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December 22, 2008 to December 28, 2008

Legislators Rolling In Tobacco Money


Viewed through prism of recent financial turmoil, are old-time values learned on farm the answer?
GOP Old Lion, New Cub
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Sen. Warner: 'I walk out, holding my head high ..." (Roanoke Times reprint
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Photos and audio: A tour of Sen. John Warner's office...John Warner's 30 years in Senate draw to close...Rewind: Out Like a Lion
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Cantor is Rising Star in GOP Ranks...Cantor keeps contribution from father of man whose pardon was rescinded 
Norfolk has another downtown goal: Draw more retailers
Churches obliged to do more with less
Military aims to muzzle evangelizing at recruiting sites
Group sues to construct mosque in Henrico
Man dies in hunting accident
If Joseph, Mary and the infant Jesus arrived in Richmond, they'd probably end up on West Grace Street.
GOP Aiming to Plant Seeds of Its Resurgence in Va. Governor's Race
Two cities (Norfolk and Virginia Beach) have wish lists for Obama's economic team...so what about the cap city (can Kaine/Wilder influence help)? 
Roanoke has one of the highest rates of homeless students in the state
Wilder decries Hicks’ role in suit
Is It Hard to Get a Car Loan?
Preservation leader assails Wal-Mart plan...Wal-Mart and Orange County Civil War Grounds
Leigh Street Armory Back on the Block
Google Maps Mashup Combines Your Address, Nuclear Blast (or Asteroid Armageddon)
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Ground Zero
 
Weird Al Yankovic-Christmas At Ground Zero 
Sign of the Times: Virginia Unemployment Office Still Open on Saturdays
Put slavery museum in right city
Virginia Tech student dies after skateboard crash 
Man Versus Bear
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Bear Attacks A Man And His Dog On Massanutten Mountain 
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Va hunter attacked by bear 
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Quick reaction lets hunter tell about close call
 
Helping the next generation
History hinders Norfolk restaurant owner's plans for new locale
Prospect Provides Inspiration With What He Doesn’t Have
Charlottesville-area Cultural meltdown
-Sage Moon Gallery
-Migration: A Gallery
-Les Yeux du Monde Art Gallery
-Spruce Creek Gallery
  
First Night Virginia on the Downtown Mall
 
A legacy of farming will live on: An easement will protect a scenic tract of land in Grayson County.
Reaping the fruits of his labor: Produce Source Partners has become the largest independent supplier of fresh produce in the state
New Video Interview With Lamb of God's Randy Blythe
Williamsburg Hotel Association flees explanations...Hotel board reportedly negated election 
High Fidelity (Record Finder)
Local experts say cold weather is a prime time for raccoons, squirrels and rats to invade your home.
Spotsylvania yo-yo champion (Video)
'Adams' up for 4 Golden Globes
Eagle Returned to Wild
 
Saved eagle takes off in Charles City 
 
Stricken bald eagle found at Suffolk landfill released 
Holidays bring flood of pet owners to veterinary clinics
Gossip goes global on site for students (VCU on Juicycampus)
Christmas cheer to Big Mama, on her 110th birthday
Rebirth of Cool: The National brings neon, music, dinner and beauty to one of Richmond’s most important — and desolate — blocks. 
Urge Winter 2008 Issue 
Online articles: Side Show, Duane Keiser, Liz Kellinger, Matt Lively, Virginia Historical Society's Photography in Virginia, V,  Charlottesville Ladies Arm Wrestling, Mary Washington’s mosaic show, Fashion (Marshe Wyche Laurianda Jenkins), Richmond Ballet, Musicians (Tereu Tereu, Dean Fields, 29th Division, The Itals, Kings of Belmont)
Hampton Roads Restaurant Week 
Pros And Cons Of Bartending  
Wild Virginia reports Wood Turtle Makes Top 10 List of Species in Need of Protection
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Daily Press| Times Dispatch
-Without A Net: Top ten wildlife, fish and plants in need of Endangered Species Act 
Movieland starting to look like a real theater
Oregon Hill Christmas Caroling
Cities mark Poe bicentennial, battle over legacy  
Rampage
Bopst Show XXXIV  
Restaurant(s) On The Road To Ruin.... Part #2  
Charlottesville Indian Restaurants in War of Words?  
Great Workout Article from Crossfit Richmond! Simplicity
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Deadlift (PDF) 
Substance abuse stigma among Jews leads to group
Christmas Shopping Guide:
-Giving the gift of art means you’re becoming an aesthetic adult 
-Keep Richmond Bizarre
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Richmond Magazine's Shop Talk
-Local authors and bookstores make recommendations...Under the Clock: The Story of Miller & Rhoads...Shameless Shilling for the Holidays 
-(Charlottesville) Locavore gurus share their from-here gift ideas
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This kid has the right idea!
-If you have to chain, SHOP Circuit City instead of Box A,B,C!
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Finally, if you plan on doing this, please use locally-sourced doodoo.
 
Also see, RGL's Shop Richmond First
(why buying local is better)
 
Send Hannah Garman a Christmas Card 
259 North Reading Rd.
Ephrata, Pa. 17522 
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The Democratic blog "Raising Kaine" is set to close, leaving the Web open for the GOP. 
Virginia Blogs mentioned:
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Raising Kaine
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Bearing Drift
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Vivian Paige 
Outlook sunny for homeowners who want to tap solar energy
 
No Furnaces but Heat Aplenty in ‘Passive Houses’
There’s Lots of Tech Help, Yes, on the Internet
Publicist files defamation suit against The Hook
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The Hook Sued for Defamation 
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Senior’s star: Buckingham publicist sues the Hook 
Do You Twitter? How Adorable
Schools increase nuclear-education offerings (VCU)
Robotics helps make global connections
Pink slips: Schilling just the first of Saga radio layoffs 
The makings of a media mogul: Michael Arrington of TechCrunch
Unbelievably Slick Green Cabin Kits
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Green Cabin Kits (Richmond company) | Follow on Twitter 
The Meaning Of (Social Networking) Friendship...OMG, We're Not BFFs Anymore? Getting 'Unfriended' Online Stings 
Internet Overtakes Newspapers As News Source
The New York Times Company Reports November Revenues
Washington Post and Baltimore Sun to Share Content | E&P
Leaner Times Lead To Lower Standards For Online Ads? Perish The Thought
Big Gains Among Top 30 Newspaper Web Sites
Va. Pilot names Donald Luzzatto new editor of editorial page (Dennis Hartig retiring)
 
WaPo's Jim Brady resigns (Official Statement | Paid Content)...Digital-Print Integration: The Fast Track
 
Editor Franklin Steps Out of the (Baltimore) 'Sun' for Teaching Post   
Arrington: I’m Sorry Robert, But It’s Time For A Friendfeed Intervention
 
Scoble: Did I harm my blog by FriendFeeding this year?
Newspaper Shuns Web, and Thrives  
GateHouse sues NYT Co. over local websites 
Collusion Solution?
-How to save the newspaper industry (via)
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Newspapers can’t keep distributing content for free on Web...THEY SHOULD COLLUDE
Newspaper Shuns Web, and Thrives  
Five who are changing the face of the Internet.  
Can Technorati Beat Google at Blog Search?  
Washington Is Killing Silicon Valley  

Chesterfield nightclub shooting victim sought (Rox-c's)


Overturned: Convicted motel wife-killer prevails on appeal
Bopst on Penis Crimes
Petersburg Dunkin' Donuts Robbery Caught on Tape  
Shoplifters face greater scrutiny
  
Tables turned on Fredericksburg thief
 
Vassallo, Tucker charged with shoplifting  (faces 2 charges)...Lawyer: Tech’s Vassallo not guilty of shoplifting
  
National News
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As Economy Dips, Arrests for Shoplifting Soar 
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Tough Economy Fuels Crime, Shoplifting 
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The Economy's Latest Hurdle for Retailers: Shoplifting 
Police link robberies of 3 Newport News cab drivers in past 5 days (stunning photo)
Sickos: Girl, 12, uninjured in Henrico home-invasion robbery (steal Christmas presents)
 
Henrico says 2 teens vandalized Christmas decorations 
Man Shot Outside Wheaton Macy's
  
Stabbing at Lynnhaven Mall sends teen to hospital | Daily Press...Arrest made
$23,000 in antique weapons Stolen In Hanover
Christiansburg Police recover 5 knives at scene of grisly killings
Another pervert takes the bait
Richmond, Virginia, Police Department Helps Lower Crime Rates with Crime Prediction Software
Senior City Official Arrested on Cocaine Charges
-AP | Times Dispatch 
Green Top Robbery: A Lot Of Guns Still Got Away
Spotsylvania prosecutor will look into Richmond police case  

Prosecutors erred in dismissing assault charge against Richmond officer
...Three RPD Officers Charged
 
Charlottesville Marijuana scheme nets man 57 months
Man guilty in starvation of 4-year-old Norfolk girl
Navy officer convicted of killing wife in Virginia Beach
Family lives in fear in southeast Newport News
During the holidays, best to know your bills from baloney (Craigslist Scam)
After probation, another chance | Part 2

December 15, 2008 to December 21, 2008

John Warner's 30 years in Senate draw to close
-Rewind: Out Like a Lion


Best Richmond Debates This Week:
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CHPN on Shockoe Center Baseball
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CHPN on John Murden
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Existential Punk on Haggard Still Struggles With Sexuality
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Fan District Hub on Government Transparency
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Once Upon a Hot Summer Night on the "Death of the Times Dispatch"
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Style Weekly on Trader Joe's
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Times Dispatch on NBC12 Firings
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Urban Richmond on RVABlogs
What is life like in the Synchronicity spiritual community in Nelson County?
Hampton roads traffic is bad. No surprise there.
Goochland Utility department in the hot seat | Goochland Gazette 
Calling Uncle: Is UVA seeking a federal bailout?
Concealed Guns Get OK At National Parks
Wilder tours downtown sites
-Downtown Development Revisited 
Sunlight in 2009
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Sunlight and Budgets 
With unearthing of infamous jail, Richmond confronts its slave past
-Richmond slave jail’s foundation found 
-Unvarnishing Virginia History 
-Evidence of Historic Slave Jail Revealed in Virginia 
-Ugly History 
-Richmond dig reveals evidence of slave jail
-Update on Lumpkin’s Jail 
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The James River Institute for Archaeology: Lumpkin’s Jail Project 

Navy appears to have made decision to put carrier in Florida
Road projects in region hit speed bump 
 
Our roads are less traveled
Doctors seeing an increase in patients with stress symptoms
Kaine to Propose 1,100 Layoffs, Cigarette Tax Hike, Staffers Say (followup) | TD | Roanoke Times | FoxDC
 
Kaine Offers Major Shifts In Proposal To Cut Budget...shows grim outlook for Va....proposes taking a scalpel to state budget...Fight looms 
 
Kaine's budget proposal would chop Va. school resources | State cuts $12.4M more from UVA
 
Virginia’s Lt. Gov. response | Attorney General response

The Westin Richmond Invigorates Opens
Men’s stores Shevel’s, J. Altis Ltd. call it quits
 
No holiday cheer for retailers
Targeting Missing Revenue: Big-box retailer has been paying sales taxes to the wrong jurisdiction for five years.
'Death map' shows heat a big hazard to Americans 
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Spatial patterns of natural hazards mortality in the United States 
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Virginia Map 
Is Your Deck Safe?
A Hampton assistant city manager hits the $1.1M jackpot with 11 winning lottery tickets
Bob Bobb: I Can Fix Richmond Schools
Wifi enabled Bolt Bus Coming to Richmond? (to NYC); Chinatown competitor 
-DC Reviews:
Somewhat Frank's Bolt Bus Travel Experience To NYC | Bolt Bus, Where Are You? 
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BoltBus
Red-State Army?
National Geographic: Richmond Ranks 81st Among Historic Cities:  
Historic Places Rated: The List
1. Austria: Wachau/Melk Abbey (score: 88)
2. Ontario: Rideau Canal corridor (score: 84)
3. Belgium: Historic Center of Ghent (score: 81)
4. Japan: Nikko historic areas (score: 81)
5. Austria: Graz (score: 80)
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31. Virginia: Charlottesville and Monticello (score: 72)
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47. Virginia: Alexandria (score: 68)
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81. Virginia: Richmond historic area (score: 61) 
 

Tourism in Virginia is falling on harder times
... worries about economy, budget

Storing the Mentally Ill
First Impressions of the New Acacia
  
BW3’s To Open Short Pump Location
  
Amici Ristorante of Carytown OPEN AGAIN!

Montpelier wrestler Mickie James visits troops in WWE tribute

All eyes could be on UR’s London  
 
Flying Hightower: Spiders standout impresses as NFL rookie
  
'We are UR!'  
 
Spiders and Snakes
 
Machinery rumbles, old stands crumble
   
Aftermath Glow:
-Spiders return to Richmond...Fans greet returning Spiders...Triumphant Spiders return to Richmond...Players react to warm homecoming 
-Champ Spiders sharp from start...Taking time as a spectator to enjoy hometown victory
-UR fans savor crowning glory...Fantastic voyage
-It's party time for London, Spiders Dave Fairbank
-Richmond fans celebrate Spider victory in Chattanooga
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Spiders in the Big Apple
 
Montana POV:
Saints, Griz fans revel in journey, brush off losses | Richmond makes all the right moves in win over Montana | Griz coach, players stand tall after setback to Spiders | Grizzlies accept that, on this night, Richmond was the better team  


NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP GAME:
The Collegian (
1 2 3) | UR Athletic Department (1 2 3) Box Score | Times Dispatch (1 2 3 4 5) | NBC12 (1 2) | CBS6 | Fan District Hub | Daily Press 1 2 | NBC29 | ESPN (video) | Montana Athletic Department | Billings Gazette (1 2 3 4) | Great Falls Tribune (1 2) | Missoulian | Chattanooga Times | The Chattanoogan | WRCB | Bleacher Report The Sports Network | AP | UPI | Las Vegas Review-Journal | Twitter Spiders 
 
There's Only One Mike London
-Nice-guy London was a perfect fit
-Mike London gives himself no credit for Richmond's run...London calling
-Richmond coach London finds life offers bigger victories
-Race no trap for Spiders’ London
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Coach London and The Richmond Spiders go the Distance
 
 
A call to civil rights action in college football 

Death Do Them Part
Deer crashes through window of popular Chesapeake restaurant
 
Deer kill totals indicate growing herd...Deer topics dominate DGIF discussions
RVAjazzfest 2009 (February 21, 2009 @ The Camel)
Save Richmond Special Series:
Richmond Arts Flashback: Richard Florida and “Street-Level Art”
-The Cultural Action Plan Goes Live (and You're Invited)
 
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Flashback 4: Whatever Happened to TheatreVirginia?
-Flashback 3: “The Earl of Chesterfield”
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Flashback 2: “Mr. Cabell’s Richmond”
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Flashback 1: “Salvage Work” ...Rewind: 1984 Salvage Work: After the Arts District Bomb

Rafting the ragin’ James
Starin' At the Rude Boys: A very haphazard history of Tidewater punk circa 1980-84
Genevelyn Steele on Restaurant Wine Markups
Dave Matthews Band announces two nights at JPJ: Cville | Hook 
Capra in Charlottesville: It really was a Wonderful Life
Local NASCAR expert says sport ok
Smoking, bars and budgets
New Cultural Action Plan Discussions  
State Cuts $100K From Local Arts
Local Food Hub Planned for Charlottesville
Flashmob Rave Youtube (UVA Finals Week) via
Libbie-Grove
-Three Chopt Wine Bar Invasion:
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Barrel Thief Wine Shop & Cafe Opens in the Near West End 
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Coast on Grove in 4 Weeks? 
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Magnolia’s opened quietly in the Village shopping center  
Fleeing Home As A Teen, Spotsylvania County resident Is Cuban In Her Soul Another Castro
Who's the greatest athlete in South Hampton Roads history? Let's do one for Richmond   
The Dancing BBQ Man
Tara Thai Expanding to Charlottesville
Restaurant On The Road To Ruin...
 
Restaurants facing 15% decline in business 
Robot Hearts: Kissing And Telling The Internet May Have Adverse Effects on Your Love Life (Turns Out)
 
The Demise of Dating, The Rise of Hooking Up
Richmond, Virginia's first Heart of Winter Fest (black metal, doom, heavy metal and grind) 
 
Fight the Big Bull Dying Will Be Easy Review (infusion of Ellington/Mingus/AACM/Bernste) 
 
Let There Be Rock - Drive-By Truckers
Mayor Holed Up For Weeks Watching ‘A Christmas Story’
The X's Elliot in the Morning Suspended Last Week...A Theory 
Fishing on the James
Further updates on the Shockoe Center (baseball) proposal
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Take Me out to the Ballgame (and Take the Game out of the Diamond) 
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See Special Report: Richmond Baseball  
 
Tides hope to bring back the home run at Harbor Park  
 
Rewind: What if the DBAP were never built?
The Bopst Show XXXIII
Need a Ride? Check Your iPhone
Fear Kills Businesses, Dead  
News You Can Lose: The newspaper industry’s uncertain future.
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The Information Business 
Huffington Post Blasted For Stealing Content  
Newspapers Suddenly Adapt To Socal Media; Nearly 60 Percent Offer User-Gen Content
Will the Recession Kill Web 2.0?
Why is the Richmond Times-Dispatch Lifting Photos from Flickr?
Rethinking Richmond Magazine
Channel 12 lays off 7, including Hamlin, Lepley, Richardson
-Out with the Old on Channel 12 
-Death, Taxes, Gene, Sabrina, Jim and Ben?
-NBC12 website silent about story as of 12-17,930pm
-NBC12 Staff Bios

Your Guide to Alternative Business Models for Newspapers 
-No Magic Potion For Ailing Newspapers, But A Cocktail Of Remedies Might Help 

Tools to Engage Young Adults in News Make Use of Facebook 
-NewsMixer: An Innovative Community News Framework

Wharton Startup Advice (via)
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A Startup of One's Own 
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"Fail Fast, Fail Cheap, and Move on to the Real Winners" 
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Entrepreneurs who survive will end up "lean and super efficient with less competition" 
A Wrench in Silicon Valley's Wealth Machine
Scientific Journal to Authors: Publish in Wikipedia or Perish
ComScore: YouTube Now 25 Percent Of All Google Searches
KillerStartups Launches Dataopedia, A One-Stop Shop For Information About Websites  
In Their Search for Help, Fairfax Schools Find Google
Va. Tech incubator collects international award
InRich Is the New RVANews?
RVA Blogs: clean up your act! A few friendly suggestions
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What's Wrong With RVA Blogs?... 
 
Retorts:
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Removed Blog response: Screw 'em if they can't take a joke 
-RVA Blogs Is... Waaaaaahhhhhhh!
RVA Snooze
UofR Dining hall going trayless next semester, following national trend
Ex Amazon.com chowhounds launch Foodista, a Wikipedia/IMDB for food
  
Foodzie Raises $1 Million For Its Specialty Food Marketplace
Report: Former AOL Head Jonathan Miller Not Trying to Acquire Yahoo
 
Death To The Embargo 
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Meet Lois Whitman, The Poster Child For Everything Wrong With PR 
Are bloggers & social networks killing the big shows?
News-oriented Websites Have a Future
Daily newspapers on life-support
-Read all about it: newspapers are done for 
Who Will Report the News?
What's killing newspapers is the same thing that killed the slide rule. (via
The Death of the Times-Dispatch (ex-employee's POV)
 
An Obit for the T-D  
 
Media General Reports November 2008 Revenues
  
Times-Dispatch website quickly improves...but steals our colors   

The Times-Dispatch is about to raise its Sunday rate to $2/copy 
 
Richmond, come on. 
 
Richmond Good Life's Special Coverage of New and Old Media
This blog is twitterfied
 
Filtering Twitter, One Tweet at a Time
  
Tim O'Reilly Talks Twitter on Science Friday  
 

Ways to Monetize Twitter

  
TechCrunch Coverage of New Apps: So How Much Time Do You Waste On Twitter? | The Notorious Sam Sethi Launches His Latest Venture, Twitblogs. | Inevitably, Twitter Profile Pics Turned Into HotOrNot Game | Twitter Humiliates MySpace 
 
Last Week's Twitter Coverage

Knight Foundation Funds Four Online Community News Sites
-What does ‘online first’ mean in your newsroom? (via
New Hearst Newspapers President: 'Tough Decisions' Ahead (100 Days of Change)
Bold Transformation of Detroit Free Press and The Detroit News Lead Nation and Industry With Expanded Digital Offerings; Launch of New Magazine; Colorful, Easy-to-Use Newsstand Editions 
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Analysts Ask: Detroit Plan a 'Big Step' -- But Not Enough? 
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Former 'Freep' Publisher Meriwether: Delivery Cuts Good and Bad 
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CNN: Detroit newspapers to end daily home delivery 
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Stung by rising costs and shrinking advertising revenue 
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Live-Blogging the Detroit Press Conference: 200 Workers To Be Cut, But Commitment to News Excellence, More  
Size Doesn’t Matter: An Analysis Of Online News and Political Sites
Hyperlocal Content Network Outside.In Adds Funding
Do you know your carbon footprint?
C-VILLE Weekly Kicks Integrity Out the Door
The Secrets of Marketing in a Web 2.0 World 
Face It: You Need to be on Facebook
Interview: New NYT.com GM Denise Warren: Tip-toeing Into Aggregation With Guarded Optimism
Michael Wolff On Burn Rates, Newser, Oh, And Rupert Murdoch
Richmond Greendrinks
Thursday, 5:30-7:30pm, Back Porch Initiatives, 1716 E. Franklin St
A simple & unstructured event where people interested in sustainability can get together to network, talk shop, learn something new, share something innovative or maybe even find a job!
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DC area Toll Runs High In Madoff Collapse (Losses to Nonprofits, Personal Fortunes May Top $1 Billion)     
  
History of Ponzi 
 
Rewind: Virginia Ponzi Schemes
-Richmond’s $8 million version of Madoff 
-Maybe Dowdell’s ponzi really was ’small potatoes’ 
-Judge allows $10 million bail for investor's release | Ponzi scheme exploited community ties in Hampton Roads Orthodox Jewish Community 
 
Gothamist's Madoff Meta Coverage
-Madoff Must Stay at Home
-Money Invested with Madoff in "Money Heaven"
-Madoff's Wide-Reaching Fraud Hits Hard
-Victims Range from Big Firms to Individuals 
 
In Palm Beach, Investors Assume Worst...The 17th Floor, Where Wealth Went to Vanish 

Jersey Mike's Deposit turns dangerous
Watch your wallets; robbers are out in pairs
| CBS6
April 16 Documents 
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Virginia Tech Student Paper Posts Emails About Mass Killer
-Tech newspaper posts massacre documents online 
-Virginia Tech leaders are not to blame
 
Families: Va. Tech president should quit...Excerpts show dichotomy of Tech families’ responses
Child porn cartoon conviction upheld
Prosecutors erred in dismissing assault charge against Richmond officer...Three RPD Officers Charged 
Before going to the NFL, Vick needs to team up with PETA  

Va. hearing set on Vick financial disclosures

  
Vick may be moved to halfway house | Daily Press | TD
Pregnant Culpeper woman charged with hitting her boyfriend over the head with a beer bottle
Officials indict nine in meth ring in SW Virginia
Man confesses to break-ins; woman’s underwear key in case
Bopst Christmas Message: What I really want for Christmas is a little accountability from the people who have f*d us in the a**
After 28 years, a Henrico detective finally puts to rest the haunting cold case surrounding the murder of 6-year-old Alex Glanz. 
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Rewind: John Bradley Crawford Trial
FBI: 56-year old Williamsburg man tried to arrange sex with 7-year-old | Police Press Report
Man faces new charge in death of Radford student (student was pushed over second-story apartment)
Alleged Rape Shakes Richmond Community (Dutch Village Apartments)
Agencies gang up on violent crime
757
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Boughton gets 38 years in missionary slaying, shooting
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Man found guilty in Virginia Beach machete attack
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Man charged with threatening to kill detective
Richmond anti-gang program applauded...Norfolk city manager to make proposal on reducing gang violence 
Chief Norwood Names Chief of Staff...Collier Heads For Richmond 
Couple pointed gun at school bus, police say
Antics On Store Cart End At The Jail
Award-winning teacher Sentenced To Four Years In Molestation Of Young Girls
Newport News cash advance store robbery caught on tape 

Robber: Gimme your money, your life—or your hot dogs

December 8, 2008 to December 14, 2008  

GOP Caucus Vows To Tighten Belts Amid Fiscal Crunch


Hubris?
Goochland Supervisors return from government conference at the Homestead...Goochland County braces for hard times next year

For cities, millions in housing funds depend on small groups
Surry County town weighs impact of proposed coal plant
Tamara Dietrich: A new liver, a new life
Craig County ranch: a diamond in the rough
Reclaim Richmond's African Burial Ground
-Petition To Save the Slave Burial Ground in Richmond
-Remains of infamous local slave jail discovered 
The big city that could have been
Washington Post Road Trip: History and Mystery in Richmond's Church Hill
Mayors are today’s real agents of political change. Behold eight of the world’s most innovative and effective civic leaders.
1st black elector to vote for 1st black president
The Best Discussions Going On Right Now in Richmond:
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Buttermilk & Molasses on Bill Pantele 
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Church Hill People's News on the Separation of Murden and CHPN  + Style Article that Broke the Story
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SLANTBlog on Shockoe Bottom Baseball ...Previous Discussion on CHPN 
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Style Weekly on Sheriff's Niece-Gate
-Times Dispatch on VITA  
Sample Problems:
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Henrico-based S&K Famous Brands closing 58 retail stores 
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Jewelry industry analyst blasts media negativity 
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Good and Bad News for Local Cville Shopping 
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Patrick Henry Mall and Prime Outlets Williamsburg retailers couldn't hang on 
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Local Hampton Roads car dealers at risk of closing in crowded field 
 
The Solutions?:
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Greater Richmond Partnership's recession-sparked reevaluation 
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Hampton Roads Economic Development Alliance: Lure business in slumping economy 
Local Blogger Eyes Council Seat 
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Murden announces bid for council seat (personal blog)
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"Murden for Council" Future Website
-J's Notes Endorsement
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Murden's Run for Church Hill Seat Gains Steam
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Blogger-Turned-Council Candidate Runs Up City Hall Steps, Spins, Throws Punches Into Air 
-Rewind: CHPN | Is Murden Ready for the Plunge? Is Council Ready for Murden? | Murden in the 7th? 
  
The Other Contenders:
Anthony Dale, City Council Budget Analyst, City of Richmond 
-Sorensen Institute Profile
  
Jennie Dotts, CEO, Old House Authority (Formerly Executive Director @ Acorn)
-The Provocateur (2004 Style Richmonder of the Year) | Reconnecting Dotts
-New venture can help with restoration  

Antoine Green, President, Richmond Crusade for Voters, Virginia Young Democrats Executive Committee
-Style Profile: Antoine Green, 29 

James Minor, Communications Specialist, Richmond Tenant Organization (RTO)
-Delores McQuinn's son
-RTO demands inclusion from city and RRHA RRHA and city says RTO is not truthful
 

Description: Located in the eastern portion of the City on the north side of the James River, the Seventh District contains neighborhoods from Fairfield in the north to Church Hill and Chimborazo in the south to Fulton in the east. The District also contains portions of Shockoe Bottom, including Tobacco Row.
 
Precincts: 
-701 (Woodville Elementary School 2000 N 28th St)
-702 (Fairmount House 1501 N 21st St)
-703 (Fourth Baptist Church 2800 P St)
-705 (Thirty-first Street Baptist Church 823 N 31st St)
-706 (Powhatan Recreation Center 5051 Northampton St)
-707 (City Hall East District Initiative 701 N 25th St)

Racial Makeup (2000 Census)
-African American: 18,141 (85%) 
-White: 2,683 (13%)
-Other: 587 (3%)1
-TOTAL: 21,411


The Pathfinder: New House Whip Eric Cantor Aims to Be the GOP's Out-of-the-Wilderness Guide 
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Cantor's Leatherstocking Tale 
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Rewind: Cantor VEEP Tease
Powhatan County's identity has a foot in the past
Lawmaker calls on Virginia War Memorial to open up its wall 
 
Father wants Marine son's name on Va. memorial
Foreclosure Machine Grinds On Through Holiday Season 
-Video: Foreclosure Eviction in Virginia
 
A tale of two foreclosures 
 
Va. foreclosures continue to rise  | Daily Press 

Style Cover: Homelessly in Love
GOP Primary 2012?
Jindal to Campaign For McDonnell

 
Jindalmania: CNN | Mother Jones |
MSNBC | NY Times | Politico | Times Dispatch | Va. Pilot | Washington Monthly | Washington Post
  
Richmond politicians line up for Deeds 
VCU Degree Scandal Closure...
Prosecutor to study Richmond schools’ procurement process 
  

Schools’ Elevator Contract Under Investigation
 
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Incompetence? Or Worse? 
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At the risk of piling on…
   

Budget Cuts Possible for RPS
 
 

Maintaining the School Board Curtain
 
 
Richmond-area schools lauded by U.S. News 
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U.S. News & World Report America's Best High Schools 
 
Some Chesterfield teachers may be laid off next year | School cuts around the region
Va. Tech Massacre Looms at Hearing on Gun-Show Sales...Effort to Close 'Gun Show Loophole'...Tech families ask commission to help close gun show ‘loophole’
 

TD EXCLUSIVE: Tech offices locked down before shooting advisory
-Tired of the Media's Second Guessing of this Tragedy
GRTC is having a banner year, but it’s facing a dire financial outlook in 2009.
Amid recession, financial aid applications at community colleges are rising
The Next Big Preservation Battles in D.C.
  
Alliance forms to help protect Charlottesville area’s treasures
 
 
National Park Service, preservation groups dismayed Wal-Mart is going ahead with retail complex at The Wilderness...Historians urge Wal-Mart to pass
Cost of Norfolk's proposed light-rail climbs 24 percent... 3 times higher than projected
   
Norfolk considers tax rate hike to pay for light-rail overruns 
 
Beach is expected to get $1.5 million for light-rail study
Anheuser-Busch InBev to cut 1,400 jobs in U.S.
Searching for Ghosts in Virginia
The Bopst Show XXXIII
Is Bill Murray NYC's New Party Boy?
Florida pet advocates push for a 'no kill' county Uses Richmond SPCA as model
FoxNews: Christmas Light 'Tacky Tours' Spawn Online Community
Virginia-Wood:
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'John Adams' up for 4 Golden Globes
-
Homage to the Richmond film scene
-
C’ville company debuts first feature film...‘Familiar Strangers,' Filmed In Harrisonburg, Comes To CST
-
Fredericksburg actress has role in Manson film
-Local South Boston art historian debuts new Travel Channel show
 
If you're into films and the Richmond film industry,
Bookmark TVJerry

Power 92's T.T. Torrez: Totally Tenacious
Hookah bar in Jerry Falwell's town
UVa students chart run of Red Bull
Posers...We started this trend in RVA: Kentucky Fried Chicken trio photographed turning sink into hot tub
13th Annual Hamaganza Extravaganza Supporting the The Central Virginia Foodbank | Style | Retro Richmond
 
Virginia food banks weighed down by demand...Food banks plan to ask for help from state 
Learn the story behind 'A Christmas Story'  
Washington Post Reviews Adour at the St. Regis
Had a little too much? They'll get you and your car home clever idea! need to import this into Richmond.
Charlottesville's Migration to shut gallery doors in January
-
Migration Gallery
CCF Staff Hit the Streets of Richmond to Give Back Locally
Milennials: the (economically) bi-polar Generation
Topless PETA member protests Ringling Bros. Circus 
-
When Protesting Animal Rights Looks Like A Kinky Bondage Scene… 

February 18-22 Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus ZING ZANG ZOOM Richmond Coliseum
Save Richmond Special Series:
 
Richmond Arts Flashback: Whatever Happened to TheatreVirginia?
 
-
Flashback 3: “The Earl of Chesterfield”
-
Flashback 2: “Mr. Cabell’s Richmond”
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Flashback 1: “Salvage Work” ...Rewind: 1984 Salvage Work: After the Arts District Bomb Jeannette M. Knapp, Commonwealth Magazine, May 1984  
Popular pooch Roo earns special treat: a family
Special Report: Richmond Baseball

Saving the Micropolis
  
-
Rewind: Balls, Sticks, & Stuff  
 
City Rejected Developer With Triple-A Team
  
The Case for Baseball Downtown
  

Baseball in Richmond moving to the back burner
 (also see FDH Discussion)
-
Giving the Mets’ New Ballpark a Bad Name

-
Don't hold breath waiting for Citigroup's money 
-
S.I. Pols Say CitField Should be Citi/Taxpayer Field
 

Gwinnett Chickens Coming Home to Roost
-Officials to discuss cuts at retreat
  
Baseball in Shockoe Bottom - (aka Can Richmonders Actually Move Forward?) 
-
I Support Baseball In Shockoe Bottom Facebook Group
  
Delores McQuinn on Baseball
 
Loudoun County Supervisors Weigh Plan For Ballpark
-
Baseball Coming To Loudoun? 
Habitat’s ReStore moving to smaller location
20 People To Watch in 2009 
-
One Infonugget You Can Only Get Here...News 2.0 
Busch Gardens reveals the name of its new Sesame Street attraction
 
Check out the new rides at Kings Dominion | AP
 
New Episode-The Process-RVAtv-Identity: Richmond 
Morrissey Comes to the National March 13, 2009
Norfolk's film festival is changing its identity, and involving industry greats like producer Stephen Israel 
-On Film Fest
 
Norfolk's bald eagles rebuild old nest at botanical garden 
More Bang For Your Buck...living and giving large and local on a ramen noodle budget (in Hampton Roads) 
Virginia Beach clothing shop Cage is closing after 39 years 
I Trust Classic Video Games 
Outsourcing Love
Genevelyn Steele's Desert Island/Last Supper Wine... 
 
J Emerson's new website is up!
 
When it comes to closing a bottle of wine, is tradition screwed? 
 
Virginia wine has come a long way in 20 years
LAMB OF GOD Guitarist: New Album Is 'A Bit More Raw, A Little More Aggressive And Organic'
The Bopst Show XXXII
West End Assembly of God’s annual Christmas production
Floricane, a NEW Creative Facilitation company
LeWeb versus TechCrunch
Outsourcing of Va.‘s IT system hits snags

Viva La Vita? 
-
JLARC Interim Review of the Virginia Information Technologies Agency 
-
Va.'s technology consolidation increasing costs 
-
IT deal no money saver yet for state
-Va.'s technology consolidation increasing costs 
Technology improves access
Can Spotsylvania Technology Center Become Reality?
The 51 Best* Magazines Ever
WUSA Moves to One-Person News Crews
Government 2.0: The Rise of Citizen Innovation Through Open Data
Digg'n' All That the Web Has to Offer
A Blogger Walks Into A Bar...
How to Use Twitter as a Twool
 
50 Ways to Use Twitter for Business (via)
  
The true meaning of Twitter
 
Writing My Twitter Etiquette Article: 14 Ways to Use Twitter Politely (via)
 
Twitter as a Conversation Platform...Continued 
  
New Frontiers of Connectedness: The Case for “Twitter Conversations” 
 
Top Ten Folks You Shouldn't Follow on Twitter
Va. Tech team debuts Internet startup 
-Koofers
-New Atlantic Ventures
 
Education Sector Takes on Funding: Koofers Receives $2 Million 
 
VentureBeat | Paid Content | Crunchbase 

DC-Area Business Executives Gaze into Crystal Ball
  
Open my own business…now? 
Bollywood video-on-demand Tinselvision has shut down
-
Tinselvision Falls Church, Va.  
Kaine pushes green jobs
McDonnell works to block spam
An advance copy of the Washington Post's reorganization plan
-Graham: Would Borrow For Great Asset But Wouldn’t Drown Company In Debt 
-
Weymouth Probes Future of 'Wash Post' 
-
Save the Whales! 
Media General Presents at UBS Global Media & Communications Conference
(self-article)
-Media General debt pressures ease with new terms... bargains with creditors...reducing debt load by 19%
 

Times-Dispatch lays off 18 employees

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Editor and Publisher
 
 
Beyond Tribune: More Bankruptcies Possible?
Gannett Chief: We Know How to Manage Through Bad Times | Gannett’s ContentOne Ties Local Content With National Ads 
NPR Laying Off 64 Employees, 7 Percent of Staff; Cancels Two Programs 
-
Press Release
Photos From Google's New Virginia Digs (Reston) 
AOL Relaunching Bebo; Bringing Frenemies Under Its Roof...Will Do Whatever Creates Most Value; Needs To Be ‘Fairly Soon’ 
Urban Views Weekly was created to celebrate black Richmond. So why is it so secretive? 
-Urban Views Weekly
-Rewind: Free Press Editor Accuses Ukrop's of Racial Bias 

In Maryland You Might Have No Anonymity As Commenter 
Correction...Read, Drink, & Be Merry Still Alive, too!
The Gray Lady:
-CEO: Family Says NYTCo Not For Sale; Fundraising Won’t Include About.com 
-The Newspaper Bubble, Too, Has Burst 
-NYT Co.: No Plans to Sell -- Will 'Weather' 2009 
-New York Times: Our Digital Ads “Could Be Under Great Stress”  
-New York Times Lowers Expectations—Again; Considering Financing Alternatives 
-Oh, Great: New York Times (NYT) Online Business Falling Apart Now, Too 

The New RVANews Re-design
-RVA News Has Arrived 
-It is disappointing to see the community weblogs get nudged into a less visible corner 
Tribune Co. files for bankruptcy protection 
-Note from the Daily Press' Publisher on Tribune Co. filing for bankruptcy protection 
-What went wrong?...Zell could recoup investment, but employees likely won't 
-Zell's memo to employees about Tribune bankruptcy 
-Message to Advertisers
-Bankruptcy Filing
-Press Release
 
What happens to Cubs? | Free From Tribune’s Bankruptcy Filing, Cubs Proceed as Usual  

Media Reaction: 
-
Editor and Publisher | Inside the Newsroom
-Paid Content | Its Debt to Media Companies | Sam Zell’s Plan D: It’s All About Buying Time 
-Businesweek
-Chicago Reader
-Chicago Sun Times
-Industry Standard
-NY Times
-Recovering Journalist
-Va. Gazette
 
 
Rewind: Sam Zell
At Last: Pulitzer Prizes Expand to Include Web-Only News Outlets 
How to Start A Local Media Company: Threaten Local Bloggers by Edible Communities, Inc.
What Sequoia Capital Was Thinking 
 
A Web Start-Up Counting on Ad Sales? Good Luck
 
Could VC be a Casualty of the Recession?
-The End Of Venture Capital As We Know It? 
 
Angels feel the downturn, but retain some optimism 
 
What Do Entrepreneurs Do Now? 

The end of the road for Coming South of the James: Rebooted? | Twitter Announcement
  
The end of the experiment for Carver & Jackson Ward News, River District News, and Hills & Heights? 
New Bacon's Rebellion Editors (Thomas Jefferson Public Policy Institute) Censoring Long-time Member?
The Bacon's Rebellion E-zine and the King James Bible 
-
Could Bloggers Have Stopped Hitler? 
TimesDispatch.com Launching New, More Interactive, Site...Opens up anon comments...
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Graphic
-
Rewind: The New TimesDispatch.com 
Laid Off Tech Worker?
The Greater Richmond Technology Council presents Networking & Outreach Workshop (TechN.O.W.)
Dec 10, 2008, 9AM–3PM
The Sheraton – West (6624 W Broad St)  
-
Press Release | Times Dispatch
Also see
Tech Events Calendar 

Perpetrator's persistence for cash finally pays off
Charges dropped against man in rape of 81-year-old Hanover woman
Boughton convicted in killing, wounding of Mormon missionaries
Arrest made in ‘67 deaths
Police Arrest 18 in Drug Sting | CBS6 | WRIC8
 
Area police target criminal ‘rat’s nest’ 

Charlottesville "G-Money" Trial
-Guilty 
-Jury deliberating in trial over ‘06 Louisa killing 
-Anyone G-Money didn’t tell about killing? 
-Eyewitness testifies G-Money was killer 
-Dani’s day: Murder trial begins with painful photos
-Trial opens in ‘06 death of Louisa woman 

Mother faces felony child endangerment, and tow-truck driver accused of failing to register as a sex offender
-
And the award for biggest generator of profanity-laced calls to the FLS newsroom
The season of giving — and stealing, too
Teen arrested in Falling Creek school-bus fight
Man stabbed son's girlfriend with baby in her arms, police say
Creditors say Vick's statement lacks sufficient detail
| Va. Pilot 
 
Michael Vick's Surry home back on auction block today...Fails to sell again
KB Toy Store Safe Robber Arrested
...Was this the straw that broke the camels back?
East End Medical Center Robbed
Plot to Kill Pregnant Woman | Times Dispatch
Beach man sentenced to life in slaying of porn film producer
Norfolk gang leader gets life in prison, plus five years | WTKR/Daily Press 
Web site lets Chesapeake stores share retail crime info
Richmond’s homicide rate on pace to reach 37-year low
-Progress
-
Attorney General Praises Richmond's Crime Fighting Efforts

December 1, 2008 to December 7, 2008  

Local and vocal, gadflies keep watch over local government
-
Silver Persinger 


Activists pledge 'all-out war' to block Surry power plant
 
Laying it on The Line
-
Why I Participated in the Dominion Power Plant Blockade 
-
Power Plant Blockade (video) 
-
Wise County plant causes friction
Dems nominate McQuinn for delegate
-Read More about the 70th Race

Riverfront Development
Wilder floats eminent domain for Echo Harbour in Richmond
-Mayor Releases Letter to Mayor Riley (Full Letter) 
  
Fresh renderings of the Terraces at Rocketts Landing (via
Venture Richmond's 2008 Developer Forum
 

Downtown development marches on

River City Neighborhoods: Jackson Ward
God Bless America
St. Paul rector’s mission: ‘doing brave, bold things’ 
Dispute over Cape Henry public beach access likely to land in court
In Hard Times, Is Best Buy’s Best Good Enough?  

Laid-off Circuit City workers could lose pay
...Correction, Laid off Circuit City workers will get paid | AP | Reuters | Virginia Business 
 
Circuit City To Be De-Listed 
 
Retailers Report a Crisis in All Aisles
 
Ahead of the Bell: Circuit City bankruptcy hearing
-
More Circuit City Stories
K-12 cuts, more layoffs ahead
Light rail's success outshines delays and costs, Charlotte exec says
The passing of DC bus paper transfers marks the end of a great fraud
 
New York City bus driver stabbed to death in Brooklyn; suspect in custody...City Bus Drivers Say That Fare Beaters Have the Upper Hand in Confrontations
Kaine in the running for U.S. education secretary?...would decline cabinet appointment...no thanks...not interested
Gov Candidates Boast about Debate Performace...Style Weekly Video: McAuliffe vs. Moran  
 
GOP Strikes Back?
McDonnell The Underdog...GOP Advance Plots to Win '09 Governor's Race...What is B2R? 
 
New Media And The Republican Party of Virginia | RPV v. Bloggers
 
 
Va. Gubernatorial Hopefuls Throw Out Their First Pitches
...off to early start...preview race...at the Times-Dispatch.
..in their first debate...discuss priorities....detail political experience...spar over budget, transportation...pledge agriculture aid...split on taxes...vow ‘No new taxes’
 
-Creigh Deeds for Governor (D)
-
Terry McAuliffe: Conversation with Virginians (D)
-
Bob McDonnell For Virginia (R)
-
Virginians for Brian Moran (D)
Appraisers say they were pushed to overvalue properties
  
More report losing homes to 'credit repair' deals 
90-day prescription for Richmond’s economy (Full Report)  
 
Surveying (and Surviving) Virginia Furniture Brands
  
Chamber of Commerce force to cut staff  
 
Economic Survival 101: How do I find help in Hampton Roads? 
 
Why this will be the greatest Depression ever
 
Sour economy curdled seasonal hiring?...Hampton Roads, too
Photos from/at the Miller&Rhodes development
Church displays disturbing messages
Henrico County becomes the "accommodating whipping boy for...media"
Group delivers new coats to 300 elementary students
Norfolk officials plan to oppose bridge-tunnel expansion 
 
Traffic headache is going nowhere fast
Holiday Office Parties Down 
 
Former Treasury boss Snow says downturn likely to last until 2010
Couples turn to ceremonies in face of gay marriage ban
Welfare School
 

Va. educators cheer Obama promise to reform NCLB
 
 
Keith West's Report Card 
-
CHPN Discusssion 
 
The Ethics of American Youth - 2008 summary  
2008 Council on Virginia's Future Report (PDF, 6 mb) 
-
Council produces report on Va.'s future 
-
Members 
Horror in Mumbai: Inside a terrorist attack and the mind of Synchronicity
 

Mumbai victims remembered at Jewish center in Henrico
  
 

Va.-based aid group loses staffer in Afghan attack
 
  

Henrico Couple Survives Mumbai Attack (CBS6 interview)
| Henrico pair back home after ordeal 
 
Nelson spiritual leader recalls Mumbai attack
  
Father & Daughter To Be Brought Home 
 

Tributes to Alan & Naomi
 
-Nelson County group issues statement on Mumbai attack...To the Synchronicity Community: | Retreat center draws many to Nelson  
 
 
Remembrance
-Spiritual quest for father, daughter ended in terrorist siege
-Terrorist victims were “most beloved” and “shining star”
-Va. victims lived lives of spirituality 
-Mumbai attacks: Nelson Co. victims were 'examples to the world' 
-Terror victims recalled as ‘radiant’ 

Community grapples with deaths of Nelson County residents in Mumbai attacks
 
Peaceful man struck down by violence
 
Missions of faith end in sorrow
  

2 Nelson residents among missing in India attacks
...Virginia Father, Daughter Visiting India Reportedly Missing | C-ville | Hook | NBC29 
 
Rewind: Master Charles dodges the question of name (via)...Slideshow: Divine Vision-- Master Charles and his followers 
  
VA educators cancel trip to India, supposed to stay at attacked hotel
 
Story Overview: 
AP: Timeline of Mumbai Terrorist Attacks | Mumbai Siege Survivors Detail Harrowing Ordeals
 
A History of Violence 
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Video
Best Lunches:
-
River City's Great Downtown Lunch Spots
-West End’s Best's Lunch For Under $10 
-
Chesterfield Living's Best Lunches for Under $10 
Off the Broiler Reviews Buzz and Ned's
Allan Harvie: All for the Love of the Game
Richmond Christmas Parade
-
Parasol Party 
-
SlantBlog 
-
Times Dispatch
Pearl Harbor Features
-
'Wild streak' helped Pearl Harbor survivor endure war's turmoil 
-
A swift and violent turn 
-
'Day of infamy' lives on in memory
-Survivors honor fallen 
-
Small Newport News group gathers to honor sacrifices at Pearl Harbor 
Rehabbed Golf Course
-
A quandary: In one hand, a warning; the other, a thumbs-up 
-
Hawk’s Nest goes from contamination to recreation 
When it came to Yuletide merrymaking, the founding fathers were no slackers.
Sidewalks could improve health
Phoebus beats Dinwiddie, 37-13 
-
Pride of Peninsula
Cheaper NASCAR Tickets In Richmond 
Bike Polo, Anyone?
-
RVA Bike Polo  
Scrabble With a Cause (take on the best literary minds in Richmond) 
-
James River Writers
Sometimes there is more drama in the book club than there is in the books
Schnitzel Q&A
Discomfort in the Restaurant Business (Portsmouth Comfort)
Q & A with Tim Hightower: 'I ended up where I was supposed to end up’
Wieners’ circle
Saving the Elizabeth River
New Green Grocer in Richmond (Fan!)
-Richmond Grocery Wars
Keep Richmond Bizarre (Bizarre Market Holiday Edition)...Give handmade this year
 
Buy Local This Holiday Season!  
 
Ipanema Cafe Holiday Gify Guide...Give the Gift of Hipness
 
Powhatan Chamber: shoppers should look local for gifts

 

SHOP LOCAL (see why)
Richmond Filmmakers Forum seeks filmmakers
-The Richmond Moving Image Co-op 
 
2 area girls to have films shown on TV 
The Best Damn Holiday Specials Ever
Gwar show puts fake candidates in wrestling ring
Let’s Make a Record Pt. 1 | Pt. 2 
-Alter Natives Myspace | Wikipedia 

Style Cover: Disappearing Ink...Richmond has yet to embrace fully its literary greats.
Books that changed my life
The Circle of Art Life:
The Church of Crystal Light brings the no-frills appeal of house shows to Broad Street’s gallery district. 
-
The Church of Crystal Light
 
Quirk's Kathy Emerson Leaving for L.A. 
Virginia Symphony seeking $1 million loan
  

When nutcrackers do battle in Hampton Roads, you win!
 
 

Virginia Symphony forced to make cuts
| Daily Press | Va. Pilot 
 

The Commonwealth Chorale...Can you Handel It?

RVAjazz 2008 Year In Review 
  
Live Together, Die Alone: The Value of Free-Improvisation
Lesson: Seven Hills of Richmond
Just in time for the holidays, celebrate the Lychee Cocktail 
-
Bonus Recipe! Homemade Grenadine 

Another healthy shot to the booze industry
2 for 1 Jack Goes Forth Advice:
-
Reasons To Go Out On A Tuesday Night 
-
Robot Hearts: Lighting one fire and putting out another 
Big bass in late fall
 
Wounded deer attacks hunter who shot him
NY Daily News Travel: Welcome to wine country in Charlottesville, Virginia 
 
Letter from Disgruntled Downtown Mall Businesses 
Cheesecake bistro at Stony Point has closed
-Reaction
-
Richmond Restaurant Dead Pool
Meeting held in Richmond to discuss DTV| DTV Is Coming: What You Need To Know
Will the shows goon for Hampton Roads performing arts groups?
 
Virginia Beach to loan $200,000 to Musical Theatre 
Singer/Actor/Songwriter Meade Skelton on Richmond's Southern Authenticity
Coming soon: Movieland to open in Feb., hire 60
-
Bowtie Cinemas
Familiar Strangers hangs on
This route might save you time if you're heading to Richmond (from Baltimore) on I-95 (works both ways...stop in La Plata for Johnny Boy's BBQ) 
 
I-95 closed south of Richmond (ended)...Fiery crash kills one, injures 7 in Prince George
For Virginia Museum Director, Life Is Rarely Still
-A Museum Piece?
Wintergreen Opens Early
An ex-Richmonder at Swiss gardening boot camp
Father Time catches up with Big Mama
Reel Life
HowIRichmond.com
-
Style 
-
Oregon Hill News  
-
Near West End News
-Richmond BizSense 
 
The reasons I commute  

RABA Continues To Grant Bicycling Friendly Recognitions 
 
It Takes More than Awesome Bicycles to Make Biking a Viable Transportation Option
-Citizens Stand Up to Demand Bike Paths in Richmond
   
Know Thy Bike: Some basic tips for the cycling newbie | The Mettle for Pedals
 
Bike Sharing Is Long Overdue in Richmond
Also see
-
European Support for Bicycles Promotes Sharing of the Wheels
-
Bicycle-Sharing Program to Be First of Kind in U.S.

Content and Its Discontents
Training hackers to thwart hackers
Former WAVY anchor files another suit against station
Young inventor turns bubble wrap into solar cooker
Landmark Hotel developer fired 
-
Bitter ousting 

Halsey Minor, the angriest rich man in America
...CNET founder now just another angry Internet commenter 
-All the “Cool” Media Are Doing It (Or, the story of how Halsey Minor PWNS dumb media).
 
  
Hook Cover: Minor mishaps: He built an Internet giant, so why is Halsey hurting? 
-
Rewind: CNET Founder Halsey Minor...Halsey Minor for governor.com.com! 

An Interview with Ethan Lowry of Urbanspoon
Microsoft Turns to Crispin and the Rapper Common for New Clothing Line
The Future of Richmond Media Today?
  
Do or do not. There is no try. 
 
Sure, Newspapers Could Just Die A Painful Death; But Here’s Another Option...Go not-for-profit 
Shitty Day of Media: 
Delmarva Media Group Lays Off 14 in Three States, McLean, Va.-based Gannett Co. is implementing a 10 percent cut...Bloodbath at Viacom...Holiday Pink Slips at NBC...Newsday announces 100 job cuts 
Social Media Changing Journalism and PR
Ted Leonsis Hits 5,000 Facebook Friends...or maybe not
-
Post: No More Facebook Friends for Ted Leonsis | Times 
Alliance of Youth Movements Summit 
-
How To Use The Web To Change The World 
Editors Call CNN Wire Newspaper 'Summit' A 'Success'
-Many Newspapers Underwhelmed By CNN’s New Wire Service; Plans Call For Fewer Than 30 Stories A Day 
Departing 'Wash Post' Ombudsman Howell Will Be Newhouse Consultant
The short, disgusting life of the Hummer
Microsoft’s Google Envy (Part 396)
Blogging is no longer what it was, because it has entered the mainstream 
-
What Blogger Should Do (via
JMLumpkin's newest GeoDomain Venture!
-
Alexandria.com
Carpooling meets Twitter: Will Generation Y change the face of commuting?
The New York Times Clutters Up Its Homepage With Links From Elsewhere (In Beta) 
...
Times Extra: The New York Times Opens Web Front Page to Outside Content
   
Guess what? Automated news doesn't quite work. 
-
Techcrunch 
Confessions of a man who does the layoffs
Sale process for The Virginian-Pilot is put on hold
  
Company says Landmark is infringing on its patent 
New citizen journalism opportunities
-
Open Assignments 
 
South of the James: Rebooted: Last Call (for writers)... 
 
Whither the Weblogs? 

POWER BLOGS...
Dept of Blogiology 101: Richmond
-in vino veritas 
-
Buttermilk & Molasses/North Richmond News 
-
10 S Boulevard
   
Virginia's Most Influential Political blogs
-J’s Notes Is “Influential” 
August Moon returns to the airwaves, but not before getting ticketed for abusive language. 
-
WCLM 1450 
Great Deal! RVA Magazine 1/4 page ads at $99
5 Tips for Startups and Entrepreneurs 
 
Advice for Startups Seeking Venture Capital 
A tech veteran responds to the recession
The HBO Model for Newspapers 
 

Where extreme cuts may come at papers

 
After Layoffs, Newspapers Embrace Content Sharing; McClatchy And CS Monitor Exchange Foreign Reports 
-3 Top Florida Papers Extend Content Sharing -- With News Produced by FIU J-School Students 
-Big Meeting of Newspapers on New CNN Wire Coming This Week
 
NLRB Dismisses Claim of Anti-Union Layoff at MediaNews Group
 
2009 to Be Transition Year for TV
End of Online Anonymity
Michael Wolff's Calm, Reasoned Analysis Of MySpace, And The "Cretins" That Flock To It 
-
Just How Stupid And Poor Are MySpace Users, Exactly? 
Britney Spears and wrestling trounce Obama in Yahoo search rankings
An Idea For The NY Tech Meetup: Disband It
Shockoe store will sell reclaimed lumber
UVa holiday lighting will use LED bulbs
New Media, Social Media and Your Small Business: Pay Attention or Pay Too Much 
 
CMOs aren’t interested in social networking, but you should be
 12 arrested at sobriety checkpoint 
-
Are VCU police for real? 
A Hanover County jury took six hours to convict John Bradley Crawford of the Glanz boy’s murder in 1980 | WRVA | CBS6
 
3rd murder trial to start Monday for John Bradley Crawford...Third Crawford trial begins today, 28 years after boy’s death
Chesterfield flea market raided...Counterfeit Items Found | NBC12
Shooting highlights Harrisonburg/Charlottesville gang activity
Home on the Firing Range
Roanoke Neo-Nazi must now lie in bed he made
757 Crimes...
-
Bikes, music players stolen from Toys for Tots in Suffolk 
-
2 Hampton teens accused of stealing car while owner in trunk 
-
Two teens found guilty in Norfolk killing, gang beatings 
Sneaky Molester Sentenced To A Little Less Than Six Years
Crime & The Boulevard: November Review
Suffolk infant found dead hadn't eaten, prosecutor says
ODU students express fear, call for help after violence...ODU to step up police patrols after rash of crimes near the campus 
 
Latest robbery rattles CNU students 
TD's SPECIAL SERIES: What Happened To Jennifer Evans?
-
Ga. woman vanished from Va. Beach club in June 1995
-The SEAL trainees' stories don't add up
-The trainees go on trial
-A mother's desperate quest to clear her son
-
One man changes his story, but will it free the other? 
Woman Makes Plea In Kids In Hot Car Case
Robbery & Abduction Investigation
Cop out? A year after Gerry Mitchell, what have Charlottesville police learned?
Norfolk police officers charged with obstruction, perjury
Sheriff’s Niece Quits, But Checks Keep Coming
Le Denied Bond
 
Man allegedly threatens massacre in letter
| Pilot
Woman says she was raped at knife point in Powhatan
Richmond Teen Charged In Father's Death
Gunshots exchanged in robbery in Richmond | Store Owner Fires Shots At Robber 
Theives Take 300lb Safe From K-B Toy Store in Chesterfield Towne Center | UPI 
Local NFL star suspended for rest of season...Questions of safety renewed for NFL after gun incidents
Another cab driver shot in southeast Newport News
Dad charged after taking son, 9, to bar | NBC12 | WRVA
Chesterfield Student Attacked On Bus
Sentence imposed in Internet prostitution case
 
Prostitution ring was well-organized...Williamsburg police make prostitution ring arrests

Man to serve 33 years for two Suffolk payday loan robberies
2 get prison time in Charlottesville marijuana rin
Richmond police promote 3; McCoy named assistant chief
Man to serve 33 years for two Suffolk payday loan robberies
Richmond woman indicted in VCU student's slaying | Grand jury brings new murder charge in killing of VCU student | CBS6
-
Rewind: Tyler Binsted
Shooting In Powhatan Leaves Two Injured...Violent Home Invasion In Rural Central VA
First on 6: Follow-Up- No Bond For Henrico Mom
Credit card scammer gets 3½ years | AP