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Helloween
-Four Victims in Richmond Shooting (3000 block of Barton Ave)...Police seek suspects in overnight shootings...shooting probed  
-Man shot, wounded in Whitcomb Court
-Shots Fired Into Chesterfield Home
-An armed robber hits a Richmond toll booth 
-Victim’s father witnesses aftermath of second crime
-VCU students patrol the streets to keep Halloween safe 

Citing cost, Virginia ends aerial speed patrols
Closures sting, but (Hampton Roads) region hasn't lost manufacturing base
Mayor Jones Holds Second Town Hall Meeting on Northside
Protestors No Shows; Counterprotestors Show...Protesters Gather in Downtown Richmond to Head Off Racism Rally...Anti-hate rally responds to KKK...Anti-hate rally responds to KKK hoax 
Federal Club golf course, development, file for bankruptcy...Golf Clubs Hit Rough Patch  
 
Rare rail rides draw crowd  
 
Amtrak challenging VRE's recommendation to award contract to Keolis Rail Services America 
  
Leaders agree to push for high-speed rail into Norfolk 

Around Virginia
-America's best small business 
-Hampton mother prepares to bury a second slain son 
-Fredericksburg Man faces 100 porn counts 
-Red-light violations dropped after cameras, Beach police say 

Man fatally stabbed in downtown Richmond...Fight leads to stabbing | WRIC
-Victim’s father witnesses aftermath of second crime 

Can Virginians get locked up if they witness a crime and do nothing?
Scrambling regional patterns in Virginia
 
Partisan Takes
-Karl Rove: Tuesday's Elections and the Democratic Agenda 
-Marc Ambinder: Pre-Mortem: How Did Deeds Get Into So Much Trouble?...More Lessons Learned 


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'Off the face of the earth': the hunt for Morgan Harrington
 
Some thoughts on the missing from the psychic realm
 
 
Morgan’s parents: don’t blame her friends 
  
Sad days: Harrington family coping, waiting...
Family continues to seek clues
  
Police: Missing Tech student last seen on bridge...over train tracks...Harrington received minor injury the night she went missing  | Times Dispatch 
-Map: See the timeline of sightings in the hour before Harrington was last seen. | Collegiate Times
-Additional specifics on missing Virginia Tech student confirmed
 
Virginia Tech students look for closure in high-profile cases (Road Trip)...No closure, only new kinds of pain: The father of Heidi Childs knows someone has the answers.
-Full Morgan Harrington Coverage

Check scam draws money from local business
Your Neighbors Could Find Out, So You'd Better Vote | Blog
-Nonprofit halts planned mailing of voting history 

A 'landslide' in the making?...Democratic strategist: Deeds victory still possible...Deeds-aster Prevention?
-Latest Polls

Five correctional officers charged in dog fondling
-CBS6 | NBC12

Obama attempts to convince supporters that Deeds can win (video)...Obama urges voters in Norfolk to 'be there' for Deeds...Obama to ODU crowd: Work harder to elect Deeds as governor (Shad Plank)...Obama, Deeds: funny names
-NBC29 | Times Dispatch
  
Gibbs: Virginia as 'purple as it can get' 
 
Obama the incrementalist 

After a career-ending scandal at VCU, Richmond’s sharpest political pundit, Bob Holsworth, is making a comeback.
Marine gets 8 years for $10 Richmond robberies
Diradour drops bid to unseat Cantor
Hate-crimes bill spurs some worry from religious groups
Student attacked with ax...Suspect in Hanover ax attack is held without bond...Witness who witnessed a fight where Hanover teenager was struck with an axe defends suspect. 
Is Richmond putting city workers at risk?
'One free swerve': The Supreme Court lets stand a bad Virginia decision on drunken driving.
Councilman Marty Jewell (5th District) Arrested for DUI
-ByrdPark.net | CBS6/RPD Press Release | RVANews | Times Dispatch (First Edition)...could get jail time in DUI case...attends council meeting days after arrest 
-Jewell Heist Fallout: Ask Chuck 
-History of Councilman legal challenges
-Nike Suspends Contract With Councilman After DUI Arrest 

Latest Poll 10-27
Washington Post | The Crosstabs
McDonnell (R) 55%
Deeds (D) 44%
-CNN | MSNBC | Politico
  
Why Deeds Is Losing Virginia...Money, missteps cost Deeds in polls for gubernatorial race 

Obama to stump for Deeds at ODU today | Washington Post
-Deeds: I didn't push the president away | Rewind: The Anonymous Leak
 
National Implications/
Obama Referendum?
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A governor's race that has nothing -- and everything -- to do with Obama
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A midterm message in Virginia and New Jersey

-Virginia and New Jersey races: What are the national implications?
-Governors races serve as early test for Obama, Democratic control
-Gubernatorial Races in New Jersey, Virginia To Test Obama's Prestige
-Hatch: 'I hope' Obama not delaying troop decision to help Corzine and Deeds
-Elections to test Obama's public image
 

Steele: Virginia a 'blueprint' for GOP success...Heading into homestretch, McDonnell has more cash...Va. GOP makes timely changes
 
c-ville Calling the Election??
-Deeds done?...Governor McDonnell, Get used to it, kiddos

In name of progress, Beach squatter must go
HU basketball player Smalling dies of wound

Short on vaccine and answers
 
Swine flu may be peaking in Va
...Rates of flu in Va. twice that of previous seasons
-Families Line up for Shots as H1N1 Spreads...Families say flu scare comes with a dose of craziness 
-Swine-flu victim a “vibrant little girl” 
-Local Hospitals Changing Policies on Monday (Restricting Vistors Due to H1N1)
-Worst Case: Choosing Who Survives in a Flu Epidemic
-After delay, PCs headed to health agency for swine-flu effort

Civic leaders go on a bus tour of the Richmond region's development to think about ways to improve it.
Missing Tech student’s parents fear foul play

Father offers reward for return of daughter missing from Charlottesville...Metallica Seeks to Up Va. Tech Reward (Blabbermouth | NBC29)
  
Police continue to work case of missing student...Father believes attacker was local

 
Police search motel parking lot in case of missing Tech student
...Motel Shut Down After Report of Missing Virginia Tech Student Sighting...Morning Search Finds no Clues in Harrington Case

 
Two dozen still on Va. missing list  

FBI joins search for missing Va. Tech student...Video yields no clues in VT student Morgan Harrington's disappearance
  

Vigil unites supporters of missing Tech student...Friends, family gather to pray for Morgan Harrington's safe return (Video)...Search for Morgan Harrington Continues...Task force looks for possible link...$100,000 reward (WSLS
  
Morgan’s mystery: What happened outside arena?...Woman witnesses fight the night Virginia Tech student disappears | Alleged Eyewitness Comes Forward in Missing Metallica Fan Case...Missing student ‘a very responsible young lady’
 
Gov. Tim Kaine talks about missing Virginia Tech student
  
Why Morgan Harrington's case is getting attention

TV and social critics have referred to such coverage as "Missing White Woman Syndrome."
-National Headlines: CBSNews Crimesider | CNN/Nancy Grace | FoxNews
 
Morgan Harrington's parents try to keep her case moving forward...Va. Tech student's disappearance a criminal case, police say
 
Police conclude Harrington ground search...Search continues for Va. Tech student 

 
Metallica: One Of Our Fans Is Missing
 
Search for missing Tech student under way...Parents plead for Tech student’s return...The case of missing Tech student Morgan Harrington has drawn nationwide attention...Looking For Cell Phone Video And Pictures 
-Collegiate Times | Cavalier Daily

Newspaper Endorsements Start Coming in...
-Deeds:
Roanoke Times | Virginian Pilot
-McDonnell:
Free Lance Star | Times Dispatch
-All Endorsements
 
At the NAACP Forum...NAACP Berates Shannon, Bolling
 
Tactics vary during waning days of campaigns

Race is for for lt. gov., but eventually top job is goal

Washington Post Calling the Election??
Deeds ignored advice, White House says
Top Democrats seek to shield Obama in case of election loss
-Democrat blasts White House for anonymous sniping...Mudcat weighs in 
-Self-Inflicted Destruction 
-
Democrats brace for end of Virginia winning streak
-Deeds: I’m not out of governor’s race 

  
Corzine and Deeds relentlessly court female voters

Victim of child porn seeks damages from viewers
New details in Farmville quadruple murder investigation (what was used to kill victims)

I-64 shut down after truck spills live crabs on highway
| Photo Gallery
-It was a crab massacre. I saw lots of dead ones on the side of the road. 

Just when lawmakers thought they had addressed a state budget crisis, another one looms on the horizon.
Former VCU Police Chief's 5K Sparks Investigation | CBS6Commonwealth Times
Newborn child found in a bag in Chesterfield yard...police looking for mother | Press Release 
 
Pictures Released of Baby Left in Shopping Bag...may be as old as 3 weeks

Police arrest two in Fan District robbery
Bus Fight In Henrico...Two Henrico students arrested after fight...Parents Get Involved 
Serial Flasher Arrest
Police seek help in identifying coin robbery suspects
Richmond Police Make an Arrest in Oregon Hill Graffiti...Richmond police say man was graffiti vandal
-Press Release 

Brandon unveils Richmond schools plan targeting dropouts 
 
Style vs Superintendent Brandon 
-City Schools Submits False Expulsion Data
-Dr. Yvonne Brandon Responds: SUPERINTENDENT CORRECTS STYLE WEEKLY’S INACCURATE REPORTING REGARDING THE DISTRICT’S DATA SUBMISSION PROCESS 
-Style Responds: Schools Superintendent lambastes Style story, addresses administration’s submission of false data to the state...Superintendent Signed Off on False Expulsion Data 

Who is in charge of Richmond’s schools?  
 
Richmond School Board to discuss building schools  
 
The mayor's education plan is a bolt of leadership, but raises the same old question: Who's in charge of the Richmond schools?  
 
Paul Goldman, George Allen Push Tax Credits...Goldman, Allen, call for public-private approach to school renovations 
 
Change in law could help revitalize Richmond schools...Mayor Revives School Construction Plan...Jones outlines schools building plan for Richmond 

Race to Richmond WaPo Chat: Deeds vs. McDonnell
 
The Most Important Number in Politics Today...Obama wades into Democrats' tough governor races
  
The Invention of Lying
 
NY Times Editorial: Virginia and Gun Control  

Latest Poll 10-21
Public Policy Polling
McDonnell (R) 52% 
Deeds (D) 40%
Other 8%
-McDonnell up 12 pts. in new poll 

Navy to oust chief involved in Bahrain hazing scandal
WSLS10 GOVERNOR'S DEBATE (Last One)
Tuesday, Oct. 20 Roanoke College
-AP/Daily Press | Collegiate Times | CQPolitics | CSPAN Video | Examiner | Free Lance Star | NBC12 (w video clips) | NBC29 | Politico | Roanoke TimesTimes Dispatch | Washington Post (blog) | Washington Times | WRVA | WSLS (Host)
-Preview: AP | NBC29 | Press Release
-Bolling, Wagner battle in Salem at lieutenant governor debate...debate becomes heated...duke it out
 
Final Stretch
With less than two weeks until Election Day, Bob McDonnell and Creigh Deeds tackle our 17 questions on government, education — and what’s for dinner.
  
NEWSPAPER ENDORSEMENTS
-Newspaper Endorsements Take Center Stage, Again 
-The Post Endorsement and Creigh Deeds 
 
Clarus Poll
McDonnell (R) 49% 
Deeds (D)
41%
Other
10%
-Clinton breaks down polling in Virginia's governor's race 

 
SurveyUSA/WJLA/WDBJ 
McDonnell (R) 59% 
Deeds (D)
40%
Other
1%
-Poll Gives McDonnell Huge Lead in Virginia 

Christopher Newport University/Virginian-Pilot/WVEC Poll
McDonnell (R) 45% 
Deeds (D)
31%
Other
22%
-Despite 'Thesis' Flap, McDonnell Leads 

  
McDonnell and Deeds: The men who would be Va. governor...Where the hopefuls stand...Asking for Your Vote - Deeds and McDonnell
-To McDonnell, solutions need input from all...moored by conservative values...pledges to serve entire term 
-Creigh Deeds Shaped by rural roots...seeks to beat the odds...promises Obama will return to Virginia for his campaign
  
Dems see path for Deeds in Virginia...Deeds races to hook true-blue Democrats
 
GOP hopes Deeds drags down ballot
...Creigh Deeds's Union Label
  
Deeds, McDonnell see absentee vote as crucial  

Va. Rivals Summon Spirit of '08 
 
Jon Stewart weighs in on governor’s race...On Fox, McAuliffe and Rove Wager $5 on Va., N.J.


Schools Get the H1-N1 Vaccine 
-CBS6 | NBC12 | Times Dispatch | WRVA 

Henrico police officer who worked with Party Crashers unit convicted of DUI
Pair of Thieves Steals Hundreds of Dollars from Bass Pro Shops
Man guilty of animal cruelty after stomping opossum to death in front of police
State’s Largest Gun Rights Group Protests Innsbrook Republican Rally...CBS 6 Investigates Why
Poll: Fix roads, but don't raise taxes...Fact Check: Fueling the Debate Over Taxes
Tuckahoe Volunteer Rescue Squad Hit By Drunk Driver
Homeless on the Peninsula: Street life has a new face...Life on the streets is tough but hope still remains...Crime, mental illness contribute to homeless problem on Peninsula...Churches play a crucial role in helping the area's homeless...Fixing the problem before it gets worse 

Chuck Norris' Secret Weapon In America’s Revolution

Retail News
-Some high-end retailers are catering to their shoppers' smaller budgets 
-Walmart and 'cheap' products and the Wilderness 

Nags Head mayor touts leadership in downturn
 
Shortcut to paradise: Toll bridge to the Outer Banks 

Va. says it has ordered enough swine flu vaccine for clinics...Swine flu vaccine delivery into Va. delayed
 
Virginia’s Health Department rolls out swine-flu campaign...H1N1 vaccine still a sticking point  
 
More Schools Offering Free Swine Flu Vaccinations...The upside to flu shots 

Late night antics lead to charges
Thieves steal jewelry worth $350,000 in Stony Point Shopping Center parking lot...One of the costliest robberies in Richmond's history could have been the result of a comprehensive stake-out
Council candidates seek to differentiate themselves
As election nears, McDonnell leads Deeds in cash race 
-VPAP October 15 Reports 
-Big donors give McDonnell fundraising edge 

NY Times on the Richmond, VA Job Market:
Still on the Job, but Making Only Half as Much...A Fast-Track Alternative to a Teaching Job
 
White House tries to jolt job growth

Brave Thinkers...Jim Webb (via)
Hopewell murder victim's father speaks out
1,432 in Newport News gangs, police say
The Slugfest Intensifies...In the governor's race, it's balderdash vs. mud 
 
Obama Visits Va., But Not for Deeds...Commits to Corzine, but No Word on Deeds 

Three Lakes Park:
Vandals spray hateful graffiti at Three Lakes Park...Makes threats against President Obama
-Park Visitors, Local Jewish Leader React to Graffiti Vandalism...Three Lakes Park reopens after racist graffiti is removed 
 
Forest Hill Park:
Vandals Defile Forest Hill Park with Racial Slurs | NBC12 | Times Dispatch
-Vandals don’t speak for us all 
 
Bryan Park:
Graffiti sweeps Richmond's Bryan Park | CBS6 | NBC12 | WRVA

Crime Challenges The Fan Neighborhood
This View Is Our View
 
Echo Harbour Press Release: Economic Engine Means New Jobs, New Tax Revenue for the City of Richmond...Echo Harbour gets proactive 

Hampton Roads economy: Is the region too dependent on defense spending?
Rasmussen Report October 13, 2009
McDonnell (R)
50% 
Deeds (D)
43%
Other
7% 
-Times Dispatch
 
  
Deeds and McDonnell Target McDonnell Image...The Big Question: Should Obama stump for Deeds, Corzine?
 

The People's Debate 
(Press Release | Flyer)
-Local: AP/Daily Press | CBS6 | Free Lance Star | NBC12 (NBC12 Live Blog Recap | Decision Virginia) | Roanoke Times | Times Dispatch (Editorial) | Virginian Pilot | Washington Post (Live Blog Recap) | Washington Times | WHSV | WRVA | WSET
-National: Bloomberg | CQPolitics | FoxNews | Politico 
-Official Blogs: In Statewide Debate Creigh Deeds Pledges to Raise Taxes; Angrily Attacks...McDonnell Dodges Questions, Runs From His Record
-Preview: AP | NBC12 | Times Dispatch
 
What Will Virginia's Turnout Be on November 3rd? 
 
Times Dispatch/Mason-Dixon Poll
McDonnell (R)
48% 
Deeds (D)
40%
Other
12%
-AP | If the Election Were Held Today
 
Deeds, McDonnell records differ on social issues...Virginian Pilot Introduces Issues Series
 
Shaped by rural roots...Deeds begins charm offensive...Creigh Deeds crawls toward the finish line (The official term is “stutter step”) 
 
All Set for a Republican Resurrection...GOP Fervor Mounts As McDonnell Leads...McDonnell: A Razor-Sharp but Selective Memory...Reuters: Democrats may lose two state governors' races 
 
Obama Will Campaign Again in Virginia...Deeds' hope tour
  
McDonnell Widens Lead Over Deeds...Poll May Point to Democrats' Worries Beyond Old Dominion...Sabato Weighs In on Gubernatorial Polls...Washington Post Virginia Governor's Race Poll 
McDonnell (R) 53% 
Deeds (D)
44%
Other
3%
CNN | NBC12 Decision Virginia | NBC29 | Politico
 
Biden vs. McDonnell 
 
Point-Counterpoint: Who's Negative?
-Deeds' Negative Campaign for Governor of Virginia 
-McDonnell's Running the Negative Campaign 

Land preservation tally: Too good to be true?
Police Search for Hit and Run Suspect | CHPN 
 
Richmond Free Press Apologizes For Photo Of Bus Crash Victim...Full Apology Text
-Thoughts on the GRTC Bus Crash...Rachel DePompa Kicks Ass (And Takes Names)
 
GRTC driver shouldn’t have had earlier charge dismissed
...Did broken law lead to fatal GRTC accident? ...GRTC Bus Driver In Court 
 
GRTC bus driver charged with reckless driving...Bus driver involved in fatal accident identified
 
Blind man says buses don't stop for him

Richmond Police Investigate Fan Robberies; Are Recent Crimes Connected?
Commercial burglaries down in Richmond
FBI vows Parkway Murders to get thorough investigation
City Leaders Head North For Inspiration & Ideas...tour alternative jail program 
Crime data ranks VCU safest Va school
...No injuries in armed robbery on VCU campus
Three kids robbed in separate incidents...In all three cases, the robbers -- like their victims -- were believed to be juveniles. Two arrests were made. 

Southside Convenience Store Robbery of the Week:
Hull Street business robbed

Richmond International Airport ranks 13th worst in the nation for on-time airliner arrivals, according to a national study. | CBS6
-Full Report

Norfolk airport's on-time performance 20th worst in country


Golf cart theft becomes a problem on (UR) campus
Don’t Vote for Deeds or McDonnell...Virginia's Race Now a Page-Turner
  
Deeds v. McDonnell on Politico
  
Deeds points finger at Washington...Deeds: Democrats' national agenda has made campaign 'tough'...White House Steps Back in Virginia Race...In final act, Deeds expected to shift course
 
Latest Poll 10/05/09:
SurveyUSA/ WDBJ-TV/ WJLA-TV 
McDonnell (R) 54% 
Deeds (D)
43%
Other
4%

Dinwiddie man fatally shot as officials serve search warrant...refused to drop gun...Richmond Police Alert Officers of Possible Retaliation by Pagans Motorcycle Club | NBC12 
-Wife of Pagan motorcycle club member killed during raid speaks out 
-Biker clubs convene to honor man killed in police stand-off
 
New Information on Police Shooting (CBS6 Full Coverage)...What was found inside the home of Pagan biker shot by police?  

Here We Go Again...
Talks Break Down in Ukrop’s Deal: Source
NBC12 Decision Richmond | Roanoke Times | RVANews | Times Dispatch | WRVA
-Twitter Chattter
-More Grocery News
 
Ukrop Backs Shockoe Visitors’ Center 

Forgotten Faces: The Homeless of Richmond
Stuttergate
SHEILA JOHNSON'S PARTY FOUL
-AP | NBC29 | NPR | Shad Plank | Virginia Pilot | Washington Post
 
Deeds campaign demands apology for Johnson comments...BET co-founder apologizes for making fun of Deeds’ stammering
  
Does Creigh Deeds Have a Stutter?
 
More Race Coverage

Richmond's mental-health agency names new CEO
Are a String of Violent Robberies Linked?
Court takes up free-speech case of dogfighting videos
'Stars aligned' for Va. Tech meningitis survivor
City Auditor’s work won’t be as publicized 
-Richmond City Council Reporter and Telegraph Responds 
-Audits? What Audits? 
-Recently Issued Reports of the City Auditor's Office 
 
City Council President Kathy Graziano is changing the face of Richmond with community and family-driven goals...Coffee talks are evidence of improved Richmond-Chesterfield relations

As region's power grid nears limit, miles of new lines go up
Bringing national issues to Virginia...In campaign cash race, businesses back McDonnell over Deeds 
Farmville no stranger to grisly crimes 
-Services held for Farmville slaying victims | NBC12
-Full Farmville Coverage

Sex and the Military
-Military men are silent victims of sexual assault 
-The debate is on: Do submarines have room for women?
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Essay in military journal urges end to policy on gays
Coffee-shop robber gets 13 years in prison
A quiet Chesapeake neighborhood, a rare hate crime charge
Investigation clears Richmond police car purchase deal | CBS6
Family furious over school bus brawl posted on YouTube
State employees appear in campaign ad for Bob McDonnell



Features, Entertainment, Life
 
Former Blackwater now marketing services to civilians

Bible stories can be pretty spooky, too
Gwinnett Braves GM steps down...to spend more time with his family in Richmond | Gwinnett Daily Post
 
Boys and Girls Clubs of Richmond works to build youth baseball field  

When Squirrels Fly...Upgrades under way at The Diamond


The unhealthy state of the Redskins trickles down to beer sales...Another week of stadium silliness for Redskins 
 
Dan "Mr" Snyder
-The Most Hopeless Franchise In Football 
-Bill Simmons Comments on Redskins Woes, Not Fond of Dan Snyder 
-Flawed owner involvement is one of worst-kept secrets in sports 
-Behavior Change: Fan cards and pumpkins 
-A fan’s plea to Daniel Snyder 
-Mark Cuban talks about Dan Snyder 
-A box filled with long faces 
-Snyder must go
-Who's sorry now?  
 
What the Skins Really Think...Former players vent about Redskins 'mess'
    

As Redskins fumble, some fans are saying, 'See ya ...
   
A sign of the times...
Why is Dan Snyder confiscating plates, posters, and paper bags?...About Fear, Not Free Speech...Redskins Nation, Rise Up! Vinny Cerrato Has to Go!...Signs of the Redskins times 
Executive aims to raise Richmond’s historic profile  
 
Charleston vs. Richmond in tourism comparison
 
Tourism chief Ferguson sells D.C. to the world 

NC Coast Stories
-Fire destroys fishing boat 
-Hunting the Hunters 

Kaine family allows for a visitor at the mansion
Ultimate fighter Josh Tyler battles his way to top

One Man's Crusade Against Slavery, Seen From Two Angles
-The Portent: John Brown's Raid in American Memory 

Art Boosters Peddle Programs, Bad Statistics
A man of many voices and talents, Harry Shearer comes to town
The Carnival of 5 Fires Brings the Dark Arts
RVA Volume 5 Issue 7 | Burnt Offerings
At Vt. tourney, VCU Quidditch team falters but has fun
Fast-growing plant vitex banned as Va. officials hunt for its locations
Meet four local (Hampton Roads) artists on the road to stardom
Mark On City Parks... City of the Future helping Richmond parks 

Rape = Academic Freedom?...
On Academic Freedom and Robert Crumb
  
Crumb at the Carpenter  

An Artist Drew God & Saw That It Was Good...Sketching His Way Through Genesis | Excerpt 
-NPR | CBR | Filter
  

Tuesday, October 27, 2009 7:30 pm Carpenter Theatre, Richmond CenterStage
Genesis: A Conversation with R. Crumb and Françoise Mouly
-The Book of Crumb 
-R. Crumb is coming to town | Video Promo
-Reviews: i could go on and on | Slantblog
 
All the Rage in Europe
-Guardian UK: Robert Crumb set to publish 'scandalous' Bible satire...Telegraph: Biblical sex row over explicit illustrated Book of Genesis
-Agence France-Presse: Subversive cartoonist R. Crumb zaps the Bible 
-Haaretz: The illustrated book of Genesis, delivered by the hand of Crumb 


Richmond stages an artistic comeback
...
And Now, the Washington Post (The Hat Stares Down the Post -- And Richmond's Government
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I Support CenterStage
 
City Hall finally steps in to quell growing tension among police, building inspectors and gallery owners on Broad Street.
-City Offers Galleries an Olive Branch?
 
Staunton Red Brick District
-Red Brick District Campaign Launched...Staunton reveals more about Red Brick District
-Culture Scene: Events celebrate new arts district 

Roanoke Times Series: Under 21 Drinking on Virginia College Campuses
-Washingon & Lee: Parties pushed off campus (Previously: Hollins | Radford | UVA)

When teen parties turn violent, gunfire is the result
  
Twitter News Network (unconfirmed shooting):
Shooting in Shockoe Bottom...Bottom is an absolute nightmare. HUNDREDS of clubbers in the street being shepherded out by police.
 
iight, club 321 had a teen party. you all know what happens...police cleared the building. now there's about 250 kids walking the streets of Shockoe Bottom! 

A “pretty normal” homecoming...Queering the way for future queens
   
W&M crowns first transgender homecoming queen | AP
-Transgender homecoming queen a first for College...Congratulations, good zir
-Transgender homecoming queen embraced at W&M


Richmond Zombie Walk | Twitter
-THANK YOU RICHMOND!
-Zombie Walk '09 Record Turnout!
-The Richmond Zombie Walk 2009, Part 1 | Part 2 
-Braaaaaaaaiiiiiiiiiins! 
-Richmond.com Photo Gallery
-Carytown zombie outbreak doubles 
-River City Hall 44 
-To the Undead- I give you Zombie Walk 2009 
-Ah Richmond
  

Preview
-Richmond Zombie Walk! 
-The 'dead' will come to life for laughs 
-Richmond Zombie Walk 2009: Dead on Arrival (and going strong!) 
-MashUp: Richmond Zombie Walk
 
More than 100 "zombies" crowd MacArthur Center
VCU in Competition to Be Named peta2's Most Vegetarian-Friendly College 
  
VCU Quidditch team going to World Cup tourney 


Will a Hollywood star Cruise into Mathews?


Drew Barrymore Does Richmond
-Drew Barrymore Caught Antiquing at Local Boutiques | CBS6
-
Drew Barrymore reads the NYT  
-Drew Barrymore's sneaking around Richmond today...at the 711 across the street...definately took pictures of my boyfriend...Went to Halcyon
 

The Roller Derby program at the Virginia Museum tonight is likely linked to Drew Barrymore being in town and her new movie, "Whip It."
-VMFA Exhibit DOMINION DERBY GIRLS: Glen McClure | Roller Derby College Night
 
Rewind: Bill Murray Does Carytown

Army's largest dining facility opens at Fort Lee
A Walk Across Richmond
DC Dirt Cheap Eats...What Are D.C.'s Signature Dishes?  
 
Going 29 South: c-ville's FOOD & DRINK ANNUAL 2009: How Charlottesville's local bounty brings it 

 
Manatee reported in James River...Meandering manatee moves on...may be heading to Hampton Roads...Does the James have multiple manatees, or just one on the move? 
 
Manatee in James River?...
Does Richmond have a manatee problem?
 
More Animal Planet
-Rappahannock Wildlife preserve continues to grow 
-Deer Runs Into Richmond Store
-Va. to size up increasing elk's numbers
-Woman gets jail time for letting animals starve to death 

Ukrop's will close Saturday, leaving its upscale Ivy Market storefront.
-Ukrop’s Runs Blog Contest 

HU bans media at Miss Hampton University coronation...HU family, let it rest and embrace your campus queen 
Chris Brown announces new tour
Casting for “The Real World” comes to Richmond | CBS6 
-Would you try out for 'The Real World'?  


source: Library of Congress
Slavery Museum presented to Land Use, Housing and Transportation Committee  
 

The Richmond Slave Trail Commission unveils renderings for a national slavery museum in Shockoe Bottom
 
 
Slave Trail Commission unveils drawings...Richmond’s Slave Trail
 
Slave Trail Commission unveils detailed Shockoe Bottom plans...Richmond is appropriate place for slavery museum | AP Story  
  
Shockoe Bottom dig turns up 18th century artifacts...The big dig at 18th and Marshall Streets 

Merchants won’t hold Carytown New Year’s Eve...The party is over 
-I <3 Carytown New Year's Eve Petition 

Food-cart vendors offer a world of choices
Award Tour... 
 
The Valentine Richmond History Makers
LaVerne Spurlock | James Schroeder, D.D.S. | Central Virginia Waste Management Authority | ROSMY | Mary Lou Decossaux  
-Chesterfield Observer | CVWMA | GayRVA | NRC | Times Dispatch | Virginia Heroes
  

Top 40 Under 40
Lamont Bagby | David Edward Bess | Shawn Boyer | Roderyck I. Bullock | Duron “Brother Manifest” Chavis | Marc W. Cheatham | Matthew E. Cheek  | Tracy K. Coogle | Tara D’Lutz | John Dougherty | Kelly Tilton Elias  | Cassandra “Casey” Emery | Todd R. Flowers | Christopher E. Gatewood | Kim Gray | John M. Holland  | Monica Longest Horsley | Amy L. Howard | Kelly James | Monique S. Johnson | Brian Jones | Bizhan Khodabandeh | Chase Kniffen | Dr. Trisha Ann Krause | Lucas Lee Krost | Mike Lear  | Casey Longyear | Rusty E. McGuire | The Rev. Tyrone Nelson | John L. O’Neill | Tony H. Pham | Patience H. Salgado | Sheila Sheppard | Jay Smith | Mary Dunne Stewart  | Erica Stotler | T.T. Torrez | Ryan Traylor | Marcus Walker | Jonathan C. Zur 
-Barksdale Theatre | Buttermilk & Molasses | CHPN | GayRVA | kindness girl | Mended Arrow | Ombak | Rumors 
-Top 40 Under 40 in Hampton Roads business...20 Sensational Singles 
 
  
The 12th Annual Theresa Pollak Prizes
Pam Anderson
| Jennie and Larry Brown | Michael Gooding | Morgan Herrin | Dean King | Brian Korte | Rob Petres, Ground Zero Dance | Gordon Stettinius | The TatersGinnie Willard | Page Wilson
-Barksdale Theatre | Dave's Theater Blog | GayRVA
Exotic pets put local store in PETA's sights
Blue catfish now the top predator in James River
Redskins Woes in Tom Cruise Movies Posters (Pictures)...Redskins Hold Press Conference To Announce They Are Still Sort Of A Football Team (via

36 Hours in Richmond
| Slideshow
-NYTimes' Take on Richmond: Solid Stuff
-Richmond Featured in "The New York Times" This Weekend
-
Sunday New York Times Profiles 36 Hours in Richmond
-Top 10 Things the NYT Missed about RIC 
-Boulevardizen | CJWN | Gallery5 | Richmond Magazine | RVANews    
-Rewind: 2003 JOURNEYS; 36 Hours | Richmond, Va...24 Hours in Richmond: A 1993 Caffeine Retrospective | Side by Side Comparison
 
Washington Post Jumps on the Richmond Bandwagon...
Richmond stages an artistic comeback 

Pff..What do New Yorkers Know?: 
-#52RVA | @52RVA 
-Welcome to RVA - Manchester...Manchester’s Makeover 

HandsOn Day
-Buttermilk and Molasses...#MediaFail with Coverage | CHPNGayRVA |
lifejake&jessicastyle | RVANews  
  
Rebuilding Together repairs homes in Richmond...Richmonders Repair Homes Free Of Charge
 
Local Man Helps Replenish Stolen Goods 

Richmond may get movie-and-dining location 
-CinéBistro

Logo, mascot, projected as Flying Squirrels’ franchise players...Flying Squirrels, Indeed
 
Flying squirrel “one of the first exports from the colonies in Virginia”  

James River Journal: A Year in the Life of a River...'Tween time for the James has a charm all its own 
The Biograph Theatre, 1972-1987
The VH1 Save the Music Foundation is outfitting some Roanoke schools with instruments
Animal Planet
-Lost Richmond Dog Walks 80 Miles Towards Home 
-Rescued wild horse finds home
-Woman with too many cats sentenced in cruelty case 
-Case of swimmer thought killed by shark reviewed 
-'Ready to serve': new memorial honors fallen police dogs 
-
Armed & Enlightened: Deer hunting for foodies
-Sage of the squirrels

ethnic food: continuing the conversation
  
Foodie News:
-Former Boathouse Partner, Chef Prep for New Ventures (with Coach Frank Beamer) 
-Chicken fingers: Restaurant robberies related? 
-Armed & Enlightened: Deer hunting for foodies
-The saga of Si 
-Virginia is for (Vegetable) Lovers 
-
When Should a Critic Just Trash a Place? 
 

source: Va. Tourism

Owner of Virginia Diner dies at 76
 | Times Dispatch
 

Hundreds Gather to Celebrate Ben Ali...Ali Praised as Champion of Business and the District 
  
He Added Spice to Our Lives...Bill Cosby recalls Ben's Chili Bowl
  
R.I.P. Ben Ali: A Look Back at What You Created...Ben Ali’s Son: “We’re All OK.”...Despite Founder’s Death, It Was Business As Usual at Ben’s...What Others Had to Say 

UPS whiteboard ads face eternal erasure
LAMB OF GOD Drummer: 'None Of Us Have Ever Expected This Kind Of Success'
 
FLYING SQUIRRELS READY TO TAKE OFF IN RICHMOND | squirrelsbaseball.com | Wikipedia
-Boulevardizen | Buttermilk and Molasses | CBS6 | CNBC | Communication at Work | FDHUB | NBC12 | Mystic Times | RGL | Richmond.com | Richmond Baseball | Richmond Grid | Richmond Magazine | RVANews | Times Dispatch (Editorial | Column) | WRIC8 | WRVA
-Richmond banking on power duo: Domino, Parnell ready for Flying Squirrels' particular challenges
-Enough with the stupid team names
-Man Behind "Richmond Flying Squirrels" Speaks Out 

 
Richmond looks for a name of its own  | WRIC8 | AP
-Baseball team to be named today; Flatheads offensive to some...Flatheads, Swine Flu and Debates Oh My!
 

RIP Hambones
-"Hambones" Name Dropped After Complaint; NAACP: "Hambones" Is Offensive | CBS6 | Times Dispatch | WRVA
   
Officials to unveil name choice after 'overwhelming' contest...Trying our hand at baseball team logos

HandsOn Day | Project Signup
Saturday, October 17, 2009 
-Changing Richmond, 45 Projects and 1,000 Volunteers at a Time
 
Framers For Good buddy up with Central VA Food Bank 

Music and Mayhem: The Metal Scene of Richmond Virginia

Full Folk Fest Recap
Ms. HU crowning is met to mixed feelings
 
Miss HU sorry for letter to Obama...Miss Hampton University Apologizes
-Beauty queen's skin isn't too white, but too thin 
 
Crowning of first non-black Miss HU divides campus (Cultivate It: Should an HBCU Queen always be Black?)...Uproar Over Miss Hampton U...Tradition changes at Hampton University 

Travel Virginia
-Interactive graphic: Mountains of the Roanoke area 
-Leesville Lake: An undiscovered gem 
-
The top day trips for leaf-peeping
So far, Vick hasn't had much chance to show his skills
Biologists, company work together to save wetlands, mole salamander
October 26-November 1
Richmond Restaurant Week
-Richmond.com Restaurant Week Guide

How smart is Richmond?...Guess What Richmond? You Passed the Test … Barely 
-Full Report Card 

‘Secretariat’ film races past Virginia
Strike Anywhere isn't backing down in the Obama era

MacArthur Center to crack down on 'unsupervised' youths
...Teens organize on Web, plan sit-in over MacArthur rules...Some MacArthur shoppers say: 'A lot of these kids are scary'...Some MacArthur Center businesses won't restrict teens...MacArthur curfew plan stirs mixed reactions for mall patrons 
 
Local teens turn out to protest MacArthur Center policy...Teens escorted out of mall as part of chaperone rule

Fast-growing plant threatens to overrun Sandbridge
Kettlebell workouts gain in popularity
Va. officials try to solve 'white-nosed bat' mystery
Sold! Busch Gardens, Water Country USA part of $2.3 billion deal...Blackstone runs companies tightly...Busch parks buyer will sell up to 8 companies
Daily Press Archives | Times Dispatch | Virginia Gazette | Virginian Pilot 
 
Busch Gardens Q&A: What will happen to my passes, the horses, the beer?
  
Is water brewery next big issue?
  
Kingsmill ponders buried ammo 

Richmond Housewives Debut on "Dr. Oz"
Nudity, Pole Dancing, And Now Girls Gone Wild?
With the Sesquicentennial Anniversary of the Civil War Less Than Two Years Off, Get Ready To Revisit History in National Parks...DISCOVER JOHN BROWN IN RICHMOND...150th Anniversary Of John Brown's Raid  
 
Death of General Robert E. Lee
 
Secessionary Times  


Enter Hush Puppies | Press Release
-Boulevardizen | CBS6 | NBC12 | RVAMag | Times Dispatch | WRVA 
 
Baseball franchise will be promotionally inventive
 
 
Microsoft Word 97’s Clippy Named As Possible Baseball Team Mascot...
Baseball Team Backs Out Of Deal After Seeing List Of ‘Totally Shitty’ Name Choices 
 


Baseball team’s name game cut to five finalists...Owners stick by finalists in name-the-team contest...
Name the Team 
-Richmond Rock Hoppers
-Richmond Rhinos (RGL Commentary)
-Richmond Flatheads
-Richmond Flying Squirrels
-Richmond Hambones
-Richmond Hush Puppies CNBC’s Minor League Team Name Wildcard Winner...Help Name The Newest Minor League Team! (6th Team)...Second chance to add 6th possibility. 
 
Richmond Baseball is back and more rad than ever!...My Secret Mission to Save Richmond Baseball...Naming Ain’t Easy… Right?...Vote to name RVA’s new baseball team (Also: WTF?)...The Richmond Hambones?...If You Think the Team Names Are Funny, Read the Comments...Branding Richmond Baseball...'Richmond Rapids' as the next Richmond team?...For baseball team’s mascot, look to the river...Sharp choice for Richmond baseball: the Flatheads 

 
Students form Va.’s fourth collegiate Quidditch team... Rewind: Quidditch comes to VCU 


Broderick, Bening to star at Va. film fest
...Va Film Festival to be held Nov. 5-8 
-Cvillain | Hook
 
‘Funny Business’ brings Bening and Broderick to film fest  

No free rides: Overhauling a scooter biz 
-Scoot Richmond | @scootrva 

Segway Store Now Offering Area Highway Tours
CultureWorks 
-Introducing CultureWorks 
-CultureWorks to champion arts in Richmond...
-
CultureWorks, Richmond’s New Arts Organization, to Make Formal Introductions
 
Your first assignment (should you choose to accept it)...
The Art Of Downtown – Revitalization With An Art-And-Culture Approach (PDF)
 

Will the city destroy our downtown cultural movement? 
 
Artists Fired Up After Crackdown 
 
I Go Away for a Week ...  
 
Complaints come after Richmond police stop Art Walk show...Editorial-- Downtown Scene: Last Friday

  
City chokes First Friday
  
Responses to Police Presence at October First Friday
 
First Fridays Art Walk competes with CenterStage
  
CAPS TEAM RUINS FIRST FRIDAYS (link is currently not working)...First Tweet 
 
Rewind: First Fridays Crackdown, Part II...Mayor Vows to Protect First Fridays ...
Inspectors Target First Fridays?
 
First Friday Recap:
-Sean Taylor Owes Me Money

The new restaurant at Rocketts Landing fuses modern architecture with industrial beauty
Deer collisions more likely to occur October through December
Announcement of sale of Busch Gardens may be as early as today
The Music Nerd Chronicles (Part 1)
-The Bopst Show (Part 74) 

Dr. Adrian Shaw an educator, artist, chemist, and author from England, tours the region in search of creative synergy.
Obscure Sports Monday
-Pole dancing competition held at the Paramount...First Nudity, Now Pole Dancing 
-
As cricket league expands, players reach for wider audience
-In Chesterfield, soccer unites Latino residents (I'm just kidding about the soccer)

LAMB OF GOD Fill-In Guitarist DOC COYLE Gets Hit In Face With Cup Of Water
Summer tourism didn't pack the punch Historic Triangle had hoped for
  
The Zombie Survival Guide: Holiday Edition
 
Richmond Zombie Walk | Twitter

Zombies eat your flesh in Glen Allen...Zombie Walks for "Zombieland" (Movie Review: Zombieland)

SportsQuest complex aims to expand sports experience in Richmond area...Burton expects to move SportsQuest forward despite tight economy 
-Rewind: It Takes a Village 

Officials at Radford University and the city of Radford are 'aggressive' in their crackdown of underage drinking
The Portent: John Brown’s Raid in American Memory
Blackstone Group close to Busch Gardens buy from InBev
Virginia Beach reviewing contract with private lifeguard service
Fans of baking, eating hit Crozet pie fest
New Richmond Baseball Website!
-Schedule
-Richmond's New Baseball Team...Richmond baseball franchise starts with name game...Richmond baseball fans excited for new season
   
Working to fill the seats at the Diamond  

Complete Baseball Coverage on RGL

 
Recap:
-Charlottesville Goes Crazy (w Setlist)
-Pro-Bono Work 
-U2 rocks Scott Stadium to its moment of surrender 
-U2 was amazing 
-Still Learning: Despite spectacle, U2 doesn’t jolt 
-U2’s 360 Tour goes all the way around...Despite the huge crowd, U2 delivers up-close show | Multimedia 
-U2’s spectacle in Charlottesville 
-U2 Mania at Scott Stadium...The Day after the U2 Concert 
-U2 Fans Pack Scott Stadium...I-64 Backed Up Due to U2 Concert Traffic
-U2's Bono Shows Virginia Railway Express and Fredericksburg Some Love 
 
Blogger Response
-Joe's U2 Fansite: 360° Tour - October 1, 2009 Charlotttesville, Virginia (w Download) 
-What a Cool Idea: Review: U2 Concert 
-Virulent Recidivism: U2 360 in Charlottesville...Yeah, it was good, but....  
-Fuggled: Culture Shock! 
-Oh. Ciao!: Uuuuu Due! (Italian for U2!) 
-Amblus: Stuck in a Moment 
-Time and Patience: U2 
-Spelled Out In Black and Whyte: U2 
-A Pot of Stew: U2- The Day After 
-SWAG1440: U2: What a Beautiful Night  
-Dinner at The Altamount: U2 and Babysitting...
-pie-on: Muse/U2 concert

U2 Live From Outer Space: Rolling Stone Cover
 
The stage is set: U2 comes to town...Welcome to town, but watch the traffic...A U2 Concert Survival Guide: From parking to earplus
 
26 hours to go: When U2 comes to town...Get Ready for ‘The Claw’!...First glimpse at U2's "Claw" stage at Scott Stadium...
How to dismantle a U2 concert...No Line On The Horizon, But A Wild Wild West Prop 
 
Why fans still love U2...A DMB-U2 connection?
 
Concert tipster: Buy U2 tix Monday or Tuesday...Why tix were as low as $19
 
 
DC Recap:
-U2 and the Claw a break from sex scandals in Washington 
-'New Years Day' for Teddy Kennedy
-Claw and Order: U2 Delivers the Hits at FedEx Field
-U2 Rocks DC
-Set List 

PARKING AND TRAFFIC INFORMATION FOR U2 360o TOUR AT UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA’S SCOTT STADIUM...Roads close, bus routes change for U2 festivities...U2 incidents, traffic match expectations

 


Tech, Green, Media

Richmond Dog buys 5,000 Xbox points...Dog Buys Microsoft Points


Capturing coal's carbon to cut greenhouse gas
Allbritton and Politico Attack the Post on a Second Front...PostKiller.com: Will Politico-Style Site Obliterate Other Local Media Outlets?
-The New Republic | NY Times  

Eight locally-based firms named to Venture Forum list | #grctw
-CarePoint Health Products-Diamedix
-Dominion Benefits
-Health Diagnostics Laboratory
-Electro-LuminX Lighting Corp | @LightTape 
-C&G Flooring
-PartnerJD
-PowerPact Holdings Group | @TouchStorm 
-Venebio

Martin Agency goes West...How Martin Is Helping Microsoft Battle Apple on the Retail Front 
 
Martin Agency chief says ad industry must change approach  

Do 'Teach' and 'Advertising' Belong in the Same Sentence?
Morning DJ Scott returning to Richmond
UVa Paper Fights For Booze (Advertising)
On Reading, Sharing, Oversharing, & Value
Style Weekly Cover: On the cusp of becoming the anchor in the new Silicon Dominion, the great technology boom turned into a bust. 

So, you’ve been playing fast and loose with social media like Twitter and Facebook? Careful — it could be the thing that costs you your job.
A change in ownership, but no big change in magazine
Redefining the meaning of power
T-D readership trends continue...The Pilot's circulation drops 5.8% for weekdays 
 
Circulation craters at Virginia papers  

Tech Review: Twitter’s training wheels
AOL reboots board
Is Foursquare the Future of Friendship, or Just Dumb?
Times-Dispatch Business News Staff Expands
Dot-com minds share their Web wisdom
NASA Langley officials confident about key rocket test
RVAFreaks Launches
-Discussion Board

Summit participants discuss future of radio
Blogger vs. Journalist
Launched: New businesses leave economic ruins behind
Thursday, October 22, 2009
SMC Richmond Potpourri | #SMCRVA
-But I Live In Richmond! by @knownhuman | The Other Side of the Byline and General News 
-Social Media ROI: Real. Local. Measurable. by @NhatPham  
-Social Media APIs: The new language of the web by @busse | SMCRVA Social Media APIs presentation PPT and Excel+Twitter API demo files
 
A Cornucopia of Concepts, Code and Cupcakes   

Chesterfield launches digital library...Technology plan proposed for Chesterfield schools
No contact: JADE blogger takes plea...JADE Blogger Back Online 
Content and Its Discontents on the Web
 
The New York Times’ Coming Jihad Against The Huffington Post 
Newspaper Redesign Can Be Okay But Great Reporting Is Still What’s Important
Richmond’s Nonprofits: The Challenge for Charities – an online event
-#steakchat 

Media General earnings decline in 3Q...Reports Loss on $84 Million...loss is linked to impairment charge...sees signs of improvement
Lawmakers tell VITA chief to go slow on contract
Longtime Richmond reporter Bill Wasson dies
VCU.EDU Re-Designed!
CTO Chopra Talks Cloud, Spectrum, Net Neutrality on CSPAN
Serial entrepreneur enjoys investing in others’ ventures
'Green' is the theme at Roanoke school
Web health sites harness power of social networks
-WiserTogether 

CBS6 Best of the Blogs: West of the Boulevard
-
West of the Boulevard
Craig Newmark: Mobile the Future
RichTech event at VCU focuses on leadership
Group protests decision by public radio station
UPS whiteboard ads face eternal erasure
When Should a Critic Just Trash a Place?
The Happy World of the New Washington Post Magazine
Review of Information Technology Services in Virginia Briefing | VITA Letter | Northrop Grumman Letter 
-Audit Report Criticizes Massive Virginia IT Outsourcing Plan
-Auditors slam Northrop’s $2B Virginia outsourcing contract  
-Kaine, lawmakers warn no new funds for Northrop Grumman...Gubernatorial candidates trade jabs on VITA contract...Tax bill creeps up on IT firm...VITA overseers battle over control of boss...Northrop Grumman seeks to soften criticisms in report 
-Va. Pays Dearly for Computer Troubles...The Politics of Virginia's Computer Contract
-Report: Va., IT vendor on track for costly divorce
-Virginia Governor comments on JLARC Review of Virginia IT infrastructure

7 steps to turn Google Reader into a journalist’s best friend
The Corporate Executive Board Acquires TowerGroup
Robert E. Snead Sr., retired pressroom manager, dies at 80
This Just In -- I'll Now Work My Own Prompter
Virginia Talks Launches
-@VirginiaTalks
Richmond's Panel Kicks Off a New Chapter  
Monday, October 12, 2009
TWEET THAT! | #tweetthat
Using social media for career, branding and community building with 

-@trevordickerson
-@jolieodell
-@generrapeck 
-@cjsn
 
Panelists discuss social media at VCU 
 
From SMCEDU: 5 Steps to Make the Social Web Work for Higher Ed
 
This is My Twitterverse -- 'Tweet That, Prof' 

'Everything Midlothian' trying to keep it local online
-Everything Midlothian | @EverythingMidlo

How to raise money for your tech startup
FTC issues blogger payola crackdown
-Richmond Media Musings
-FTC Wants To Clarify: Bloggers Probably Won't Get Dinged $11,000 

CBS6 Best of Blogs: Boulevardizen.com - Check it Out 
-Boulevardizen 

Do You Get it? Then We Want You to Share It with SMCRVA!
Tech entrepreneur to share his story
New VITA chief still mastering the details
Greater Richmond Grid Launch Party: Issue 2
Writing Less is More
RVA's first Talk 20 at 1708...Creative Change Center and 1708 Host Stellar First Talk 20
PR forum says listening is key in crisis
Couple growing RVANews into local information hub
-RVANews
Sisters get big brother: From Facebook to face-to-face: siblings finally meet
New issue of Richmond Grid Profiles Tweeps:
-@JovanH 
-@Mox_eMediaGirl 
-@Richmondmom 
-@TrevorDickerson 

Can you really sell Twitter services?
-Feedback 

Local firm designs iPhone app for tourism 
-Riggs Ward Design

Hashbrown Networking
 
Rumple Minze Networking Twitter Group
New data system gives Chesterfield teachers quick access to student records
Why do the Redskins suck? Because the local paper is really mean to them!
Both The Boathouse at Rocketts Landing and T-Miller’s Sports Bar & Grill are also mixing it up on social platforms
No rise seen in VITA payments
The Washington Post Launches All-Local Homepage
-
washingtonpost.com/local
Identity theft deemed 'constant threat'
E-waste inspires green efforts
Inc 30 Under 30: No. 19 Elliott Bisnow

Richmond Area Tech Groups

Richmond Area Green Groups

Virginia Technology News

Tech Calendar

Also see Somewhat Frank's CalendarDC Tech Event Calendar


Reference
 
 
Richmond Good Life
-Blog
-Twitter
-Restaurant Page
most popular
-Special Reports
-Archives
-Public Google Readers:
Richmond (Art | Dining | Music | Politics | Redskins | Tech)
-Email Story Ideas/Links

Locals Guide

-Alcohol
 --Irish Pubs
 --Wine 
-Biking
-Books
-Bowling
-Continuing Education
-Fishing
 --Boat, Bait & Tackle
 --Boat Ramps & Fishing Lakes 
-Gastronomy
 --50 Top Restaurants
 --Coffee Shops free wifi
 --Farmer's Markets
 --Sweets
 --Tea
-Golf Courses
-Gyms
-Music
-Shopping
 --Shop Local!
 --Record Stores
 --Used, Free, and Cheap
-Skiing
-Volunteering 600+ Richmond not-for-profits
-Walking/Running Trails
-Yoga

Richmond Media Guide
(also see Wikipedia Media in Richmond)  
-Richmond Times Dispatch 
 --Discover Richmond
 --Pop Culture!
 --Business
-Style Weekly
-
Richmond.com
-RVANews
-
Richmond Magazine
 --Daily Tip
 --The Hat
 --Parental Rites
 --Pop Culture Rodeo
 --
Shop Talk
 --The Unseemly House
 --Food Stuff
-RVA Magazine  
-Richmond Grid

-Richmond City Council Reporter & Telegraph 
-
Brick Reloaded
-
Richmond Wiki
-Topix Richmond
-
Fwix Richmond
-
Elevate Richmond
-The Community Weekly 
-Virginia Talks
-Virginia Tomorrow
-Virginia Quarterly Review
-Virginia Living
-Richmond Twitter Guide 
-
WordPress Richmond
-Google News Richmond VA

Government
-Richmond
  --
Mayor's Newsletter
  --
Auditor’s Reports
-Chesterfield
-Henrico | Newsletter
-Hanover | Newsletter

Regional/Counties
-
Amelia Bulletin Monitor
-The Central Virginian  
-
Chesterfield Living
-Chesterfield Observer
-The Goochland Courier
-Goochland Gazette
-
Hanover Herald-Progress  
-
Hanover Lifestyle
-Henrico Citizen
-
Hopewell News
-Innsbrook Today
-Mechanicsville Local
-Midlothian Exchange
-Progress Index
-
Powhatan Today
-
River City
-The Village News
-West End's Best
Also see Blogs  

Student Papers
-
The Collegian (University of Richmond)
-UR Richmond Now (official PR) 
-VCU Capital News Service
-
Commonwealth Times (VCU)
-VCU News (official/PR)
-Topix VCU
-The Informer (Virginia Union) 

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

Business Issues
-Richmond BizSense
-Richmond Grid

 --
Creative Work Space Magazine
-Virginia Business Magazine
 --Blogs
 --Central VA News
-Biz Buzz Blog (RTD)
-
R'Biz
-Richmond Chamber of Commerce News
-Retail Merchants  Association Newsletter 
-Greater Richmond Working Capital
-UofR MBA Blog
-Chmura Economics
-DC:
Washington Business Journal
-Hampton Roads: Inside Biz
-Roanoke: Blue Ridge Business Journal | Valley Business Front 

Family/Kids Issues
-RichmondFamily
-Richmond Parents

GLBT Issues
-Gay Community Center of Richmond
-GayRVA 

-The Richmond Outsider  
-The Virginia Flame

Jewish Issues
-
The Reflector (JCF)
-Virginia Jewish Life

Latino Issues
-
Centro de Richmond
-Horizontes
-
La Voz Hispana
-Nuevas Raíces

Left Leaning
-
The Richmond Defender
-Richmond Independent Media Center

Senior Issues
-
Boomer Life
-Fifty Plus

Women's Issues
-
Belle
-Richmond Chic
-Skirt
-
V Magazine for Women | Blog

Press Releases
-
PR.com Richmond
-PRLog Richmond
 
Neighborhoods
-RVANews Aggregator
-Boulevardizen (previously 10 South Boulevard)
-
Carver & Jackson Ward
-Chesterfield Daily  
-
Church Hill People’s News
-
The Devil's Triangle
-Downtown Short Pump
-Everything Midlothian
-
Fan District Hub
-Fan of the Fan
-
Fulton Hill
-Hanover’s Future
-Hills and Heights
-Historic Varina
-Kensington Ave
-Monroe Ward
-Near West End News
-North Richmond News
-News From Doswell (satire) 
-
Oregon Hill
-Petersburg People’s News
-Powhatan Life
-River District News  
-Short Pump Express (satire) 
-Short Pump Mom and Dad
-Southside Richmond
-West of the Boulevard


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

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

OBX
-NCCoast.com
-Sentinel

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

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

Richmond Online Television 
-Current.com: Richmond
-Mashup
-Midlo 5
-RVAtv.net
-Streaming Richmond
-
Style Weekly
-TVRichmond
-VCU TV HD

Richmond Radio Stations
-
WCVE 88.9 FM NPR (Stream)
-WDCE 90.1 FM University of Richmond (Stream)  
-WRVQ 94.5 FM "Q-94" Top 40 (Stream)
-WKHK 95.3 FM "K-95" Country (Stream)
-WKLR 96.5 FM "The Planet" Classic Rock (Stream)
-WRIR 97.3 FM  Richmond Indie Radio (Stream)
-WTVR 98.1 FM "Lite 98" Soft Rock (Stream)
-WWLB  98.9 FM Liberty Variety Pop-Rock
-WDYL 101.1 FM "Y-101" New Rock (Stream)
-WRXL 102.1 "The X" New Rock (Stream)
-WMXB 103.7 FM "B-103" Soft Rock (Stream)
-WBJT 106.5 FM "The Beat" Urban (Stream)
-WBBT 107.3 FM "Oldies 107.3" Oldies
-WRNL 910 AM "Sports Radio 910" Sports (Stream)
-WXGI 950 AM "ESPN 950" Sports (Stream)
-WRVA 1140 AM "News Radio WRVA" News (Stream)
-WDZY 1290 AM "Radio Disney Richmond" (Stream)
-
WCLM 1450AM Richmond Soul Rado Network (Stream)
-WVCW (Stream)
see
VARTV for complete list

Richmond Blogs
-Aggregators
 --
RVABlogs
 --Richmond.com

 --Outside.in
 --LiveJournal RVA
 --Blognetnews.com
-
Bacon's Rebellion
-Buttermilk and Molasses
-
The Blue Raccoon | The Hat (Harry Kollatz, Jr.) 
-
Jack Goes Forth
-River City Rapids
-River City Voice
-Save Richmond
-Slantblog
-Tobacco Avenue  
-Urban Issues and Actions 

Food Blogs

Other Town Aggregators
-
Charlottesville Blogs
-Fredericksburg Blogs

Richmond Discussion Boards
-
Craigslist Richmond Forums
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SPECIAL SECTION
October 9-11, 2009 
Richmond Folk Festival
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Featuring
-Aubrey Ghent
-Bob French's Original Tuxedo Jazz Band | Wikipedia
-Clinton Fearon & The Boogie Brown Band
-Debashish Bhattacharya | Wikipedia
-Don Roy
-Jeffrey Broussard & The Creole Cowboys
-Jerry Douglas | Wikipedia
-Jorge Negron
-Khogzhumchu 
-La Gran Banda
-Lloyd Arneach
-Martin Hayes and Dennis Cahill
-Mr. Wiggles
-North Bear
-Paul Williams & The Victory Trio
-Paul Zarzyski
-Phil Wiggins and Corey Harris
-Samba Mapangala & Orchestre Virunga | Wikipedia
-Sue Yeon Park
-Sophia Bilides Trio
-Swamp Dogg | Wikipedia
-Trouble Funk | Wikipedia
-Wylie & The Wild West

GUIDES
-Richmond Grid Magazine (PDF)
-RVANews
-Times Dispatch
 (Mobile)

Plan 9 Merchandise (Posters, tshirts, etc)

Sunday
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TIM'S MUSIC JOURNAL Don't Need No Ticket... 
-On final day, festival-goers enjoy ‘Richmond at its best’...Richmond Folk Festival: Local Businesses Make Music, Too...Folklife steals show...160,000 is Richmond Folk Festival attendance estimate...Slideshow
-You came, you saw, you folked it up
-Too Much Trouble Funk
-NBC12 Viewpoint: Richmond Folk Festival 
-Walking the Walk: Impressions from the Richmond Folk Festival
-More Richmond Folk Festival Photos 
-Richmond Folk Festival 2009 Slideshow...One More Day at the Folk Fest
-Folk Festival Wraps Up
-Bloggers on Richmond Folk Festival: allthingsrobin | Happy Lucky Communique | no great cathedral  | Otway | RVAJazz | Shades of Gray | welcome- to my quarter life crisis | .Worship In Beauty.
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Richmond Grid Guide
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RVANews Guide
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Style Weekly Mobile Guide
-Times Dispatch Guide (Mobile)

Saturday
-A Different Kind of Adventure 
-All the Little Things at the Richmond Folk Festival
-Debashish Bhattacharya...Found! A Man Who Thinks Like Me. 
-richmond folk fest part 1 - music...part 2 - art 
-photoladylove: Richmond Folk Festival 
-Folk Festival serves the sizzle in the drizzle...
Gerloff, Parch memorialized in rollicking tribute at Folk Fest...Russian throat singers serenade students...After big opening night, Richmond Folk Festival rolls on...Slideshow

Friday
-Richmond Folk Festival: Friday night Swamp Dogg's rhythm and blues brought it home 
-‘A healthy dose of weirdness’...Opening Night Slideshow 
-RFF Last Night With More To Come! 
-Folk Festival food alternatives (share your thoughts)


Preview
-Folk Used to Be a Bad Word: The Richmond Folk Festival redefines a musical genre and rejuvenates a city...A new satellite music event warms you up for the Richmond Folk Festival |
Style Weekly Mobile Guide
-Bopst’s Folk Festival preview |
RVANews Guide
-Richmond Folk Festival: What you need to know...Volunteers crucial to Folk Festival...Folk Festival: Ante Up |
Times Dispatch Guide (Mobile)
-Complete Richmond Folk Festival Schedule & Guide (PDF)
-Richmond Folk Festival to bring sounds from around the world 
-Take Me to the River 
-Five Picks for Folk Fest 
-Riverfront Miracle: The amazing—and totally free—Richmond Folk Festival, October 9-11
-Richmond Folk Festival This Weekend! 
-Richmond Folk Festival: Honoring the Past, Looking Ahead 
-Richmond Folk Festival coming this weekend 
-Richmond Folk Festival Gets Underway Friday 
-Advanced Appreciation for the Richmond Folk Festival

Planning
2009 Richmond Folk Festival Announces First Eight Performers | Second Round of Performers (Richmond Grid
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Volunteers Needed!

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