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October 27, 2008 to November 2, 2008

Palin Gets Pranked

Five-Hour Wait Today for Richmond Voters
Obama's LAST STOP: Manassas, Va.!
-Senator to Wrap Up Campaign Here Monday | Blog | TD
-Why Virginia is an Obama priority 
Virginia Volunteers Give Their All 
 
Starting an Obama Group Gives Supporter Confidence, Diverse Community 
 
McCain Field Offices: Empty. 
Journalists Under Fire: A disturbing set of events at the '08 RNC has gone unreported by the mainstream press
Obama in Va. Beach urges dash to wire
The Battle for the Mid-Atlantic!
Virginia for Obama? Inconceivable
Bidding for Hampton Roads votes
  
The ties that bind McCain to the 757 Rewind: McCain's local history tells tale of a rebellious daredevil | Make-Believe Maverick
British Media on the Elections: ''We're still fighting the Civil War here"
The Wilder Effect (or Bradley Effect)
-First Read Story referenced
HHHunt Pulls Plug on Branner Station (Chester, Va.)
Richmond Mayor Calls for Extending Poll Hours | Fox 
  
Kaine: I don't have the authority to extend polling hours 
Dowd and Kristof (Comedy and Tragedy)
-THE MAVERICK WEARS PRADA
-The Endorsement From Hell 
Style Cover: Unchartered Territory: Patrick Henry Initiative
Obama's Ninth Visit to the Commonwealth...Closing Argument
How Foreign Firms Boost Greater Richmond
The Council Giveth…
Fake Flyer Meant To Confuse Voters
 
Phony flier says Virginians vote on different days 
NAACP Sues Officials Over Vote Preparations | AP | Cville | Daily Press | Times Dispatch | VA Pilot
Cantor, Hartke enter final stretch in 7th
Why McCain is getting hosed in the press
The Palins stop briefly at Homemades by Suzanne in Ashland...WRVA
-Homemades by Suzanne
 
Fredericksburg...Salem
Chief Monroe Story Continues:
Charlotte Media
-Charlotte Observer: Monroe pledges to end degree controversy (remarks from briefing)...says he'll resolve degree issue......Police chief may go back to school...City calls press conference on Monroe's degree 
-WBT: CMPD Chied Rodney Monroe adresses VCU degree controversy 
-Winston Salem Journal: Charlotte Police Chief Monroe says he'll resolve degree issue 
-Blogs: Rodney Monroe Address Degree Issue At Press Conference | Charlotte's new police chief 

Richmond Media
-Legislator pressures VCU to act on degree
-Richmond Times Dispatch: Monroe might give back VCU degree
-CBS6: Chief Monroe Speaks About VCU Degree Flap 
-VA Pilot: Keep politics out of VCU degrees  
 
More Chief Monroe Stories
Slaves' History Buried in Asphalt
UR Student On Richmond's Jail
The Economy
Va. Sheltered in Economic Storm, State Official Says 
-Military Spending Cuts will Trump Virginia's Best Business Climate 
 
'It's hard' to sell a car these days 
Transcript: Gov. Kaine on 'FOX News Sunday'
Group Takes Aim at Warner Over Unions  
Washed-away home shows danger of living on edge on OBX
-Rewind: A small storm causes big trouble on Hatteras Island 
NEW STYLE WEEKLY ONLINE LAUNCHED!
-NOW WITH COMMENTS
-Durnit, I have to update old links
 
New Richmond Magazine Re-Design Looms, too (11-24)
Homeless people volunteer to clean up fire-damaged apartment building in Fredericksburg
Luster off luxury market: Retailers focusing on high-dollar items can lose big when economy sours
Turistas Like the Jefferson, Tarrant's, and 1st Baptist...Welcome!
Richmond Marine claims victory in first steps towards MMA dream 
How timeshares shore up tourism: Part 1
Virginia Film Festival Oct 30-Nov 2 | Official Press Release
-The new legacy of the Virginia Film Fest takes shape 
-Aliens-sated: Human supremacy preserved
-Film festival wraps up with a local focus 
-Film Festival Opens With Some Truly Bright Stars | Virginia Film Festival 2008 - Day One
-Watch for Richmonder's film: The Sundance hit 'Sunshine Cleaning' to get March release...Sunshine Cleaning
-UVa grad: It takes green to make it to silver screen...Darden Film Forum Welcomes 'Choke' Producer  
-Fonda and Spacek open Va. Film Festival with movie shot in Richmond | Take me to your theaters: Lake City | Actress Sissy Spacek raves about her adopted state | Sissy, Part Deux
 -Film a ‘Response’ to Guantanamo trials
-Filmmakers analyze roles of race, gender
-Nine people we'd like to see run the Virginia Film Festival
-Hollywood Comes to C'Ville: Opening Day of Film Festival
-Look! It’s moving. It’s alive
-Vinegar Hill back from the dead! Earlier obituaries: Sign of Our Times Part 3: Vinegar Hill Theatre Closes | Vinegar Hill: R.I.P. after Festival 
Big Guns Dispatched to the 804...
H to the Izzo, B to the Obam-ay
Jay-Z, Simmons, Liles at Obama-support rally at VUU
SAT, NOV. 1, 2008 Virginia Union University Barco-Stevens Hall (Gymnasium)...Recap
 
Richmond Community Gathering with Caroline Kennedy
SAT, NOV. 1, 2008, 3:45 p.m. VCU Commons Theaters 907 Floyd Avenue
 
N.M. Gov. Richardson in Richmond for Obama
 
 The stars come out for Obama, McCain
Dr. Gruesome's Movie Morgue Special A Go
Copycats in the making: ODU Football...VCU Football??  
 
Hey VCU, just pass on football
  
VCU football debate revisited
au revoir Lemaire | TD | AP/WRIC8
Capital Ale House expanding to Fredericksburg
Kenny Shreves plays with fancy sports cars all day
-Werkstatt
The Affluencer, Bravo's Lauren Zalaznick
What You Get for ... $700,000
Chris Rock to headline Obama rally in Norfolk  
Obama Brings in Star Power | TD (Gweneth) 
  
Celebs approve these messages for candidates
Food courts are on the endangered species list, and if we don't act fast, we'll be forced to brave sunlight and aerobic activity
Plans draw cheers; Baldwin: Proposal gives baseball chance to grow in Richmond
 
MPW: Richmond, we'll need to swing for the fences to bring back baseball 
 
Batter Up! The return of baseball as a political issue 
 
Highwood's starting lineup 
 
Richmond Needs Baseball  
 
Baseball may be leaving Northside 
 
The Pitch
-City unveils development proposals for Shockoe, Boulevard...Hot Discussion on CHPN (same article)
-Clock ticks on baseball funding
-Big Front Page TD Story: Baseball in the Bottom, new look for Boulevard
Richmond's new mayor and City Council will decide the future of professional baseball in the city, as well as two economic-development projects with a combined investment of $785 million....Developer outlines plans for baseball in Shockoe Bottom...Richmond leaders to hear about plans for Boulevard
 -MPW: Developers of Bottom project walk fine line
-Developers throw Richmond a meatball. Or is it a knuckle ball?  
-Baseball as 'family entertainment'
-Developer Pitches Plans For New Stadium 
-From fiasco to fantasy 
-Boulevard or the Bottom: Slave Trail Remains Key Issue 
-Last Word, Mayor Wilder: Creating Two New Economic Engines: The Boulevard & Main Street Station
  
Richmond Baseball Deja Vu
-Bottom Ballpark Stirs Up Old Enmities 
-Baseball out in Boulevard plan 
-Future of Baseball In Richmond
 -Missing the Boat on The Bottom Stadium Proposal 
  
Totally unrelated baseball story: Petersburg Generals Investigation
 
Follow the Richmond Baseball Story Saga Thread (click on the green links to go back in time)
Free Rock the Vote Event with Beasties: Monroe Park 1-3 PM Today...Recap...Later that night | WRVA
-Gawking: The crew at Ellwood T's
-Photos
-Sheryl Crow Revs Up Obama Canvassers 
-Sheryl Crow rocks the vote 
 
Strange Bedfellows: The Get Out the Vote tour does what it can to reach the masses 
NY Times 36 Hours in Charlottesville, Va.
-Cvillains Call Bullsh*t 
-Waldo Calls Bullsh*t, too
 
Rewind: 36 Hours in Richmond
Go West -- or maybe East, young broker Ugh, New York bankers moving to Richmond
Midnight Movie Madness: Akira
Trey Anastasio Band @ The National Review
Bionic Boogaloo: Bio Ritmo
VCU turns 40...Anniversary rained on but not washed out
Krispy Kreme launches local doughnut delivery
 -Krispy Kreme Launches Doughnut Delivery, Open-Heart Surgery Services 
Man Narrowly Survives First Vegetarian Meal
Dave Matthews for Obama...
Show Recap
-Dave Matthews talks up Obama at VCU
-Dave Matthews Rocks For Obama
-Dave Matthews Gets Political in Richmond 
-YEAH TIMM-Y! 
-Dave Matthews and Tim Reynolds free concert in Richmond, VA 
 
Twitter "Dave Matthews" 
-Dave Matthews backs Obama
-Dave Matthews and the Beastie Boys are come to town to rock for Barack 
-Free D. Matthews tickets not so free now
-No party without music on the campaign trail
-How Come Republicans Can't Get Any Good Bands to Show Up?
-Get Out and Vote '08 to visit Richmond
-Rewind: Dave Matthews Speaks Out for Barack Obama
Update on Acacia
Mashup's Weekend Recap: The Art House Film Fest, Zombie Walk , Mingus Awareness Project 
 
Brick's Slideshow
 
Zombietown: How to survive the Zombie Apocalypse
  
Another Richmond Zombie Walk Post
The Bopst Show XXVIII
17th Street Farmers' Market Manager hired!
Happy birthday, RVANews!...It's Your Birthday, RVANews 
-They're Totally Dating...
Virginia-based SportsBlogs raises 7-figure round
-SB Nation 
Wired Nov08 Issue.  Articles we like:
-Cover: The Future of Food: How Science Will Solve the Next Global Crises. 
-Build It. Share It. Profit. Can Open Source Hardware Work? 
-Kill your blog 
-Social Networks and the Wrath of Moms 
-I'll be there 4U 
-The Kaufman Paradox
Fortune Oct.27.08 Issue.  Articles we like:
-Why talent is overrated 
-The future of wind power  
Howard Dean’s ex-campaign manager says Internet will change next presidency 
FRUGAL GOOGLE CUTS PERKS 
Jefferson Lab electron beam charges up 
The Entire Video of John Doerr Giving 10 Tips for Start-ups to Avoid the Econalypse
Slaughtering the Cash Cows a Bit Too Early
 
Carriers canned as Post farms out local delivery 
 
Condé Nast Cuts Focus on 2 Magazines...The End of This Blog 
RICHMOND COMPANIES TO WATCH
WINNERS
-Gallium Technologies IT solutions
-Live Well Financial, Reverse mortgages...press release
-Marz Industries, Hydrogen Fuel Cells 
-MedVirginia, Electronic Medical Records 
-Midwest Proteomics, Pharmaceutical Testing 
-nHealth, Health Insurance
 -Romp n' Roll  Youth center
-Smash Direct, Ebay Seller 
-Taradel Direct marketing company...press release
-TESLA Energy forecasting

Coverage: Mighty Casey Media | Richmond Bizsense | Tech Journal South | Times Dispatch 
October 29 from 5:30 to 7:00 PM @ Toad's Place
Greater Richmond Companies to Watch + LinkedIn - Great Story!
 
A list of Richmond companies to watch | TechJournal South
-28 Media Web design...Press Release
-4U2U Brands Maker of Fruit 66 sparkling juices
-4What Maker of ButtonALL.com, an all-in-one search engine
-A Sorted Affair Home organization
-Astronix Research Electronic nontransistor technology
-Baby Travel Rentals Baby equipment rental
-Barrel Thief Wine bar and shop
-Bloomkey Online real estate brokerage...Press release
-Business Partnering International Makers Makers of  AgencyFinder, ad/pr agency directory
-Capital TechSearch  IT HR
-Capstone ISG Insurance TPA
-CapTech Ventures  IT solutions
-Centrieva Corp Higher education software
-COMSEC Technology IT solutions
-Creative  Workspace solutions
-CXI  IT solutions
-Data Blueprint  IT solutions
-Dominion Payroll Services  Payroll solutions
-GroundWork Design Media web applications 
-Home Care Delivered Home medical supplies
-IdeaWeavers Custom web-based IT...Press Release 
-Impact Makers IT solutions
-Income Tax School...Press Release 
-InkTree Display designs
-K & M of Virginia...Press Release 
-Richmond Balance  Health club 
-River City Recruiting  Executive search firm 
-Robinson Radio  Radio-only advertising agency
-Shades Of Light Retails lighting
-Sklar Technology Partners  IT security solutionss
-Taptus.com Career portal
-Technology Assurance Group IT solutions...Press Release
-Telos Media Online media
-The Blue Top Hat Online gifts
-The Happy Gardener Organic lawn products
-The HelpDesk Company  IT solutions
-The New Fit Fitness consultants
-V Magazine for Women  Monthly women's magazine
-VACO  IT solutions...Press Release
Google Placement Ads, Creativity & Those Daggone R.O.I. Guys
Ebay's Meg Whitman Talks Tech and Policy in Northern Va.
R’Biz fading into the night
SouthPeak Interactive Corporation's Ninjatown Shipping Now for Nintendo DS Midlothian, VA 
-Ninjatown 
The HealthCentral Network Names Jeremy Shane President and Chief Operating Officer 
-The HealthCentral Network Arlington, VA 
The new AOL.com gets all social and stuff | The Walls Come Down On AOL.com  
 
AOL to Discontinue AOL Pictures, BlueString and Xdrive, Dulles, VA
-Ars Technica
-Techcrunch 
Washingtonpost.com relaunches its City Guide as the "Going Out Guide"
-Going Out Guide   
 
Grab the Official Widget of Washington, DC! 
Internet pioneer Marc Andreessen on his latest venture, the state of Silicon Valley, and the future of technology
Fast Company Nov08 Issue.  Articles we like:
-Abusing Social Media 
-Microsoft’s Leader in Web Apps: Meet Dr. Flakenstein
-Why You Should Make Your Product for Early Adopters
-Green Guru Gone Wrong: William McDonough (Fast Company does demo job on McDonough) 
-MTV's Digital Makeover
Circulation decline follows U.S. trend; However, T-D's print and online audience is stable, paper says
 
Deputy Editor Bart Hinkle has been awarded the International Policy Network’s 2008 Bastiat Prize for Journalism  
 
Observations On The Richmond Times-Dispatch and Brick Weekly 
Bracing for the ad pullback
 
Advertising agencies warn of tough year ahead 
To Survive, Net Start-Ups Slow Their Metabolism
Jury finds Ex-priest Rodis guilty of stealing from two Louisa parishes
Man arrested for Chesterfield neighborhood break-ins
Virginia Inmate Pleads Guilty to Holocaust Identity Theft Scheme
Man shot 3 times outside New York Fried Chicken near VCU
Student Arrested at Armstrong High School
Hearing Set on Michael Vick State Dogfighting Charges...Vick will return to Va. for dogfighting case 
Charlottesville Drug Kingpin Position Officially Vacant
Recent Va. Beach murder cases put Beach prosecutor on spot
Authorities find secret room at home of New Kent shooting suspect
200 pounds of marijuana
Virginia Beach Teen arrested in 7-11 robberies

October 20, 2008 to October 26, 2008

Sunday Paper Election Roundup:
-Daily News Record: Obama To Hold Rally At JMU
-Daily Press: Neighbors — even individuals — take opposite sides
-Free Lance Star: Virginia Has A Role 
-Roanoke Times: Biden urges united effort in America
-Times Dispatch: Politics and Race | Biden pushes Obama in Southside | In Chesterfield, Giuliani calls Obama a "radical candidate"
-Virginia Pilot: Absentee voters line up to cast their votes early | Biden asks for Virginia's support at Suffolk campaign rally
-TRACK VA NEWSPAPER ENDORSEMENTS
 
NRA may have to bag Election Day ads opposing Obama...Times-Dispatch Spikes Anti-Obama Ad

70 days to live: The medical mystery of a sailor's death
Pile On...
-Virginia GOP Already Deep Into Post-Mortems
-Make-Believe Maverick...McCain's local history tells tale of a rebellious daredevil 
-The Making (and Remaking) of McCain 
-Palin allies report rising campaign tension
-The Internet and the Death of Rovian Politics 
Newspaper Endorsement Tracker
-The Daily News Record: McCain Harrisonburg, VA
-Daily Press: McCain...Endorsement feedback Hampton Roads, VA
-Falls Church News-Press: Obama Falls Church, VA
-Free Lance Star: NO Endorsement Fredericksburg, VA
-News and Advance: John McCain Lynchburg, VA
-Times Dispatch: John McCain Richmond, VA
-Washington Post: Obama DC/Northern VA
-The Winchester Star: McCain Winchester, VA
-Updated Endorsement  Tally--Obama Leads 134-52 
As Circuit City tries to keep its head above water, cynics snicker and supporters scramble
Investigate Monroe's degree, group says...Charlotte Police Union Latest To Question Degree  
 
Police chief responds to degree inquiry...Monroe says he didn't get JLARC message till Monday
 
New report: Ex-VCU dean Holsworth exerted pressure to award Monroe...State orders VCU to consider revoking ex-police chief Monroe's degree 
 
Panel to issue report on police chief's VCU degree...Panel asks VCU if it can revoke chief's degree
 
 VCU Degree Investigation
  
Charlotte Observer: Virginia legislators seek review of police chief's degree...Washington Post: Degree No Good, Lawmakers Say

 Rewind: More Monroe
Oregon Hill Neighborhood Association President Asks VCU to Take Positive Step For True Community Partnership
Obama campaign manager predicts victory in Virginia
 
'Wilder Effect' may bring surprises  
 
Polls Show Obama Gaining Among Bush Voters 
 
Jewish voters called to drop Republican support, back Obama 
Lien on me: How one high rolling firm's (Church Hill Homes) troubles trickle down
 -Richmond builder behind on payments to Charlottesville subs
UR forums stir varied student reaction to explicit e-mail
School Daze
-Are homecoming traditions falling away? 
-Sex in School?
Talking race
Obama Looks To Flip Virginia
 
Politics Aplenty in the Old Dominion
 
Obama "Can't Imagine" Using McCain Tactics Tells The Early Show
  
Change We Need Rally with Barack Obama Richmond Coliseum Wednesday, October 22nd Doors Open: 10:00 a.m. 
-Obama: 'Change won't come easy'...Final Edition...Damn, even the editorial staff is impressed, sort of: Richmond Roars 
-Obama Takes Over Downtown...Style's Mood Piece on Today's Obama Rally Is Sweet
-Barack in Richmond, VA: "Change never comes without a fight"...Road Blog
-Obama Packs The Coliseum; People Begin Lining Up Overnight For Rally With Senator Barack Obama At Richmond Coliseum
-Student Papers: Obama speaks at Coliseum | Obama energizes 13,000 supporters in downtown Richmond 
-Hope Comes to Town
-Wooing Va. Before Heading to Hawaii...Obama Brings Campaign to Richmond
-Obama addresses business issues at Richmond rally
-Obama calls for middle class "rescue plan"...'Attack The Challenges'
-Obama visits Richmond in return to Virginia...Photos
-Barack Obama Campaigns In Richmond
-Obama's trip home causing campaign mild anxiety
 
New character: Joe, The Hedge Fund Manager and Joe, The CEO
-Politico
-Obama Talks to Joe the Plumber -- and About Him
-Obama's Latest on Joe the Plumber
-Now, It’s Joe the CEO
-Obama: McCain's in Cahoots With "Joe the CEO"
-Obama: McCain's for 'Joe the CEO'
-Obama: McCain's in Cahoots With "Joe the CEO"
-McCain, Obama slam each other's economic plans
-Obama: McCain's tax plan favors wealthy
-The ubiquity of Joe the Plumber
   
Blogger Reaction:
-Richmond's Enormous Socialist Rally 
-At The Barack Obama “Yes We Can” Rally In Richmond, Virginia 
-We're All Obamans On This Bus 
-Barack Obama in Richmond, Virginia 10/22/2008
 -Eighth Visit to Virginia (video)
-BO BBQ
-Liberal Lydia Strikes Again
-O-ba-ma O-ba-ma O!
-OBAMA’s in the HOUSE!
-Twitter Obama Richmond
-Top Obama Staffers Talk to Campaign Volunteers in Richmond
  
 Morning Foreign Policy Presser @ The Jefferson Hotel
-Obama takes on national security in Va. swing
-Obama pivots from economy to world
-Biden’s rhetorical flourishes
-Obama warns new president will be tested -- whoever he is
-Obama on Biden's test: McCain would be tested, too
-Obama addresses Biden 'tested' remark
-Obama Says McCain Would Pose a National Security Risk
-Barack Obama rejects Joe Biden's 'test' prediction
-Obama: Biden right about foreign 'test'
-Obama Dismisses Biden Comments on Being "Tested" as "Rhetorical Flourishes"
-Obama: Biden Prone to 'Rhetorical Flourishes' 
-Barack Obama on Joe Biden gaffe: "Joe sometimes engages in rhetorical flourishes."
-Obama Explains Biden’s “International Crisis” 
-Obama welcomes planned global financial summit
-Obama, McCain Combine Economic Pitches With Security Concerns 
-Barack Obama parries renewed attacks on his readiness
 
Later that day in Northern Va.
-Obama: 'This looks like the real 'Virginia to me'
-Obama: Can't win Virginia without Loudoun 
-Obama, McCain play who’s the socialist
-Big lead in N. Virginia is for real
-"Y'all look like a bunch of Virginians,"
Wilder Weighs In
RT-D Poll: Presidential race still tight in Va. 
 
Mason Dixon Poll Shows Tight Race
 
McCain, Obama a hair's breadth apart in Virginia, poll says (PDF Details)
 
Poll says race in Virginia "will come down to Hampton Roads"
Obama sign replaced with rebel flag...CBS6  
-A Sign Of The Battle
 
Richmond Academy of Medicine Votes Not to Admit Negroes - Jet Magazine, June 23, 1955
The Downtown Plan: It Is the Plan that Has No End
VCU’s Third “Genius” in 5 Years
-Virginia Tech Officials Meet With Families as New Details Emerge About Killings 
-Massacre victims' families learn more on school's reaction 
-Families Question Officials on Massacre 
-Families of victims meet with Va. Tech officials 
-April 16 families to meet Tech officials Already Deep Into Post-Mortems
Sydney the Virginia Beach pup is doggedly chasing stardom
Road Trips Far...
-Hitchin with Mark Holmberg 
...And Near...
-Road to Somewhere: Immigrants reclaim U.S. 1 (great audio-photo show)
Civil War re-enactor shot; shakes die-hards
A cautionary tale of septic failures
Will Gibson's ever open? 86Richmond, New Food Blog!
Bras on Broad Street
Sailing isn't just a boys' club anymore
Real-time info on Outer Banks conditions comes to Web
Richmond Magazine November, The International Issue: As Richmond's diversity grows, cultural literacy becomes a necessity | Businesses thrive on helping foreigners over linguistic hurdles | A multitude of faiths continue to be celebrated in the city where religious freedom was born | Traumatized yet determined, Iraqi refugees adjust to life in Richmond | Immigrants reclaim U.S. 1
The Virginia Beach Woman who Got Strangled to Death by Her 13-foot Python Story: Times Dispatch | Daily Press (w video) | Va. Pilot
-Woman believed killed by snake had experience handling reptiles
Cvillain Gossip 
-Sign of Our Time: Crozet Pizza Rumored Closing and Java Java For Sale
-Charlottesville Overreacting to the Flirtresses?
Between salsa and pop, Bio Ritmo stake a claim
Richmond’s least famous true tales of terror
For decades, D.C. songwriter Mingering Mike has refused to reveal his identity to the public
The Cornhole Queen of Virginia Beach
A lesson in Hokie Football perseverance
Volunteers build local trails
American Family Fitness: What About My Family?
cin-cin: michael ripp takes on carytown? 
Visit six of the closest wineries to Richmond in celebration of the 20th anniversary of Virginia Wine Month
A Virginia Travel Report: Maymont
A Crash Course on Bollywood
Virginia's hunting-dog law finds itself in the cross hairs
Ellwoods - let us have a chat..
The Bopst Show XXVII
A massive retail expansion and a Christmas shopping belch could leave Richmond bloated with space
Money rumors could hurt Circuit City
Saxon Shoes set for Fredericksburg
Critique Group & James River Writers Conference
In Fredericksburg-area schools, foreign-born students speak 79 different languages
Off the Broiler reviews Full Kee Restaurant
Going green comes with a higher cost for James City
Richmond-based Intrinergy, Partner Raise $47M for Biomass Energy Plant
-Intrinergy  
PixelOptics raises eye-opening $30M round
-PixelOptics Roanoke, VA   
Most Major Papers Continue Circ Decline 
 
Newspaper web site audience increases sixteen percent in third quarter to 68.3 million visitors 
 
How The New York Times (NYT) Can Save Itself
Apple Is Ready to Take a Bite of Silicon Valley
Is Google (Gasp!) Cutting Costs?
Evidence of a Global SuperOrganism
U.Va. engineer streamlining complex systems in high-risk industries
Twitter smells funny to local Richmond reporters at forum
 
Twitter Goes Mainstream 
Advertising Online: Why Online Advertising Is Accountable and Print, TV and Radio Are Not
PR Pros Beware: Newswire “feeds” ain’t “results”
Shoptopia Launches in Richmond, Connecting Online Shoppers with Local Shopping Center
-Shoptopia  
-Does the Short Pump mall really need a social networking website? 
Students battle for computer science championship
Center puts soldiers in virtual battlefield
Green Plate Club 
-Green Duck Biodegradables 
Community gardens are popping all over the nation -- even in Richmond
Twittering Types Share Ideas Offline 
-BarCampDC
The All-in-One Canadian Search Engine, eh?...Made here in Greater Richmond
-ButtonALL.ca | Press Release
Talkin' About the Digital Generation
Extended Interview: Venture Capitalist Vinod Khosla 

Surprise! Venture investments falling 
My Insight: You Must Be Nuts...Times-Dispatch Goes Over the Deep End
 
 What Newspapers Can Learn From the Tech Industry
 
 The Traditional Banner Ad Business May Be In Even More Trouble Than You Think...Counting Clicks: Now A Mainstay ...Let's Be Serious: Online Display Ads Will Fall Sharply In 2009...Woe to Web 2.0 Start-Ups: Too Few Ads to Go Around 
   
Earnings: Media General Reports Higher Q3 Earnings Aided By Politics, Olympics; Narrows Digital Loss...TV Boosts Media General...Newspaper revenue continues to fall at MG 
 
Advertising Online: Why Advertising Dollars Will Move Away from Traditional Mediums and Onto the Internet 
 
 Online Display Ad Prices Fall To Lowest Point This Year  
 
 Newspapers’ Web Revenue Is Stalling  
 
Dark times for Web ads: Analysts cut forecasts
Startup: DVDontheGo 
-DVDontheGo 
Is Web 2.0 About Exploitation Or Empowerment?
Indian tech companies expected to bring 75 jobs to Virginia
We Had the Skill to Build the Best iPhone App- Do You Have the Courage to Play? 
-Battleship2go 
Searching For Small Businesses, Coming Up Frustrated
Southeast Venture Conference issues call for presenting companies
 
Venture Atlanta attracts VCs from 20 states 
Finally, a VC Firm With The Balls To Tell It Like It Is
Going Green in Virginia
-Also see the upcoming Sustainability Summit on November 12
Why hasn't Richmond mainstream media covered these guys?
Game Publisher SouthPeak Interactive Buys Gamecock Media Midlothian, VA
 
 SouthPeak Games buys the goofballs of gaming, Gamecock Media Group  
Monroe Ward is kaput
Visiting science author to explain nanotechnology
Apps for Democracy - “An Innovation Challenge” for DC and Beyond
-Apps for Democracy 
 
First New York Times API is Live - Here's Why it Matters 
Free links to your site
What's Next After Web 2.0? Here's What You Told Us...
Stealth Semantic Startup Raises $8.5 Million, Won’t Tell Us Anything...Start-up developing new Web interaction paradigm 
Report: Pure Open Source No Longer a Viable Business Model
Microsoft HealthVault and Google Health - The 'Coke and Pepsi' of Online Health 
Doggyspace First Annual Halloween Costume Contest 
-Doggyspace Fredericksburg, VA 
TV Worldwide to Open America’s Largest Internet TV Studio 
-TV Worldwide Chantilly, VA  
Echo 360 captures $15M second round 
-Echo 360 Dulles, VA I
Angels Are Angry, But Positive  
More Gloom in Venture-Capital Land...Venture Capitalists’ Confidence Plummets
Slowdown for Venture Capital World, But Not Quite a Nuclear Winter--Yet
Qimonda to close plant, lay off 1,500 Richmond workers
NASA Center Reaches Out Across the Miles to Area Firms

'A hellish situation'  

CBS6 Exclusive: Local Drug Bust
Shock, relief over arrest in Portsmouth teen's slaying
Rash Of Home Break-Ins In Chesterfield (Wedgewood and Runnymede)...WRIC8
Arrests at Local Mall
Chesterfield woman charged with running online prostitution ring | CBS6  
Gangs turning to the Internet to recruit, threaten, experts say 
Virginia Beach teen accused of making death threats on MySpace...Daily Press
Man faces charges over 'emaciated' pit bull puppy
Vick to plead on dogfighting charges in Va.
Suspect dropped crack pipe in security checkpoint tray
Man shot twice in South Richmond robbery try
Pastor’s child porn trial postponed
Day care worker accused of arranging sex with a minor
Man to serve 30 years for young child's rape
Sentences have increased in Richmond for those convicted of dealing cocaine and heroin

October 13, 2008 to October 19, 2008

Kaine says Powell endorsement will help Obama carry Va.  
 
Obama leads cash battle in Virginia and region

NC seeks high-speed train service to D.C. proposes connector between Raleigh and Richmond and new track between Richmond and DC 
New Chief...
-New chief's rise not without turmoil; Bryan Norwood, respected widely, has dealt with death of colleague, union discord 
-Norwood used Taser on self  
-Wilder’s Last Apple 
-More Chief Norwood
 
Old Chief...
-Monroe hires Raymond Tarasovic as chief of staff for CMPD
-Police chief wants to ease rules on vehicle chases in Charlotte 

 More Chief Monroe
It's OK to be politically blue, military wives say
Fleet Maintenance, Hokie Stone and Virginia's Fiscal Crisis
(Northern) Virginia is for fighters 
-McCain adviser: Northern Va not the "real Virginia.”...McCain Camp on the “Fake Virginia”   
 
Obama makes pitch to SW Virginia
With layoffs comes fear of ripple effect
Can’t stand the heat? Don’t open a restaurant
Blackwater sets sights on Somali pirates
Play N Trade finds niche with video game fans
More prepared foods at Ellwoods & better prices! 
 
Short Pump grocers (Tom Leonard's and Ukrop's) ready to fight fresh competition 
-Rewind: Trader Joe's in Richmond
-Rewind: Whole Foods in Richmond
Colonial Heights School Shut Down After Flu Outbreak
Ex-Gov. Wilder Knows First Hand That Polls Can Lie
Some cities engage residents when searching for, say, a new police chief or a school superintendent. Richmond isn’t one of them. 
-Rewind: More Chief Norwood Stories
City Holds Itself, Theater Row, Hostage
Animal Abuse?
-CBS 6 Investigates Local Animal Shelter 
-VCU denies charge by animal-rights activists on rhesus monkey mistreatment 
What’s Richmond like?- The Stratification and Segementaion of Richmond
Nearly Half-Million Voters Added to Va. Voter Rolls
 
Hillary Support Key To Obama's Momentum 
Remark About Bin Laden, Obama a Joke, Virginia GOP Chairman Says...Remark Draws Fire
Undecideds Hold Great Sway in Critical Va.
Style Cover: 
Civil-rights pioneer Spottswood Robinson stands in stark contrast to the towering $102 million federal courthouse that bears his name.
Multi-Million Dollar Bike Trail: Where is the money coming from?
Darden School dean: Worst of crisis over
Commercial real estate industry should expect a bumpy ride
Life too expensive now to take it easy
Bankruptcy Soaring in Richmond
A Complex Engine Seizes Up 
Business students wary of job market
Richmond Fed Publication Explores the State of Modern Economics
Cover Up Campaign T-Shirts At Polls
9-Nil!
-Richmond City Council passes new downtown plan | CBS6
-And Now We Know!...Tonight’s The Night
-The Downtown Plan: Live Blogging...Buttermilk & Molasses' Downtown Plan
-Council to vote on Downtown Master Plan 
The Pitbull:
-Palin rallies 25,000 at Richmond International Raceway 
-Seeing Sarah 
-We're So Down-Home Country. You Betcha! 
-The Republican pitbull Sarah Palin is back on a leash
-A Riveting Speaker, Waving the Flag
-Pallin' with Palin at the Richmond Raceway
-`A one-woman hurricane'
-Palin, Obamanation Take RIR
-Palin wows the crowd at RIR...At Palin rally, the Dull Talk Express pulls in 
-Hank Williams Jr. Cleans Up His Act for McCain-Palin
-Palin Stays on the Offensive at Huge Va. Rally
-Black Republicans get to yell 'Nobama!' in peace
-CBS6 Blog
-Where was the outrage over Palin rally sign ban? 

Bubba:
-Bill Clinton: 'Time to do the right thing'...Bill Clinton looks downballot
-Bill Clinton Event Wrap 
-Obama is best for U.S., Bill Clinton says at VCU
-Clinton Campaigns At VCU (Audio) 
-Bill Clinton tells Richmond (VA) that “OBAMA UNDERSTANDS”...short video 
-Biden decries 'unbecoming personal attacks'
-Clinton at VCU 
-University coverage: Former President Clinton addresses Obama supporters at VCU | Clinton rallies for Obama at Commons

Wilder on Face the Nation
Hitting the bricks for Obama...A good percentage of the folks that I spoke to will be voting for the first time, people in their 30s and 40s.
Fixing Washington D.C.'s School System
Behind the scenes at the Sprint Cup
Battle of the Hook re-enactment reels in history buffs
National Pit Bull Awareness Day in Richmond, VA
Man walking coast to coast 
Central Virginia ready to change colors
A very special acoustic evening with Dave Matthews and Tim Reynolds
-Dave Matthews Tickets Gone 
ALLTEL Pavilion at the VCU Stuart C. Siegel Center 
Sunday, October 26, 2008
-Rewind: Beastie Boys in Richmond
Fred Vegas Animal News
-'Feral' pet law brings howls 
-Fired animal-control officer files grievance How a grievance works 
On location - in Virginia Beach - for a movie project
Grant, Lee led intertwined lives 
 
James M. McPherson on books about the Civil War away from the battlefield 
Amelia Earhart soared at W&M
Voice shows age, but Elton John still rocks...To Sir, with love
Checkered future for NASCAR as economy downshifts
Hardly Rich in Richmond: Richmond Zine Fest 2008 Review
It's Virginia Wine Month and that means it's time to host your own wine and cheese party.
Dirty dancing at Clover Hill High
Charlottesville Roundup:
-Gastronomy: Our judges took 10 little drinks in the C-VILLE Coffee Blind Invitational Taste Test | Three local chefs cook outside the box 
-Attack of the clones? Have freedom and tradition taken a back seat to fan uniformity at UVA? 
-Goode denies involvement with gay art house film
love you, richmond
update on zeds...
Martin Agency creative talent is on display at the National
Could the push to bring back baseball by 2009 be a recipe for disaster?
-Rewind: Richmond and Baseball
Taking a bough
Charlottesville versus Falls Church Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3
A Richmond Original Production: BORDER TOWN
-Official Website
-Local filmmakers will be showing their new film at the Byrd 
All (illegal) signs point to removal by this man
Why dogs are better than cats
Earn Civic Engagement Brownie Points on Saturday
The Bopst Show - Episode 26
NBC12 Restaurant Report Finds Four Critical Violations In NBC12 Break Room
Does Bad Economy Mean More Crime?
Father's grief fuels fight against teen gun culture
How teenagers get sentenced
Bond denied for man charged with threatening Falwell, reporter
Two arrested in two deaths in Richmond
Two Henrico Shell stations targeted
Was botched robbery behind death in New Kent County?
Quilt Enthusiast Gets Mugged...Mugging Part 2 
Woman Robs Carytown Bank...Surrenders
Reducing Crime Is As Easy As Breaking Bad Guys’ Necks In Silence, And Who Am I?
Give crime a punch in the nose
Swastika sketch found on picnic table near law school, officials say
Columbus Monument Attacked On Columbus Day
Mechanicsville couple sentenced for embezzlement scheme
Manassas Teacher admits molesting girls
Vexed tracker: Crime-spotting site denied cop reports
Child Support Most Wanted...Press Release
-'Deadbeat' Parents Make Virginia's 'Most Wanted' List 
Chesterfield Mr. Submarine workers assaulted in robbery 
 
 Richmond BP station clerk beaten with gun
Blank: Vick should return to NFL, but not with Falcons
Police seek trio involved in I-95 chase
Eight-year-old suspended for 'gang-like' activity in Dinwiddie
Thinking he’d been duped, customer allegedly ransacked local business
Out of jail, Hula Hoop Lady says she can't recall arrest
Local Realtor Caught In International Scam

October 6, 2008 to October 12, 2008

Richmond Folk Festival  
 (MySpace) October 10-12, 2008
185,000 Attendance
 -Photo Gallery...Gov Kaine & First Lady Holton to Open First Richmond Folk Festival...First Richmond Folk Festival This Weekend
-A Preview of the Richmond Folk Festival
-New Folk City...The organizers of the Richmond Folk Festival give us their opinions on this weekend’s must-see shows (Also see this week's print version of Style for the awesome Free Guide Insert)
-First Richmond Folk Festival This Weekend...More than 30 World Music Acts Scheduled for Richmond Folk Festival
-Get to know the past and future of the Richmond Folk Festival...Folk Festival Fun with Howard Tate...Folk Festival Goes Local...Folk Festival Fun with Larry Bland & the Volunteer Choir 
-Richmond Folk Festival takes over Brown’s Island next weekend 
-Richmond Folk Festival lineup includes Floyd County's Solazo
-Richmond Folk Festival this weekend
-The Uses of World Music...5 things… 
-The Must Hear Week
-Free 3-Day Festival This Weekend On And Around Brown's Island Along The James River
 
Times Dispatch's Full Blown Coverage:
-Festival folks start planning next one soon
-Richmond Folk Festival comes to a close...Slideshow Day 3 
-Richmond Folk Festival: Performers you shouldn’t miss
-Crowd is proof: The more the merrier...Day 2 Slideshow
-Richmond Folk Festival underway on riverfront 
-City's event off to great start...Slideshow 
-Mayan Flyers open Folk Festival on beautiful evening...draws tens of thousands opening night 
-Weekend festival is free fun for folks
 -Indians use tequila and a rooster to bless pole at Folk Festival site 
-Street closing for Richmond Folk Festival
-Making the most of the Folk Festival
-Folk festival program will travel to Richmond schools 
-Pole going up on Brown's Island today to mark Folk Fest
-Folk Festival Sampler
-Folk Festival Event to be Blessed
-Richmond's got that folk feelin'
-Folk festival setup a major undertaking
-Folk fest's forecast favorable 
  
Blogger Buzz
 -Folk festival strikes chord for harmonious Richmond 
-My Ears Are Stuffed 
-Our Shining City
-Sugar Mountain: Richmond Folk Festival
-Richmond's Got a Big Ol' Butt!  
-The First Annual Richmond Folk Festival - TOTAL SUCCESS!
-Taking flight...Richmond Folk Festival off to a great start...Keeping eyes on the sky...No distance too great, no pole too high 
-Richmond: This Is Home
-More Extraneous Events from the Richmond Folk Festival...Richmond Folk Festival Experience
-The Richmond Folk festival was a whole lot of fun
-Dream come true 
-the moonlit nest: Richmond Folk Festival
-Virginia Breeze: Richmond Folk Festival...Richmond Folk Festival 2008 / Tezcatlipoca Voladores/ Mexican Sky Dancers
-witchmond: Richmond Folk Festival Adventures...The Crowd Not Among Us At The Richmond Folk Festival 2008...Random Photos From the Richmond Folk Festival
-Adventures in Taiko...By the end of Oedo and people jumping up and cheering and waving, we got a little teary
-Belly Dancer NADIRA: Richmond Folk Festival 08 
-No-Joke Folk
-Un nee hua uh....(I just made this up.)
-day 30 after transplant
-Fun Day at the Richmond Folk Festival
-Just a note…quilting/sewing activities 
-The World According to Wonder: Richmond Folk Festival 
-Karmic Dragonfly: Richmond Folk Festival
-Learn Daily: Richmond Folk Festival
-Binary Formations: Richmond Folk Festival
-Biberfan: Richmond Folk Festival
-Lar's images: Richmond Folk Festival
-I'm Improvisin'
-River City Limits : This ain't no folks music, folks!!!
-The Richmond Folk Festival 2008 
-Folk Festival Kicks off the Weekend with Pole Flyers 
-Big event this weekend 
-When You Attend The Richmond Folk Festival This Weekend...
-Taiko Blog
-Richmond Folk Festival is Coming up!
-Folk Fest, Buckethead, Danzig, Sam Bush, Wailers and more... 
-Free & Cheap Weekend Events Oct 10-12 
-Real in Richmond
-It's A Wrap... 

Performers
-BeauSoleil avec Michael Doucet Cajun
-Larry Bland and the Volunteer Choir Gospel choir
-The Cellicion Traditional Zuni Singers Zuni flute
-James Cheechoo Cree fiddling
-The Edelweiss Boys German Accordion Band
-E.U. Go-go
-Ganga Indian (Bengali) Song and Instrumental Music Ensemble
-Grupo Cimarròn joropo music
-Mark Halata and Texavia Texas-Czech polka
-Harmonia Eastern European 
-Husnu Aydogdu & the Turkish Music Ensemble Turkish Instrumental and Vocal Music 
-The Itals roots reggae 
-Ledward Ka'apana and Mike Kaawa Hawaiian guitar 
-Robin Kessinger & Todd Hallawell Flatpicked and finger-picked guitar
-Lee Sexton Band Appalachian banjo
-Líadan Irish
-Nadeem Dlaikan & Friends Traditional Arabic music
-Nukariik Inuit throat singing
-Eddie & Alonzo Pennington Thumb-picked guitar
-Plena Libre bomba y plena
-Sharde Thomas and The Rising Star Fife and Drum African American Fife and Drum 
-River Nile Band Sudanese Popular music 
-Rumah Gadang Group Indonesian Minang Music and Dance 
-The Sama Ensemble Persian Daf and Tombak drumming 
-San Jose Taiko Japanese drum and dance
-Howard Tate R&B and soul
-Tamara and the Shadow Puppet Theatre of Java Indonesian shadow puppetry
-Jose “Chino” Terrones Peruvian Marinera Dance 
-Tezcatlipoca Voladores Mayan Flyers Sundace
-Thongtanh Souvannaphanh Laotian Instrumental Music
-The Dan Tyminski Band Bluegrass
-Eileen Torres Dance instructor
-Vieux Farka Touré Saharan blues
-Dale Watson Honky-tonk country

HzCollective Presents: MegaHz Festival 2008
featuring Clifford Schwing; Birds in the Meadow; Anduin + Noah Saval; Peter Traub; Zach Mason; Stephen Vitello + Molly Berg + Nic Desantis; Pinko Communoids + Chiachi Chang; Embarker; Blacksonn; Cristal + Stephen Vitiello; Rick Gribenas; Caustic Castle + Myo + Jason Talbot
Also see CJWN | Cville Muse
-MegaHz and the Modern Lover
-MegaHz Festival 2008  
-RVA MashUp on MegzHz Fest and HzCollective
-Richard Brewster's First Performance in 25 years with MegaHz Festival

Gender gap in pay smaller in Richmond than Hampton Roads
Politics and Race and Rage
-Issue of Race Creeps into Campaign 
-The Terrorist Barack Hussein Obama
-The 'Wilder Effect': Will we see it again this year in Va.? 
-McCain booed for calling Obama 'decent'...Crowd boos after McCain says Obama not 'an Arab' 
-Anger Is Crowd's Overarching Emotion at McCain
-Rage in the Machine - the mechanics of angry mobs 
-How Race Can Help Obama 
-Racist Anti-Obama Flyers Being Handed Out
-Con Party Dusts Off Klan Hoods For Halloween!...Frank talk of Obama and race in Virginia...McCain campaign dumps Buchanan leader
Hampton Roads vote seen as key
 
Two precincts, many views 
Presidential candidates weigh resurgence of nuclear power amid push by industry for new reactors
Charlottesville confronts rising poverty
Sign o the Real Estate Times
-Developer to auction 25 Sandbridge condos to cut inventory
-Charlottesville home sales down in area 
-Pace of Roanoke-area home sales slows amid a 16 percent average price decline 
-Where Fantasy Meets Reality: The Emotions of Buying and Selling 
Cantor’s Mortgage Background Figured into Bailout Bill...A conversation with Congressman Cantor about the nation’s financial crisis  
 
Hartke to debate photo of Cantor...says Cantor should be ‘fired’
Citigroup ends talks for Wachovia, ceding to Wells Fargo
Shoppers tighten their belts because gas and groceries have taken a toll on consumers' wallets 
U.S. seeks financial agents; Richmond Group waits as Treasury picks entities to help with bailout plan
-Richmond Group Fund Co
Segregation's storytellers: History emerges from those who lived it 
-Rewind: Massive Resistance
Renter Bias in Hampton Roads
-Housing group's audit finds bias against black renters
 -Bias cited against black renters 
A Connecticut Cop in King Wilder's Court:
source: City of Bridgeport
Wilder names new chief of police Bryan T. Norwood...Mayor's choice comes from outside city ranks...Wilder leaves others holding bag...New Richmond police chief entangled in controversy...New chief called 'man of action'...Welcome, Chief 
-Public Distrust: Some cities engage residents when searching for, say, a new police chief or a school superintendent. Richmond isn’t one of them. 
-City of Richmond appoints its new Chief of Police
-Official Press Release | CBS6 | Connecticut Post  | Daily Press | RVANews | Style | WRIC8 | WRVA
-NBC12 Uncut Video Interview 
-Blogs: Hail (as in big icy balls) to the Chief | Norwood Takes The Wood To Finch 
-Bridgeport Police Department's website | New Haven
-Finch in State of City address: 'Do more with less'...Same rules here, Chief :)...on cue, Richmond expects cuts in aid for police, jails, and at-risk youth  
Parking Meter Maid Gate
-Six Richmond parking agents suspended; vendors were able to avoid tickets  
-More Taxpayer Dollars Wasted? 
-Richmond parking enforcers accept bribes, auditor says 
 -City Residents Now Paying For Parking With Animal Crackers, Gatorade 
  
Car-Gate II
-Richmond's figures on car use imprecise...Car policies in area localities
-Use of government-owned vehicles strikes nerve in Commonwealth 
-City Challenges Inaccurate Reporting 
-Rewind: Car Gate I
Sexually explicit Kappa Sigma e-mail condemned by University of Richmond officials, Greek leaders | Controversy Over Fraternity Email at U of R 
    
Student Responses: Say what you think … then learn why you’re wrong |  The writing on the wall
Virginia stocks fall along with Dow’s plunge
Bocephus Versus Bubba
-Hank Williams Jr. to open McCain rally in Va. 
-Bill Clinton to Campaign For Obama in Va....Details
-Music and Politics: The Party Without A Song...Foo Fighters and more battle McCain campaign  
An Open Letter to American Family Fitness
The changing face of South Side Richmond: From Black to Hispanic
Time cover a "buy" signal?
Winning Against the Big Guys: Ukrops
 -Rewind: Trader Joe's in Richmond
-Rewind: Whole Foods in Richmond
 
Obligatory Whole Food's/Trader Joe's Post 
 
Have you been to Whole Foods/Trader Joes? How to they stack up to ET’s? 
Richmond Charter School Approved
Midlothian Turnpike businesses organize
Message from pulpit clear: Virginia voters want change 

Obama Bets His Chips On Red 
Democratic Libel
Circuit City working with advisers...Circuit City Loses Recommendation...More CC
'Adventure' ends for Tommy, but the fight will go on
ZIP code war deals blow to regionalism
Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) is a new bus system explicitly designed to give commuting priority to its users
Republican Endorsements: Lilibet Hagel, Nebraska Sen. Chuck Hagel's wife and Susan Eisenhower, the daughter of Republican President Eisenhower to endorse Obama
Sarah Palin in Richmond, you betcha...Palin rally in Virginia moved to NASCAR track 
-What effect will Mark Warner have?
-In Warner's world, coattails are key
-Obama's Reverse Coattails
-Who will have more impact here? 
 
 Senate candidates put records as governors on the line  
 
 U.S. Sen. John Warner declines to endorse Jim Gilmore
Grocery Wars in Cville
Shenandoah National Park trails offer 500-plus miles of autumn-hued foilage
1 dog. 2 states. 3 names. 3 years. This pooch gets around
Cockfighting: When it's your way of life
Beastie Boys Get Out and Vote Tour
October 28 Richmond Coliseum
-Beastie Boys Announce Swing State Tour
-Beastie Boys Rock Swing States for Barack
 
Featuring Beastie Boys, Sheryl Crow, Norah Jones, Jack Johnson and Santogold 
October is Virginia Wine Month:
-Virginia's Wine Country. The good life...by the glass
-Virginia wine: Booming but not quite all grown up
-Grapes and Gridiron
-Coming of Age: Virginia wine has come a long way in 20 years
-Rewind: More Virginia Wine Month More Virginia Wine Month
LAMB OF GOD's ADLER, DARKEST HOUR's PARRISH To Judge 'Guitar Center Drum-Off '08' - Oct. 10, 2008 
Goats ate my trees! And I'm glad.
Woman Briefly Pulled Into Comic Book At Local Diner
Beset by problems, Tangier Island watermen calling it quits
Local director scores big films in Hollywood
Jesus Shark | Test shows shark's pregnancy was a solo project 
Hottie Hair Care
-Knockouts Haircuts for Men 
Andy Stepanian of Wrinkle Neck Mules in the Butter Room
Lauren Brie Harding Eliminated from America’s Next Top Model
Pine Knot’s preserver
Style Weekly’s Fifth Annual Top 40 Under 40
-Another Top 40 Under 40 Blogger
 -Richmond's Latest Power Rangers Revealed
 -Style Weekly's top 40 under 40: but who's left out
-Top 40 Under 40
 -under 40 
-Top 40 Under 40? 
New Thursday Deadline
Greater Richmond Cultural Census 
-Take the census
 
Pop Goes the Culture
  
Surveying Richmond's Arts and Culture 
 
 Cultural Action Plan Gets Some Attention
Blogger Raises Ire of Channel 6
-Style Weekly Article On... Me
-Rewind JGF Vs CBS6
italian 2nd street carytown festival weekend.
Carytown Wine Festival Is A Joke
Tea party mom trades lives with weight-lifter on reality TV show | TD 
That takes the cupcake
Va. puts discarded equipment up for sale
Force focused on fall weather, fast speeds at Richmond
Richmond in the 50's  
 
Jackson Ward - April 13, 1956 
Exterminators share their war stories
The Bopst Show XXV
Ellwood Thompson’s Expansion to DC
Style Weekly's Top 40 under 40 list needs more business people
NASA Center Reaches Out Across the Miles to Area Firms
Visa is bulletproof to bad credit but not to new rivals and new ways to pay
Revolution Health's Former Senior Medical Director, Dr. Val Jones, Launches New Health Website 
-Getbetterhealth.com 
-Anerian
Cool, Determined & Under 30
The New Valley Girls
Startup Advice: Worry, But Don't Panic - You'll Miss The Opportunities 
 
Fear is the Mind Killer of the Silicon Valley Entrepreneur (we must be Muad'Dib, not Clark Kent) 
-TechCrunch Turns Into F*Company 2.0...The Prickly Prince From Microsoft Strikes Again 
The startup squeeze
 
Profit Maximization V. Survival Maximization
Sequoia Rings the Alarm Bell: Silicon Valley Is in Trouble 
-Sequoia Capital’s 56 Slide Presentation Of Doom
-Sorry, Startups: Party's Over 
-Inside Details of Sequoia Capital’s Doomsday Meeting With its Companies
-The Sequoia “RIP: Good Times” presentation: Here it is
 -Don't Shoot The Messenger
Don’t stop believing — Silicon Valley lip-synchs while market burns...Team Cyprus Move To Undo “The Video”...As Rome Burned, Team Cyprus Danced 
 
An Ignoble But Much Needed End To Web 2.0, Marked By A Party In Cyprus
Remaining objective when fear is in the air
Tim O'Reilly to software developers: Get serious
VCs to Entrepreneurs: Seed-Stage Startups OK. Others? Not So Much
Expect to see start-ups and VCs hit standoff over valuations
11 troubled Web companies: The next Kozmos?
Everybody wants to know how Twitter will make millions. But what if it doesn’t want to grow up?
MySpace.com The Sequel
Who Will Be the Godfather of Web Video?
Builders get schooled
Green Home: The green scheme of things
Poorer countries U.S. e-dumps
How Much Do Top Tier Bloggers and Social Media Consultants Get Paid? We Asked Them!
Washington City Paper Seeks Journalism Bankruptcy
 
In the Media World, Only Constant is Change
Mixx Hits The One-Year Mark  (McLean, VA)
-News aggregator Mixx shows growth, but Digg’s still the leader  
Blogging For Energy Savings
-Dominion's Energy Conservation Blog 
Richmond wins grant for data visualization
Angel Investor Ron Conway Emails His Portfolio Companies Over Financial Meltdown
  
What Will the Crisis Mean for Venture Capital?
Some Big Sites Are Using Google Trends To Direct Editorial 
-Note: Snag a Job was #5 at 10:00AM Oct 9 
The HealthCentral Network Names Peter A. Horn Chief Revenue Officer
-The HealthCentral Network Arlington, VA
Microscopic technology comes to Chesterfield school
VCU computer glitch sends spam across the U.S.
Startup Journal: maker of trucking software trying to raise capital
-Masslogics
Art 180 Scores With Change for a Ten
Are you a technical or artsy entrepreneur?
Realism creeping into venture capital calculations
 
Making sense of the tech meltdown on Wall Street
 
Are We Sure About Pending Collapse of Ad-Supported Internet? 
Has Microsoft lost it? 

Student Technology Day: Steve Ballmer Q&A 
Valhalla Leads Seed-Round Investment in Green IT Startup MiserWare
-Valhalla Partners
Has eBay set Craigslist in its sights?
Craigslist Founder Gets Political
Organize All The World’s Information, Then Put Google Ads On It
Google To Save the World!
Megachurch Minister Joel Osteen Protests Use of 'White Spaces'
Ask.com Revamps Search Engine  
 
Reviews: ZDNet | RWW | Ars Technica
Stop Doing Sh*t You Hate
Tech Stocks Take It On The Chin As Market Continues To Freefall
Richmond technology director leaves post...City Shakes Up IT Department
Richmond Code Camp
-Recap: Richmond Code Camp De-briefing | At Richmond Code Camp | RCC 2008.2 IronRuby Talk
-Richmond Code Camp Tomorrow! 
-Presenting at Richdmond code camp 2008.2
-Richmond Code Camp 2008.2 coming up! 
Mass Comm Week '08 | Press Release
-VCU forum takes up future of news media
InterAct2008
-Live from the floor of InterAct2008! 
-Social Media Life Discussed at Interact2008
Revolution Health, Waterfront Media Plan Merger To Compete With WebMD...NY Times
-Revolution Health
-Waterfront Media (Everyday Health)
-Revolution Health Gets A Mercy Sale, Turns $200+ Million Into $100 Million
Northern Virginia's Top Tech Advocate Celebrates 10 years
F* an alt-weekly. Become and Alt-monthly....City Paper Owner Files for Bankruptcy
Spicy Bear (Publisher of Cvillain) For Sale?...Cville Coverage
-Spicy Bear
Valleywag cuts 60 percent of staff
Launching a business news Web site takes lots of work
-RichmondBizSense.com
New Fall 2008 Work Magazine (Cover: Your Next 15 Years)
Free articles:
-Creative Workspace (Richmond Federal Courthouse)
-Webchatter
Also Richmond company profiles:
-Blanchard’s Coffee
-DelSol
-Excite Marketing
-Hannah Keeley (also see Chester mom with 7 kids may soon have TV show to share her methods)
-KidMed 
-Posh Belly 
-SkyShots Photography
What effect will the financial crisis have on the tech sector?...Today's Story on Venture Capital (It'll Still Be True Tomorrow, Too)...Let’s make a deal – Virginia companies still shopping for possible acquisitions...Tech Tactics for Hard Times 
 
IPO Drought Continues in Third Quarter for Venture-Backed Companies (NVCA Arlington, VA)
-No Exits. Liquidity Dries Up Even More For VC-Backed Startups In Third Quarter
  
The Bargain Hunter. Alan Patricof on today's venture capital strategies 
Startups: A Little Techhelp form StartupCTO 
-StartupCTO 
New Blog Search Google
-Google Blogsearch Relaunches as Techmeme Killer, Across 11 Categories 
-Google Launches Its Own Memetracker 
-Is Google Blog Search a Techmeme killer? No way.
  
Microsoft will battle 'search Goliath' 
Green-ranking cities: tricky business 
Los Angeles cameraman Dave Chameides reduces his environmental footprint by keeping his garbage for a year
-Blog 
Richmond Wiki! | Blog
Tech start-ups need apply here
-The Hampton Roads Technology Incubator System
Olsson's Books and Records Abruptly Closes in DC 
-Goodbye, Olsson's; Sorry I Helped Kill You 
'Go Green' summit focuses on reducing use of plastic bags
VCU makes stride toward greener campus
  
Darden tries to tie greenbacks to green living
Editor James Bacon Leaves Richmond.com's R'Biz for Boomer Project
-Boomer Project
-RBiz loses its pilot
-Another News Blogger Fades Away 
-I'll Be Back  
Four Richmonders Turn Love of the Jump into Jump Because
-Jump Because 
Startups: Technology Planning
Engineers Aim to Solve 'Burning' Computer Problem
Startups Best Positioned To Weather A Downturn
Startup Depression
 -You don't need a (tech) crunch to kill 50-80% of startups....
-Calacanis: the Tony Robbins of Web 2.0
 -Are Venture Backed Companies Going Off a Cliff?
-Technology - is the party over? 
-Jason Calacanis missive unpublished by Silicon Alley Insider
-Zoho bitterness at the credit crunch…and a solution  
 
SGN Founder’s Rambling, Jetlagged, Semi-Lucid and Beautiful Email On Entrepreneurism
 
Anti-depression thinking: what do we do? 
 
 Who Qualifies to be a Web 2.0 Gritty Entrepreneur?  
 
 VCs (And Startups) Won’t Be Immune To The Credit Crunch  
 
 The view from the Valley   
Think Local, Act Conversational - It Just Might Save Your Business
Apple Irks iPhone Developers With App Store Restrictions
Support for biotech pales in comparison with leading states
A Glimpse Into Personalized Medicine of the Future
Why The Flow Of Innovation Has Reversed
Have you ever fired a client?
Social media finding their way into the workplace, new research says
The Wild, Wild Web; How do libel laws apply to bloggers, citizen journalists?
Woman Shot to Death in South Richmond
Update on Weekend Shooting on the UVA Corner
ATM Attack
Elderly Ashland woman sexually assaulted; arrest made
Virginia Roundup of True Crime
-Pregnant woman suspected in armed robbery
-Homeless man accused of sex act in public library
-Taco Bell manager recounts harrowing robbery
Henrico Police Investigating West End Robberies
Man charged with sexual abuse of comatose patient
Olympian Tim Montgomery sentenced to 5 years in drug case
Dealing on Campus
Shots fired at officers during robbery at Crossroads coffee shop | WRIC8
2 Executives Who Led Duane Reade Are Charged
Man sentenced to 17 years for robbing women in Chesterfield
4 accused in illegal alien scheme
Newport News police charge boy with hate crime
Ex-gang leader gets reduced sentence for helping Norfolk police
Newborn Puppies Dumped At Local Landfill
Bank deposit went bad when bags were dropped
Suspects busy when getaway car towed
Prescription Drug Theft at Westbury Pharmacy
Police Seek Suspect in Scam
Thomas Dale Student to Jail for Threatening Text  
 
Related sort of ;) Teen Who Apparently Texts Too Fast Charged With Making Bonc Threat 
757 True Crimes...
-Mother duct-taped kids, threatened to kill them
-Teen pleads guilty in mob attack that killed man
-Teen sought over anti-Semitic graffiti
-Portsmouth drug dealer receives 30-year sentence
Man held in mother's slaying... to appear in court | Daily Press
Crime doesn't pay when the shooting begins
Powhattan Residents warned to lock cars after rash of break-ins
Woman left kids in hotel, went to get drunk
Chesapeake seeks to erase stigma against snitching
Shooting stirs VCU security concerns | Days after shooting, victims recount, recover | Attempted robbery near VCU raises safety concerns in Carver | Rewind: VCU Shooting   

September 29, 2008 to October 5, 2008

REGISTER NOW!
-Voter registration deadline today
-Your Last Day to Vote! 
-ireport: Down to the Wire

Politico: McCain in danger of losing Virginia
 -Polls Show Obama Way Up In Two Key Swing States 

Senator Obama Visits Newport News:
Daily Press Coverage
-Obama on our doorstep
-People from all walks of life gather to see candidate
- Obama injected excitement into hearts and minds
- Obama's promise of change has arrived
-Photo gallery | Video

Times Dispatch
-Obama's promise of change has arrived
-Obama targets health care

Virginia Pilot Coverage
-Obama vows affordable health care at Newport News rally 
-Photo Gallery | Video

Washington Post Coverage
-Obama in Newport News
-Both Campaigns Continue Their Battle for Va. Votes
-Crisis Alters White House Map
-Obama, McCain Saturating Va. With TV Ads
-'Blue-Collar' Voting Bloc Still a Hurdle for Obama 

WAVY: Obama stumps in Newport News
  
National Media
-Austin American-Statesman: Economy giving Obama a boost
-Baltimore Sun: Obama, critical of McCain's health care plan
-Buffalo News: ‘Change’ defines both camps
-Detroit Free Press: Obama attacks McCain health care plan
-Independent: McCain campaign targets Obama as too risky
-Los Angeles Times: Obama attacks McCain's healthcare proposal
-Newsday: On the trail
-Wall Street Journal: Obama Attacks McCain's Health Plan

Anatomy of a Highly Public Plan...The Downtown Plan: There and Back Again
-Exhaustive Coverage on Buttermilk and Molasses
Norfolk police clashes fires up gun rights group
Wal-Mart Grinning Big Through the Tough Times (Martin Agency mention)
Huzzah for Governor Palin, On to Richmond! General McClellan Has Arrived in Afghanistan!
Virginia Registrations Surge; Seven percent increase in number of new voters could favor Barack Obama as registrations are up in Democratic Richmond.
 
John McCain's son, Doug: 'It's going to be very close'...McCain's Brother Calls Part of NOVA 'Communist Country' 
  
Has The Con Party Ceded Virginia? 
 
 Goodbye, Conservatives. Hello, Predators.  
-Sale of Wachovia adds a new wrinkle to the story of a troubled local business
-Board member Casteen on Wachovia: ‘Talk to them’ 
-How Wachovia came crashing down
-When bank giants left, Richmond felt the loss
 -Citi: Wells Fargo blocked from buying Wachovia
-Ex-pat Richmond Wachovia workers in St Louis prepare for new employer - again...Wells Fargo bids for Wachovia; Citigroup threatens legal fight
-Wells Fargo to buy Wachovia without federal assistance 
-Charlotte Wachovia workers cheer Wells Fargo news...Citigroup strikes back at proposed Wachovia-Wells Fargo merger
-Why It's a Good Thing the Wells Fargo Wagon is Coming For Wachovia
-Wells Fargo-Wachovia deal could be a better fit for region 
-UR feels effects of credit crunch 
-How will Wachovia's sale affect you? | Q&A: What does the Wachovia buyout mean to you?
-A City's Banks 
-Richmond Fed Ready to Provide Liquidity in Wachovia Transition 
-The View from Charlotte
  
When J.P. Morgan saved the banks 
Cirque du Citay  
 
Dear New Circuit City CEO: Here's How To Fix Your Stores ...To: Circuit City and Best Buy. From: You. 
  
BloggingStocks commenters provide clues to the demise of Circuit City

Holidays to test Circuit City rebound plan 
 
Circuit City Posts Wider Loss...On Life Support...Hires Restructuring Firm...How Circuit City Got Here...More Circuit City

C-ville Left Media Smells Red Blood...
-Could John McCain have ADHD? 
-The Virginia GOP pulls out all the stops 
Rapper Bow Wow Kicks Off Voter Registration Tour...Actors Blair Underwood and Megalyn Echikunwoke visit Norfolk, Va. Beach for Obama...Hip-hop icon Nas stumps for Obama at Hampton University 
 
Local hockey moms question Palin's hockey mom comment 
Twin Scandals
-Ex-VCU official opposed degree; Says she warned officials early that Monroe lacked qualifications for bachelor's 
-VCU Panel Says No More "Work for Hire" with Philip Morris

 More Chief Monroe
McAuliffe for governor?
Downtown Development: 
The birthplace of religious freedom goes from Continental Army to continental breakfast.  
Freedom Center to Include Hotels in Shockoe Slip | First Freedom council in Richmond hotel deal...Marriott hotel plan welcomed in Shockoe 
 
 Proposed downtown towers play waiting game
The University Newspapers...
-JMU The Breeze: Still Time to Vote Absentee, Locally | Obama Hoping to Reign in Virginia
-Mary Washington The Bullet: UMW Registers In Fredericksburg | Obama To Rally at UMW | Thirsty for Obama Rally...Saturday's Rally Is a Victory for UMW Also see Free Lance Star Coverage
-Norfolk State Spartan Echo: Yes, register. But please vote. | Hip hop inspires a generation of voters | Out-of-state students should be informed about absentee voting
-ODU Mace and Crown: Michelle Obama urges young voters to let their voices be heard 
-Radford Tartan: Radford's vote counts
-University of Richmond The Collegian: Record number of students register to vote ahead of election
-VA Tech Collegiate Times: Registration drives: Cause for legal concern? | Related: Virginia Tech student groups are supporting their candidates and rallying their peers | Column: Look to this year's election as a change for our future | On voter registration, an uneasy consensus | Push for voter registration on campus unappreciated  
 
First-time voters taking lead in Virginia's new registrations
  
Barack Obama's team believes he can win by a landslide 
 -Easy volunteering for the Obama campaign 
Virginia Meltdown?:
My Tirade on Ch. 6 News Tonight  

Making sense of the financial market meltdown

Small businesses get caught in credit crisis...Small firms struggle with tightened credit...Crisis Felt Unevenly on Main Street 
  
Va. delegation split on financial bailout
Eric Cantor...
-Cantor Interview: We Can Still Fix This After the ‘no’ vote on the bailout. 
-Blunt’s count was 10 short 
-Sticks, Carrots And A Failed Bailout 
-Congressman Cantor Reacts to Bailout Vote...Blames Pelosi's Speech??  
-How To Pass The Bailout 
-Rewind: Save Richmond: See How He Runs
Hampton Roads...
-Hampton Roads legislators explain votes against bailout 
-Why local lawmakers said 'no' to bailout

Urban Gems Within Your Reach
Bass Pro Shops prepares for opening in Hanover | As days get short, hunters long for woods 
Virginia Pilot's Pulitzer Play:
-Part 1: Showdown over Norfolk’s segregated schools changed lives forever
 -Part 2: Students are called before an unforgiving panel 
-Part 3: Norfolk school officials consider applications from students 
-Part 4: Judge spells out the law to board  
-Part 5: Six schools removed from the Norfolk system
-Part 6: The Norfolk 17 face a hostile reception as schools reopen  
 
Norfolk to recall end of Massive Resistance  
John Lewis explains GRTC, Bus Rapid Transit
 -Hearing set tonight on proposal to eliminate GRTC routes 
-The Future of GRTC Spelled Out by CEO John Lewis  
The price of free speech
Petersburg to develop independent middle school
Richmond Noobie Guide...Additional Questions
Multiuse path would be boon to region   
That's one hot commericial, Mr. Sabrosa
Old Dogs ... Are the Best Dogs
 
Pets blessed at morning ceremony
October is Virginia Wine Month
Sunday Times Dispatch Feature:
-Reborn in the '70s, the wine industry has matured into a $347 million economic catalyst.
-Tips for wine touring and tasting
- Wine Map | Slideshow: Tour of Virginia vineyards
- Hanover's Country Vintner distributor grows
-WINE: WIN, WIN
 
Virginia Business Feature:
-Virginia’s wine industry has matured
-When it comes to wine, Richmond man is ‘The Mayor’
-Winery anchors New Kent project | New Kent Vineyards
-Experts say Virginia needs a signature wine
-Virginia couple finds ideas for winery in France’s Provence
-Owner finds Williamsburg area a perfect setting for winery
  
Virginia Wine Making Headway on The National Scale 
 
 'Richmond Wine Stock' Looks at Virginia Wine Month  
A group of Virginia Tech graduates is fighting to make a difference for Haitian boys
Hill city celluloid
Active plotter and hardly innocent
Jazz Omnivores: 'Dying Will Be Easy' (And Fun)
-Bursting, gushing, exploding with pride 
Record number of alcohol poisonings this weekend at UofR?...Five students rushed to the hospital after excess drinking 
UVA repeals sign ban | Cavalier Daily
ARTicle: Thanky Space Profile
GM says Knights will stay in Charlotte  

They stole our police chief, our banks, our NASCAR museum...Payback Time?!
-Ballpark Digest: Knights emerge as leading contender for Richmond; Kirk proposes million-dollar investment in Diamond (you need to scroll down)...Charlotte baseball team might fit in Richmond...Finally, Richmond Steals Something from Charlotte 
-Charlotte Knights Moving To Richmond?...Poll: Do you think the Knights would really move to Richmond if extended the invitation?
-Charlotte Knights to Richmond? A possible I.L. shakeup
-Knights facing delays in return to Charlotte
 
Hey Richmond, we still have Triple-A baseball in Norfolk  
 
Politics n Baseball
-Mayor Speaks on Baseball in Richmond 
-Wilder optimistic about baseball -- flood control, too 
-Never Play Ball with a Lame Duck
 -Who wants baseball in The Bottom?
 
 City To Give R-Braves Fans Handheld Electronic Baseball Game As Holdover
  
 VBC's Indians become a Brave option  
 
 Eastern League skips Richmond for 2009; city's chances for baseball looking slimmer | Will there be Baseball in Richmond in '09? | Richmond strikes out with Eastern League  
 
Rewind: More Baseball Stories
"Aliens!" At The 21st Virginia Film Festival
Rescued dogs learn about human kindness in foster home
Richmond blogger being sued or punked?...Update
Rewind: The Wild, Wild Web; How do libel laws apply to bloggers, citizen journalists?
 -Johnny Law Focuses on Bloggers 
The Collapse of the Washington Nationals Market
Keep snakes, lose rodents
Leaves ready for fall transformation 
-Gallery: A look back at past fall foliage 
Zeus Almighty, a Horse Story
4 years after disbanding, Phish to reunite and play Va. | Phish in Hampton 
Al Groh...
A Meal RVA Needs - Market 202
Snuggle Grub: I Really am in Richmond Magazine
Cabo’s Closes, Leaving Staff, Clients in Lurch
Bartender Insider: Starting A New Gig 
What not to talk about at dinner in the west end
Local luxury retailers hang tight
VCU Students on Southern hospitality  
More Prostitutes in Richmond? 
Bopst Show - Episode 24
The downward side of the local media curve
 
Washington City Paper Owner Files for Bankruptcy
-Washington City Paper  
One Week of Eating with Burgerphone
Transforming Richmond with Art, a Ten Spot at a Time
Man shot during Civil War reenactment...Sheriff trying to find out who shot Civil War re-enactor 
 
The 150-year anniversary of the Civil War is approaching, but there are few signs of excitement in Richmond. 
Whatever happened to... The couple with the pirate ship?
UMW pushes hunt for attacker 
 
University of Mary Washington student assaulted this morning...Final Edition
Athletes try to sidestep situations that lead to violence   
Richmond police investigating deaths of 2...Double Murder In Richmond
Moped Theft Rocks Boulevard, Bust Rocks Thieves   
Michael Vick
-Vick lawyers seek mediator instead of bankruptcy trustee
-Vick offers to give part of future salary to pay debts
-Vick lawyer asks for mediation in suspended QB's bankruptcy   
Greene woman faces sex charges   
Search Continues For Bank Robbery Suspect
Schools don't always warn about violent incidents
Richmonder sought in 10-year-old boy's wounding...SURRENDERS
Hunt for Suspect in Pair of Petersburg Attacks...Knifepoint Robberies in Petersburg Could Be Linked 
Four arrested for armed robbery of VA Beach Food Lion
Bored Suburban Kids...
 Dozens of Car Vandalisms In Midlothian...Use Marbles | Midlothian Exchange  
Human remains found near Mount Trashmore
Student attacks spark new anti-gang effort in Norfolk...Robberies plague campus, raise questions about student safety 
Evidence of arson sought in fatal Short Pump fire
Portsmouth police officer charged with rape, relieved of duty | Daily Press