshund When leaving kids alone becomes felony child neglect Group warns Congress of racial extremists within U.S. military Melendez-Diaz v. Massachusetts (PDF) SCOTUS decision could impact DUI convictions...Will Supreme Court ruling hinder justice? Kaine’s spokesman on SCOTUS decision: “No one is taking this lightly”...Cuccinelli calls on Kaine to bring legislature back to Richmond Justices Rule Lab Analysts Must Testify on Results \| AP -Analysis: Is Melendez-Diaz already endangered? -Supreme Confrontation Bruce Smith scheduled for DUI hearing today in Va. Beach \| Daily Press Beach cancels bash for Bruce Smith after DUI conviction...Bruce Smith Breaks Redskins All-Time Record for Drunk Driving Arrests? Panel Recommends Juries Be Anonymous...Plan for anonymous jurors is bad idea 2 women injured in Fan District robberies this morning...Woman shot during robbery attempt on N. Strawberry St...Police Search for Suspect in Fan Robberies Two men robbed in Richmond's Museum District Police investigate VCU-area rape...Some Richmond residents step up safety precautions after sexual assault Probation office seeks new home Teens arrested for racy school photos Homicide brings security guard dangers into focus Website lets you vent about police: Posts include local departments Sticker shock for drug dealers More than 100 arrested in fugitive operation Ex-bus chief's records seized (Roanoke) The Barry Archives: Voicemails reveal depths of councilmember’s obsession with girlfriend. Morris trial: Police questioned veracity of statements Craigslist ad leads to theft of expensive fish Women suspects turn out to be men \| Mugshots Ex-VCU police chief’s trial delayed Daycare Tragedy Day-care vehicle cases not that rare State probing day-care center after toddler’s death...Daycare Closed for Second Day Following Baby's Death...Daycare Owner Talks to CBS 6 Boy, 1, found dead in van...RPD Investigating Death...Daycare worker facing charges -Sick of Sad Stories -1-year-old was in van at least 4 hours -Related: Mother shares story about infant son's death to educate parents Police form plan to combat property crime Armed robber steals cash, french fries from local fast food restaurant Prosecutors: 21 years ago, misery and envy led to killing Commonwealth attorney candidate attacks former boss Jail Stories -ACLU sends letter to jail officials, telling them to stop censorship -For Norfolk man wrongfully jailed, a long wait for restitution -Henrico sheriff’s deputies rack up overtime -Albemarle-Charlottesville Regional Jail inmates find freedom through music -Prisons, Industry at Odds On Jamming Cellphones in Maryland For teens, guns are cheap, available and everywhere Canine Crimes -Stolen puppy Chi Chi returned to Beach pet store -Lawmaker pushes law to help save pets, children -Michael Vick has zip to teach, but kids have lots to learn -Delivery driver attacked by Rottweiler guard dog -Dog wars: Does Albemarle bark law need more bite?...County muzzles tougher dog law -Thief takes dog, leaves everything else Missing Charlottesville man a ‘big mystery’ Lawsuit now accuses Xe contractors of murder, kidnapping Homeless man beaten with hammer

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Hard News, Politics McDonnell and Deeds pitch farmers in Goochland Friday...Deeds, McDonnell address farm forum Kaine's Weekend Travel and More Did Ukrops bungle the media storm? Here Are The Results of SurveyUSA Election Poll 14 Weeks Out, Republicans Sweep VA Statewide Contests -CBS6 \| NBC12 Who Killed the Rest Stops? Kaine Blames Cantor...The Blame Game Sustainable seas? Overfishing easing in places (via) Despite obstacles, watermen scored a healthy catch Oyster decline may bring harvesting ban Richmond mayor hears concerns of residents -Mark On The Mayor First Townhall Meeting Burbs Roundup -Proposed Chesterfield zoning ordinance amendment called "racist" -Henrico Approves $48 Million North Gayton Road Extension Project -Evictions are keeping sheriff's office busy -Rebecca Dickson, Goochland's new county administrator, was sworn in on Monday. -Powhatan Planning Commission will pick up comp plan talk today The 2009 Style Weekly Power List \| 1-10 \| 11-25 \| 26-50 \| 51-75 -The Fallen -Power Shift -Cocktail reception and panel discussion (Richmond's power structure and where it goes from here). Wednesday, Aug. 5, at 5:30 p.m. -As the next list of the area’s most powerful is released, why not tap into their skills, values and visions to begin an awakening in Richmond? Not on the list... Chesterfield’s Durfee stays an activist while serving in office Was Newport News politician a logical hire for ODU spot? Council approves Union Hill zoning, Downtown Master Plan...Council gives final approval to downtown master plan (TD Tag) -Amending the Downtown Master Plan - Villains and Heros -It All Comes Down To This -Downtown plan poses hurdle for Echo Harbour -The Downtown Plan: We're Champs at Long-Distance Quibbling VirginiaTalks.com Saturday, July 25, at 11 a.m. LiveStream \| @VirgniaTalks (use #VaGov) Virginia Gubernatorial Debate to be Broadcast Statewide -Behind the Scenes Video Journal -Previews: Free Lance Star \| Roanoke Times \| Times Dispatch \| Va Pilot \| WAHU -Deeds and McDonnell Prep for Saturday -Vox Populi Comes to the Gubernatorial Debates -Debate rhetoric heats up -Discouraged, but not dissuaded on debate prospect The Popularity Platform Goldman on Wilder: Don’t believe the hype...Douglas Wilder rejects Barack Obama's overture in Virginia governor's race...Wilder rejects White House plea to back Deeds Virginia Republicans look to 2009…and beyond Deeds Pulls in the President...Obama hitting the campaign trail for Deeds New Chesterfield high schools have higher energy costs CNBC's #1 State for Business Mechanicsville on magazine’s list of best small towns Inside the Marion Barry Love Triangle New federal food safety regs won’t impact small farms Time was when teachers and school administrators had to concern themselves with the possibility of children cheating on tests. Nowadays it’s the other way around. -Beware Their Cheating Hearts -The Cranky Taxpayer: Disability & Assessment Petersburg SOL testing investigation...State report: Petersburg students missed SOLs TRANSPORTATION VA Trains and Automobiles Truckers upset over closing rest stops...Grumbling greets closure of Virginia rest stops...Little rest for tired motorists in Va....Goochland Merchants react to last week’s rest stop closings With unveiling of road plan, McDonnell gears up race...Sell liquor to pay for roads...Virginia/North Carolina border tolls are urged Higher-speed rail diverted in Richmond Kaine revs up support for high-speed rail...High Speed Rail Within Reach \| RVANews Discussion More High Speed Rail It's baaack... -Twitter Feed -Henrico man says he found Harris Teeter logo inside a Ukrop's store -Ukrop's on the block, a look back -Crisis in Ukropia -grocery store market share Latest Mayor's Newsletter: Building a Better Richmond (via) Kaine Says He's Working 'All the Time' on Travels -Kaine travel for DNC is detailed \| AP RVANews and VCU’s School of Mass Comm Students 7 part series on homelessness in Richmond -Agencies seeing more homeless children -Herd of Turtles -7% Increase in Richmond’s Homeless Population Poverty: Who Cares? Proposed changes to Richmond's city charter Kocher to be university’s next chaplain Save Richmond: Six Years Later -Master Plan -CAPS and the Arts NEW RGL SECTION: The Virginia Governor's Race Gubernatorial candidates running on popularity platform Plan your stops: Rest areas closing this morning -Rest Areas Now Campaign Topic...Deeds, McDonnell say they oppose closing rest areas Billionaire Democratic Donor Sheila Johnson to Endorse Bob McDonnell for Virginia Governor Deeds lays out economic plan Obama political arm brings road show to Richmond Value-Added Statewide Candidate Reports (Donors by geography, industry) -Out-of-state groups pump $6 million into Va. gubernatorial race...Slicin' and Dicin' the Money Reports \| Part II \| AP Analysis: PennsylvaniaCs flex muscle in Va. gov.'s race Governor Hopefuls Veer Off The Trail \| WaPo's Candidate Tracker Youth Movement: Azeri judge rejects Hajizada’s appeal...Girlfriend says Hajizada’s injuries untreated as judge rejects detention appeal OL! Blog -Azerbaijan: Activists' support site goes down UR Professors sign letter supporting Hajizada as pretrial hearing delayed to July 20 \| Times Dispatch UR alum, activist arrested in Azerbaijan, possibly over government criticism...Hajizada’s life of activism began at Richmond, father says International Coverage: -Two Legs Good, Four Legs Bad -Youth Activists Beaten, Arrested In Azerbaijan, Denied Lawyers Millionaires, thank you very much Lifeboat involved in Somali pirate attack to visit Norfolk Wal-Mart spurns alternate to Virginia battlefield site Sens. Webb, Warner speak up on Wilderness Wal-Mart; Rep. Wittman keeping out of issue Day 6... -NO ARTICLES! cept this funny tweet: The first sign of the #Ukropalypse: crop circles at the CCV. -Twitter Feed Day 5... -Communication at Work: Trouble on Aisle 1 -NBC12: Ukrop’s, Ukrop’s, Ukrop’s -News from Doswell: Doswell Stop N’ Go Acquires Ukrops Supermarkets -Times Dispatch: Could Ukrop’s find buyer? Unrelated related: Unlikely Places to Find Love in Richmond: #1 Kroger Day 4... -The Checkout Girl: Left Behind News: Kirk Cameron Cast As Cart Boy -Richmond.com: Top 10 Things we Like About Ukrop's Unrelated related: C-Ville Cover: The corporate co-opting of "local" Trying to get a piece of the buy-local action, chains like Wal-Mart and Barnes & Noble roll out their own version of the idea -On (Not) Redefining “Shop Local” Day 3... -Buttermilk and Molasses: The Coming Ukropalypse Will Change Richmond's Psychic Landscape good dialogue happening -Café Darkness: who do I think I am? -CBS6: Ukrop's Sale Could Hurt Some Small Businesses -Richmond.com: The Ukropalypse Unrelated related: Rob Ukrop Talks Soccer \| WELCOME TO UKROP PARK, HOME OF RKYSC Day 2... -Richmond Magazine's Harry Kollatz: Whither Ukrop's? -TD: Ukrops CEO dismisses rumors of selling chain (First Edition)...FULL MEMO TO EMPLOYEES Please know that if anything changes with our company's direction, you and our customers will hear it from me and not fromt he rumor mill, blogs, or anonymouse sources...Ukrop’s Love/Hate -CBS6: Ukrop's For Sale, But no buyer's yet!...Bad Economy or Not, Ukrop's Could Find Buyer's Market...VCU Business School Professor Dr. David Urban on the possible sale of Ukrop's...History of Ukrop's...Ukrop's in Pictures...Discussion -NBC12: Ukrop’s: Rumor, Myth, Reality...Rumors of Ukrop's future flood internet referencing @Mr_Sterling's #Ukropalypse meme -BizSense: Richmond reacts to possible sale of Ukrop’s -Free Lance Star: Ukrop's CEO sends letter denying sale -Richmond.com: Ukrop's-Free Richmond? -Roanoke Times: Ukrop's appears on hunt for buyer Unrelated related: Suspects caught in Ukrop's holdup Ukrop's Super Markets Reportedly Exploring Sale Options For Its 28 Virginia Stores...Ukrops Supermarkets Selling Company?...CONFIRMED -Twitter Feed (First Tweets: @matthewgfreeman \| @edwardbbaldwin) -BizSense \| The Business Journal of the Greater Triad Area \| CBS6 \| Downtown Short Pump \| Free Lance Star \| NBC12 \| Richmond Magazine \| RVANews \| Style Weekly...Facebook \| Roanoke Times \| Times Dispatch \| WRIC8 \| WRVA -Blogger Reaction: Brandon Eats \| City-Data \| Good Times, Good Times \| Haiku Venue \| If it Tkes a Whole Life \| James River News \| Mr. Williamsburg \| One Way Richmond \| Richmond Food Collective \| Rockin N Richmond \| The Steve Cook Report \| SWAC Girl \| The World To Muse While Waiting For Roanoke The problem with too many media outlets...Internet Sources: Ukrop’s To Be Sold For $350 Katrillion, Begin Manufacturing Speedbikes Ukrops to Sell Out - You Heard it Here First -Rewind: A Peek Under the Ukrops Dress...When Not Really Risky = Extremely Hazardous to Your Financial Health...If You¹re Healthy And You Know It, Pay Back TARP The Good Fight: Given the lead Ukrop’s once held in the market — and its considerable effort to defeat the competition, is their loss a canary in the coal mine? The Suitors: -Ahold (aka Giant) \| Wikipedia -SuperValu (aka Albertson's/Shaw's) \| Wikipedia -Harris Teeter \| Wikipedia -Wegman's \| Wikipedia Special Section: Richmond Grocery Wars Hey Joe -Biden Time -Biden tells opponents of stimulus to “look around” to find success...target Cantor in Stimulus speech -Biden defends stimulus package in Henrico...challenges GOP on stimulus on Cantor's turf...Without Stimulus, U.S. Would Go Bankrupt...Up Next: Biden vs. Cantor Having mayor pick auditor is asking for trouble -MPW Waves Caution Flag on Mayor's Personal Auditor Richmond schools audit finds issues totaling $25,000 Some on Richmond council question proposed charter change regarding city auditor...Richmond Council gets look at possible changes to city charter Who Killed the Rest Stops? State has yet to get help for rest areas Kaine seeks waiver to allow businesses in place of rest areas...Request to privatize Virginia's rest stops gets boost...WRVA Audio...Despite pleas, state to shutter I-81 rest areas...Should Virginia's Rest Stops Be Commercialized? State should rethink rest-stop closures, AAA says Closing rest areas to have wide impact State will mothball rest stops for possible reopenings...Cantor Against Commercialization Of Rest Areas VDOT Safety Service Patrols in Fredericksburg area first on the scene to crashes, stranded motorists Governor Race Roundup -The More Debates, The Better -McAuliffe spends $95 per vote in Va. gov. race -Virginia Governor Poll: McDonnell 44%, Deeds 41% -Deeds' big donors outraise McDonnell Style Cover: The Magic Bullet An energized economy! A rejuvenated city! A 90-minute commute to D.C.! Why the supercharged dream of high-speed rail through Richmond may be just that — a dream. -The Slow Track Norfolk mayor says overpricing may hurt region's rail hopes Low Speed Rail: Plans are on track to rescue a trio of historic steam locomotives from a Roanoke scrap yard Virginia gets in line for high-speed rail funding...Va. will apply for stimulus rail funds...State seeks billions for high-speed rail Low Riders, New Plans: The Politics of Bus Routes Mayor wants city to buy GRTC site near Fan Fan Free Clinic’s Norma Schantz dies Virginia Gubernatorial Debate to be Broadcast Statewide The Virginia Bar Association Partners with VirginiaTalks.com -More on VBA Streaming Debate City’s downtown-plan process nears end...sets July 27 vote on downtown plan -The Downtown Plan: At the End, Again, Again, Again...Buttermilk and Molasses Special Series: Downtown Plan -D.M.P. vs Echo Harbour: Round 153 -Developing Richmond’s Waterfront -Amending the Downtown Master Plan - Villains and Heros -Samuels stirs council to keep Character Area Designation -Twitter: #citycouncil Businessman leads forum on future of riverfront...The Downtown Plan: Conversation Returns to the River Dueling petitions on Echo Harbor? Richmond doesn’t need more parkland. It needs better parks and better funding. A more sensible approach to riverfront development would help bring that about...Whence Comes the Editor...Comments From Style on the DMP Let’s make sure Richmond’s gem doesn’t lose its luster Chronic plague at City Hall Losing bidder complained to Richmond about cruiser contract $1 million Richmond police car deal broke rules...Commonwealth’s attorney to probe Richmond police-car deal -Wilder Still...Doug Wilder: Out of Office, In the News...Wilder’s Legacy: Defining the Balance of Power Some on Richmond council question proposed charter change regarding city auditor...Richmond Council gets look at possible changes to city charter Preservationists square off over proposed Wal-Mart Four people burned at Hanover Tomato Festival, two severely burned by Funnel Cake Oil Va. residential fires often cooking-related Debate to be Available Online...Deeds-McDonnell debate to be streamed live on Web First Debate: The Virginia Bar Association Debate The Homestead Resort July 25th 11 a.m. -VirginiaTalks.com \| Facebook \| Twitter -Rewind: First debate set for July 25 in governor's race McDonnell challenges Deeds to series of debates McDonnell Leads Deeds In Poll...Two polls, one curious statistical finding The Courting of Wilder Continues Deeds' son charged with alcohol possession \| AP \| Times Dispatch \| Washington Post For Kocher, chaplaincy should gracefully engage questions of difference In forum, finalist for UR chaplain says he would welcome, support all in community...Experience of past exclusion drives chaplain finalist’s desire for inclusive campus Was Richmond Involved In Federal Building Investigation? After 5 years, upgrades in region's tunnels not complete...Massive traffic jam draws attention to overdue repairs VDOT fields questions over what went wrong in HRBT...VDOT officials blame pipe rupture for tunnel flooding...Virginia GOP lawmakers call for inquiry of HRBT jam Will turn of calendar signal new page for Richmond area? Many in Richmond area struggling to cope as economic downtown drags on STYLE COVER: The Pageantry of Pleasantry In his first six months Mayor Dwight Jones eschews the bully pulpit for a kinder, gentler approach. Is it a lack of leadership or a savvy opening salvo? -Dwight Jones, One Affable Piece of Glass $1 million Richmond police car deal broke rules Federal audit looks into how city used funds to clean up Battery Park. BAD WATER 2009: THE IMPACT ON HUMAN HEALTH IN THE CHESAPEAKE BAY REGION (Full Report PDF) -Report: Chesapeake Bay is ripe for breeding bacteria -Is Flesh-Eating Disease on Rise? Planned Virginia regulations would govern storm runoff Possible Small Earthquake Rattles Western Richmond Overnight...Short Pump Family At Epicenter Of Magnitude 2.3 Earthquake -Story Breaks (or Rumbles) on Twitter...12 Hours Later -For Those About to Rock -The Epicenter in the Backyard Missing Chesterfield barber is found dead \| CBS6 \| NBC12 Fireworks truck explodes on Ocracoke; 3 dead, 2 hurt...Fourth person dies...Victims of N.C. blast were contractors for S.C. company...Explosion reveals gaps in regulation of fireworks crews...Site of fatal explosion had not been inspected...Deadly July Fourth blast continues to rattle island Parents' mission is mental health education Times Dispatch's Sunday Business Case Studies: -Crutchfield Corp. surviving recession with multistep approach -A shop full of memories -3north diversifies to blunt effects of economy To Be or Not to Be Fairfax Co.? Can you pass the citizenship test? 66 to take citizenship oath at Monticello...It took years, but Juan Martinez is proud to be a U.S. citizen -Time Wastes Too Fast A Declaration … of Sorts Chief Justice John Marshall of Richmond helped shape America Boom time: Demolition for Charlottesville public housing? Lifeline to Larry? Will Congress save Sabato’s program? New July 1 Laws \| Richmond Sunlight Richmond considers tax exemption to spur growth...A Rare Moment of Brilliance from City Council \| CHPN City Residents On Latest Ballpark Plan: ‘For The Holy Love Of God Please Make It Stop’ Baseball in Richmond South of the River Enter: Manchester -Add Manchester to the List -MPW: A riverside Richmond ballpark could work -Manchester Pitched As New Ballpark Site -baseball for Manchester? -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 Richmond Baseball: Scorecard 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 -Uniting Richmond's Baseball Fans...Charlie's olive branch -Diradour still swinging for baseball at The Diamond -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...Is Diradour Supporting Baseball or Running for Office? New owners willing to make upgrades to The Diamond Eastern League Still Heading To Richmond...Connecticut Defenders make a lasting impression...Eastern League not yet ready to identify Richmond’s new franchise...Defenders: Parties silent following vote...Future looks bright...Eastern League planning to take Richmond by storm Petersburg Generals filling void for some Richmond-area baseball fans...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. Whatever you call him — dynamo, ‘benign dictator,’ legend — he’s releasing the reins on the city within a city that he built Trani’s last day -CBS6 -Fan District Hub -NBC12 Trani tree...VCU School of Engineering Scholarships Recognize Former President Eugene P. Trani Rewind: VCU Scandals	Features, Entertainment, Life RMA negotiating with Eastern League team on lease...Identification of Richmond’s next baseball franchise possible this week -Eastern League primer, and a Richmond baseball timeline since Braves announced they were leaving Let’s right sad state of cemeteries The Lurid Art of Robert Ullman Pickin', grinnin' and teachin' at Hollins University's annual FiddleFest Filmmakers shoot Fredericksburg scenes for documentary on South Carolinian who won his enemies' gratitude for risky act of charity The Fast and the furious: New gym says slashing your workout time can make you fitter Richmond's Pocket Parks = Hidden Gems Paradise Found -Paradise Park: Twitter \| Facebook The Canal Walk Nations Brings Drag Race to the Masses Lamb of God DVD goes platinum IRL Not Coming To Richmond In 2010 \| Times Dispatch \| AP Black scholars help Museum of the Confederacy Urban Smackdown: Richmond vs. Norfolk Drive-in to open next month City’s homeless soccer squad headed to D.C. Governor Kaine Lends a Hand at Pocahontas New program called "Montpelier Excursions" combines history with inns, meals and more FloydFest quickly gets into its groove...The secret's out at Floydfest -FloydFeast Virginia Rocks! \| Official Site (Facebook) -Daily Progress \| Franklin News Post \| Style Weekly \| WDBJ \| WVTF Audio Short Pump Catchphrase Contest The State of Jazz (In Richmond) Changing the World: ChildFund International’s Anne Lynam Goddard Buying Local -recession is near shop local. the decline of western civilization -Spend Some Time Discovering the Region’s Best Experiences...Silvestri Issues Tourism Call to Action -Retail Merchants message: ‘Think. Shop. Buy. Local’...Think. Shop. Buy. Local...Does your TSBL decal tell a great story? -A new push to shop local -Month of Independents! \| Chop Suey -The 3/50 Project \| 350 Project -RGL Special Section: Buy Local! The Arts... Compared to “nuclear-plant” design, VCU’s proposed art gallery must find a new home...Not On Our Block Art On Trial Exit Stage 1...The Final Curtain The Evening at Morton’s: Arts in Richmond: Culture at the Crossroads Tuesday July 21 6 pm...An Evening at Morton's: When Art and Red Meat Collide Janine Bell, Elegba Folklore Society; David Fisk, Richmond Symphony; Ana Ines King, Latin Ballet of Virginia; Harry Kollatz, Richmond Magazine; Christina Newton, Curated Culture -Rest Stops, Cultural Conversation and (Maybe) Me on TV -An Evening at Morton's: I've Been Promoted D'Angelo Is Alive and (Not So) Well and Living in Richmond The Virginia Metal Alliance Lady Byrd building owner has plans for bankrupt Toad’s Place -What the Bottom Needs Now Is Not Another Rock Club Hanover official: Missing dog case ‘a real tragedy’ Virginia Museum of Fine Arts Acquires Fischer Collection of German Expressionism, Considered to be One of the Finest of its Kind in Existence \| Times Dispatch \| Art Daily Study says men waiting longer to get married in Richmond -When men are scarce, good men are even harder to find: Life history, the sex ratio, and the proportion of men married. The Latest Real World DC News SAVE McIntire Park... from what? Hey! We're looking for 52 fun things to do in Richmond for a project! Tweet your favorite things and tag it #52RVA -#52RVA Detailed Spoilers - WWE SmackDown Taping Results For 7/24 In BJ Upton, a bright ray glows anew New RVAMagazine: RVA's Irregular Broadcast Where to get Fish Tacos Statue: ‘I’m Gay’ Eastern League “closing in” on announcement of Richmond’s new baseball franchise OMGWTFRVA's Fan Bar Guide Surfing the North Carolina Coast...Must See: Surfing, With a Dark Edge Bopst Show 64 At 102 years old, Roanoke's Charles "Hap" Fisher continues to publish his research and is living independently. Memorial Pause Restorer Guy, the newest Richmond television series, premiers on Tuesday The Business of Leisure Virgina Beach kayakers paddle down the course of history From the Newsroom: Restaurant reviewer considers many angles Mrs. Rowe's recipes live on in new cookbook Teens and adults from Hopeful Baptist Church in Montpelier are sacrificing part of their summer to refurbish homes for the poor through the international group World Changers Black students recount early days of integration...Assignment: Massive Resistance Virginians Reflect on Massive Resistance...Former Va. governor recalls struggle to integrate Times-Dispatch editorial expresses regret for Massive Resistance -Va Paper Apologizes For Segregation Role -RT-D's Massive Resistance apology -FIFTY YEARS LATER: REVISITING THE LEGACY OF MASSIVE RESISTANCE During Massive Resistance, civil rights lawyers faced an unexpected, behind-the-scenes campaign to discredit the NAACP. Va. teachers get close look at Massive Resistance VA Historical Society: Massive Resistance Storming a beach? It's how SEALs celebrate (Segway) Polo, on 21st century steeds Dreda McCreary’s mission is clear: minimize mosquitoes The Richmond 48 Hour Film Project -Teams have just 48 hours to make a film this weekend...This FridayReady, set, film: 48-Hour Film Project -Montage Studios/Hand Turkey studio: 48h Film Project \| Follow @handturkey48 -48 Hour Film Project invades Richmond…again -What Was the First Acting Job You Booked in Hollywood? Higher tides affecting entire East Coast region Parks are booming as people look for inexpensive vacations Visiting Old Rag—reservation required Tobacco Avenue Cheer up: -Place On Corner That Probably Sells Weed Tested To See If It Definitely Sells Weed -Have A Nice Day Cafe Employee Having Absolutely Miserable Day Living off the land: Roanokers cultivate the benefits of a community garden Richmond Rocky Horror Grand Finale Friday, July 17 :: The Midnight Show Movieland 1301 North Boulevard The event culminates with a shadow performance by the cast Friday night at Movieland during a screening of the film version of The Rocky Horror Picture Show. The cast will be donating their personal proceeds from this special performance to AIDSWalk. For more information on the cast, visit their MySpace. Bar-Food Hopping at DC White-Cloth Restaurants DesignSponge's richmond, virginia guide! Poolside garden creates backyard paradise Ghost story: Strange sightings in Chesterfield CAPS Follow-UP -Help us create a list for council. -An Uneasy Start to Cultural Treaty -Gallery 5 Takes the Lead on Cultural Revolution -Eddie Money Song...C.A.P.S did it again. This time it was the artspace Tinderbox Counterpoint: Why we should keep the Richmond Admissions Tax Taxing Tickets is Strangling Show Business -Richmond's Great Rock and Roll Swindle...Apologies from Buttermilk Molasses Blog Post -Dear CAPS, Stop Taxing Culture! Rewind: Cultural Insanity Maynor a shining star for CAA basketball...If you read our first two scrimmage recaps, it's obvious that we were impressed by Larry Sanders. -Follow @larry_sanders1 @EMaynor3 on Twitter The River...BE CAREFUL! Swift water rescue training in Richmond...Richmond Swift Water Rescue Team serve residents year-round, but need to be on the top of their game in the summer...warn about hidden dangers when taking a trip to the river Search Crews Find Body of Missing Man in the Appomattox River Apparent Adolescent Drowning Rocks Richmond Family...Missing teen's body found in James River Gloucester Point Beach Tragedy: Eyewitness to boy's drowning says the water quietly took him A bawdy good time...When The Rain Washes You Clean, You’ll Know Pasties and Pizza Variatease Richmond’s reborn city center a reason to celebrate, unite* The Bopst Show 63 Men’s Health: America’s Top Sports Towns -As a sports town, Richmond is just D-ifferent -Survey Says: Richmond Not a Sports Town -The best and worst cities for sports (Richmond #92 of 100) Animal Planet -Suffolk animal shelter reopens after making some changes -Rabid Raccoon Caught Inside Maymont -New N.C. law designed to keep visitors, wild horses safe -Hanover Residents Exposed to Rabid Kitten...17 Exposed To Rabies -Update on rats in Gilpin Court -New Web site lists eagle nests...VaEagles website ~~Richmond Fair now to begin Sunday~~...Richmond Fair will not go on as planned this Sunday Security concerns may keep fair out of Richmond... Halted by No Permits From Richmond Police Department Rewind: Richmond Fair planned for July 17-26...No Baseball At The Diamond But Maybe A Fair?...Fair Possibly Coming To The Diamond...Fair may be set for Diamond -Banana Derby R-Braves fans still finds ways to get baseball fix NYT's Inside the List: Matthew Crawford’s “Shop Class as Soulcraft” -Original Essay: Shop Class as Soulcraft -Rewind: NYT Review (Francis Fukuyama) \| The Case for Working With Your Hands \| Slate Review: Heidegger and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance GWAR, Me, and the Onrushing Grip of Death: Part 6 -Part 5 \| Part 4 \| Part 3 \| Part 2 \| Part 1 -GWAR.net Here's the skinny: This dip was for a record Dream links Smith Mountain Lake and movie for independent producer Reservoir shoreline requires diligence Pilgrimage of faith: Holy Land USA a tourist attraction, spiritual journey ‘Lost Boy’ leaves mark on Lynchburg The Lost City of Elko Look out! The sting of jellyfish may be up in Hampton Roads waters James River Run-off Run-down Stepping up to the plate: Local (Cville) chefs take on the challenge of Restaurant Week -Cassis measures up...Bel Rio, Fossett’s offer encore Americans Should ‘Teach Drinking’…Or At Least Discuss It July 10-11 Bicycle Film Festival Gallery 5 Richmond Rocky Horror Week...A week of “Rocky Horror” Peep This! premiers Sunday FOOD INC. Film Showing in Richmond: Lisa Taranto to Participate on Panel \| Menu of a Mission \| Food, Inc You Guys Don’t Even Know Why I’m Standing Here, Do You? More Tobacco Avenue Classics: -I Big Tower -Lonely Richmond Brave Diagnosed With Depression Free MORTON'S STEAK SANDWICHES! Thu 4:30 PM (follow the Twitter) All in a dane’s work; Charlottesville-based group trains animals to help humans \| Video Lasting bonds: Riding provides comfort for local teen Iverson kicks off camp in his hometown...AI advice: Gangs only lead to jail or death THIS IS RICHMOND PART ONE: GULL LIVE New Restaurants! -Two new restaurants on the way (old Pomegranate space, Marshall and 2nd) -What's New: Greek in Carytown and Brazilian in the Slip -Latest Style Short Order -Dish: New Eats in Carytown Richmond vs. Reality Food Shows No consensus on dealing with fire ants, but many ideas Virginia Department of Game and Inland Fisheries director aims to ensure agency is ‘built to last’ MISSION ACCOMPLISHED source: MVN VOTE NOW \| Mobile Voting Tigers' Brandon Inge takes lead in All-Star Game's Final Vote...Inge in close battle for All-Star Final Vote Brandon Inge (VCU 1996-1998) FOR THE LOVE OF THE GAME: THE STORY OF BRANDON INGE...VCU Hall of Fame Campaign -Operation Send Brandon Inge to the All Star Game -Whitecaps launch campaign to get Tigers' Brandon Inge voted into All-Star game -Vote drive gets going for Tigers' Inge The Case -Brandon Inge: All-Star On and Off the Field -Vote, Vote and Vote again for Brandon Inge -Sorry Granderson, Inge's season is more All-Star worthy -Managers: Leyland: Inge should be on All-Star team...Tigers' Brandon Inge wowed by Alan Trammell's praise The James River Runs Through It When she couldn’t find a book she liked, Richmond mother wrote one Commissary officials raising the bar on customer service James River 'ghost fleet' shrinks to smallest size ever Historical markers, walking trail going in at Fredericksburg's lesser-known battlefield Author Grisham writing movie script about Norfolk murder A noteworthy spot on the map… Virginia Has Instituted New Permit Fee For Some Forest Uses The Bopst Show 62 Welcome center discourages brochure-grabbing, but area tourism centers ready to distribute materials Roanoke mom Jo Ann Foster: Giving birth at age 50 Hung out to dry Clotheslines blow through culture again -Y’all wanna see my underpants? Discussion My summer at Busch Gardens in Williamsburg Net results: Walter Johnson to be honored in Tennis Hall of Fame Manassas lad lands top Pokemon rank Parking at Pony Pasture Jumping off the Cliffs at Smith Mountain Lake: A risky maneuver Catching Up: D’Angelo’s “Brown Sugar” Snake expert shares tips with first responders BLACK DOG -Legendary Richmond Chow found dead Thursday morning -Black Dog has passed, but his memories live on...Black Dog: A Mystical Friend Who Strayed Into the Lives of Many -Black Dog, RIP July 2, 2009 -Black Dog Lessons -A Legend is Gone -Black Dog Dies -Ode to a Muse -Black Dog Can Teach Us All -Friends of Black Dog Facebook \| Twitter #blackdog SPCA creates Black Dog fund Twitter Ticker: Inside the Newsroom 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 Blue catfish: The new shark of the James...About the blue catfish 'A predator on par with a shark' 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 \| godihateyourband \| Happily Natural \| Don Harrison (Tribute Radio Show) \| DL Hopkins \| Lost Art of the City \| MattOnFire \| NBC12 (radio story) \| Pete Humes \| 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 Fourth of July Guides Sticky Message of the Day -Richmond.com -Road Trips for Families -RVANews -Times Dispatch -Virginia Tourism	*Tech, Green, Media* Kaine: VITA should be under governor’s control \| AP Technology Partnership Has Made Important Progress in a Few Years Virginia's CBI getting $2.6M for biofilm tech...Commonwealth Biotechnologies, Inc. Receives NASDAQ Notice of Delisting Blacksburg's Intrexon: Branching out in biotech Richmond Int'l Raceway launches website -RIR The Washington Post Company Reports Second Quarter Earnings The Washington Post Revamps Mobile Products -Features Aneesh, Vivek, and the Gov EXILED: 10SBoulevard Blogger Evicted For Hyper Local News Site -Evicted for Blogging? \| WOTBN Blogger has his say with 'Buttermilk and Molasses'...NBC12 Doesn't Call Buttermilk the "Elder Statesman" Richmond-based Compleo puts social media to work True tales from Richmond’s Lost & Found Local Man Hailed As Hero After Beating Self-Proclaimed Social Media Expert Within Inches Of Life My talks from #SMCRVA and #SM4SC by @gradontripp Jepson hosts Strategic Leadership and Social Media for Social Good conference July 24 \| Live Webcast \| Live Blogging -Social media and nonprofits…before -Follow #sm4sg -@sm4sg Videos by @urichmond -Sandra Peart and Jon Newman...Presentation -Progress and Predictions w Keynote Gradon Tripp...Presentation Slide Show -Case Studies and Best Ideas Panel (part 1) -Case Studies and Best Ideas Panel (part 2) Social media and nonprofits….after…the big opportunity by @jonnew 4 Free Places to List Your Richmond Nonprofit by @RichmondWiki Will Social Media Momentum Build in Richmond? by @sarvay Social Media Club Richmond enjoys a night at Virginia Museum of Fine Arts on July 23 by @dwestjr Social Media for Non-Profit Organizations July 23 Virginia Museum of Fine Arts 5:30 PM featuring Boston based @gradontripp founder of Social Media for Social Change...It’s Gonna Be a Busy Summer -Follow #SMCRVA -@SMCRVA -Non-Profits on Twitter -Rewind: SMCRVA Timeline SMCRVA Summary: Social Media for Social Change...SMCRVA After Party by @OMGWTFRVA Richmond’s Social Media for Social Good by @Richmondmom Weekend Update With TCG by @thecheckoutgirl Taking AOL Back: Forget Platform-A; It’s Just AOL Advertising Now...Interview: AOL’s Levick: ‘Platform-A Didn’t Make Us Work Better; It Just Made Clients Confused’ AOL Legends Steve Case, Ted Leonsis Join Tim Armstrong For 100-Day 'Revival' Meeting Blu mag: New Valley pub launches -Blu Magazine NSF’s Big Bucks! Officials woo nanotech firms for new site in Pulaski County Students take robots for a day by the pool in Franklin Media General share price and first quarter income on the rise...Media General Jumps on 46% Operating Profit Gain...Swings To 2Q Profit On Cost Cuts...TV Revenues Drop 21 Percent VITA pays contractor $9,000 over life of a laptop...Northrop Grumman running late on Va. computer work...VITA contract a fraction of state’s IT spending Kaine criticizes VITA oversight structure...IT agency should report to governor Radio For the Rest of Us: WRIR's Evolution -WRIR SHOW PROFILE: Cause and Effect -WRIR SHOW PROFILE: The Lounge -WRIR SHOW PROFILE: Midnight Soulstice New communication tools for Chesterfield public schools...Chesterfield Schools Go Social Media -@ccpsinfo Introducing Punch Drunk...Jack The Newest Style Weekly Columnist: Jack Goes Forth...Rewind: This Is The End... Norfolk's Spanish-language station is more than music SB Nation Secures New Round of Funding \| Tech Journal South -SB Nation Cox Enterprises agrees to sell 13 N.C. newspapers How to Poorly Represent for Your Brand in 140 Characters or Less -In The Wide Open Web Everyone’s Watching Event: Social Matchbox DC Summer 2009 -Social Matchbox Southern Capitol Ventures invites entrepreneurs to Monday feedback sessions -Calling All Entrepreneurs - North Carolina "Halfway House" aids startups between incubator and stand alone stage Social media @ work Computer crash a tourism disaster Forbes.com names 'Virginia is for Lovers' as one of the top 10 all-time best travel slogans Richmond students rediscover fiction after a half-century absence Job seeking goes high-tech New AOL Chief to Staff: Think Bigger AOL Acquires MMAFighting.com -MMAFighting.com Vivek: One Stop Cloud Shop Longtime T-D science writer recalls covering first moon landing UVA astronaut recalls first moon landing, career Local man helped recover Apollo 11 capsule Model rocket builders gather in Swoope launch field Will we ever go back to the moon? We Choose the Moon -Twitter: @ap11_capcom @ap11_eagle @ap11_spacecraft -Mashable: HOW TO: Experience the Apollo 11 Moon Landing in Realtime -Times Dispatch: Apollo 11 mission to the moon to be re-created online \| Special Report -Developed by the Martin Agency \| Press Release Langley was NASA's crown jewel...Langley's bold landing plan helped NASA reach its goal \| Langley played huge role in putting man on the moon Listen to the Apollo 11 Radiocast NASA’s Needs Kirby Carmichael's Return Republicans say Kaine fumbled deal with Apple Richmond Partnership leader brings big investment to area New Website for Partnership -The Greater Richmond Partnership -Designed by Rick Whittington Consulting Funny-looking Beach radar station is serious business WVEC's general manager and president loses his job Owner of Norfolk TV station fears debt load The End Of This Young House...Introducing Young House Love Kaine asked to stall technology contract changes Tech system's issues to be fixed, officials say Council: IT agency wrongly called closed meeting Disputed Va. IT bill was paid improperly More VITA Seniors caught using cell phones to cheat on test Longtime UVa media liaison dies at 46 Don't Be Afraid of Social Media besocial, bemarketable, bebranded seminar AOL: More Layoffs Inevitable OMGWTFRVA Banner Advertising -OMGWTFRVA.NET 10 Twitter Search Engines, 1 Page Kucinich: Smarter Transparency Is Social Media Dead? -Social Media: The Plateau Depends on Your Vantage Point Click by Click, Reviewers Gain Clout What you've been told about entrepreneurship is wrong! A Year Later… practicing physician who gave it up to run MacRumors.com and start other web projects. Richmond’s New Rock Alt moving to 100.9 Start-ups navigate in choppy waters Lite 98’s Bill Bevins’ Weekend To Involve A Ton Of Aerosmith Under water: What do Media General’s financial woes mean for The Daily Progress? What’s in The Daily Progress’ Future? Days numbered for Media General magazine? Sources: Brick Weekly Apparently Still Publishing Records of freed Va. slaves placed online...African-American project completed Daiy Press Special Series: Our (Hampton Roads) rising tide of technology -Tech boom set to leave military sector behind -Area's schools are a pipeline for high-tech jobs -Modeling and simulation looks like fun, but it's serious stuff. -EVMS leads the way in medical research, technology in Hampton Roads -For shipyard engineers, the future is now...High-tech equipment testers 'prove it can be done' -Jefferson Lab: A world-class facility to study nuclear physics...creates better way to discover breast cancer...employee invents low-tech gizmo to protect high-tech devices -Boeing is latest entry into high-tech field -Lockheed Martin thinks outside the box with Suffolk center -FGM helps military take aim at mountains of data -Virtual reality means genuine hope for the Hampton Roads economy -Military fuels modeling system growth -Region's proud past, bright future -Company's dream grows from garage to aerospace -York contractor's project aims for the space station Obama taps Stauntonian Collins to lead NIH \| White House NASA successfully tests escape pod at Wallops Island Do you know what your child's text message says? -OMG, Text message abbreviation quiz New Monthly Magazine Greater Richmond GRID...Announcement a magazine and web channel that captures metropolitan Richmond’s diverse and interesting people, cultural vibrancy and business innovations The new managing editor of Richmond Magazine's R.Home: Brandon Fox -R.Home -Brandon Eats Tomatoes at Richmond Magazine In the world of advertising, he married art and words One Dating Column Enters This is How We Do It One Date Column Leaves Robot Hearts Richmond.com Has 3 Dating Columns! -Caroline's Plate: @carolinesplate #Set-Ups: A Discussion on Set-Ups via Social Media -Krissy in the City: Single and Not Looking? -Vic in a Box: Pick-Up Lines: Eh? ..and don't forget to check out @thecheckoutgirl in Belle Six Reasons to Stick with Your Startup: Survival Stories from the Trenches -Jolie O'Dell Hones in on the Perils of the Startup (Like Floricane) Twitter can be a profitable tool for marketing featuring @madmain @SeanHVAC How Tweet It Is: Richmond Organizations Embrace Social Media featuring @lewisginter @rvabusiness @smcrva @vmfa -Richmond.com Explores Richmond on Twitter Marketing firms look to Twitter instead of newspapers...Spinning the Web: P.R. in Silicon Valley Richmonder Terry Taylor (@ttaylordude) Writing Real-Time Novel on Twitter -Tweet, You’re Dead The 4th PR idea…ok, maybe 3 1/2 Welcome to the dream blog -SleepBetter.org \| @dream_bigger \| Carpenter Co (Richmond, VA) Virginia Lottery Ad Filmed On Cleveland Street Released North Carolina and other states spar with Web retailers Virginia's Razorsight sees $3M in financing Infrastructure Never Secure? Mediaite.com Focuses on Celebrity of Journalism Researchers Strive to Emulate Efficiency of the Brain Start-Ups Say Innovation Doesn't Grow on Trees Virginia Is #1 For Lovers Picking Your Battles: Goodbye cVillain -Local Blog cVillain Says Goodbye...Sad Cvillain... -We Settled the Rosenberg Lawsuit for $750 PR Case Study: Re-Discovering Lewis Ginter Botanical Gardens Richmond Bloggers Visit Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden! -All Things Richmond \| EPICURIOUSITY \| Hills and Heights \| Oregon Hill \| RichmondMom.com Green Tonic- Urban Gardening Symposium At Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden Audio from July’s New Media Seminars (How Social Media Changed Everything in PR) Underground petroleum tanks mar Albemarle drinking water WTF? OMGWTFRVA.COM versus? 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 Tech Calendar July 21, 2009 Refresh Happy Hour 6:00 - 8:00, Home Team Grill (1630 W. Main St.) July 23, 2009 Social Media Club Presents Social Media for Non-Profit Organizations \| @SMCRVA Virginia Museum of Fine Arts 5:30PM July 24, 2009 Strategic Leadership and Social Media for Social Good conference \| @SM4SG University of Richmond	The Dickensian Side of RIC also see Youth Volunteering Hobby or harassment? Blogger Strom jailed for cop site -A persistent blogger annoys police -- and winds up in jail State revokes day care’s license after child’s death Mother, son indicted in toddler’s death in day-care van \| CBS6 -Excuse me… You’re indicted 11 day cares in Va. left children behind since January 2007 Daycare Death Update...Will Yellow Brick Road Daycare Lose It's License?...Investigators urge revoking day-care’s license Richmond Police Officer Shoots Pit Bull Hate graffiti found in Bryan Park It's deja vu all over again in child porn case Sex Offender Registry: Some say it goes too far Vick's bankruptcy attorneys defend their fees Vick to take part in community celebration in Newport News...Organizers plan Vick “celebration” in his hometown Michael Vick Reaction -Reaction to reinstatement of Vick to NFL (Robin Starr is the chief executive officer of the Richmond SPCA) -Animal rights activist says Michael Vick can help -Experts: Vick Image Rehab Possible, But Unlikely -The Reinvention of Michael Vick -Michael Vick Should Work, but Never Again in the NFL -If NFL signs Vick, it will send wrong message -What Michael Vick Needs to Do Now -Nix the Vick-can-play talk, backing up is his future -Michael Vick - The "Anti-Vick" team list -Why no interest in Vick? -Tim's Take: Michael Vick's reinstatement -Lovie Smith adamant Michael Vick deserves second chance in NFL Chesterfield Police Track Vandals Detectives, owner of escort service expected to testify in murder trial today...Jury considers sentence in Chesterfield motel slaying today Man charged with passing phony bill As President Obama considers a new U.S. attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia, former prosecutors and public defenders say there has been overzealous prosecution and sentencing for drug cases in Richmond's federal court. New Richmond jail on fast track...$140 million project in the works Sheriff's Office reserves most take-home cars for the ranking deputies. Restaurant delivery driver fatally shot...Richmond Police Releasing Few Clues...Richmond police working to ID slain deliveryman -Food delivery drivers talk about job dangers after deadly shooting -Chinese-American group rallies to aid victim’s family Richmond Officers Found Not Guilty \| Times Dispatch -Lessons Learned Samuel Kizer charged with malicious wounding and underage drinking Police: Man came from Nevada for sex with girl on MySpace Inquiry requested for ABC practices Tractor Trailer Scheduled To Jackknife On Bridge Today Stolle drafts bill to help freed Norfolk man get restitution Arrest made in series of commercial equipment thefts and vandalisms Thieves lure victim away from their target Gov. Kaine: Tech panel won't reconvene...Kaine says some don’t want Tech panel reconvened \| AP -Tech panel members willing to reconvene -Tech Families Want Shooting Investigation Reopened...want panel called back \| Washington Post -Roanoke Times: Ex-director took Cho file 'inadvertently'...Cho records surface, raise many questions -Times Dispatch: Ex-Tech official: Cho’s files removed by mistake...Discovery of Cho’s records brings more questions...Former clinic director had Cho mental health records -Washington Post: Va. Tech Shooter's Mental Files Turn Up -NY Times: Va. Tech Gunman’s Mental Health Records Found -AP: Va. Tech families frustrated as gunman's file surfaces -CBS6: Va. Tech gunman's mental health records found -NBC12: Doctor claims he obtained Cho records "inadvertently"...Virginia Tech: Two and a half years later?!?! -WRVA: Cho's Counseling Records Found Monroe passes key state test for police \| CBS6 \| Times Dispatch Teen accused in Landstown bomb plot charged as an adult Lt. McTernan Sector 311 Blog (via) Warner, Webb studying US carry-conceal proposal Prostitution Arrests Up in South Richmond Task Forces Reduces Violent Crime 80% Teen Finds Body In Strange Place...Body discovered at mobile home park Thieves make off with 18 bushes from Suffolk business Chris Brown Apologizes for Rihanna Assault \| AP \| EW \| LA Times Washington Post Debate NFL spokesman: No decision yet on Vick’s future...The Harsh Truth About Michael Vick's Future Vick Finishes Sentence; Future Is Cloudy \| AP \| WRVA -Will Vick Play This Season?...Vick shouldn't be allowed to play...NFL review of Vick 'ongoing'...Players association says Vick, executive director Smith have already met Michael Vick free from confinement today \| AP Northside Criminals Get A G.R.I.P. \| Times Dispatch Burglars steal food, pictures, jewelry from Chesterfield home Newport News killings spark concern Shooting near Mosby Court (First on Twitter) \| 19 Year Old Shot in Richmond's East End Investigation Calls Police Shooting 'Justified': Officers fatally shot mentally disabled man. Dealing with mentally ill a police focus (Roanoke) And it goes on...Suspect sought in South Richmond business shooting Exclusive: I met with the gun owner who saved lives in the Richmond Golden Market shooting last week (via Mr_Sterling)... Man who fatally wounded robber recounts tense shootout...Richmond Store owner grateful for man who shot robber Alleged robber of Golden Food Market dies ...Man charged in shooting at S. Richmond convenience store Cleaning Up Crime Along the Jeff Davis Corridor...Community vows to fight criminal element...Police, proprietors discuss crime in South Richmond ...Fear spreads with robberies on Jefferson Davis Highway...Nearby Business Owners React to Latest Convenience Store Shooting Richmond Convenience Store Owner Shot During Robbery...and suspect both shot on Jeff Davis...midday robbery...Robbed For Second Time In A Month Teen accused in Landstown bomb plot 'hard to miss' Hampton road crews work to stop Beach Road drag racing Bluetooth Crime Police Impersonator Scare At Area Day Care Metals are golden opportunity for thieves Alleged bribery attempt gets man in more trouble 76-year-old woman’s injuries in Richmond robbery more extensive than originally thought Gang graffiti seen as messages Curfew violators keeping police busy Richmond police tighten policy on take-home marked cars \| CBS6 -City Police: Calling Some Cars Suffolk shop owner won't face charges for killing burglar Child abducted in Virginia Beach reunited with parents...N.Y. police arrest man wanted in Va. Beach abduction SUSPECTS FOUND HIDING IN POND Racist Graffiti On The Triple Nickel Bridge In Ettrick 2 Break-In Stories -Chesterfield Bizarre Break-in -Man arrested following home invasion/shoot out Two Richmond Deputies Arrested Churches unite in Newport News to fight crime Daughter of Fallujah victim charged in Norfolk killing Richmond woman gets 8 years for murder plot Police probe multiple lawnmower thefts in Richmond On the Internet, some get tangled in own webs Don't Be Afraid of Social Media Man who sent e-mails is released Local Doctor Pleads Guilty To Federal Charges...Wrote thousands of prescriptions online without examining patients Roanoke Police chief defends officers in shooting Mother of Prince William victims forgives killer who is facing execution Beach police learn new ways to relate to mentally ill Danville fires officer who shot, killed miniature dachshund When leaving kids alone becomes felony child neglect Group warns Congress of racial extremists within U.S. military Melendez-Diaz v. Massachusetts (PDF) SCOTUS decision could impact DUI convictions...Will Supreme Court ruling hinder justice? Kaine’s spokesman on SCOTUS decision: “No one is taking this lightly”...Cuccinelli calls on Kaine to bring legislature back to Richmond Justices Rule Lab Analysts Must Testify on Results \| AP -Analysis: Is Melendez-Diaz already endangered? -Supreme Confrontation Bruce Smith scheduled for DUI hearing today in Va. Beach \| Daily Press Beach cancels bash for Bruce Smith after DUI conviction...Bruce Smith Breaks Redskins All-Time Record for Drunk Driving Arrests? Panel Recommends Juries Be Anonymous...Plan for anonymous jurors is bad idea 2 women injured in Fan District robberies this morning...Woman shot during robbery attempt on N. Strawberry St...Police Search for Suspect in Fan Robberies Two men robbed in Richmond's Museum District Police investigate VCU-area rape...Some Richmond residents step up safety precautions after sexual assault Probation office seeks new home Teens arrested for racy school photos Homicide brings security guard dangers into focus Website lets you vent about police: Posts include local departments Sticker shock for drug dealers More than 100 arrested in fugitive operation Ex-bus chief's records seized (Roanoke) The Barry Archives: Voicemails reveal depths of councilmember’s obsession with girlfriend. Morris trial: Police questioned veracity of statements Craigslist ad leads to theft of expensive fish Women suspects turn out to be men \| Mugshots Ex-VCU police chief’s trial delayed Daycare Tragedy Day-care vehicle cases not that rare State probing day-care center after toddler’s death...Daycare Closed for Second Day Following Baby's Death...Daycare Owner Talks to CBS 6 Boy, 1, found dead in van...RPD Investigating Death...Daycare worker facing charges -Sick of Sad Stories -1-year-old was in van at least 4 hours -Related: Mother shares story about infant son's death to educate parents Police form plan to combat property crime Armed robber steals cash, french fries from local fast food restaurant Prosecutors: 21 years ago, misery and envy led to killing Commonwealth attorney candidate attacks former boss Jail Stories -ACLU sends letter to jail officials, telling them to stop censorship -For Norfolk man wrongfully jailed, a long wait for restitution -Henrico sheriff’s deputies rack up overtime -Albemarle-Charlottesville Regional Jail inmates find freedom through music -Prisons, Industry at Odds On Jamming Cellphones in Maryland For teens, guns are cheap, available and everywhere Canine Crimes -Stolen puppy Chi Chi returned to Beach pet store -Lawmaker pushes law to help save pets, children -Michael Vick has zip to teach, but kids have lots to learn -Delivery driver attacked by Rottweiler guard dog -Dog wars: Does Albemarle bark law need more bite?...County muzzles tougher dog law -Thief takes dog, leaves everything else Missing Charlottesville man a ‘big mystery’ Lawsuit now accuses Xe contractors of murder, kidnapping Homeless man beaten with hammer