Richmond Virginia News Time Capsule April 2009

Richmond Virginia News Time Capsule April 2009
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Show at Rumors shut down by police -Richmond’s War on Nightlife (Ongoing…)...Rewind: The City That Fun Forgot Chesterfield continues nightclub crackdown Campaign Pork Pictures from around Lumpkin’s Jail Governor Kaine Announces Precautions to Prepare Virginia to Respond to Swine Flu Outbreak (Audio) -Virginia Department of Health: VIRGINIA HEALTH OFFICIALS CLOSELY FOLLOWING SWINE FLU CASES...Letter to Health Providers -Centers for Disease Control VDH ANNOUNCES TWO CASES OF SWINE FLU IN VIRGINIA \| Times Dispatch \| NBC12 Hotline: (877) 275-8343 -- will operate from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Friday Special Sections: -Times Dispatch -Daily Press -Virginia Pilot -Washington Post -NY Times -CNN -CBSNews -FoxNews -Google News -MSNBC Latest Headlines Va. stockpiles anti-flu drugs; sets up hotline Swine flu goes global No Swine Flu Cases, But Middlesex Couple Tested Swine Flu and the Walk-By Media...WRVA: Worried About Swine Flu? Goochland schools respond to swine flu concerns...Hampton Roads schools get prepared, focus on flu prevention...Officials warn students about swine flu outbreak...precautions urged at colleges Media -Va. calls in resources, though no swine flu cases seen -AP \| Free Lance Star \| Roanoke Times Talks Stall Over Billboard Mayor Thinking Arby’s Echo Harbour developers have made it abundantly clear that they view the master plan and the residents who support it simply as obstacles. Revised Echo Harbour plan lowers building heights, but opposition remains Echo Harbour debate reaches boiling point Also see The Battle of Echo Harbor Style Cover: The state’s mental health system is bogged down with patients stuck in psychiatric hospitals. Democratic hopefuls make pitches in Richmond -NBC29 \| Roanoke Times \| Washington Post School Daze -Two decades of standardized testing have produced a generation of administrators more concerned with the results of multiple-choice tests than with teaching higher-order thinking skills. -$470K Later, School Roofs Still Leak Richmond-area foreclosure activity up 69%...Personal bankruptcies in Hampton Roads rise Liberal shift (Richmond, Va.-based 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals) Rep. Eric Cantor is 'Dr. No' -Cantor downplays fame in TV interview Why Can't Richmond Be Charleston? VCU students plan vibrant Hull Street Road VPAP has posted coded, standardized contribution and expenditure information for the four candidates for Governor. Trani’s legacy at VCU (includes Legacy editorial, Trani Built a Better VCU (Bill Goodwin), VCU Hurt Historic Neighborhoods (C. Todd Woodson), Trani’s Complex Academic Legacy (George E. Munro), VCU’s Trani transformed school, city and lives, Trani will teach after sabbatical, Slideshow, Bio and milestones) -The man behind the curtain: a Q & A with Trani -Trani’s Legacy -Rewind: 2008 VCU Scandals Facing money crunch, more patients skip their prescriptions Urban Myth or Unsolved Mystery?...Screwy reporting of SOL scores? Dollars per Scholar Distracted delegates exposed The People's Business...Delegates Defend Internet Use on the Floor VCU Freshman Makes National Headlines Retailers combine forces as Carytown vacancies rise \| New Carytown Twitter Lakeside Appliance shutting down Richmond Tea Party CBS6 \| NBC12 \| Richmond BizSense \| Tertium Quids \| Times Dispatch \| WRIC8 \| WRVA Charlottesville \| Fredericksburg \| Newport News \| Roanoke \| Virginia Beach The impact of Tea Parties...Who should pay taxes? Unprincipled Conservatism: The Richmond Tea Party It's a bit pre-Civil War Up in Here The truths behind the tea parties Hundreds expected for Tea Party rallies in N.C., Va. Mayor Jones: Let Richmond Be Richmond Mayor's Nonprofit Owes IRS $27K Doing the Right / Smart Thing...Slave Trade Museum in Shockoe Bottom Proposed bus transfer station in Shockoe Bottom meets opposition Op/Ed The road ahead for Shockoe Bottom Commander shares his pride in Bainbridge's rescue effort Less People Checking Bags At RIC Gag order goes away for Richmond School Board members -School Board Ungags Itself -Rewind: First Amendment Muzzle ...and over to the 2nd Amendment... 60 Minutes: Gun Sales: Will The "Loophole" Close? -Video 2020: Easy Access: $5,000 and One Hour Buys 10 Guns (via) -Video Rewind: Moving Target (Style Cover) Bloomberg Finances Gun-Control Ad in Virginia Race...Bloomberg, the Gun Show “Loophole,” and the 2009 Campaign Bloomberg, family of Virginia Tech massacre victims to unveil gun law ad \| Washington Post -Americans United for Safe Streets \| New: Campaign Website HOT DISCUSSION The Battle of Echo Harbor Virginia BioTechnology Research Park’s chief builder Roanoke Families avoid eviction or foreclosure Eggleston Hotel Collapse 8News \| Buttermilk and Molasses \| Carver and Jackson Ward News (demolition video) \| CBS6 (streaming coverage) \| Melissa Savenko \| NBC12...not the first hotel to show recent signs of wear (photo blog \| Rachel DePompa’s Blog) \| RVANews \| RVATweets (using #ehotel hashtag) \| Times Dispatch...update demolition continues...Michael Paul Williams \| WRVA Blame Articles Start: CJWN \| Times Dispatch...Let the Finger-Pointing End! The Historical Significance of Eggleston Hotel -Built By Blacks -Memories of “The Deuce" -Port of Harlem -National Park Services -11 Most Endangered Historical Places -Style Weekly: The Barriers They Broke -Share your memories of the Eggleston Hotel, Neverett’s Place...Loss is lamented Firefighters Kinda Bummed They Didn’t Get To Perform Daring Rescue In Building Collapse More people claiming POW benefits than recorded as real POWs, VA figures obtained by AP show Southside Development News -Something Wal-Mart this way comes?...What would be the effect of a so-called “big box” store opening a location along Powhatan’s Route 60 corridor? -Board member sues Brandermill Association -Family sues developer, association for $2.3 million -Two new openings at Westchester Commons -Building a project in tough times Goochland Good Life -Goochland residents have highest average income in U.S. (Courier \| Gazette) Full Study \| Lists -Secretariat’s line to Goochland -Goochland Farmers' market funding in doubt Scrambling for summer jobs Dwight Jones, The First 100 Days… New Mayor vs. Old Mayor The Dwight & Yvonne Ad Agency Confessions of an invisible student of color Battle over bingo laws in Virginia Did DC mayoral kiddie-hoops squabble end Parks and Rec manager’s career? Larry Sabato releases book on Obama What you get for $180,000… Censuring the Censors: The Democratic and Republican National Parties top the 18th annual list of the “best” Muzzlers of Free Speech -And the Muzzle goes to... -Washington Post -Cville Cover Story Style Cover: Losing Patience Despite $104 million in federal funds, VCU's indigent health care program leaves some patients in a lurch. Improvements noted at VCU’s Critical Care Hospital Improving Indigent Care: My Call From Trani Legal Aid Group Puts City School Under Microscope -Also See Richmond Voice's series on Capital City Program After pay cut, Dominion CEO's salary worth $14.3M Lessons learned in Richmond Hey, Richmond, Everybody Else Is Doing It Hopewell Airman Killed In Afghanistan -Returning war dead: A reappearing image -After 18-Year Ban On Media Coverage, Family Of Staff Sgt. Phillip Myers Allows America To Bear Witness -Media Can Now Cover Coffins Coming Home -- But What About the OTHER Missing War Photos? -Media coverage of the cost of war -Reuters \| NBC12 \| Times Dispatch \| MN Daily \| AP On idyllic Gwynn's Island, echoes of a racial divide (courtesy of Style Weekly) GOP Searches for a New Leader ...Peace Unlikely For Virginia GOP...Frederick To Run Again in Va. (TD) Jeff Frederick (RPV Chair, 2008-2009) AP \| NBC12 \| NBC29 \| Roanoke Times \| Star Exponent \| Times Dispatch \| Virginian Pilot \| Washington Post \| Washington Times Republicans in Virginia Split Sharply Over Leader A workshop run by the Creative Class Group focused on ways to move Roanoke toward a more creative, innovative and sustainable economy. -Roanoke goes to Florida, takes a Creative Class Crusade President Antione Green Joins Race Shields, Towey to Seek House Seats...Spiders to run for election to the Virginia House of Delegates VDOT bonuses, salary increases assailed, defended \| AP \| Virginian Pilot Taxes hit smokers financially … but is it enough to quit? Job losses ripple through region, state "Things are still moving"; But some county residents are still losing their homes As stress builds, the mind recoils RVA Magazine to acquire Style Weekly...Times-Dispatch Breaks from Media General; Acquires Boomer Life Hotel John Marshall to become department store The Virginia Legislature announced that eight of Richmond’s nine bridges are closing. Short Pump Mall is Closing Goochland Makes Pitch for Regional Stadium West of Richmond...New Crupi Report Reverses Course: Keep Existing Leaders Alive Keep an eye out for the M Street Hooligans Guy Who Lives Above 3 Monkeys Tired Of Asking Everyone To Keep It Down Mark Holmberg: Day Laborers Midlothian Exchange Series to focus on homeless in region First Market Bank bought by Union Bankshares \| Free Lance Star \| Save Richmond \| Times Dispatch \| Virginian Pilot \| Washington Post \| WRVA Ukrop Haul Nukes 140 Jobs Four Ways for Jones To Build Richmond's Future	Student projects culminate in documentary premiere Big Brother casting call in Richmond Ferry, a lifeline to folks on both sides of James River, could be cut GWAR, Me, and the Onrushing Grip of Death: Part 2 \| Part 1 -GWAR.net Style Cover: The 2009 Music Issue -Free MUSIC CD in Each Issue! Pick it up before they're gone (this issues runs out fast) -Style Weekly’s First Annual Music Awards -Style Weekly Releases Annual Elevator Music Issue Drummer Chris Adler and his Lamb of God bandmates stay glued to their Richmond roots Guster rocks Richmond campus Planning the Future of Richmond Theatre -What Theatre Owes the Community, and Vice-Versa Ballpark Boom -Richmond Fed on southeast stadium growth PUBLIC SQUARE: Baseball season is in full swing—but not in Richmond Unanswered Questions about Baseball...Blog Intro: Developers flee, rather than stand for questions Braves 1, taxpayers 0...Economic benefits overstated for publicly funded Gwinnett stadium...Braves’ new turf under scrutiny Hemp Loving Woman wants to keep license plate TheCheckoutGirl Radio (Podcast Debut) -Download MP3 Virginia Tech weighs 5% tuition increase ($8,605) Best and Worst Bathrooms Police riot on VCU campus in 1974 NASCAR Driver Denny Hamlin To Open Two Car Washes In Virginia CNN: 'Idol' Yamin goes independent route Pulitzer winner Steve Reich The First Evening - Sports in Richmond Tuesday, April 21, 6:30 p.m. w Paul Woody (TD), Greg Burton (ESPN 950), Scott Schricker (Sports Backers), Robert Dortch (U- Turn), Jana Ross (UofR) -Live Blogging “An Evening at Morton’s...Buttermilk and Molasses -Live Tweeting via rvatweets (#steakchat) \| Facebook RMA has deal with new team...Baseball Could Soon Be Back in Richmond Baseball and Beer on Broad Street Gwinnett Braves Inaugural Season Grand Home Opening Gwinnett Stadium sparkles in home opener...A night of firsts in brand-new park...Tides spoil Gwinnett's first home game...Richmond perspective Michael Pail Williams: Richmond area could have built the Braves a ballpark Getting to know the Eastern League Duckpin bowling and world music and hipsters! Oh my! America on the Eve of the Civil War Conference, April April 29, 2009 -UR presentation focuses on eve of Civil War -First of its Kind in Nation to be Held in Richmond -Webcast of Civil War Symposium Available at VMI Library Civil War historian will speak at Bridgewater on Tuesday Philly Civil War Museum lacks home, funding New Monticello visitor and education center an interesting mix of natural and new age Plant Zero in South Richmond had a full house for the fourth annual Spring Bada Bing arts-and-craft show. -What to Buy if You Missed Spring Bada-Bing Richmond: Hardly a “Mecca” for Singles The City That Fun Forgot When it comes to the business of music and nightlife, this city has been anything but Easy to Love. -Richmond’s War on Nightlife (Cont.) -Why clubs and theaters in Richmond fail Virginia Beach noise ordinance thrown out; cases tossed The art of losing money With high-profile, high-priced acts failing to fill the seats in a rough economy, CNU's Ferguson Center is sinking deep into the red Arts at W&M will cost $355 million Outdoors/Travel Roundup -Waterfowl Feature on Virginia Hunting -Fate of Nags Head's Yellow House uncertain -The Riverwalk Trail in Danville: Walk into history -Lynchburg plans city eco-park James River Film Festival April 12, 16-19 Recap -A Magical Night of Movies -An Interview with Ron Smith on his film at the James River Film Festival Preview -Museums, Movies and Masterworks — What a Weekend! -Stalin Is Thinking Of You! -The James River Film Festival draws an assortment of independent films with characters on both sides of the camera. -James River Film Festival promotes environmental awareness -It's a Cinema Explosion at James River Film Festival...Raiders in Richmond -JRFF 16, Apr. 12-19 -Sometimes, Richmond, you get it just right. -Virginia's Festival for the Independent-Minded Rewind: Ultimate 'Indy' Flick: Fanboys Remake Raiders of the Lost Ark Record Store Day (Sat, Apr 18) Plan 9 \| Twitter 1:15-2:00 Hex Machine 2:45-3:30 No BS Brass Band -Video (via) 4:15-5:00 Cinemasophia 5:45-6:30 The Recliners (CD Release Show) -Mashup -Rumors in Richmond Plan 9, Indie Shops to Launch Web Service -Think Indie Turnstyle Deep Groove Records to open on Robinson St...Former Plan 9 manager spins own record shop In Williamsburg and Newport News, independent music stores are hanging tough A List of Local Independent Record Stores VMFA Sets May 1, 2010, As Grand Opening For James W. and Frances G. McGlothlin Wing (VMFA Twitter) -Art Daily \| Times Dispatch Light in the Attic: 2009 Senior Thesis Exhibition Opens at the University of Richmond Museums and Artspace Gallery Pickup soccer gets fenced out by the National park Service. Michelob Ultra Open future is still a secret Chesapeake Bay: Foundation gives the bay a "D" on health Digital Media Bill Signed by Gov. Kaine! GWAR, Me, and the Onrushing Grip of Death -GWAR.net Rewind: KISS Army Declares War On Gwar Lamb Of God get chatty about their latest metal epic...Lamb is dyed-in-wool heavy-metal band...Lamb rises to top of metal heap Comic book dealer’s secret hideout -Brett’s Comic Pile Snorting Smarties Green Top asks for rezoning to expand Best Walking Cities of the South -Good Life's Guide to Richmond Hiking/Walking Baseball Stadium Isn’t the Greatest Use for Historic Shockoe -The Exploding City Diamond may be home to July 3 baseball celebration of patriotism Game on: Who will save the Richmond sports scene? A Walk Nearly Spoiled Part 1 \| Part 2 \| Part 3 \| Part 4 Virginia Beach Leaders urge Obama to use stimulus for beach sand N.C. Outer Banks park warns of dog restrictions New coffee shops percolating around Charlottesville area GAY RVA Source Style Weekly Outlife: Richmond To Get New GLBT Lifestyle Magazine (Twitter)...Spring’s New Fling ...Richmond's Media Finally Gets Outed Gay Vows, Repeated From State to State Gay rights are human rights Richmond's Secret Castle - The Pump house Byrd Park Building Boom History... Appomattox offers more than just Civil War tourism A milestone for Monticello: High-tech vistor center set for debut Costumed interpreters and Revolutionary War re-enactors play out important day in 1775 Virginia Zoo Lioness Pregnant Again \| AP Behind the scenes at “Girls of the ACC” Gravity gone: Landlord ousts tenant, vows club’s return...Some shows are getting new locations Sissy Spacek narrates PBS documentary on Appalachia RIR, Kroger offer 2 free tix to May Sprint Cup race with the single-transaction purchase of $175 in groceries (via) Shockoe Center & Boulevard Gateway Website Launches! Richmond Group Set To Acquire New Baseball Team...Defenders sale likely by May \| AP More Support Behind Shockoe Stadium...Sports Backers support Shockoe Bottom ballpark (Sports Backers) -Press Release -River District News Discussion Reflections of Baseball in Richmond...Season without pro baseball is a flashback to 1965 Ad money shrinking in sports -Life in the 804 response Oppose Baseball? The 5 “P”s of effective advocacy More Baseball Coverage Bad Ass Coffee store goes belly up in Chesapeake Sunshine Bright — Megan Holley at Movieland source: NBC Producer: Richmond Suits “Body Politic” Film crew in the Fan -Body Politic crew keeps high profile on Monument Ave Casting Call in Richmond Minka Kelly part of CW's 'Body Politic' Rewind: Body Politic in Richmond Emu spotted in Orange's Wilderness Shores subdivision Goochland To Get Drive-In How do you describe Richmond to friends who don’t live here?...Describing Richmondz -Followup Slaughterama: Hosted by the Cutthroats Bike Club (Twitter) Coverage: 407 Fixed Gears \| adrienne \| blaaahg 1 2 3 \| Brick is Red \| Burro \| Chewy Lives (flickr) \| Dan Nelson \| design dialogue \| Jack’s Jax \| mikewoodphoto \| paranoid \| Pat of the Hat Blog \| RVAMag Video \| Video 2 (flickr) \| RVANews \| Style Weekly Multimedia \| sweetschoolbus \| This is Totally My Hat Rash of graffiti linked to Slaughterama? Get ready for Aqua Battle July 5th 2009!!!!! build a boat yo, build a boat. The Bopst Show 49 Prof says alcohol, dating culture leads to college hook-ups Parent sues Wells Athletic Association New operators spruce up Stanley's Store Battlefields get some tender loving care Bedford boxer can handle the punch Irish-born poet Paul Muldoon gets audience participating PRO and CON: Where will Richmond Play Ball? -Batter up in The Bottom -Play Ball on the Boulevard -Baseball's Emotional and Financial Game Continues Crunching the baseball stadium numbers New Market for the First Market Let Velvet’s anti-stadium sign stay Fenway and the Salem way With Bases Loaded, the City Is at Bat Richmond tries to revive baseball, but do the numbers add up? Pie in the Skybox: We, the residents, are in essence being asked to act as bankers....I Support Baseball on the Boulevard -Style's Weekly Baseball Bash...One Shockoe Center Opponent Had a Busy Week Where did Bruce Baldwin and his team go for the “Fun Factor”? More Baseball Coverage The National Considers Takeover of Toad’s Place -Story Breaks on Twitter CenterStage unveils countdown clock \| TD Tick… Tick… Tick… Zuni man wants hunters, dogs to stay off property \| AP -TD Discussion ‘Supernanny’ filming in Midlothian The Bopst Show Episode 48	Q94's Melissa Chase: Extreme Makeover: Life Edition -Clear Channel lays off in Richmond -More Layoffs At Clear Channel; Up To 1,000 People This Time TGI Friday's Mulls 4 Including Martin Agency Candidates utilize Facebook, blogs in a new political era Dropping Knowledge at New Media Seminars...Rewind: 10 Dead or Dying PR Tactics Martin Agency layoffs 60 days later Frontline: Poisoned Waters -Poisoned Waters - Frontline Examines the Chesapeake Bay and Puget Sound -"Frontline" investigates troubled state of Chesapeake, US waters Belle Isle Cleanup today (April 22) @5:30 How Many Richmonders Does It Take? -The South Will Write Again T-D Launches Gay Magazine, Then Pulls Out Local companies are booming as green efforts take hold How suing The New York Times tripped up Rod Smolla, former dean of UR’s law school. President Obama Names Chief Performance Officer and Chief Technology Officer (Aneesh Paul Chopra, Virginia’s Secretary of Technology) -Tech industry groups hail Obama's choice for national CTO -Wall Street Journal (Here is a look at some Avatar Capital investments)...The Daily Start-Up -FOXNews \| Information Week \| ZDNet Entertainment magazine aims to fill void in Hampton Roads -Veer \| Also see SevenCities \| TReehouse Thinking about Steve Brill's doomed plan to build a pay wall around newspapers. (via) The newspaper industry just gave away another free meal, er Twitter: do they have any left? Living Green in Richmond New Neighborhood Blogs: -Randolph West -Byrd Park -Coming Soon: Carytown (follow @Carytown) NY Times: Oprah’s First Words on Twitter: “HI TWITTERS” FEATURING @JephKelley Reporter Develops Perfect Segue 4.17.09 The New RVA Magazine Emerges...(via) -Full Press Release...features \| Trailer (designed by Brandbuilt) FOUR -RVA 4th Anniversary Video: What is RVA? -Volume 5 Issue 1 (Four Year Anniversary Issue) Media General reports loss...ad sales fall...TV Station Profit Plunges...freezes pension plan Sniff-Stick wins second annual UR Business Pitch Competition Simulated drunken-driving experience drives home lesson on safety New Online Search Tool From a Day's Outing Unveils Hyperlocal-Based Service for Planning Local Travel -A Day's Outing Rosetta Stone Expected To Make Public Debut Today \| Press Release -Rosetta Stone Arlington, VA Minor Says He Has the Means to End a Sport's Decline -WaPo highlights Minor’s horse racing dreams YouTube's best Dave Matthews Band impersonations Facebook Fatigue -Are you a twit if you don't want to Twitter? Daily newspaper woes drag down weeklies UR Student To Blog On Job Search -Meet Grant Garcia Roanoke shop will become an online business -Shopmartinique.com Fair Use, Fair Game Rewind: The Google-AP Flap The Aggregators/Status Pushers: A Blogroast ‘Hyperlocal’ Web Sites Deliver News Without Newspapers -Outside.in -Richmond.com's integration of Outside.in \| Rewind: The New Richmond.com The Daily Press isn't going away, we're adapting as we always have News Leader press goes silent after tonight's run Can the Statusphere Save Journalism? Spam Attack Reversed VQR Nominated for 3 Utne Independent Press Awards Shared Air - Richmond. Come join in -Shared Air \| Twitter This is not a newspaper. (CHPN going pulp?) CRT/Tanaka acquires Livingston Communications -CRT/Tanaka -Livingston Communications 2009 VMFA Muse Finalists (press release) \| Twitter -Colleen Phelon Hall, LLC -Compleo \| Twitter -Dieticians on Demand, LLC -Fandangle Bead Store \| Press Release -Financial Holographix, Inc. -Green Duck Biodegradables, LLC \| Twitter -Haunts of Richmond \| Twitter -Keen Guides \| Press Release \| Twitter -Lewis Leadership Group / BOUNCE -Mezzanine Restaurant -nHealth -one smART gallery -Segway of Richmond -Splash Tags -TecAccess \| Twitter -Ukrop’s Super Markets, Inc. \| Twitter -Victory Farms, Inc. -VitalKey The new Richmond.com (via \| broke the story here) -Revamped Richmond.com aims to reflect community...Press Release -Richmond.com Feature On Jack Goes Forth (piece) -exciting news! -The New Richmond.com - The Twitterverse Responds Flashback: Richmond.com 1998-2007 Richmond.com Upgraded -Richmond.com Sneak Preview \| Teaser 2 Also see, Full Coverage of Times Dispatch Layoffs Richmond's Venture Marketing Acquired by Boundless Network Richmond students fight hunger with Internet, rice -Hoongle.org -UR startup shuts down, for now Where is The Collegian printed? Women still scarce in UVA engineering programs A timeline of the Landmark Hotel tragedy ShopCharlottesville.org Local Shopping Website -ShopCharlottesville.org New AOL Chief Armstrong Urges Company to 'Dream Big' Media Insiders Say Internet Hurts Journalism -Editor and Publisher New Research Finds Business Plans Are Virtually Useless Introducing rvatweets! -rvatweets (follow @rvatweets) -RVA all atwitter -They've Got RVA's Tweets in Their Hand -Wikis As Aggregators I Tweet, Therefore, I Am (follow @MarianeMatera) -A Local Take on Twitter and the Future of Newspapers Tweet Nothings -- Or Valuable New News Source? Techie sees Twitter as subpar New Neighborhood Blog! Byrd Park VIRGINIAN PILOT'S BLACK THURSDAY Pilot to lay off 40, but executives say outlook is brighter \| AP Business Week's America's Most Promising Social Entrepreneurs (via) -VOTE NOW for Impact Makers -Impact Makers \| Video -One of the charities IM supports (via): Rx Partnership Tenth Annual Women in Technology Leadership Awards AOL: Change of Leadership, Change of Debt Structure Kornheiser leaving WaPo next month U. of Richmond Creates a Wikipedia for Undergraduate Scholars Now serving! RVANews Food Section \| MealWheel Time for a full-time reporter at RVA News? Richmond-based ".com" stories: -Getloaded.com: Getloaded.com, a Match.com for truckers and freight brokers -Jump Because!: JUMP! Richmonders’ big bounce has become an Internet score...JumpBecause Bounces into the Times-Dispatch -PoshTots: PoshTots.com co-founder buys back her business A.P. to Take On Web Aggregators...Launching News Industry Campaign To ‘Protect’ News Content Some questions related to Google News and the Associated Press The Slow Erosion of Google Search Google in the middle Get new customers by invading ‘social media’ Social marketing and the art of self promotion Metro Business section gets revamped Cell phones get top marks in class BLACK THURSDAY Richmond Times-Dispatch eliminates 31 open positions and lays off 59 employees...Large round of layoffs...Hatchet Falls Deep -More: Editor and Publisher (pre-story) \| AP \| Richmond.com \| RVANews \| Virginian Pilot \| WRVA (audio) Bleeding Ink: The newspaper may reinvent itself, but it shouldn’t imagine for a moment that it’s going to reinvent its readers or their town. -Bustard's Homage to the TD Is a Miss Early Early Retirement MP3: WRVA Interview with Tom Silvestri (courtesy of Style Weekly) Gary Brookins laid off from Times-Dispatch...Dan Neman, Richmond Times-Dispatch, another critic dispatched Blogger Commentary -Buttermilk and Molasses: Times-Dispatch Cuts Staff Again...More Thoughts on the Times-Dispatch's Cuts -The Lost Art of the City: Beginnings and Endings at the RTD -Pop Culture Rodeo: Unhappy Endings -Shared Air: Media General euthanizes Times-Dispatch. What’s next? -SlantBlog: More RT-D staff cuts -Take Another Road to Another Time: The Long, Slow Death of the Times-Dispatch -Tech-media-tainment: Newspaper death spiral: Could it be a self-fulfilling prophecy? -Virginia Tomorrow -Why the Richmond Times-Dispatch is Dying: Less is Less All A-Twitter -Another round of newsroom layoffs happening today at Richmond Times-Dispatch. You don't want to get called to a meeting with Glenn Proctor (a couple of hours before the paper broke its own story) -The RTD is highlighting print-edition-only articles, apparently as a "feature" -Get your early look at the new richmond.com now... -Twitter's New Search Tools Could Help Journalists Track Beats, Trends Martin Agency's Mike Hughes on "Why We Need Newspapers" -Mike, News-gathering is not Newspapers. Richmond Ad Club Winners -Madison + Main president named Ad Person of the Year; The Martin Agency also wins big -Richmond Show recognizes best of local advertising NYT Co. Threatens Shut Down of 'Boston Globe'...Boston Globe Reports Death Threat —Its Own...a Negotiating Tactic? New York Times Invites Developers to 'Hack the News' with New API Can Former Newspaper Employees Invent a Brave New News Model? Goodbye to the Age of Newspapers (Hello to a New Era of Corruption) (via) As newspapers disappear, so does nation's link to real journalism The 100 Year Flood for Newspapers (via) Social Journalism: Past, Present, and Future Google Chief to Address Newspaper Execs at Annual Conference New Times Dispatch Twitter @RTDNEWS to replace @inrichonline? Media General Goes with Zillow's Search Technology...Newspapers Begin to Use Zillow \| Press Release \| Web site aims to help potential home buyers -Virginia Homeowners Alliance Del. Morrissey sues Style Weekly for $10.35 million...Morrissey Files Suit Against Style Weekly RTD Hosts Political Yard Sale The Story on Personal Branding + Social Media Chapter (11) and Verse: Details on Five Major Newspaper Companies That Have Declared Bankruptcy WTVR swapped to Local TV Holdings Jon's PR 1.5 Tips Hat, Faces Forward Tech Calendar April 21, 2009 Refresh Richmond Tax Time Happy Hour Home Team Grill (1630 W. Main St.) 6:00-8:00 April 29, 2009 The New Media Seminar Holiday Inn Select - 1021 Koger Center Boulevard	The Dickensian Side of RIC also see Youth Volunteering No deal: PETA says Michael Vick won't be a spokesman Vick to be confined to Hampton home If Vick lied once, how can the commissioner believe him now? Vick lawyers working on new bankruptcy plan Latest on Man Accused of Killing Alleged Thief...VCU Student Leaving Jail After Public Attack, Pastors Fire Back at Sheriff Woody Former Director Sues City for Defamation Matko murder suspect to be tried as adult...Judge orders defendant sent to adult jail...certifies charges in Matko slaying...Community reacts to possible drug link in Matko murder case Law bit wrong man in pit bull fight videos Former contractor back in court 21 years after disappearing Thieves not the only ones tracked by GPS Public Defender: Bar Group Has Disdain for Law Sheriff adds patrol boat to Lake Anna Norfolk to intensify its oversight of bars at Waterside Richmond’s Jones joins Mayors Against Illegal Guns...considers jail drug program Richmond Police Search for Robbery Suspects (High Resolution Photos of Suspects Courtesy of C&WJ) \| Times Dispatch Police investigating Marshall Street homicide CBS6 \| NBC12 \| Times Dispatch \| WRIC8 -Community responds to Saturday morning homicide Trends Drug-related slayings on the rise in Richmond, authorities say...Violent and property crimes drop in central Virginia Police See Spike in Robberies in Tri-Cities Economy of Crime Some local retailers believe shoplifting is on the rise in bad economy Knife Violence in Chesterfield: -Overnight Stabbing in Chesterfield -Drinking, walking is dicey Sheriff's Deputy Arrested for Dog Fighting -NBC12 \| Times Dispatch \| WRIC8 \| WRVA Richmond deputy sheriff loses job Police say pound of pot taken in home invasion Anti-Semitic, racial vandalism reported at Norfolk houses of worship Car Thievery -GPS Bandits Strike Fan Community...GPS Bandit Caught -Car Break-Ins Up in Richmond -Stealing wheels: Block banditry strikes again In wake of possible bomb plot, Beach schools tighten security...More arrests made in possible bomb plot at Va. Beach school Beach teen charged with making explosives in plot on school Charges dropped against correctional center employee accused of aiding younger Parrish \| WRVA Audio Sen. Webb Tours Jail, Local Drug Recovery Center...goes on the road...advocates for nationwide prison reform April 16 2009 Day of Remembrance brings thousands together \| We Remember Va. Tech Tragedy Haunts Tutor (video) Collegiate Times (VT Student Paper) Virginia Tech remembers on Drillfield...'3.2 for 32' draws more than 4,000 people (Photos \| Video) -Remembrance -Annual remembrance dance honors victims -Families and students protest gun show loophole -Mark McNamee: 'Think about how you can take advantage of what you have to do' -A road not taken: The story of April 16 victim Matthew La Porte -My name is Elilta Habtu, and I'm an injured survivor. A Virginia Tech Student Remembers Tragedy — And Moves On One victim of the Virginia Tech shootings discovers that talking about the tragedy is a way to gain control over it. Two years later, Virginia Tech, survivors look to the future...Injured Va. Tech students mark 2nd anniversary Roanoke Times Good weather brings out Virginia Tech community for various memorial events...Noon ceremony at Virginia Tech focuses on hope, remembrance...An uplifting remembrance (Video \| Photos) Times Dispatch A day for the 32 victims...10,000 attend candlelight ceremony tonight at Tech...pauses to honor 32 victim Families of two slain Tech students file lawsuits Norris Hall reopens...'won't be the same place anymore'...Tour of Norris Hall, Run honors victims Daylong Events Planned...Virginia Tech Day of Remembrance Elderly woman robbed in her home TV show to dog Michael Vick's every move Vick, Vick ... Vick Kansas prison welcomes back Michael Vick Tensions Between Police and Residents of Mosby Court Sheriff Slashes Jail’s Med Costs by 80 Percent Sentencing Scheduled For Ethan Parrish As Stephanie Reynolds Has Court Hearing Kids in Car: Richmond Mom Charged Police seek killer in Highland Park shooting...ARRESTED A Chinese restaurant Delivery Driver Shot and Killed In Henrico...Slaying of delivery driver rocks a once-peaceful community Fund established for family of slain deliveryman -Rewind Yong Hui Zhang: 'a nice, quiet person' \| When tragedy strikes \| Caution heightened for food delivery -Rewind Lin Ping: One Person Killed in Restaurant Robbery \| Henrico Restaurant To Reopen After Deadly Shooting \| Decline does little to ease families’ pain Easter Murder in Forest Hill Times-Dispatch Exclusive: Convicted man’s uphill fight for freedom As mortgage services pop up, regulators warn of scams Slot Machine Seizures in Chesterfield Sheriff’s Office finds body related to case in Louisa County...Louisa well suspect buried body...Another body found \| CBS6 Streaming Coverage Quick reaction in Chesterfield drives bad guys away City Jail To Start Charging Inmates Company sued for Vick chew toy An open letter to Chris Brown Students march against sexual violence Stay strong, Richmond and Rihanna Follow-Up Walkwood Properties Bound by blood? Were cop and killer father and child? Witness: Woman shot by police officer in southern Chesapeake Portsmouth police kill 2 men after one hits officer with vehicle Frathouse to big house: UVA students jailed for ‘prank’ Ashland Murder Linked To Serial Killings?...Unsolved Ashland case part of FBI database 'Burbs Crime: Two Armed Robberies Outside Short Pump Wal-Mart In Two Days \| NBC12...suspect arrested West End Break-Ins Burglaries threaten Prince Georg small business Newport News physicist gets four years in prison \| Virginian Pilot Trouble in 757 Schools: Granby High teacher arrested in child porn case Beach teen charged with making explosives in plot on school North Stafford Chases Theft Suspect Promoting healthy and crime-free lifestyles Vick being held at a federal prison near Petersburg...moved from Petersburg facility to Atlanta penitentiary Vick Heading Back To Federal Prison \| AP It’s time for Vick to move out of Fantasyland Vick will end sentence in posh surroundings Judge to Vick: Rethink your plan to pay creditors...Behind the figures of Vick’s failed bankruptcy plan \| AP Michael Vick is banking on return to NFL -Complete AJC Coverage Bank robber caught after chase...Police line up for crack at bank robbery suspect Taliaferro Trial Aftermath Community prayer service set for Sunday at Powhatan High School \| WRVA Man guilty of obstruction of justice in Taliaferro case Defendants speak out Waiting for Tahliek How did we get here? Paranoia and guns are a volatile, toxic mixture KKK leaflets found in Powhatan \| CBS6 \| NBC12 Powhatan needs time to sort out verdict, sheriff says Taliaferro Trial Stories Fuller waives right to preliminary hearing; Charges against former VCU police chief sent to grand jury...VCU Files Not Part of Sex Charges Against Campus Cop Area Teacher Arrested Newport News Police chief says he was taken aback by spate of officer arrests Mechanicsville man charged with killing Arizona investor Chesterfield "Salesmen" not what they seemed Chesapeake resident puts up a sign of determination Hampton police raid businesses, take gambling machines Keeping an eye on Prince William County gangs "America's Most Wanted" To Air Segment On Murders At The Homestead

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Show at Rumors shut down by police -Richmond’s War on Nightlife (Ongoing…)...Rewind: The City That Fun Forgot Chesterfield continues nightclub crackdown Campaign Pork Pictures from around Lumpkin’s Jail Governor Kaine Announces Precautions to Prepare Virginia to Respond to Swine Flu Outbreak (Audio) -Virginia Department of Health: VIRGINIA HEALTH OFFICIALS CLOSELY FOLLOWING SWINE FLU CASES...Letter to Health Providers -Centers for Disease Control VDH ANNOUNCES TWO CASES OF SWINE FLU IN VIRGINIA \| Times Dispatch \| NBC12 Hotline: (877) 275-8343 -- will operate from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Friday Special Sections: -Times Dispatch -Daily Press -Virginia Pilot -Washington Post -NY Times -CNN -CBSNews -FoxNews -Google News -MSNBC Latest Headlines Va. stockpiles anti-flu drugs; sets up hotline Swine flu goes global No Swine Flu Cases, But Middlesex Couple Tested Swine Flu and the Walk-By Media...WRVA: Worried About Swine Flu? Goochland schools respond to swine flu concerns...Hampton Roads schools get prepared, focus on flu prevention...Officials warn students about swine flu outbreak...precautions urged at colleges Media -Va. calls in resources, though no swine flu cases seen -AP \| Free Lance Star \| Roanoke Times Talks Stall Over Billboard Mayor Thinking Arby’s Echo Harbour developers have made it abundantly clear that they view the master plan and the residents who support it simply as obstacles. Revised Echo Harbour plan lowers building heights, but opposition remains Echo Harbour debate reaches boiling point Also see The Battle of Echo Harbor Style Cover: The state’s mental health system is bogged down with patients stuck in psychiatric hospitals. Democratic hopefuls make pitches in Richmond -NBC29 \| Roanoke Times \| Washington Post School Daze -Two decades of standardized testing have produced a generation of administrators more concerned with the results of multiple-choice tests than with teaching higher-order thinking skills. -$470K Later, School Roofs Still Leak Richmond-area foreclosure activity up 69%...Personal bankruptcies in Hampton Roads rise Liberal shift (Richmond, Va.-based 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals) Rep. Eric Cantor is 'Dr. No' -Cantor downplays fame in TV interview Why Can't Richmond Be Charleston? VCU students plan vibrant Hull Street Road VPAP has posted coded, standardized contribution and expenditure information for the four candidates for Governor. Trani’s legacy at VCU (includes Legacy editorial, Trani Built a Better VCU (Bill Goodwin), VCU Hurt Historic Neighborhoods (C. Todd Woodson), Trani’s Complex Academic Legacy (George E. Munro), VCU’s Trani transformed school, city and lives, Trani will teach after sabbatical, Slideshow, Bio and milestones) -The man behind the curtain: a Q & A with Trani -Trani’s Legacy -Rewind: 2008 VCU Scandals Facing money crunch, more patients skip their prescriptions Urban Myth or Unsolved Mystery?...Screwy reporting of SOL scores? Dollars per Scholar Distracted delegates exposed The People's Business...Delegates Defend Internet Use on the Floor VCU Freshman Makes National Headlines Retailers combine forces as Carytown vacancies rise \| New Carytown Twitter Lakeside Appliance shutting down Richmond Tea Party CBS6 \| NBC12 \| Richmond BizSense \| Tertium Quids \| Times Dispatch \| WRIC8 \| WRVA Charlottesville \| Fredericksburg \| Newport News \| Roanoke \| Virginia Beach The impact of Tea Parties...Who should pay taxes? Unprincipled Conservatism: The Richmond Tea Party It's a bit pre-Civil War Up in Here The truths behind the tea parties Hundreds expected for Tea Party rallies in N.C., Va. Mayor Jones: Let Richmond Be Richmond Mayor's Nonprofit Owes IRS $27K Doing the Right / Smart Thing...Slave Trade Museum in Shockoe Bottom Proposed bus transfer station in Shockoe Bottom meets opposition Op/Ed The road ahead for Shockoe Bottom Commander shares his pride in Bainbridge's rescue effort Less People Checking Bags At RIC Gag order goes away for Richmond School Board members -School Board Ungags Itself -Rewind: First Amendment Muzzle ...and over to the 2nd Amendment... 60 Minutes: Gun Sales: Will The "Loophole" Close? -Video 2020: Easy Access: $5,000 and One Hour Buys 10 Guns (via) -Video Rewind: Moving Target (Style Cover) Bloomberg Finances Gun-Control Ad in Virginia Race...Bloomberg, the Gun Show “Loophole,” and the 2009 Campaign Bloomberg, family of Virginia Tech massacre victims to unveil gun law ad \| Washington Post -Americans United for Safe Streets \| New: Campaign Website HOT DISCUSSION The Battle of Echo Harbor Virginia BioTechnology Research Park’s chief builder Roanoke Families avoid eviction or foreclosure Eggleston Hotel Collapse 8News \| Buttermilk and Molasses \| Carver and Jackson Ward News (demolition video) \| CBS6 (streaming coverage) \| Melissa Savenko \| NBC12...not the first hotel to show recent signs of wear (photo blog \| Rachel DePompa’s Blog) \| RVANews \| RVATweets (using #ehotel hashtag) \| Times Dispatch...update demolition continues...Michael Paul Williams \| WRVA Blame Articles Start: CJWN \| Times Dispatch...Let the Finger-Pointing End! The Historical Significance of Eggleston Hotel -Built By Blacks -Memories of “The Deuce" -Port of Harlem -National Park Services -11 Most Endangered Historical Places -Style Weekly: The Barriers They Broke -Share your memories of the Eggleston Hotel, Neverett’s Place...Loss is lamented Firefighters Kinda Bummed They Didn’t Get To Perform Daring Rescue In Building Collapse More people claiming POW benefits than recorded as real POWs, VA figures obtained by AP show Southside Development News -Something Wal-Mart this way comes?...What would be the effect of a so-called “big box” store opening a location along Powhatan’s Route 60 corridor? -Board member sues Brandermill Association -Family sues developer, association for $2.3 million -Two new openings at Westchester Commons -Building a project in tough times Goochland Good Life -Goochland residents have highest average income in U.S. (Courier \| Gazette) Full Study \| Lists -Secretariat’s line to Goochland -Goochland Farmers' market funding in doubt Scrambling for summer jobs Dwight Jones, The First 100 Days… New Mayor vs. Old Mayor The Dwight & Yvonne Ad Agency Confessions of an invisible student of color Battle over bingo laws in Virginia Did DC mayoral kiddie-hoops squabble end Parks and Rec manager’s career? Larry Sabato releases book on Obama What you get for $180,000… Censuring the Censors: The Democratic and Republican National Parties top the 18th annual list of the “best” Muzzlers of Free Speech -And the Muzzle goes to... -Washington Post -Cville Cover Story Style Cover: Losing Patience Despite $104 million in federal funds, VCU's indigent health care program leaves some patients in a lurch. Improvements noted at VCU’s Critical Care Hospital Improving Indigent Care: My Call From Trani Legal Aid Group Puts City School Under Microscope -Also See Richmond Voice's series on Capital City Program After pay cut, Dominion CEO's salary worth $14.3M Lessons learned in Richmond Hey, Richmond, Everybody Else Is Doing It Hopewell Airman Killed In Afghanistan -Returning war dead: A reappearing image -After 18-Year Ban On Media Coverage, Family Of Staff Sgt. Phillip Myers Allows America To Bear Witness -Media Can Now Cover Coffins Coming Home -- But What About the OTHER Missing War Photos? -Media coverage of the cost of war -Reuters \| NBC12 \| Times Dispatch \| MN Daily \| AP On idyllic Gwynn's Island, echoes of a racial divide (courtesy of Style Weekly) GOP Searches for a New Leader ...Peace Unlikely For Virginia GOP...Frederick To Run Again in Va. (TD) Jeff Frederick (RPV Chair, 2008-2009) AP \| NBC12 \| NBC29 \| Roanoke Times \| Star Exponent \| Times Dispatch \| Virginian Pilot \| Washington Post \| Washington Times Republicans in Virginia Split Sharply Over Leader A workshop run by the Creative Class Group focused on ways to move Roanoke toward a more creative, innovative and sustainable economy. -Roanoke goes to Florida, takes a Creative Class Crusade President Antione Green Joins Race Shields, Towey to Seek House Seats...Spiders to run for election to the Virginia House of Delegates VDOT bonuses, salary increases assailed, defended \| AP \| Virginian Pilot Taxes hit smokers financially … but is it enough to quit? Job losses ripple through region, state "Things are still moving"; But some county residents are still losing their homes As stress builds, the mind recoils RVA Magazine to acquire Style Weekly...Times-Dispatch Breaks from Media General; Acquires Boomer Life Hotel John Marshall to become department store The Virginia Legislature announced that eight of Richmond’s nine bridges are closing. Short Pump Mall is Closing Goochland Makes Pitch for Regional Stadium West of Richmond...New Crupi Report Reverses Course: Keep Existing Leaders Alive Keep an eye out for the M Street Hooligans Guy Who Lives Above 3 Monkeys Tired Of Asking Everyone To Keep It Down Mark Holmberg: Day Laborers Midlothian Exchange Series to focus on homeless in region First Market Bank bought by Union Bankshares \| Free Lance Star \| Save Richmond \| Times Dispatch \| Virginian Pilot \| Washington Post \| WRVA Ukrop Haul Nukes 140 Jobs Four Ways for Jones To Build Richmond's Future	Student projects culminate in documentary premiere Big Brother casting call in Richmond Ferry, a lifeline to folks on both sides of James River, could be cut GWAR, Me, and the Onrushing Grip of Death: Part 2 \| Part 1 -GWAR.net Style Cover: The 2009 Music Issue -Free MUSIC CD in Each Issue! Pick it up before they're gone (this issues runs out fast) -Style Weekly’s First Annual Music Awards -Style Weekly Releases Annual Elevator Music Issue Drummer Chris Adler and his Lamb of God bandmates stay glued to their Richmond roots Guster rocks Richmond campus Planning the Future of Richmond Theatre -What Theatre Owes the Community, and Vice-Versa Ballpark Boom -Richmond Fed on southeast stadium growth PUBLIC SQUARE: Baseball season is in full swing—but not in Richmond Unanswered Questions about Baseball...Blog Intro: Developers flee, rather than stand for questions Braves 1, taxpayers 0...Economic benefits overstated for publicly funded Gwinnett stadium...Braves’ new turf under scrutiny Hemp Loving Woman wants to keep license plate TheCheckoutGirl Radio (Podcast Debut) -Download MP3 Virginia Tech weighs 5% tuition increase ($8,605) Best and Worst Bathrooms Police riot on VCU campus in 1974 NASCAR Driver Denny Hamlin To Open Two Car Washes In Virginia CNN: 'Idol' Yamin goes independent route Pulitzer winner Steve Reich The First Evening - Sports in Richmond Tuesday, April 21, 6:30 p.m. w Paul Woody (TD), Greg Burton (ESPN 950), Scott Schricker (Sports Backers), Robert Dortch (U- Turn), Jana Ross (UofR) -Live Blogging “An Evening at Morton’s...Buttermilk and Molasses -Live Tweeting via rvatweets (#steakchat) \| Facebook RMA has deal with new team...Baseball Could Soon Be Back in Richmond Baseball and Beer on Broad Street Gwinnett Braves Inaugural Season Grand Home Opening Gwinnett Stadium sparkles in home opener...A night of firsts in brand-new park...Tides spoil Gwinnett's first home game...Richmond perspective Michael Pail Williams: Richmond area could have built the Braves a ballpark Getting to know the Eastern League Duckpin bowling and world music and hipsters! Oh my! America on the Eve of the Civil War Conference, April April 29, 2009 -UR presentation focuses on eve of Civil War -First of its Kind in Nation to be Held in Richmond -Webcast of Civil War Symposium Available at VMI Library Civil War historian will speak at Bridgewater on Tuesday Philly Civil War Museum lacks home, funding New Monticello visitor and education center an interesting mix of natural and new age Plant Zero in South Richmond had a full house for the fourth annual Spring Bada Bing arts-and-craft show. -What to Buy if You Missed Spring Bada-Bing Richmond: Hardly a “Mecca” for Singles The City That Fun Forgot When it comes to the business of music and nightlife, this city has been anything but Easy to Love. -Richmond’s War on Nightlife (Cont.) -Why clubs and theaters in Richmond fail Virginia Beach noise ordinance thrown out; cases tossed The art of losing money With high-profile, high-priced acts failing to fill the seats in a rough economy, CNU's Ferguson Center is sinking deep into the red Arts at W&M will cost $355 million Outdoors/Travel Roundup -Waterfowl Feature on Virginia Hunting -Fate of Nags Head's Yellow House uncertain -The Riverwalk Trail in Danville: Walk into history -Lynchburg plans city eco-park James River Film Festival April 12, 16-19 Recap -A Magical Night of Movies -An Interview with Ron Smith on his film at the James River Film Festival Preview -Museums, Movies and Masterworks — What a Weekend! -Stalin Is Thinking Of You! -The James River Film Festival draws an assortment of independent films with characters on both sides of the camera. -James River Film Festival promotes environmental awareness -It's a Cinema Explosion at James River Film Festival...Raiders in Richmond -JRFF 16, Apr. 12-19 -Sometimes, Richmond, you get it just right. -Virginia's Festival for the Independent-Minded Rewind: Ultimate 'Indy' Flick: Fanboys Remake Raiders of the Lost Ark Record Store Day (Sat, Apr 18) Plan 9 \| Twitter 1:15-2:00 Hex Machine 2:45-3:30 No BS Brass Band -Video (via) 4:15-5:00 Cinemasophia 5:45-6:30 The Recliners (CD Release Show) -Mashup -Rumors in Richmond Plan 9, Indie Shops to Launch Web Service -Think Indie Turnstyle Deep Groove Records to open on Robinson St...Former Plan 9 manager spins own record shop In Williamsburg and Newport News, independent music stores are hanging tough A List of Local Independent Record Stores VMFA Sets May 1, 2010, As Grand Opening For James W. and Frances G. McGlothlin Wing (VMFA Twitter) -Art Daily \| Times Dispatch Light in the Attic: 2009 Senior Thesis Exhibition Opens at the University of Richmond Museums and Artspace Gallery Pickup soccer gets fenced out by the National park Service. Michelob Ultra Open future is still a secret Chesapeake Bay: Foundation gives the bay a "D" on health Digital Media Bill Signed by Gov. Kaine! GWAR, Me, and the Onrushing Grip of Death -GWAR.net Rewind: KISS Army Declares War On Gwar Lamb Of God get chatty about their latest metal epic...Lamb is dyed-in-wool heavy-metal band...Lamb rises to top of metal heap Comic book dealer’s secret hideout -Brett’s Comic Pile Snorting Smarties Green Top asks for rezoning to expand Best Walking Cities of the South -Good Life's Guide to Richmond Hiking/Walking Baseball Stadium Isn’t the Greatest Use for Historic Shockoe -The Exploding City Diamond may be home to July 3 baseball celebration of patriotism Game on: Who will save the Richmond sports scene? A Walk Nearly Spoiled Part 1 \| Part 2 \| Part 3 \| Part 4 Virginia Beach Leaders urge Obama to use stimulus for beach sand N.C. Outer Banks park warns of dog restrictions New coffee shops percolating around Charlottesville area GAY RVA Source Style Weekly Outlife: Richmond To Get New GLBT Lifestyle Magazine (Twitter)...Spring’s New Fling ...Richmond's Media Finally Gets Outed Gay Vows, Repeated From State to State Gay rights are human rights Richmond's Secret Castle - The Pump house Byrd Park Building Boom History... Appomattox offers more than just Civil War tourism A milestone for Monticello: High-tech vistor center set for debut Costumed interpreters and Revolutionary War re-enactors play out important day in 1775 Virginia Zoo Lioness Pregnant Again \| AP Behind the scenes at “Girls of the ACC” Gravity gone: Landlord ousts tenant, vows club’s return...Some shows are getting new locations Sissy Spacek narrates PBS documentary on Appalachia RIR, Kroger offer 2 free tix to May Sprint Cup race with the single-transaction purchase of $175 in groceries (via) Shockoe Center & Boulevard Gateway Website Launches! Richmond Group Set To Acquire New Baseball Team...Defenders sale likely by May \| AP More Support Behind Shockoe Stadium...Sports Backers support Shockoe Bottom ballpark (Sports Backers) -Press Release -River District News Discussion Reflections of Baseball in Richmond...Season without pro baseball is a flashback to 1965 Ad money shrinking in sports -Life in the 804 response Oppose Baseball? The 5 “P”s of effective advocacy More Baseball Coverage Bad Ass Coffee store goes belly up in Chesapeake Sunshine Bright — Megan Holley at Movieland source: NBC Producer: Richmond Suits “Body Politic” Film crew in the Fan -Body Politic crew keeps high profile on Monument Ave Casting Call in Richmond Minka Kelly part of CW's 'Body Politic' Rewind: Body Politic in Richmond Emu spotted in Orange's Wilderness Shores subdivision Goochland To Get Drive-In How do you describe Richmond to friends who don’t live here?...Describing Richmondz -Followup Slaughterama: Hosted by the Cutthroats Bike Club (Twitter) Coverage: 407 Fixed Gears \| adrienne \| blaaahg 1 2 3 \| Brick is Red \| Burro \| Chewy Lives (flickr) \| Dan Nelson \| design dialogue \| Jack’s Jax \| mikewoodphoto \| paranoid \| Pat of the Hat Blog \| RVAMag Video \| Video 2 (flickr) \| RVANews \| Style Weekly Multimedia \| sweetschoolbus \| This is Totally My Hat Rash of graffiti linked to Slaughterama? Get ready for Aqua Battle July 5th 2009!!!!! build a boat yo, build a boat. The Bopst Show 49 Prof says alcohol, dating culture leads to college hook-ups Parent sues Wells Athletic Association New operators spruce up Stanley's Store Battlefields get some tender loving care Bedford boxer can handle the punch Irish-born poet Paul Muldoon gets audience participating PRO and CON: Where will Richmond Play Ball? -Batter up in The Bottom -Play Ball on the Boulevard -Baseball's Emotional and Financial Game Continues Crunching the baseball stadium numbers New Market for the First Market Let Velvet’s anti-stadium sign stay Fenway and the Salem way With Bases Loaded, the City Is at Bat Richmond tries to revive baseball, but do the numbers add up? Pie in the Skybox: We, the residents, are in essence being asked to act as bankers....I Support Baseball on the Boulevard -Style's Weekly Baseball Bash...One Shockoe Center Opponent Had a Busy Week Where did Bruce Baldwin and his team go for the “Fun Factor”? More Baseball Coverage The National Considers Takeover of Toad’s Place -Story Breaks on Twitter CenterStage unveils countdown clock \| TD Tick… Tick… Tick… Zuni man wants hunters, dogs to stay off property \| AP -TD Discussion ‘Supernanny’ filming in Midlothian The Bopst Show Episode 48	Q94's Melissa Chase: Extreme Makeover: Life Edition -Clear Channel lays off in Richmond -More Layoffs At Clear Channel; Up To 1,000 People This Time TGI Friday's Mulls 4 Including Martin Agency Candidates utilize Facebook, blogs in a new political era Dropping Knowledge at New Media Seminars...Rewind: 10 Dead or Dying PR Tactics Martin Agency layoffs 60 days later Frontline: Poisoned Waters -Poisoned Waters - Frontline Examines the Chesapeake Bay and Puget Sound -"Frontline" investigates troubled state of Chesapeake, US waters Belle Isle Cleanup today (April 22) @5:30 How Many Richmonders Does It Take? -The South Will Write Again T-D Launches Gay Magazine, Then Pulls Out Local companies are booming as green efforts take hold How suing The New York Times tripped up Rod Smolla, former dean of UR’s law school. President Obama Names Chief Performance Officer and Chief Technology Officer (Aneesh Paul Chopra, Virginia’s Secretary of Technology) -Tech industry groups hail Obama's choice for national CTO -Wall Street Journal (Here is a look at some Avatar Capital investments)...The Daily Start-Up -FOXNews \| Information Week \| ZDNet Entertainment magazine aims to fill void in Hampton Roads -Veer \| Also see SevenCities \| TReehouse Thinking about Steve Brill's doomed plan to build a pay wall around newspapers. (via) The newspaper industry just gave away another free meal, er Twitter: do they have any left? Living Green in Richmond New Neighborhood Blogs: -Randolph West -Byrd Park -Coming Soon: Carytown (follow @Carytown) NY Times: Oprah’s First Words on Twitter: “HI TWITTERS” FEATURING @JephKelley Reporter Develops Perfect Segue 4.17.09 The New RVA Magazine Emerges...(via) -Full Press Release...features \| Trailer (designed by Brandbuilt) FOUR -RVA 4th Anniversary Video: What is RVA? -Volume 5 Issue 1 (Four Year Anniversary Issue) Media General reports loss...ad sales fall...TV Station Profit Plunges...freezes pension plan Sniff-Stick wins second annual UR Business Pitch Competition Simulated drunken-driving experience drives home lesson on safety New Online Search Tool From a Day's Outing Unveils Hyperlocal-Based Service for Planning Local Travel -A Day's Outing Rosetta Stone Expected To Make Public Debut Today \| Press Release -Rosetta Stone Arlington, VA Minor Says He Has the Means to End a Sport's Decline -WaPo highlights Minor’s horse racing dreams YouTube's best Dave Matthews Band impersonations Facebook Fatigue -Are you a twit if you don't want to Twitter? Daily newspaper woes drag down weeklies UR Student To Blog On Job Search -Meet Grant Garcia Roanoke shop will become an online business -Shopmartinique.com Fair Use, Fair Game Rewind: The Google-AP Flap The Aggregators/Status Pushers: A Blogroast ‘Hyperlocal’ Web Sites Deliver News Without Newspapers -Outside.in -Richmond.com's integration of Outside.in \| Rewind: The New Richmond.com The Daily Press isn't going away, we're adapting as we always have News Leader press goes silent after tonight's run Can the Statusphere Save Journalism? Spam Attack Reversed VQR Nominated for 3 Utne Independent Press Awards Shared Air - Richmond. Come join in -Shared Air \| Twitter This is not a newspaper. (CHPN going pulp?) CRT/Tanaka acquires Livingston Communications -CRT/Tanaka -Livingston Communications 2009 VMFA Muse Finalists (press release) \| Twitter -Colleen Phelon Hall, LLC -Compleo \| Twitter -Dieticians on Demand, LLC -Fandangle Bead Store \| Press Release -Financial Holographix, Inc. -Green Duck Biodegradables, LLC \| Twitter -Haunts of Richmond \| Twitter -Keen Guides \| Press Release \| Twitter -Lewis Leadership Group / BOUNCE -Mezzanine Restaurant -nHealth -one smART gallery -Segway of Richmond -Splash Tags -TecAccess \| Twitter -Ukrop’s Super Markets, Inc. \| Twitter -Victory Farms, Inc. -VitalKey The new Richmond.com (via \| broke the story here) -Revamped Richmond.com aims to reflect community...Press Release -Richmond.com Feature On Jack Goes Forth (piece) -exciting news! -The New Richmond.com - The Twitterverse Responds Flashback: Richmond.com 1998-2007 Richmond.com Upgraded -Richmond.com Sneak Preview \| Teaser 2 Also see, Full Coverage of Times Dispatch Layoffs Richmond's Venture Marketing Acquired by Boundless Network Richmond students fight hunger with Internet, rice -Hoongle.org -UR startup shuts down, for now Where is The Collegian printed? Women still scarce in UVA engineering programs A timeline of the Landmark Hotel tragedy ShopCharlottesville.org Local Shopping Website -ShopCharlottesville.org New AOL Chief Armstrong Urges Company to 'Dream Big' Media Insiders Say Internet Hurts Journalism -Editor and Publisher New Research Finds Business Plans Are Virtually Useless Introducing rvatweets! -rvatweets (follow @rvatweets) -RVA all atwitter -They've Got RVA's Tweets in Their Hand -Wikis As Aggregators I Tweet, Therefore, I Am (follow @MarianeMatera) -A Local Take on Twitter and the Future of Newspapers Tweet Nothings -- Or Valuable New News Source? Techie sees Twitter as subpar New Neighborhood Blog! Byrd Park VIRGINIAN PILOT'S BLACK THURSDAY Pilot to lay off 40, but executives say outlook is brighter \| AP Business Week's America's Most Promising Social Entrepreneurs (via) -VOTE NOW for Impact Makers -Impact Makers \| Video -One of the charities IM supports (via): Rx Partnership Tenth Annual Women in Technology Leadership Awards AOL: Change of Leadership, Change of Debt Structure Kornheiser leaving WaPo next month U. of Richmond Creates a Wikipedia for Undergraduate Scholars Now serving! RVANews Food Section \| MealWheel Time for a full-time reporter at RVA News? Richmond-based ".com" stories: -Getloaded.com: Getloaded.com, a Match.com for truckers and freight brokers -Jump Because!: JUMP! Richmonders’ big bounce has become an Internet score...JumpBecause Bounces into the Times-Dispatch -PoshTots: PoshTots.com co-founder buys back her business A.P. to Take On Web Aggregators...Launching News Industry Campaign To ‘Protect’ News Content Some questions related to Google News and the Associated Press The Slow Erosion of Google Search Google in the middle Get new customers by invading ‘social media’ Social marketing and the art of self promotion Metro Business section gets revamped Cell phones get top marks in class BLACK THURSDAY Richmond Times-Dispatch eliminates 31 open positions and lays off 59 employees...Large round of layoffs...Hatchet Falls Deep -More: Editor and Publisher (pre-story) \| AP \| Richmond.com \| RVANews \| Virginian Pilot \| WRVA (audio) Bleeding Ink: The newspaper may reinvent itself, but it shouldn’t imagine for a moment that it’s going to reinvent its readers or their town. -Bustard's Homage to the TD Is a Miss Early Early Retirement MP3: WRVA Interview with Tom Silvestri (courtesy of Style Weekly) Gary Brookins laid off from Times-Dispatch...Dan Neman, Richmond Times-Dispatch, another critic dispatched Blogger Commentary -Buttermilk and Molasses: Times-Dispatch Cuts Staff Again...More Thoughts on the Times-Dispatch's Cuts -The Lost Art of the City: Beginnings and Endings at the RTD -Pop Culture Rodeo: Unhappy Endings -Shared Air: Media General euthanizes Times-Dispatch. What’s next? -SlantBlog: More RT-D staff cuts -Take Another Road to Another Time: The Long, Slow Death of the Times-Dispatch -Tech-media-tainment: Newspaper death spiral: Could it be a self-fulfilling prophecy? -Virginia Tomorrow -Why the Richmond Times-Dispatch is Dying: Less is Less All A-Twitter -Another round of newsroom layoffs happening today at Richmond Times-Dispatch. You don't want to get called to a meeting with Glenn Proctor (a couple of hours before the paper broke its own story) -The RTD is highlighting print-edition-only articles, apparently as a "feature" -Get your early look at the new richmond.com now... -Twitter's New Search Tools Could Help Journalists Track Beats, Trends Martin Agency's Mike Hughes on "Why We Need Newspapers" -Mike, News-gathering is not Newspapers. Richmond Ad Club Winners -Madison + Main president named Ad Person of the Year; The Martin Agency also wins big -Richmond Show recognizes best of local advertising NYT Co. Threatens Shut Down of 'Boston Globe'...Boston Globe Reports Death Threat —Its Own...a Negotiating Tactic? New York Times Invites Developers to 'Hack the News' with New API Can Former Newspaper Employees Invent a Brave New News Model? Goodbye to the Age of Newspapers (Hello to a New Era of Corruption) (via) As newspapers disappear, so does nation's link to real journalism The 100 Year Flood for Newspapers (via) Social Journalism: Past, Present, and Future Google Chief to Address Newspaper Execs at Annual Conference New Times Dispatch Twitter @RTDNEWS to replace @inrichonline? Media General Goes with Zillow's Search Technology...Newspapers Begin to Use Zillow \| Press Release \| Web site aims to help potential home buyers -Virginia Homeowners Alliance Del. Morrissey sues Style Weekly for $10.35 million...Morrissey Files Suit Against Style Weekly RTD Hosts Political Yard Sale The Story on Personal Branding + Social Media Chapter (11) and Verse: Details on Five Major Newspaper Companies That Have Declared Bankruptcy WTVR swapped to Local TV Holdings Jon's PR 1.5 Tips Hat, Faces Forward Tech Calendar April 21, 2009 Refresh Richmond Tax Time Happy Hour Home Team Grill (1630 W. Main St.) 6:00-8:00 April 29, 2009 The New Media Seminar Holiday Inn Select - 1021 Koger Center Boulevard	The Dickensian Side of RIC also see Youth Volunteering No deal: PETA says Michael Vick won't be a spokesman Vick to be confined to Hampton home If Vick lied once, how can the commissioner believe him now? Vick lawyers working on new bankruptcy plan Latest on Man Accused of Killing Alleged Thief...VCU Student Leaving Jail After Public Attack, Pastors Fire Back at Sheriff Woody Former Director Sues City for Defamation Matko murder suspect to be tried as adult...Judge orders defendant sent to adult jail...certifies charges in Matko slaying...Community reacts to possible drug link in Matko murder case Law bit wrong man in pit bull fight videos Former contractor back in court 21 years after disappearing Thieves not the only ones tracked by GPS Public Defender: Bar Group Has Disdain for Law Sheriff adds patrol boat to Lake Anna Norfolk to intensify its oversight of bars at Waterside Richmond’s Jones joins Mayors Against Illegal Guns...considers jail drug program Richmond Police Search for Robbery Suspects (High Resolution Photos of Suspects Courtesy of C&WJ) \| Times Dispatch Police investigating Marshall Street homicide CBS6 \| NBC12 \| Times Dispatch \| WRIC8 -Community responds to Saturday morning homicide Trends Drug-related slayings on the rise in Richmond, authorities say...Violent and property crimes drop in central Virginia Police See Spike in Robberies in Tri-Cities Economy of Crime Some local retailers believe shoplifting is on the rise in bad economy Knife Violence in Chesterfield: -Overnight Stabbing in Chesterfield -Drinking, walking is dicey Sheriff's Deputy Arrested for Dog Fighting -NBC12 \| Times Dispatch \| WRIC8 \| WRVA Richmond deputy sheriff loses job Police say pound of pot taken in home invasion Anti-Semitic, racial vandalism reported at Norfolk houses of worship Car Thievery -GPS Bandits Strike Fan Community...GPS Bandit Caught -Car Break-Ins Up in Richmond -Stealing wheels: Block banditry strikes again In wake of possible bomb plot, Beach schools tighten security...More arrests made in possible bomb plot at Va. Beach school Beach teen charged with making explosives in plot on school Charges dropped against correctional center employee accused of aiding younger Parrish \| WRVA Audio Sen. Webb Tours Jail, Local Drug Recovery Center...goes on the road...advocates for nationwide prison reform April 16 2009 Day of Remembrance brings thousands together \| We Remember Va. Tech Tragedy Haunts Tutor (video) Collegiate Times (VT Student Paper) Virginia Tech remembers on Drillfield...'3.2 for 32' draws more than 4,000 people (Photos \| Video) -Remembrance -Annual remembrance dance honors victims -Families and students protest gun show loophole -Mark McNamee: 'Think about how you can take advantage of what you have to do' -A road not taken: The story of April 16 victim Matthew La Porte -My name is Elilta Habtu, and I'm an injured survivor. A Virginia Tech Student Remembers Tragedy — And Moves On One victim of the Virginia Tech shootings discovers that talking about the tragedy is a way to gain control over it. Two years later, Virginia Tech, survivors look to the future...Injured Va. Tech students mark 2nd anniversary Roanoke Times Good weather brings out Virginia Tech community for various memorial events...Noon ceremony at Virginia Tech focuses on hope, remembrance...An uplifting remembrance (Video \| Photos) Times Dispatch A day for the 32 victims...10,000 attend candlelight ceremony tonight at Tech...pauses to honor 32 victim Families of two slain Tech students file lawsuits Norris Hall reopens...'won't be the same place anymore'...Tour of Norris Hall, Run honors victims Daylong Events Planned...Virginia Tech Day of Remembrance Elderly woman robbed in her home TV show to dog Michael Vick's every move Vick, Vick ... Vick Kansas prison welcomes back Michael Vick Tensions Between Police and Residents of Mosby Court Sheriff Slashes Jail’s Med Costs by 80 Percent Sentencing Scheduled For Ethan Parrish As Stephanie Reynolds Has Court Hearing Kids in Car: Richmond Mom Charged Police seek killer in Highland Park shooting...ARRESTED A Chinese restaurant Delivery Driver Shot and Killed In Henrico...Slaying of delivery driver rocks a once-peaceful community Fund established for family of slain deliveryman -Rewind Yong Hui Zhang: 'a nice, quiet person' \| When tragedy strikes \| Caution heightened for food delivery -Rewind Lin Ping: One Person Killed in Restaurant Robbery \| Henrico Restaurant To Reopen After Deadly Shooting \| Decline does little to ease families’ pain Easter Murder in Forest Hill Times-Dispatch Exclusive: Convicted man’s uphill fight for freedom As mortgage services pop up, regulators warn of scams Slot Machine Seizures in Chesterfield Sheriff’s Office finds body related to case in Louisa County...Louisa well suspect buried body...Another body found \| CBS6 Streaming Coverage Quick reaction in Chesterfield drives bad guys away City Jail To Start Charging Inmates Company sued for Vick chew toy An open letter to Chris Brown Students march against sexual violence Stay strong, Richmond and Rihanna Follow-Up Walkwood Properties Bound by blood? Were cop and killer father and child? Witness: Woman shot by police officer in southern Chesapeake Portsmouth police kill 2 men after one hits officer with vehicle Frathouse to big house: UVA students jailed for ‘prank’ Ashland Murder Linked To Serial Killings?...Unsolved Ashland case part of FBI database 'Burbs Crime: Two Armed Robberies Outside Short Pump Wal-Mart In Two Days \| NBC12...suspect arrested West End Break-Ins Burglaries threaten Prince Georg small business Newport News physicist gets four years in prison \| Virginian Pilot Trouble in 757 Schools: Granby High teacher arrested in child porn case Beach teen charged with making explosives in plot on school North Stafford Chases Theft Suspect Promoting healthy and crime-free lifestyles Vick being held at a federal prison near Petersburg...moved from Petersburg facility to Atlanta penitentiary Vick Heading Back To Federal Prison \| AP It’s time for Vick to move out of Fantasyland Vick will end sentence in posh surroundings Judge to Vick: Rethink your plan to pay creditors...Behind the figures of Vick’s failed bankruptcy plan \| AP Michael Vick is banking on return to NFL -Complete AJC Coverage Bank robber caught after chase...Police line up for crack at bank robbery suspect Taliaferro Trial Aftermath Community prayer service set for Sunday at Powhatan High School \| WRVA Man guilty of obstruction of justice in Taliaferro case Defendants speak out Waiting for Tahliek How did we get here? Paranoia and guns are a volatile, toxic mixture KKK leaflets found in Powhatan \| CBS6 \| NBC12 Powhatan needs time to sort out verdict, sheriff says Taliaferro Trial Stories Fuller waives right to preliminary hearing; Charges against former VCU police chief sent to grand jury...VCU Files Not Part of Sex Charges Against Campus Cop Area Teacher Arrested Newport News Police chief says he was taken aback by spate of officer arrests Mechanicsville man charged with killing Arizona investor Chesterfield "Salesmen" not what they seemed Chesapeake resident puts up a sign of determination Hampton police raid businesses, take gambling machines Keeping an eye on Prince William County gangs "America's Most Wanted" To Air Segment On Murders At The Homestead