Richmond Virginia News Time Capsule June 2009

Richmond Virginia News Time Capsule June 2009

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Taxing Tickets is Strangling Show Business Strange things are afoot at the Sunny Market Charter schools face uphill climb in Virginia Infrastructure Improvements a Special Focus for Award-Winning Cities Portsmouth's vision starts with luring residents downtown Getting the Dance of Preservation Right Conversation shows fault lines in city’s preservation process Debate for the Ages: John McCardell, founder of the Amethyst Initiative, is at the center of the drinking-age storm Door Hangings vs. Reality This latest audit of RPS is scandalous stuff, sure. But it is hardly surprising and it’s certainly not breaking news. Richmond school district releases audit of payroll and human resources...faults Richmond schools’ human resources, payroll departments -City Audits: Fiction and Fact -Understanding the system - and using it Rewind -Take the Quiz and Get SCHOOLED -The Cranky Taxpayer on Fox Elementary Elevator RFP : Part 1 \| Part 2 -School Board of the City of Richmond, Virginia Audit Committee Charter Richmond school system supervisor criticized in audit for overpaying employee A kinder, gentler disciplinary policy at city schools just might save their public image Older workers scour the ads for jobs The nuclear option How the tiny town of Dendron has become ground zero in the nation’s energy crisis. Bay Foundation blasts proposed Surry coal plant Coal plants compared Activists gird for fight over coal plant in Surry County Travelgate? RPV attacks on Kaine travel start to stick...Kaine's travel questioned, criticized...Warner defends Kaine’s travel as DNC chair -Kaine declines RPV FOIA request on DNC travel...refuses to give GOP travel records...rebuffs GOP...has increased his travel but says he is not neglecting state business as DNC chairman...Says No To Mullins...No Travel Records For You \| AP -Washington Times Editorial: Democrats' FOIA problems For Deeds and McDonnell, a Higher-Stakes Rematch GOP snags top billing on the November ballot... Gun-rights advocates say Coliseum staff challenged free-speech rights Revised Goochland shopping center plan gains commission approval Wal-Mart proposal moves to Orange supervisors Local Rally For Iran Planned At Virginia Tech, Iranian students rallied Tuesday to demand democracy and change for their homeland. Iranian-born Richmonder Connects To Iran Events State expands need for downtown parking; arts center reduces commitment Act II Concludes... Tobacco Avenue Has the Final Word... -Awesome New Parking Lot Planned For Shockoe Bottom -New Ballpark Plan Will Hang Streamers, Christmas Lights From Diamond -Shockoe Bottom Purple Martins Pissed Since Species Would’ve Made Perfect Name For Baseball Team Defenders: Va. stadium plan falls apart Exclusive: Developers drop Shockoe ballpark project (and the always entertaining RTD Comments Section!)...Eastern League still committed to Richmond...Overhaul of Diamond is last plan standing Highwoods properties suspends Shockoe Center/ Boulevard project...Shockoe Center development deal dead...Fans react to baseball in the Bottom project suspension...I hear the city could announce a new team in three weeks. Shockoe Bottom Ballpark Plan Dead Developer Pulling Out Of Bottom Proposal...Boulevard Dead As Well..."Optimistic" About Baseball Next Year Highwoods throws in the towel shockoe center is dead Commentary -CHPN Discussion -Extra Innings -Baseball in the Bottom - Developers Kill the Proposal - Oh Yeah, and Walk Away from Boulevard Too -Help Select Richmond's New Advertising Slogan!!!! OFF-OFF YEAR ELECTIONS: They Seem Important at the Time In a Terrifying Instant, Lives Forever Bound Washington Post -Crash on Metro's Red Line Kills at Least 6...Signal, Operator Errors Possible Causes...'Train Just Opened Up'...INTERACTIVE: History of Accidents Photos: Witness \| Crash Scene Videos: Mayor and Officials \| Witnesses \| Metro Official Washington Times -At least 9 killed in Metro's deadliest accident...Early questions focus on crash warning system...Crash tests emergency response system...Photo Gallery DC City Paper -Red Line Trains Collide Near Fort Totten: Deadliest Crash In Metro History...Breaking: Nine Confirmed Dead In Red Line Metro Crash...Photos: Metro Accident, The Aftermath...Photos: Metro Accident, Triage...Old Questions About Crashworthiness of Metro Cars More -DCist \| NBC Washington \| AP CAO D-Day! Looks like Marshall is the Pick \| Times Dispatch \| WRVA Marion Barry's Man in Richmond -Rewind CAO Search City Council Meeting June 22, 2009 - How we Set Water Rates / Meet the new CAO (Video) Richmond mayor names another top aide Harry Black Reemerges City Names First CAROFLO More CAO Stories VCU retail struggles to take hold on Broad St. Earmarks to Sabato civics center stop Feds attempt to solve cookie dough mystery Sunlight in Richmond Report shows summer the season for traffic jams Rural development debate divides Albemarle officials The 4th Circuit -Time might be right for Wynn to go to Richmond -Davis in holding pattern The Rededication of Battery Park...Community celebrates return...celebrates grand re-opening ..Saw 15 of the CAPS members trying to get into Crystal Light Church This morning. Just another day destroying the art scene...CAPS moves on Church of Crystal Light? not really -Rewind: The Church of Crystal Light brings the no-frills appeal of house shows to Broad Street’s gallery district \| Website -More CAPS Editor's Note: Have you seen the fourth column (Crime Wave) lately? Resource Management? Richmond Grocery Wars Cantor and Scott: Bi-partisan buddies high speed rail-line from Richmond to Washington, D.C.?? McDonnell and Deeds claim middle ground AC/CD (A Coup for Creigh Deeds): How Deeds got it done dirt cheap The new Deeds team Keeping the green in the governor's race “Homosexuality is Sin” Sign on Broad Street CAO Finalist Returns to River City \| Broke It \| Formal Story -CBS6 \| Times Dispatch Jones may soon fill several top jobs in Richmond Richmond council members have mixed feelings about proposed CAO A Familiar Stink Best Case/Worst Case for Richmond's Community/Economic Development The New Richmond CAO?...City close to hiring new Chief Administrative Officer...Candidate Under Scrutiny...New Information About Man Who Could Be City's Next CAO \| Times Dispatch -Rewind: City Hall's Limbo -Byron C. Marshall Bio -Austin Statesman Articles -Austin Chronicle Articles The Fall of D.C. Church Power Style Cover: The Curious Case of John Edward Lawler Nazi saboteurs, prostitutes and City Council. The untold story of one of Richmond’s most popular politicians. The Downtown Plan: Did Somebody Say "Implementation"? Full Primary Coverage Below the Fold Head of the Class: Best Rapids for Every Level...River Wild: The Southeast’s Wild and Scenic Rivers James River Journal: A day of reckless fun and tragedy Groups Band to Save River From Developers Richmond officials ponder congestion at Pony Pasture Giant Baby Ruth Bar Floating Down River...City: No Running On Canal Walk Bridge near Lake Anna prompts concerns about safety Downtown Roanoke living in demand...Fixing up downtown Blacksburg's 'missing teeth' At Wilson high, ninth grade is where they give up The Tao of poo: Can Worrell's green sewage system save water and planet? As the economic ripple effect hits the commercial real-estate market, a few retailers and developers cleverly carve out opportunities What the Real-Estate Pros Think An analysis of the Richmond market Real estate investors ask: Where did all the money go? -Major players in Richmond-area real estate investment venture Richmond top 20 cities for young workers -Full Report -Richmond Tagged a "Mighty Micro" for Next Gen Denizens VDH Issues Statement On Swine Flu Pandemic Retailers want you thinking locally Interactive preview: Three-part series on Virginia's Indians -Let Sisyphus Rest -State's tribes have waited long enough Philanthropist to replace George Mason Elementary’s playground \| CBS6 Streaming Coverage -Rewind: CHPN Coverage Roanoker receives France's highest honor Lost Communities of Virginia No option? Possible death pact tied to financial losses Deeds with the momentum in Virginia A VA agency filed for an EIR with Rachel Flynn on a historic Broad St. structure. It's demolition will be very controversial. Virginia Democratic Governor Poll -Money can't buy McAuliffe an easy race Wilder and McDonnell -Rewind: Bob McDonnell's coincidental private Wilder lunch...Is McDonnell Looking to Wilder for Support? Peninsula GOP: Vanasse Bait & Tackle closing after 35 years Style Cover: The country’s real estate meltdown hasn’t just sparked a recession — it may have ended modern-day suburbia Chesapeake woman is first death connected to swine flu \| WRVA Richmond Could Learn a Few Things From Carolina Uplands Cultural Insanity The arts community bands together to decry recent community-policing efforts to target cultural businesses Style Cover: Show Stoppers From crack houses to bowling alleys: Is the city’s heralded building code SWAT team slowly suffocating Richmond’s cultural renaissance? -Rumors Update! Rumors and Reality...OUT OF COURT. Only cost us 70 bucks. If you want all the details check out the next issue of style... -Cultural Sanity in Richmond -ACTUALLY fighting the good fight...SAVE RICHMOND ARTS AND MUSIC Facebook -Arts Council Seeks Input While CAPS Attempts Cap on Progress -First Friday Threatened - What You Can Do Arts Council of Richmond reaching out to make changes Show at Rumors shut down by police -The Show Mustn't Go On...Blog Intro -Who's Running This CITY!? -Richmond’s War on Nightlife (Ongoing…)...Rewind: The City That Fun Forgot -Police, ABC hit consignment shop Chesterfield continues nightclub crackdown	Trask gets busy Local Artist To Paint Mural Onto Powhite Parkway VCU students opening new gallery in Richmond NBA will locate talent even if it is in Timbuktu (VCU reference?) -Follow Eric Maynor on Twitter: @EMaynor3 Skydiving into a new venture Emeril TV shows premiere at Fort Lee \| Examiner Franchitti: Richmond 'awful, awful race' Helping hands repair homes for Franklin County residents Days Difference Joining All Time Low Tour, Release New Single The First RVA Photo Issue -Fill Bowne -Scott Elmquist -Jake Cunningham -Kimberly Frost -Michael Otley -PJ Sykes (IN THE BLACK & WHITE Series) -Joseph Talman -LOOK3 Festival of the Photograph 16Blocks (Roanoke) Photography Issue Miss Arlington is the new Miss Virginia...Massaponax High graduate wins Miss Virginia pageant \| Miss Virginia Organization \| Re-watch the pageant again and again on livestream \| #missva Twitter commentary Miss Hanover competes for Miss Virginia title A New Crop of Farmers More Md., Va. Women Turning to Agriculture, Bringing Organic Meat And Harvests of Heirloom Vegetables to Markets in the D.C. Area Summer Monsters! -Mold problems a mystery, as reactions vary -Get ticked off this summer -Tests aim to extinguish the spread of fire ants...Fire ants: Hampton Roads is placed in agricultural quarantine...Richmond bugs out over the region's fire ants -Mosquito populations increase after high rainfall...Mosquitoes in Suffolk test positive for equine virus Staunton River Fun Float Day has subdued atmosphere The shaping of an (Barboursville Vineyards) Octagon Swarm and Destroy -Hell's Satans \| Twitter Recruiters line up for Midlothian lineman Pictures of Forest Hill Lake Restoration Batteau Festival winds it up at Maiden’s Staying on their ’teaus Flat-bottomed batteaux again arrive in Scottsville Nineteen batteaux set off down the James Source: Style Weekly (Scott Elmquist) Style's Bar Guide 2009 -Style Weekly Bar Guide Articles...Style Weekly Bar Guide Part Deux...Rewind: 2008 Bar Guide/ Style Weekly (Suggestions) -Babe’s Makes Style’s Bar Guide One Way Richmond's Best Bars in RVA Richmond Is for Lushes Casting call: Ten auditions bartenders Richmond Rocky Horror Week Carytown after hours 25 essential Charlottesville experiences for real locals Why I Like the Seven Cities The ABC store in Clifton Forge is the only one in Virginia to be in the same spot since its founding in 1934 after Prohibition Trailer for "The Box," which includes scenes filmed at NASA Langley, hits the Internet The Greatest Redskins Party You'll Never Go To Gary Clark might be there. Joe Gibbs? Probably not. Richmond Getting Another Indoor Football Team Katie Couric Does Homemade Video of UVa Alumni Weekend Johnny St. Ours directs new Dave Matthews Band video Forbes ranks DMB 12th biggest earner in music Save Money Using Twitter! -@cheaprichmond -@HotDealsRVA -@ipric -@rvabargains -@SpecSpot_Ric_VA -@StyleOffers 10-20 Media plants $500K in debt raise Roanoke Ice cream sales off to a sluggish summer start A Night of Masked Mayhem WWE in Roanoke Photo Gallery Paper, Plastic and Brass Knuckles -Richmond Grocery Wars Byrd Park Not Place To Dump Chlorine Sawmill debris a stunning violation Retreading trodden trails The Bopst Show 60 Reminisce Streetwalking Down Memory Lane Harry Kollatz's Journey Into Richmond And What I Found There -Part I -Part II -Part III -Parts IV-V -Part V -Part VI -Part VII Wegmans wows big first-day crowd...What effect will Wegmans have on other grocers? Victory over recession: more households take to food gardening Local wineries serve up their best Need a gadget, any gadget? Shop has it Bears common in central Virginia...Bear spotted on campus of Randolph-Macon College 50 Best Restaurants in DC -Reader's Choice: #yh50 Charlottesville Pizza Pie Throwdown Tobacco Avenue’s Tips: Staying Cool In The Richmond Summer Trinny & Susannah Come to Carytown...Getting Made (Over) by Trinny and Susannah -Making Over America with Trinny and Susannah The D.C. Real World House: Phone Room, Kitchen, Love Sacks on Second Floor Robertson's Town Hall Meeting - Davenport & Company Presents Conn. franchise and owner, with local partners, a likely scenario for Richmond The Tipping Point for Shockoe Bottom Baseball...Civic Spirit Rivers are straining their banks and skimming their bridges -- posing a greater threat to the region. CNN: Kings Dominion Alien Video -Doswell Man Abducted by Floating Smoke Ring Seen Over Kings Dominion Last Weekend...Doswell Man returns Home after Being Abducted by Unidentified Smoke Ring over Kings Dominion Last Weekend For a Beach turtle lover, habitat is where the heart is Sea turtle Kermit, rescued by swimmer, to be released \| AP -Photos: Virginia Aquarium releases green sea turtle Kermit -Virginia Aquarium: Loggerhead Turtles Mixed Martial Arts -Luke Thomas Talks a Good Fight -Brad Smith: Always Up for a Challenge More Single Women Than Men In Richmond Onion AV Club Reviews HawthoRNe (takes place in Richmond) Wrestler Tony Atlas pins success...WWE in Roanoke Food News: -Greek Restaurant under Construction in Carytown -Local Chefs on Reality Show -New Organic Coffee Shop in Shockoe Slip? -Ellwood’s Coffee Gets Local Danica next in line to make the jump to NASCAR? Farmers vs. Guys in Suits Locally grown foods are gaining larger audience Andre Agassi And Stefi Graf In Town Shenandoah Park Plate Sleaze's Awakening: The 10,000 Rupees Mix...Intro Children At Kings Dominion Told They Are At Disney World -Richmond-based Blogs Encroaching on Doswell; Newsfromdoswell Not Happy Playboy Reports Sluggish Sales On ‘Girls of VCU’ Issue Carbon Leaf keeps growing and will come to O.C. O Huguenots! Bizz Buzz: Pro football league sets its base in Richmond -Indoor Football League LOVE HURTS source: Conrad Stoltz Stoltz "slashes" way to victory, McQuaid's season stays unblemished at XTERRA Atlantic Cup in Richmond...XTERRA Richmond. PG 13- B&G- Blood and Gore -Times Dispatch \| Inside Tri More Thoughts: -Ups, and Downs -Better late than never? Bain, Olafsen Win XTERRA Richmond Xduro...XTERRA runners endure Richmond’s heat A clever story about a flat, Caveman teeth and ingenuity Triathletes gear up for Atlantic Cup Jamie Whitmore’s greatest victory GWAR, Me, and the Onrushing Grip of Death: Part 5 - Part 4 \| Part 3 \| Part 2 \| Part 1 -GWAR.net Remembering Fat Rodney Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil Hipsters Pole dancing as Exercise Welcome weather for wineries Copperheads striking pets in Chesterfield County...Copperheads slither in Midlothian neighborhood -Snake run-ins on the rise What Would Samuel L. Jackson Do? Grammar Police Arrest Velvet Owner Over Anti-Stadium Sign No baseball/fireworks at The Diamond on July 4 Ex-councilman opposes baseball in Shockoe...El-Amin Returns Baseball not envisioned at UR Stadium Ballpark plans mean big makeover...Transformation theme shared by ballpark plans -Comparing two of Richmond’s ballpark options Birds could be losers in Shockoe ballpark proposal Opening Day Partners Diamond Renovation Powerpoint -Independent league is ready to pitch in Richmond...RMA calls plan to transform The Diamond intriguing G-Braves aiming for great baseball 'experience' Time well spent Connecticut Defenders sale remains on hold RICHMOND IS SO SCENE Tips from Butcher Tanya Cauthen (via) ‘Black Widow’ wins hot dog-eating contest with 36 Restaurant owner vows legal challenge to Albemarle Is Richmond a quality minor-league baseball market? Bostic: Economy, stadium situation doomed Defenders deal ...Chesterfield group has interest in franchise, ballpark -Rewind: It Takes a Village Complete Baseball Stadium Coverage 36 Hours in Williamsburg, Va....Rewind: 36 Hours in Richmond, Va. source: NBC More on Body Politic’s demise...Network passes on Richmond-filmed drama Networks Shy From Beltway-Based TV 'Body Politic': The best pilot you won't see next season...'Body Politic': I've now seen the pilot, The CW needs to pick it up Rewind: Body Politic Films in Richmond Manchester Sculpture Thrown Out of Court(house) Poe lives in Baltimore - Deal with it! Public Service Announcement Doswell Lad Wins Virginia DMV Mascot Contest -Get Out Your Crayons! You can’t see me if I don’t acknowledge you Off the Streets Teen Sex Scandal! IN THE BLACK & WHITE: 005 - Joe Lally Now playing at Toad’s Place: The fat lady \| Times Dispatch Rewind: Toad's Place Shuts Down Nearby Baltimore and Richmond are winners in cost and convenience Richmond Taco Guide Documentary focuses on Bedford's losses Friend To Definitely Come Visit You Here Soon Despite dead deal, Defenders likely to still move...Connecticut team owner considers moving here Short Pump vs. Shockoe Without stadium plan, baseball investors backed off -Many pieces to Richmond’s baseball puzzle Is Richmond Baseball in Jeopardy?...A happy ending could still be in the offing for Richmond's baseball soap opera...Now what? It’s clear where blame belongs in Defenders debacle Richmond rumors don't seem to fit SeaWolves New Britain was on the map this week -More Baseball Cold Spots: The Edgar Allan Poe Museum Getting back to nature: Keswick woman opens farm to children and families seeking rural experience Despite Weather Delays, Goochland Drive-In On Track To Open The Bopst Show 57 Bill Murray at the Camel (leaves at 1:45 AM)...Bill Murray at Comfort...Bill Murray at the Kicker's game....Bill Murray at Bev's...Bill Murray at Plan 9...Bill Murray at Carytown -Bill Murray Partied Here Rewind: NY Post Page 6: Is Bill Murray NYC's New Party Boy? Bizarre Celebrity Activity in Carytown For 100 Rupee...Why Did Bill Murray Visit Richmond? -A: Shooting a Jim Jarmusch film -B: Looking to Buy Richmond Baseball Team -C: Thought Richmond was Manhattan because it was west of Williamsburg -D: Delirium	The Dinosaur on the Lawn Welcome to the dream blog -SleepBetter.org \| @dream_bigger \| Carpenter Co (Richmond, VA) 'Wash Post" Pay-to-Play Dinner Offer Blows Up -- Here Are Links to Reactions -- And Video Spoof Veronica's Test Kitchen: Goodbye... -Kitchen Musings New! Investor increases stake in Media General -GAMCO Investors Startup Nation -Rainey Man -More Startup-y Than Ever Before...Boulder: One Weekend Down, Many More to Come -Atlanta’s VentureLab spins companies out of ideas -Richmond-based Harbert Venture Partners opens Gainsville Office -Deloitte’s Tech Venture Center Where's My Bus? D.C. Gov't Says There's an App for That Pandora Town Hall w Founder Tim Westergren, Grace Street Theater, Monday, June 29 -@timwestergren Just finished a terrific town hall in Richmond. What an engaged, curious and creative crowd. And the local Chipotle brought free burritos! -The Beauty of Pandora -Opening the box on Pandora -Video Interview with Pandora Founder Tim Westergren...Outside the box: Pandora founder speaks in Richmond -Pandora Town Hall (Richmond, VA) -Pandora Meetup -- Creating a Musician Middle Class -Richmond Town Hall - Monday, June 29th...Pandora founder to speak in Richmond The serious business of social media La VITA Loca -Closed doors open up questions about Va.'s IT deal -Lawmakers want new Northrop computer contract -VITA contract is six months late, says official...State accuses Northrop Grumman of breach...Information Technologies: Investigate -VITA Faces Hacking Questions -Va. Lawmakers Question System Upgrade Contract More VITA AOL to become independent once again Colin Steele Appointed Charlottesville-Based hotelicopter’s Chief Technology Officer -hotelicopter Task force touts benefits of wind farm off Beach coast Why Richmond, Why?: Richmond.com SEO \| News website says it is using SEO Anti texting-while-driving law takes effect July 1...No Texting, No E-Mail Behind The Wheel Wednesday...Law aims to bring texting behind the wheel to a full stop...New laws hit books Wednesday The case for the “corporate” blog Richmond ad executive Burford isn’t slowing down -Burford Advertising VCU TV/HD Wins Two Regional Emmy Awards for Excellence -Your Emmy Award-Winning Bookstore SMCRVA 3 on July 23...Social Media for Non-Profit Organizations...featuring Boston's @gradontripp founder of Social Media for Social Change -Rewind: SMCRVA Timeline Virginia Currents’ May-Lily Lee Editor recharges her journalism batteries Criterion brings out "My Dinner With Andre" on DVD. Online learning is gaining credibility I’m A Social Media Expert, or, Things About Twitter That Bug Me...Things Bloggers Do That Irritate Me by @homesliceva Tech-related disciplinary offenses rise in Chesterfield schools Let students text at lunch Cyber-Defense Command Created DC’s first Cyber Security Symposium...Potomac Tech Wire’s 6th annual Digital Media Conference Some Prescriptions Halted in Va. After Hacker's Attack...Hackers bring the pain in Va. Reporters Find Northrop Grumman Data in Ghana Market...Sensitive U.S. data found on computer in Africa...More trouble for Va. computer contractor Massey CEO joins the Twitterati -@donblankenship Couple building very green home in Powhatan Hampton Roads is leader in robotics technology VCU grad named CBS news correspondent ZeniMax Media Acquires Id Software Designing video games pays real-world dividends Facebook face-off Snagajob follow-up Chris Anderson’s Free Contains Apparent Plagiarism -Author Response: Corrections in the digital editions of Free -Cvillain \| Fast Company \| Gawker \| Kottke Tales from Twitter: Ukrop's, Jon & Kate and Noodles & Co. Fanzter Acquires Richmond-Based Mustache Inc. -Mustache Inc. Yes. You Can Steal WiFi In Front Of Fenty’s House Limbaugh, Hannity... Schilling? Is the former councilor the next radio talk star? Northern VA Tech Council names Hot Ticket winners...NVTC Hot Ticket Awards Party -Contact Solutions (Hottest Bootstrap) Call Center Management -Clarabridge (Hottest Buzz) Mining Software -Guidant Technologies (Hottest -Emerging Government Contractor) -Rosetta Stone (Only Hottest Exit) Language-learning Software -Availink (Hottest International Company) Digital TV -GlobalLogic (Hottest Management Team) Offshore Product Development -Clear Standards (Hottest Venture Capital Deal) Environmental Software All N.C. plastic bag ban needs is governor's signature The Washington Post Introduces reachforthewall.com (Site Devoted to Local Swimming Creates Online Hub for D.C-Area Athletes and Fans) -reachforthewall.com (DC-Based) Twicsy Is A Killer And Kind Of Creepy Way To Search Pictures Shared On Twitter -twicsy \| @Twicsy Former Richmond resident gives technology a seat at the Obama policy table RTD EXCLUSIVE: Chopra discusses new job as Obama’s technology chief National Stories -Federal CTO Sees IT Leading U.S. Out Of Recession...10 Questions For Federal CTO Aneesh Chopra -The Nation’s C.T.O. Lays Out His Priorities -Chopra's equation: Ideas + Relevance=Innovation -Bloggers and tweeters sound off on Kundra, Chopra Green gospel growing locally Times-Dispatch introduces new regular columnist "...Despite the industry critics who are pushing our demise and local critics who are vying to be us -- the region's best edited news source -- we're facing our challenges with the future in mind." -Introducing himself—Bill Lohmann’s first column...VIDEO: Bill Lohmann from guest to host This is When it Started to Smell Funny to Me...Rewind: Truth and Consequences (Richmond Times-Dispatch Dirty Laundry) -Rewind: Keeping the Faith...Final Markdown -We're looking for someone who will rip the box into little pieces, burn the remnants, bury the ashes and give birth to a whole new form of journalism in Richmond...Brick Reloaded Nothing Changes in Richmond RTD says, Fired Reporters Have Themselves to Blame (full memo) Reporters’ Union Fires Back Style Weekly Lays Off Two Vending Machines Robot boats vie for best rescue in Beach competition NewMediaSeminars.com returns to Richmond with Special Discount Beach voice recording company is heard far and wide Chesapeake home among first to install wind power Richmond BizSense and SM, a missed opportunity?...Newman Opens the Right Conversation on News and New Media Web-Based News Site Reluctantly Embraces Web Guest Opinion: The real deal on Twitter For Hire: Twitter and Facebook whiz Jolie O'Dell's "A Word to My PR Homies" Series: On Links in Press Releases...On Writing a Lede...On Subject Lines...On Competition...On the Inverted Pyramid...On Sending Access and Materials...On Getting Weird...On an Awesome New Tool...On Embargoes...A Brief Compendium Hackers steer commuters toward offensive sign -Hey F*KTACO, Turn Here! Newspapers are in his blood Va. computer agency steeped in tensions...State panel outlines start of IT agency investigation...Senate panel asks House counterpart to join probe...Senate questions state technology deal...Senators Will Investigate IT Group VITA Director Lemuel C. Stewart Jr. Ouster: Times Dispatch \| Government Technology \| Washington Technology Dual role of new Va. IT chief questioned...Va. ‘very happy with Northrop Grumman,‘ Kaine says Hello, will you be my friend? Richmond Green Drinks I Just Called To Say I Love Me Daily Press Re-Design 'Baltimore Sun' Web Site Has New Look...The Sun Living on Twitter Time Tweet and Sour? Newspapers Set New Rules for Social Networking Ripping up the paper NVTC Green Technology & Energy Task Force Tech Groups Find New Networking Territory Chesterfield Observer changes printers Refresh Richmond Presents Online Reputation Management* w @cjsn @gatewood5000 @rickwhittington @sharif28 -#refreshrva -Online Reputation Management As Seen From The Outside Rewind: 140-character assassination: Are disclaimers and disclosures needed, or even possible, on Twitter? Richmond 2.0; Tweeting for business How-to use Twitter for Local Advertising Media battle in a "reporter cluster"...Sifting through the chaos of news Harbert Venture Partners raising $7.75M annex fund -Harbert Venture Partners VCCS, Microsoft Free Vouchers for E-Learning courses and select certification exams -American City and County \| AP \| Richmond BizSense Richmond’s Y101 to change dial position next month (100.9) Y101 is moving to 100.9 - Y101 Insider on y101rocks.com The Top 5 Mistakes of Social Media Marketing #OMGWTFRVA Facebook URL party -OMGWTFRVA Blog Launches (New New Website)...Origins (@OMGWTFRVA @CameronParker @ChokeyChicken @JolieODell @LaptopMnky) New chief of VCU’s Brandcenter is praised as an innovator \| Follow @kellyokeefe -Brands and Culture Blog How Long Will the Daily Progress Last as Is? TRACK #blogpotomac BlogPotomac(Twitter) Falls Church, Virginia Shel Holtz (Twitter) keynote on Integration Challenges -Live From BlogPotomac - Shel Holtz on “Integration Challenges” -Blog Potomac Has a Posse Ace Political Blogger Shireen Mitchell (Twitter) - Government 2.0/Political Blogging Ford Social Media Lead Scott Monty (Twitter) - Social Media in a Crisis -Live from BlogPotomac 2009: Scott Monty on Using Social Media in a Crisis -Live From BlogPotomac - Scott Monty on “Social Media in a Crisis” -Telling Our Story SOBCon Organizer and Successful Blog Author Liz Strauss (Twitter)- The Business Aspects of Blogging & Social Media Aaron Brazell (Technosailor \| Twitter) & Radian 6’s Amber Naslund (Twitter) - Personal Branding, a Dialogue -Personal Branding Network Solutions Social Media Swami Shashi Bellamkonda (Twitter) - Network Solutions, A Local Success! How they did it. -Event Review: BlogPotomac 2 Karaoke w Doug Meacham (@dougmeacham), Rohit Bhargava (@rohitbhargava) and Kaitln Wilkens (@catchuplady) Recaps -My lessons learned at Blog Potomac -What I learned at BlogPotomac -A Few Thoughts From BlogPotomac -Blog Potomac offers ideas for Historic Sites -BlogPotomac ROCKED the State Theater -Liveblogging BlogPotomac in Falls Church, VA -Live Blogging: BlogPotomac -The Ten Best Ideas from BlogPotomac -5 thoughts from halftime at Blog Potomac -Technology Woes Aside, We're at Blog Potomac New York Deli to Host GayRVA Launch Party -GayRVA Shines at New York Deli Launch Party Speaking to Student Journalists about New Media at VCU TRACK #SMCRVA RWW: Social Media Meets Industrial Media at Social Media Club Event Panel by @jolieodell Social Media Club, Richmond, VA: Old & New Media Video by @mcptv -Part 1 \| Part 2 \| Part 3 \| Part 4 \| Part 5 \| Part 6 -Interview w DePompa and Sarvay -Interview w Graham and Kelley Richmond Social Media Club post mortum by @jonnew Oral Sex, Organic Blueberries and Social Media by @MarianeMatera Unemployed, Day 56: SMCRVA Wrap-Up Edition by @mattjh2 SOCIAL MEDIA Club of Richmond - It’s Not Just a Party by @modalinc NBC12 Recap \| 2 by @nbc12 How Social Media like Twitter & Facebook are Influencing Mainstream Media: Nhat’s Interview w NBC12 Rachel DePompa by @nhatpham All the cool kids are doing it by @nickdawson #smcrva by @RichmondEditor Social media club wrap up by @rvanews Richmond Wiki: SMCRVA by @RichmondWiki Web-Based News Site Reluctantly Embraces Web by @Sarvay SMCRVA: What I Love about Social Media by @stevemullen Social Media In Da Club by @thecheckoutgirl NBC12's Gene Cox Raps, Kinda Kaine orders new green initiatives Retired AP investigative journalist Baskervill to be honored -Virginia SPJ's George Mason Award Ceremony and Celebration -AP Memories WRIC anchor says she and her spouse lost $200,000 in Ponzi scheme Media Web Site Pushes Entrepreneurial Model WiFi draws patrons to the Downtown Mall Loan hark: FDIC officially axes Landmark lender -FDIC shuts down bank behind Landmark Hotel For all the Ex-Times-Dispatch Employees -Unceremoniously Dispatched (Please Forgive the Adverb) Debate continues on New River Valley incubator's future It's Time to Play: Name that Magazine Time to Start Your Own Business? VCU Taking Steps to Mitigate Potential Exposure of Student SSNs \| AP \| TD The Richmond media market: The shrinkage has stopped Times-Dispatch fights legal-notice decisions Virginia Grubstake Breakfast features four startups -Agenda Kaine appoints new secretary of technology SouthPeak Titles Receive Critical Acclaim and Awards at E3 Expo thoughts on social media Robert Scoble: Virginia is Twitter crazy! Time Cover: How Twitter Will Change the Way We Live -Mashable Facebook and Twitter: Boomers are easily jumping on strange-sounding social media. Rewind: All A-Twitter...What in Blue Blazes Is Twittering, Exactly?...T-D is Stupid about Twitter... Copywrong? Photog sues blogger for $385K CRT/tanaka, Richmond utility department snag PR awards -Winners List/Press Release NBC's Terrell Brown Moves to CBS -So Long, Terrell Brown From the courthouse to the casino New Baltimore Sun Technology Blog: BaltTech \| Twitter -Baltimore to host BarCamp 'unconference' next month Study: Lack of capital not a 'death sentence' for start-ups Apps for Democracy - Social Citizen Award -Social Entrepreneurship NBC12 Anchor Gene Cox Putting Together Ultimate Frisbee Team Going Viral Check out the new CHPN forum -Church Hill People's News Forum Blogger Gives Richmond Another Gay Voice Online -The Richmond Outsider New York Deli to Host GayRVA Launch Party Capital News Service, the Invisible Source 21st Century Statecraft Social Media Club Richmond: "New Media and the News" Registration Re-Opens on Sun at 6 PM Tuesday, June 09, 2009 from 5:30-9:00 PM Science Museum of Virginia. Featuring: -@RachelDePompa \| @ryanobles -@sarvay -@IanGraham -@StyleWeekly -@BizSense -Social Media June Forum -- "New Media and the News" -- Selling Out The new networking (featuring @amgrohs @cunningham_adam @JeffKraus (@GinnyWiz) @jonnew @johnrhopkins @mavnet @mojoguzzi @Mox_eMediaGirl (@lewisginter) @OverTheEdgeRVA @Richmondmom @sarvay @ScienceMusofVA @spingirl @thisyounghouse @ToddFeldman @VaDOT @VAStateParks) -Voices on the network -Rewind: All A-Twitter...T-D is Stupid about Twitter -The “blogging nun” and others in Richmond’s social media scene -Social media conference planned Rewind: Power of Social Media? Registration for SMCRichmond's June 9 panel event is now open. Don't miss out. ...7 hours later...#SMCRVA sold out -New Media and the News Event Details -Come See Me (and Three Smart People) Pontificate on Social Media Tech Calendar June 1, 2009 RAUG Panel Discussion: WordPress 6:00pm - 8:00pm Artworks 320 Hull Street June 1-5, 2009 4A's: The Future of Account Leadership VCU Brandcenter June 9, 2009: Social Media Club Richmond Impact of social media on the news biz (tentative) June 10, 2009 BlogPotomac 2009 Falls Church, VA June 16, 2009 New Media Seminar 10am-2pm Holiday Inn Executive Center, 5655 Greenwich Rd, VA Beach, VA July 23, 2009 Social Media Club Presents Social Media for Non-Profit Organizations September 21–22, 2009 EdUI 2009: Remaining <strong> September 21–22, 2009 Charlottesville, Virginia Also see Somewhat Frank's Calendar \| DC Tech Event Calendar	Suffolk burglary suspect leaves photo of himself on homeowner's cell phone -Police find teen Spotsylvania Driver ran over 14 mailboxes, police say Robbers with gun, Taser hit Monument Avenue Bribery attempt alleged in Richmond hit-and-run case Fake hate mail to Chesterfield church nets conviction Seven Suspects NBC 12 \| Times Dispatch 210 pot plants discovered in Louisa home Following Girl's Death, State Police Ask For Safe Holiday Dozens of Petersburg car windows shot out Authorities use social-networking sites as a tool -@henricopolice -@RichmondPolice Captain reassigned after call to help Chief Monroe study \| Times Dispatch -Monroe had Virginia officer certification A look inside the Taliaferro jury...Series of poor choices end in tragedy Scam Artist Sunday... -Taken with his charm, investors saw money vanish...Archive: WexTrust -Philanthropists lost $1.9 million to Okun scam...Okun facing 400 years in $126 million scam...About 1031 Exchanges...Archive: The Okun Scam -Local Madoff Victim Speaks -Con artists feasting on others' woes Historical Crimes... -Pain of quadruple murder still lingers 15 years later -Justice: No trail to be found 1911 Louise Owen Beattie Murder Man wanted in beating of 76-year-old woman surrenders Robbery at The Market...Man sought in daylight robbery of 76-year-old woman -Person of Interest picture What Killed Young Woman In Richmond's Museum District? His message rekindles hope 1 arrested, 2 sought in Henrico teen’s videotaped beating \| WRVA Audio Always give up the goods Henrico Police Searching for Suspect 757 -Man sues Virginia Beach for $200,000 after year in jail -Man pleads guilty to murder of Norcom High football player Suspect cleared in fatal hit-run Molesting Eagle Scout gets 7 years Goodell starts to focus on Vick's future Inmate: ‘He wanted to kill somebody that night’...Sniper case raises issues about police overtime My Unexpected Conversation With a Carjacking Survivor Police show softer side with homicide support group. Church Hill called 10th Most Dangerous Neighborhood in America?!? + Robust Discussion...Richmond's Church Hill ranked as a top dangerous neighborhood -On crime stats for Union Hill and Church Hill North (2002-2009) -Church Hill - It's Scary Dangerous BUT a Great Place to Buy an Old House! - Irony Abounds Full Report: 25 Most Dangerous Neighborhoods 10) Richmond, Va. (Church Hill) 9) Dallas, Texas (Route 352/Scyene Rd.) 8) Kansas City, Mo. (Forest Ave./41st St.) 7) Memphis, Tenn. (Warford St./Mount Olive Rd.) 6) Kansas City, Mo. (Bales Ave./30th St.) 5) Baltimore, Md.(North Ave./Belair Rd.) 4) Jacksonville, Fla. (Beaver St./Broad St.) 3) Miami, Fla. (7th Ave./North River Dr.) 2) Chicago, Ill. (State St./Garfield Blvd.) 1) Cincinnati, Ohio (Central Pky./Liberty St.) After 1996 acquittals, NN police officer still fights for his name Chris Brown’s Post-Plea Prospects: Will R&B Star’s Career Survive? Plea Plea -TMZ \| LA Times \| Daily Mail \| AP \| Reuters \| NY Times Mark Holmberg Talks Chris Brown Chris Brown's Assault Case: A Timeline Rihanna's attorney reacts to Chris Brown's plea deal Shoplifting Mother Brought Along Daughter Highway Pot Bust Robber killed in Suffolk break-in had no gun FIRST ON 6: Belle Isle Attack...not really Beach DUI-enforcement officer charged with DUI From Chesapeake to Georgia - 27 years on the run A string of bad choices ends in five life sentences He contacted them through their ads on Craigslist to sell computers and Xboxes, and then robbed them at gunpoint. Mother and Son DogFighters \| CBS6 \| NBC12 \| Times Dispatch Targeting of johns or prostitutes varies among jurisdictions...Curbing prostitution a constant battle for Richmond-area police West End Prostitution Sting -CBS6 (w pictures) \| Downtown Short Pump (w pictures) \| NBC12 (w picture of computer screen) Undercover prostitution operation nets 14 in Chesterfield South Richmond man beaten with meat tenderizer The Stanford and Madoff Cases: An Early Comparison...Prepare for major embarrassments when Stanford trial starts Disgraced Financier R. Allen Stanford Arrested In Virginia -Financial Times \| Guardian \| Reuters \| Telegraph Retail Crime Wave Man arrested in Chesterfield holdup is suspect in other recent robberies \| CBS6 Streaming Police focusing on robberies at convenience stores, fast-food restaurants...RPD Steps Up Presence On Jeff Davis City Crimes Rising...Homicides and robberies up in Richmond Community comes together after crime wave Breaking Down Richmond’s Murder Rate...Murder rate reaction -Chesterfield robber described as similar to armed Prince George suspect...Suspect description released in Jeff Davis robbery -Chesterfield Police Looking for 7-Eleven Robber -Hanover Bank Robbery & Chase -Some South Richmond robberies likely linked -Another Convenience Store Clerk Shot \| Suspect 1 \| Suspect 2 -Richmond Police… Busy! (To say the least)...Friends mourn slain owner of South Richmond market -FIRST ON WTVR.COM: Auto Repair Shop Murder -Cars Burned at Chesterfield Dealership...Homeless man arrested Three Beach restaurants fall prey to refund scam Don't mess with road rage...Woman Arrested in Deadly Scooter Accident 3 sentenced for Beach pizza shop beating seen on YouTube The 4th Circuit -Refuses to Rehear Landmark Obscenity Case -Free-speech suit against religious college dismissed Chesapeake girl kept in box, denied food, warrants say Portsmouth makes two streets 'private' in anti-crime effort Ex VCU Police Chief in Critical Care Summer breaks can spark juvenile arson incidents Tip For Summer Vacationers: Careful With Those Twitters Sometimes it's good to have nosy neighbors Vigilance is No. 1 enemy of gangs Gang violence spurs N.C. hospital to step up security W&M football player carjacked Union Hill Murder Update Chris Brown “Paranoid” About Death Threats, Loses Delay Bid -Chris Brown, Rihanna spotted at NBA Finals Drug arrests are plummeting all over, but in the city conflicting data suggests something is amiss. Has Richmond gone cold turkey Richmond firefighters, police cooperate in theft investigation Poking Fun at Oneself AWARD: Several local Krispie Kreme and Dunkin Donut shops are giving away free doughnuts in honor of National Doughnut Day. Taliaferro honored at Powhatan graduation Parrish Cousins Sentencing, Maximum... CBS6 \| NBC12 \| Powhatan Today (Do you think the community is ready to move on?) \| Times Dispatch (Editorial: Verdict) \| WRVA Attorney: Set aside Joey Parrish’s guilty verdicts Hundreds gather again to protest ‘legal lynching’ Taliaferro Family Calling For State To Step In Bomb disarmed near Gayton library Cop Humming Action Movie Music During High-Speed Chase Henrico man charged with exposure after Craigslist ad...Indecent Exposure Arrest DeOnté Rawlings Is Gone. The Cops Are Cleared. What's Left? (DC) There's still a lot to know about why a 14-year-old was shot in the back of the head. Stemming the prostitution tide Beware of bogus pizza orders Patrolling the River -River rescues in Richmond on the rise...Rescue at Pony Pasture -Heard It on the GRTC Slain suspect in abduction, shootout freed by mistake...new rules for office Man Charged With Filming Under Women's Skirts \| CBS6: "Upskirting" Chesterfield softball coach charged with providing alcohol to teens \| CBS6 \| NBC12 Store owner settles gas-gouging claim Chesapeake officer's rush hour shooting shuts down highway \| Daily Press

Special Section: The Democratic Primary
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2009 June Democratic Primary Unofficial Results
-VPAP Election Map
-Breaking down the results...
-Race to Richmond: Election Returns Discussion

Next
-Gubernatorial race will play out on national stage
-Deeds lays groundwork for next phase of race for Virginia governor...prepares for fall rematch...starts fast in denigrating GOP
-Can Deeds Keep the Party Going in Virginia?
-Democratic candidates show solidarity with Deeds...A Show of Unity in the Blogosphere
-McDonnell downplays the help national Democrats and Kaine will provide Deeds
-Assessing Deeds v. McDonnell: Barnie Day | Tony Lee

Rasmussen Reports: Election 2009: Virginia Governor Election
Virginia Governor: Deeds (D) 47%, McDonnell (R) 41%
-That didn't take long
-Poll: VA governor's race awfully close
-Democrat Deeds Starts Out with Lead in Va.’s Governor’s Race

Can Google Change Election Outcomes?
-The GOP's new slogan "Just Say Yes" isn't Google-friendly

Live/Updated: CBS6 Streaming Coverage | NBC12 Decision Virginia | Times Dispatch Politics Blog | Daily Press Shad Plank | Virginian Pilot On Politics | Washington Post Virginia Politics Blog

Twitter: #vagov | @CreighDeeds (w conversations) | @Terry_McAuliffe (w conversations) | @Moran4Governor (w conversations)
-WOTT: Tweet Out The Vote

Election Day Coverage
-Political Wisdom: Former Underdog Leads the Way in Virginia
-All Eyes of the Political World Turn to Virginia
-Will Democrats (and Terry McAuliffe) Buck Tradition in Tuesday's Primary?...Dark-horse candidate gains as Virginia voters head to the polls Tuesday
-Tight Race in Virginia as 3 Democrats Vie for Governor
-Strategy Memo: Virginia Is For Voters
-Late surge shapes Va. governor race
-Morning Fix: Virginia Governor's Race Viewer's Guide
-Five things the Virginia election results don't mean
-An Energized Virginia Democratic Primary
-Va. voters decide Democratic nominee for governor
-Virginia Democrats face pivotal primary
-Virginia Democratic primary today
-Democratic Candidates Speak Out Before Primary Election
-Candidates finishing campaigns
-Virginia's race for Governor
-Early Turnout Numbers...Voter turnout is key in Democratic race...Primary Hinges On Voter Turnout...Predictions of Low Turnout Continue...Tepid turnout forecast for Dem primary...Winchester Officials see light turnout
-Virginia voters head to polls to pick Democrats' gubernatorial nominee
-Polls open today for primary
-Weather Forecast: Rain, rain go away (Hampton Roads)...Election Day Forecast: Muggy, Afternoon Storms (DC) (Still Sticky Then Stormy)
-Editorials: The Primary | Vote today | Get out and vote … or not | Votes and visitors | Keep a poll worker busy

Issues Coverage
-Question: If you are elected and you can only accomplish one thing over the next four years, what would it be and why? Creigh Deeds (economy) | Terry McAuliffe (jobs) | Brian Moran (economy) | Michael Signer (advocacy) | Jody M. Wagner (jobs)
-Where the Democrats stand on the issues
-Looks like a tossup for Tuesday's primary TOP ISSUES
-A quick guide to Tuesday’s primary (uranium mining, rural economic development, transportation)
-On Requiring Autism Treatment Coverage, A Mix of Support and Silence...Mostly Mum, Including on Mitigating Cost
-Q&A - Governor candidates on business
-Candidates Recognize Needs in Rural Areas (Dental Care)
-Felons' Rights
-Gubernatorial Candidates Debate Dillon Rule
-Your Gay Primary Guide – Vote Tomorrow! June 9th!...Virginia activists push for anti-discrimination bill
-Hot-Button Topic (Illegal Immigration) on Back Burner
-Campaign Targets In-State Colleges
-Moran Alone in Rallying Opposition to Surry Power Plant...Q&A - Governor candidates on energy policy
-Virginia Politics Going Nowhere on Transportation...Stepping Gingerly Through Bottleneck (I-66)
-Candidates Weigh in on Wilderness Wal-Mart

Polls
-VA Primary: Following The Polls (And Why One Would Do So)
-Rematch?...Polling shows Deeds has lead
-Survey USA Poll: VA Democratic Governor Primary 6-8...New polls suggest Deeds surge in Va....New polls dampen the mood of McAuliffe bloggers
-Deeds takes strong lead...Public Policy Polling Sees a “Commanding Lead” for Deeds | CQPolitics | Daily Kos | NBC29 | Real Clear Politics | Times Dispatch | Virginia Tomorrow

Monday (Day Before) Coverage
-Va. Candidates Enter Homestretch of Tight Primary Race...Democratic candidates begin final push across state...Democrats' End Campaigns, Primary To Pick Victor
-A Moderate Surge In VA
-Bloggers, Polls Weigh In On Virginia Democratic Gov Primary
-SW Virginia Blitz: Candidates Get Out The Vote...make final plea before Tuesday's election...Last Minute Campaigning for Primary
-Dem Candidates Make Last-Minute Push
-A look at the 2009 Democratic Primary
-Black Vote Courted in Virginia
-Virginia Democrats To Choose Gubernatorial Nominee | Profiles: Brian Moran | Terry McAuliffe | Creigh Deeds
-So what do I need to know to vote?
-Turnout key to Virginia primary
-Blue Tuesday: Dems Vie For State, Local Nods
-Democrats debate electability issue
-Editorial: Want a say? Go vote
-First steps on our way to electing a 'new' transportation governor
-Weekend Campaign Wrap
-Gov: Local church stops, robo-calls and fiesty words over the weekend

Weekend Coverage
-"You Don't Hear People Talking About It"
-Dr. Bob’s Virginia Scorecard
-An ad, robocalls, and campaign stops
-Ground Games: Who Has the Edge?...Volunteers for McAuliffe
-Two veterans, one whirlwind face off for Va. governor nod...Candidates in the June 9 Democratic primary election
-Democrats hustling to get out the vote
-Final weekend blitz under way for candidates...The Home Stretch
-Close Races in Virginia, New Jersey May Be Indicators for 2010
-Tuesday’s primary turnout ‘maybe 5 percent’
-Frenetic Push for Voters In N.Va.
-Dems hope to keep painting the Valley blue
-Last Minute Donations Pour In...Funding may decide Dems gubernatorial candidate...VPAP Chart | Update: Coded Gubernatorial Reports
-Campaigns flying blind in Virginia...Virginia: Three Keys to the Outcome
-Gubernatorial candidates to make stops Sunday
-Early turnout low in primary voting
-Unions Invest in Virginia Election
-Wilder: Virginia Democrats 'not energized' in governor's race
-Democratic gubernatorial hopefuls seek to energize supporters...Deeds, McAuliffe, Moran dash to turn out the vote
-What's a Good Democrat To Do?
-Virginia Governor: The Undecided Masses
-Va. GOV: Get ready for a hot wet primary election...Dampening Turnout
-Analysis: Va. Dems' primary brawl reaches the wire...Primary now a horse race...Race for Virginia Democratic Governor Nominee Gets Tight...Three-Way Tossup in Virginia Primary Shouldn't Block Majority Winner
-Who will make a difference?
-Build on the great legacy

Newspaper Editorials/Endorsements
-Augusta Free Press: McAuliffe, Signer, Marrow
-Church Hill People's News: Creigh Deeds
-Richmond Free Press: McAuliffe
-Staunton News Leader: Deeds for Dem nomination
-Times Dispatch: (No) Endorsement
-The Voice: McAuliffe
-Washington Post: Mr. Deeds on June 9

Lt. Governor Race
-2 vie for chance to challenge Lt. Gov. Bolling
-VA Lt. Governor primary: Experience vs. Potential
-Former co-workers Signer, Wagner battle for lt. governor bid
-Democratic candidates for lieutenant governor compete for spotlight
-Voter Guide: Democratic primary for Va. lieutenant governor
-Democrats take shots at Bolling ahead of primary
-Voters set to pick Bolling opponent
-Signer, Wagner vie for lieutenant governor nomination
-Dems vie for party's nomination for lieutenant governor
-Lt. gov. hopeful Signer visits Valley...Signer Woos Primary Votes

Creigh Deeds | Terry McAuliffe| Brian Moran

Creigh Deeds News
-Patience
-Reading roundup - great analysis on Deeds' victory
-Goochland goes big for Deeds
-Money isn't everything | Daily Dish
-Political Wisdom: Former Underdog Leads the Way in Virginia
-Tense Atmosphere at Democratic Candidates' Charlottesville Headquarters
-60 rally for Deeds before today's vote
-Two VA Tech victims come out against Creigh Deeds...VA Tech victims received assistance from McAuliffe campaign to release statement...McAuliffe's team going after Deeds on guns...Two different views on guns and would-be governors
-Deeds snags more state Senate support
-As time winds down, McEachin backs Deeds
-Puller Endorses Deeds
-Newport News' Miller endorses Deeds
-Deeds Sweeps Through the South
-Deeds takes strong lead...Public Policy Polling Sees a “Commanding Lead” for Deeds | CQPolitics | Daily Kos
-Deeds Campaigns in Hampton Roads
-Deeds seeking votes on downtown streets

Terry McAuliffe News
-Over Before It Began: Terry McAuliffe's Folly
-For big-money candidate, an epic collapse
-McAuliffe defeat is another blow to Clinton legacy...End of the Clinton Era?...A Rejection of the Clintons? Hardly.
-Money isn't everything | Daily Dish
-Sabato: McAuliffe Doesn't Fit Virginia
-McAuliffe pushing GOTV
-McAuliffe rolling with the Tidewater
-Once a shoo-in for Virginia governor, Terry McAuliffe may lose today’s Democratic primary—much like Hillary Clinton, whose presidential campaign he orchestrated.
-Terry McAuliffe a force of nature in Virginia race
-Two VA Tech victims come out against Creigh Deeds...VA Tech victims received assistance from McAuliffe campaign to release statement...An Election-Eve Letter on Guns...McAuliffe's team going after Deeds on guns...Two different views on guns and would-be governors
-McAuliffe's team going after Deeds on guns
-McAuliffe Rallies Supports
-McAuliffe Responds to Schweitzer's 'Cry Like a Girl' Quip
-New polls dampen the mood of McAuliffe bloggers
-Volunteers for McAuliffe
-McAuliffe: “I can beat Bob, they can’t”...McAuliffe says Deeds can’t beat McDonnell
-Where In The World Was Terry McAuliffe?...McAuliffe Visits Churches
-Candidate McAuliffe courts Lynchburg voters
-WSJ: Democrats' Rainmaker Aims to Hold Virginia
-Clinton Lends A Hand Once More...Candidate McAuliffe Dines with Supporters (at LuLu's)
-Former Dem favorite McAuliffe fights to hang on
-Top Democrats come to Terry McAuliffe's aid...More "support" for McAuliffe...U.S. Rep. Scott throws weight behind McAuliffe (Scott: Yes, I Voted for Terry McAuliffe) ...McAuliffe Touts National Endorsements; Do They Matter to Voters?...What Do Huckabee and Schweitzer Have in Common?

Brian Moran News
-Favorite Son Falls Short
-Brian Moran, Knute Rockne, And Remembering The Titans...Moran Travels Home to Alexandria
-Moran supporters hold Peninsula rally to Get-Out-The-Vote...
-Moran Back on MSNBC
-Jim Moran: "I'm Concerned"
-Moran makes last push in Martinsville
-'There's A Reason I'm Not In Politics'
-Dialing Brian Moran
-Moran Woos Black Voters in Richmond...Reasons They Stayed Late for Moran
-‘Dutiful son’ Moran seeks to continue service
-Moran Plays “Hardball”
-Deeds Visits Charlottesville Farmers Market...Moran Stumps Along Charlottesville Downtown Mall
-Moran calls Deeds stance on Guns “extreme”...Deeds Fights Back
-Mr. Moran on the Attack...Moran goes after Democratic rivals; McDonnell backs charter schools...The three-letter word is back ...Lynchburg Voters League criticizes mailing attacking McAuliffe

ALL Registered Voters (regardless of party affiliation) in Virginia can vote in the Democratic primary on Tuesday June 9, 2009. (see Democrats to Hold Primary Election on Tuesday for more detail)

Candidates
In alphabetic order

Creigh Deeds (website (issues | endorsements) | twitter | facebook | vpap | wikipedia | daily press profile | wapo profile)
Terry McAuliffe (website (issues | endorsements) | twitter | facebook | vpap | wikipedia | daily press profile | ny times topic | wapo profile)
Brian Moran (website (issues | endorsements) | twitter | facebook | vpap | wikipedia | daily press profile | wapo profile)
Lieutenant Governor
- Michael Signer (website (issues) | twitter | facebook | vpap | wikipedia | daily press profile)
- Jody M. Wagner (website (issues) | twitter | facebook | vpap | wikipedia | daily press profile)

Essential Links

VPAP | Twitter
Bob Holsworth's Virginia Tomorrow
NBC12: Decision Virginia w Ryan Nobles | Twitter
Times Dispatch: 2009 Democratic Primary (Politics Blog | Twitter)
VCU Capital News Service | Twitter
Daily Press Election 09 | (Shad Plank)
Larry Sabato's Crystal Ball | Twitter
NBC29 (Charlottesville) Richmond Report
Roanoke Times Political Coverage
Virginia Pilot Election Coverage (On Politics | Twitter)
Waldo’s Virginia Political Blogroll
Washington Post's Race to Richmond (Virginia Politics Blog | Twitter)
Washington Times Politics
CNN Political Ticker Virginia
Daily Kos Virginia
Politico: Virginia | Battleground Virginia (Video)

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Just another day destroying the art scene...CAPS moves on Church of Crystal Light? not really -Rewind: The Church of Crystal Light brings the no-frills appeal of house shows to Broad Street’s gallery district \| Website -More CAPS Editor's Note: Have you seen the fourth column (Crime Wave) lately? Resource Management? Richmond Grocery Wars Cantor and Scott: Bi-partisan buddies high speed rail-line from Richmond to Washington, D.C.?? 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As the economic ripple effect hits the commercial real-estate market, a few retailers and developers cleverly carve out opportunities What the Real-Estate Pros Think An analysis of the Richmond market Real estate investors ask: Where did all the money go? -Major players in Richmond-area real estate investment venture Richmond top 20 cities for young workers -Full Report -Richmond Tagged a "Mighty Micro" for Next Gen Denizens VDH Issues Statement On Swine Flu Pandemic Retailers want you thinking locally Interactive preview: Three-part series on Virginia's Indians -Let Sisyphus Rest -State's tribes have waited long enough Philanthropist to replace George Mason Elementary’s playground \| CBS6 Streaming Coverage -Rewind: CHPN Coverage Roanoker receives France's highest honor Lost Communities of Virginia No option? Possible death pact tied to financial losses Deeds with the momentum in Virginia A VA agency filed for an EIR with Rachel Flynn on a historic Broad St. structure. It's demolition will be very controversial. Virginia Democratic Governor Poll -Money can't buy McAuliffe an easy race Wilder and McDonnell -Rewind: Bob McDonnell's coincidental private Wilder lunch...Is McDonnell Looking to Wilder for Support? Peninsula GOP: Vanasse Bait & Tackle closing after 35 years Style Cover: The country’s real estate meltdown hasn’t just sparked a recession — it may have ended modern-day suburbia Chesapeake woman is first death connected to swine flu \| WRVA Richmond Could Learn a Few Things From Carolina Uplands Cultural Insanity The arts community bands together to decry recent community-policing efforts to target cultural businesses Style Cover: Show Stoppers From crack houses to bowling alleys: Is the city’s heralded building code SWAT team slowly suffocating Richmond’s cultural renaissance? -Rumors Update! Rumors and Reality...OUT OF COURT. Only cost us 70 bucks. If you want all the details check out the next issue of style... -Cultural Sanity in Richmond -ACTUALLY fighting the good fight...SAVE RICHMOND ARTS AND MUSIC Facebook -Arts Council Seeks Input While CAPS Attempts Cap on Progress -First Friday Threatened - What You Can Do Arts Council of Richmond reaching out to make changes Show at Rumors shut down by police -The Show Mustn't Go On...Blog Intro -Who's Running This CITY!? -Richmond’s War on Nightlife (Ongoing…)...Rewind: The City That Fun Forgot -Police, ABC hit consignment shop Chesterfield continues nightclub crackdown	Trask gets busy Local Artist To Paint Mural Onto Powhite Parkway VCU students opening new gallery in Richmond NBA will locate talent even if it is in Timbuktu (VCU reference?) -Follow Eric Maynor on Twitter: @EMaynor3 Skydiving into a new venture Emeril TV shows premiere at Fort Lee \| Examiner Franchitti: Richmond 'awful, awful race' Helping hands repair homes for Franklin County residents Days Difference Joining All Time Low Tour, Release New Single The First RVA Photo Issue -Fill Bowne -Scott Elmquist -Jake Cunningham -Kimberly Frost -Michael Otley -PJ Sykes (IN THE BLACK & WHITE Series) -Joseph Talman -LOOK3 Festival of the Photograph 16Blocks (Roanoke) Photography Issue Miss Arlington is the new Miss Virginia...Massaponax High graduate wins Miss Virginia pageant \| Miss Virginia Organization \| Re-watch the pageant again and again on livestream \| #missva Twitter commentary Miss Hanover competes for Miss Virginia title A New Crop of Farmers More Md., Va. Women Turning to Agriculture, Bringing Organic Meat And Harvests of Heirloom Vegetables to Markets in the D.C. Area Summer Monsters! -Mold problems a mystery, as reactions vary -Get ticked off this summer -Tests aim to extinguish the spread of fire ants...Fire ants: Hampton Roads is placed in agricultural quarantine...Richmond bugs out over the region's fire ants -Mosquito populations increase after high rainfall...Mosquitoes in Suffolk test positive for equine virus Staunton River Fun Float Day has subdued atmosphere The shaping of an (Barboursville Vineyards) Octagon Swarm and Destroy -Hell's Satans \| Twitter Recruiters line up for Midlothian lineman Pictures of Forest Hill Lake Restoration Batteau Festival winds it up at Maiden’s Staying on their ’teaus Flat-bottomed batteaux again arrive in Scottsville Nineteen batteaux set off down the James Source: Style Weekly (Scott Elmquist) Style's Bar Guide 2009 -Style Weekly Bar Guide Articles...Style Weekly Bar Guide Part Deux...Rewind: 2008 Bar Guide/ Style Weekly (Suggestions) -Babe’s Makes Style’s Bar Guide One Way Richmond's Best Bars in RVA Richmond Is for Lushes Casting call: Ten auditions bartenders Richmond Rocky Horror Week Carytown after hours 25 essential Charlottesville experiences for real locals Why I Like the Seven Cities The ABC store in Clifton Forge is the only one in Virginia to be in the same spot since its founding in 1934 after Prohibition Trailer for "The Box," which includes scenes filmed at NASA Langley, hits the Internet The Greatest Redskins Party You'll Never Go To Gary Clark might be there. Joe Gibbs? Probably not. Richmond Getting Another Indoor Football Team Katie Couric Does Homemade Video of UVa Alumni Weekend Johnny St. Ours directs new Dave Matthews Band video Forbes ranks DMB 12th biggest earner in music Save Money Using Twitter! -@cheaprichmond -@HotDealsRVA -@ipric -@rvabargains -@SpecSpot_Ric_VA -@StyleOffers 10-20 Media plants $500K in debt raise Roanoke Ice cream sales off to a sluggish summer start A Night of Masked Mayhem WWE in Roanoke Photo Gallery Paper, Plastic and Brass Knuckles -Richmond Grocery Wars Byrd Park Not Place To Dump Chlorine Sawmill debris a stunning violation Retreading trodden trails The Bopst Show 60 Reminisce Streetwalking Down Memory Lane Harry Kollatz's Journey Into Richmond And What I Found There -Part I -Part II -Part III -Parts IV-V -Part V -Part VI -Part VII Wegmans wows big first-day crowd...What effect will Wegmans have on other grocers? Victory over recession: more households take to food gardening Local wineries serve up their best Need a gadget, any gadget? Shop has it Bears common in central Virginia...Bear spotted on campus of Randolph-Macon College 50 Best Restaurants in DC -Reader's Choice: #yh50 Charlottesville Pizza Pie Throwdown Tobacco Avenue’s Tips: Staying Cool In The Richmond Summer Trinny & Susannah Come to Carytown...Getting Made (Over) by Trinny and Susannah -Making Over America with Trinny and Susannah The D.C. Real World House: Phone Room, Kitchen, Love Sacks on Second Floor Robertson's Town Hall Meeting - Davenport & Company Presents Conn. franchise and owner, with local partners, a likely scenario for Richmond The Tipping Point for Shockoe Bottom Baseball...Civic Spirit Rivers are straining their banks and skimming their bridges -- posing a greater threat to the region. CNN: Kings Dominion Alien Video -Doswell Man Abducted by Floating Smoke Ring Seen Over Kings Dominion Last Weekend...Doswell Man returns Home after Being Abducted by Unidentified Smoke Ring over Kings Dominion Last Weekend For a Beach turtle lover, habitat is where the heart is Sea turtle Kermit, rescued by swimmer, to be released \| AP -Photos: Virginia Aquarium releases green sea turtle Kermit -Virginia Aquarium: Loggerhead Turtles Mixed Martial Arts -Luke Thomas Talks a Good Fight -Brad Smith: Always Up for a Challenge More Single Women Than Men In Richmond Onion AV Club Reviews HawthoRNe (takes place in Richmond) Wrestler Tony Atlas pins success...WWE in Roanoke Food News: -Greek Restaurant under Construction in Carytown -Local Chefs on Reality Show -New Organic Coffee Shop in Shockoe Slip? -Ellwood’s Coffee Gets Local Danica next in line to make the jump to NASCAR? Farmers vs. Guys in Suits Locally grown foods are gaining larger audience Andre Agassi And Stefi Graf In Town Shenandoah Park Plate Sleaze's Awakening: The 10,000 Rupees Mix...Intro Children At Kings Dominion Told They Are At Disney World -Richmond-based Blogs Encroaching on Doswell; Newsfromdoswell Not Happy Playboy Reports Sluggish Sales On ‘Girls of VCU’ Issue Carbon Leaf keeps growing and will come to O.C. O Huguenots! Bizz Buzz: Pro football league sets its base in Richmond -Indoor Football League LOVE HURTS source: Conrad Stoltz Stoltz "slashes" way to victory, McQuaid's season stays unblemished at XTERRA Atlantic Cup in Richmond...XTERRA Richmond. PG 13- B&G- Blood and Gore -Times Dispatch \| Inside Tri More Thoughts: -Ups, and Downs -Better late than never? Bain, Olafsen Win XTERRA Richmond Xduro...XTERRA runners endure Richmond’s heat A clever story about a flat, Caveman teeth and ingenuity Triathletes gear up for Atlantic Cup Jamie Whitmore’s greatest victory GWAR, Me, and the Onrushing Grip of Death: Part 5 - Part 4 \| Part 3 \| Part 2 \| Part 1 -GWAR.net Remembering Fat Rodney Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil Hipsters Pole dancing as Exercise Welcome weather for wineries Copperheads striking pets in Chesterfield County...Copperheads slither in Midlothian neighborhood -Snake run-ins on the rise What Would Samuel L. Jackson Do? Grammar Police Arrest Velvet Owner Over Anti-Stadium Sign No baseball/fireworks at The Diamond on July 4 Ex-councilman opposes baseball in Shockoe...El-Amin Returns Baseball not envisioned at UR Stadium Ballpark plans mean big makeover...Transformation theme shared by ballpark plans -Comparing two of Richmond’s ballpark options Birds could be losers in Shockoe ballpark proposal Opening Day Partners Diamond Renovation Powerpoint -Independent league is ready to pitch in Richmond...RMA calls plan to transform The Diamond intriguing G-Braves aiming for great baseball 'experience' Time well spent Connecticut Defenders sale remains on hold RICHMOND IS SO SCENE Tips from Butcher Tanya Cauthen (via) ‘Black Widow’ wins hot dog-eating contest with 36 Restaurant owner vows legal challenge to Albemarle Is Richmond a quality minor-league baseball market? Bostic: Economy, stadium situation doomed Defenders deal ...Chesterfield group has interest in franchise, ballpark -Rewind: It Takes a Village Complete Baseball Stadium Coverage 36 Hours in Williamsburg, Va....Rewind: 36 Hours in Richmond, Va. source: NBC More on Body Politic’s demise...Network passes on Richmond-filmed drama Networks Shy From Beltway-Based TV 'Body Politic': The best pilot you won't see next season...'Body Politic': I've now seen the pilot, The CW needs to pick it up Rewind: Body Politic Films in Richmond Manchester Sculpture Thrown Out of Court(house) Poe lives in Baltimore - Deal with it! Public Service Announcement Doswell Lad Wins Virginia DMV Mascot Contest -Get Out Your Crayons! You can’t see me if I don’t acknowledge you Off the Streets Teen Sex Scandal! IN THE BLACK & WHITE: 005 - Joe Lally Now playing at Toad’s Place: The fat lady \| Times Dispatch Rewind: Toad's Place Shuts Down Nearby Baltimore and Richmond are winners in cost and convenience Richmond Taco Guide Documentary focuses on Bedford's losses Friend To Definitely Come Visit You Here Soon Despite dead deal, Defenders likely to still move...Connecticut team owner considers moving here Short Pump vs. Shockoe Without stadium plan, baseball investors backed off -Many pieces to Richmond’s baseball puzzle Is Richmond Baseball in Jeopardy?...A happy ending could still be in the offing for Richmond's baseball soap opera...Now what? It’s clear where blame belongs in Defenders debacle Richmond rumors don't seem to fit SeaWolves New Britain was on the map this week -More Baseball Cold Spots: The Edgar Allan Poe Museum Getting back to nature: Keswick woman opens farm to children and families seeking rural experience Despite Weather Delays, Goochland Drive-In On Track To Open The Bopst Show 57 Bill Murray at the Camel (leaves at 1:45 AM)...Bill Murray at Comfort...Bill Murray at the Kicker's game....Bill Murray at Bev's...Bill Murray at Plan 9...Bill Murray at Carytown -Bill Murray Partied Here Rewind: NY Post Page 6: Is Bill Murray NYC's New Party Boy? Bizarre Celebrity Activity in Carytown For 100 Rupee...Why Did Bill Murray Visit Richmond? -A: Shooting a Jim Jarmusch film -B: Looking to Buy Richmond Baseball Team -C: Thought Richmond was Manhattan because it was west of Williamsburg -D: Delirium	The Dinosaur on the Lawn Welcome to the dream blog -SleepBetter.org \| @dream_bigger \| Carpenter Co (Richmond, VA) 'Wash Post" Pay-to-Play Dinner Offer Blows Up -- Here Are Links to Reactions -- And Video Spoof Veronica's Test Kitchen: Goodbye... -Kitchen Musings New! Investor increases stake in Media General -GAMCO Investors Startup Nation -Rainey Man -More Startup-y Than Ever Before...Boulder: One Weekend Down, Many More to Come -Atlanta’s VentureLab spins companies out of ideas -Richmond-based Harbert Venture Partners opens Gainsville Office -Deloitte’s Tech Venture Center Where's My Bus? D.C. Gov't Says There's an App for That Pandora Town Hall w Founder Tim Westergren, Grace Street Theater, Monday, June 29 -@timwestergren Just finished a terrific town hall in Richmond. What an engaged, curious and creative crowd. And the local Chipotle brought free burritos! -The Beauty of Pandora -Opening the box on Pandora -Video Interview with Pandora Founder Tim Westergren...Outside the box: Pandora founder speaks in Richmond -Pandora Town Hall (Richmond, VA) -Pandora Meetup -- Creating a Musician Middle Class -Richmond Town Hall - Monday, June 29th...Pandora founder to speak in Richmond The serious business of social media La VITA Loca -Closed doors open up questions about Va.'s IT deal -Lawmakers want new Northrop computer contract -VITA contract is six months late, says official...State accuses Northrop Grumman of breach...Information Technologies: Investigate -VITA Faces Hacking Questions -Va. Lawmakers Question System Upgrade Contract More VITA AOL to become independent once again Colin Steele Appointed Charlottesville-Based hotelicopter’s Chief Technology Officer -hotelicopter Task force touts benefits of wind farm off Beach coast Why Richmond, Why?: Richmond.com SEO \| News website says it is using SEO Anti texting-while-driving law takes effect July 1...No Texting, No E-Mail Behind The Wheel Wednesday...Law aims to bring texting behind the wheel to a full stop...New laws hit books Wednesday The case for the “corporate” blog Richmond ad executive Burford isn’t slowing down -Burford Advertising VCU TV/HD Wins Two Regional Emmy Awards for Excellence -Your Emmy Award-Winning Bookstore SMCRVA 3 on July 23...Social Media for Non-Profit Organizations...featuring Boston's @gradontripp founder of Social Media for Social Change -Rewind: SMCRVA Timeline Virginia Currents’ May-Lily Lee Editor recharges her journalism batteries Criterion brings out "My Dinner With Andre" on DVD. Online learning is gaining credibility I’m A Social Media Expert, or, Things About Twitter That Bug Me...Things Bloggers Do That Irritate Me by @homesliceva Tech-related disciplinary offenses rise in Chesterfield schools Let students text at lunch Cyber-Defense Command Created DC’s first Cyber Security Symposium...Potomac Tech Wire’s 6th annual Digital Media Conference Some Prescriptions Halted in Va. After Hacker's Attack...Hackers bring the pain in Va. Reporters Find Northrop Grumman Data in Ghana Market...Sensitive U.S. data found on computer in Africa...More trouble for Va. computer contractor Massey CEO joins the Twitterati -@donblankenship Couple building very green home in Powhatan Hampton Roads is leader in robotics technology VCU grad named CBS news correspondent ZeniMax Media Acquires Id Software Designing video games pays real-world dividends Facebook face-off Snagajob follow-up Chris Anderson’s Free Contains Apparent Plagiarism -Author Response: Corrections in the digital editions of Free -Cvillain \| Fast Company \| Gawker \| Kottke Tales from Twitter: Ukrop's, Jon & Kate and Noodles & Co. Fanzter Acquires Richmond-Based Mustache Inc. -Mustache Inc. Yes. You Can Steal WiFi In Front Of Fenty’s House Limbaugh, Hannity... Schilling? Is the former councilor the next radio talk star? Northern VA Tech Council names Hot Ticket winners...NVTC Hot Ticket Awards Party -Contact Solutions (Hottest Bootstrap) Call Center Management -Clarabridge (Hottest Buzz) Mining Software -Guidant Technologies (Hottest -Emerging Government Contractor) -Rosetta Stone (Only Hottest Exit) Language-learning Software -Availink (Hottest International Company) Digital TV -GlobalLogic (Hottest Management Team) Offshore Product Development -Clear Standards (Hottest Venture Capital Deal) Environmental Software All N.C. plastic bag ban needs is governor's signature The Washington Post Introduces reachforthewall.com (Site Devoted to Local Swimming Creates Online Hub for D.C-Area Athletes and Fans) -reachforthewall.com (DC-Based) Twicsy Is A Killer And Kind Of Creepy Way To Search Pictures Shared On Twitter -twicsy \| @Twicsy Former Richmond resident gives technology a seat at the Obama policy table RTD EXCLUSIVE: Chopra discusses new job as Obama’s technology chief National Stories -Federal CTO Sees IT Leading U.S. Out Of Recession...10 Questions For Federal CTO Aneesh Chopra -The Nation’s C.T.O. Lays Out His Priorities -Chopra's equation: Ideas + Relevance=Innovation -Bloggers and tweeters sound off on Kundra, Chopra Green gospel growing locally Times-Dispatch introduces new regular columnist "...Despite the industry critics who are pushing our demise and local critics who are vying to be us -- the region's best edited news source -- we're facing our challenges with the future in mind." -Introducing himself—Bill Lohmann’s first column...VIDEO: Bill Lohmann from guest to host This is When it Started to Smell Funny to Me...Rewind: Truth and Consequences (Richmond Times-Dispatch Dirty Laundry) -Rewind: Keeping the Faith...Final Markdown -We're looking for someone who will rip the box into little pieces, burn the remnants, bury the ashes and give birth to a whole new form of journalism in Richmond...Brick Reloaded Nothing Changes in Richmond RTD says, Fired Reporters Have Themselves to Blame (full memo) Reporters’ Union Fires Back Style Weekly Lays Off Two Vending Machines Robot boats vie for best rescue in Beach competition NewMediaSeminars.com returns to Richmond with Special Discount Beach voice recording company is heard far and wide Chesapeake home among first to install wind power Richmond BizSense and SM, a missed opportunity?...Newman Opens the Right Conversation on News and New Media Web-Based News Site Reluctantly Embraces Web Guest Opinion: The real deal on Twitter For Hire: Twitter and Facebook whiz Jolie O'Dell's "A Word to My PR Homies" Series: On Links in Press Releases...On Writing a Lede...On Subject Lines...On Competition...On the Inverted Pyramid...On Sending Access and Materials...On Getting Weird...On an Awesome New Tool...On Embargoes...A Brief Compendium Hackers steer commuters toward offensive sign -Hey F*KTACO, Turn Here! Newspapers are in his blood Va. computer agency steeped in tensions...State panel outlines start of IT agency investigation...Senate panel asks House counterpart to join probe...Senate questions state technology deal...Senators Will Investigate IT Group VITA Director Lemuel C. Stewart Jr. Ouster: Times Dispatch \| Government Technology \| Washington Technology Dual role of new Va. IT chief questioned...Va. ‘very happy with Northrop Grumman,‘ Kaine says Hello, will you be my friend? Richmond Green Drinks I Just Called To Say I Love Me Daily Press Re-Design 'Baltimore Sun' Web Site Has New Look...The Sun Living on Twitter Time Tweet and Sour? Newspapers Set New Rules for Social Networking Ripping up the paper NVTC Green Technology & Energy Task Force Tech Groups Find New Networking Territory Chesterfield Observer changes printers Refresh Richmond Presents Online Reputation Management* w @cjsn @gatewood5000 @rickwhittington @sharif28 -#refreshrva -Online Reputation Management As Seen From The Outside Rewind: 140-character assassination: Are disclaimers and disclosures needed, or even possible, on Twitter? Richmond 2.0; Tweeting for business How-to use Twitter for Local Advertising Media battle in a "reporter cluster"...Sifting through the chaos of news Harbert Venture Partners raising $7.75M annex fund -Harbert Venture Partners VCCS, Microsoft Free Vouchers for E-Learning courses and select certification exams -American City and County \| AP \| Richmond BizSense Richmond’s Y101 to change dial position next month (100.9) Y101 is moving to 100.9 - Y101 Insider on y101rocks.com The Top 5 Mistakes of Social Media Marketing #OMGWTFRVA Facebook URL party -OMGWTFRVA Blog Launches (New New Website)...Origins (@OMGWTFRVA @CameronParker @ChokeyChicken @JolieODell @LaptopMnky) New chief of VCU’s Brandcenter is praised as an innovator \| Follow @kellyokeefe -Brands and Culture Blog How Long Will the Daily Progress Last as Is? TRACK #blogpotomac BlogPotomac(Twitter) Falls Church, Virginia Shel Holtz (Twitter) keynote on Integration Challenges -Live From BlogPotomac - Shel Holtz on “Integration Challenges” -Blog Potomac Has a Posse Ace Political Blogger Shireen Mitchell (Twitter) - Government 2.0/Political Blogging Ford Social Media Lead Scott Monty (Twitter) - Social Media in a Crisis -Live from BlogPotomac 2009: Scott Monty on Using Social Media in a Crisis -Live From BlogPotomac - Scott Monty on “Social Media in a Crisis” -Telling Our Story SOBCon Organizer and Successful Blog Author Liz Strauss (Twitter)- The Business Aspects of Blogging & Social Media Aaron Brazell (Technosailor \| Twitter) & Radian 6’s Amber Naslund (Twitter) - Personal Branding, a Dialogue -Personal Branding Network Solutions Social Media Swami Shashi Bellamkonda (Twitter) - Network Solutions, A Local Success! How they did it. -Event Review: BlogPotomac 2 Karaoke w Doug Meacham (@dougmeacham), Rohit Bhargava (@rohitbhargava) and Kaitln Wilkens (@catchuplady) Recaps -My lessons learned at Blog Potomac -What I learned at BlogPotomac -A Few Thoughts From BlogPotomac -Blog Potomac offers ideas for Historic Sites -BlogPotomac ROCKED the State Theater -Liveblogging BlogPotomac in Falls Church, VA -Live Blogging: BlogPotomac -The Ten Best Ideas from BlogPotomac -5 thoughts from halftime at Blog Potomac -Technology Woes Aside, We're at Blog Potomac New York Deli to Host GayRVA Launch Party -GayRVA Shines at New York Deli Launch Party Speaking to Student Journalists about New Media at VCU TRACK #SMCRVA RWW: Social Media Meets Industrial Media at Social Media Club Event Panel by @jolieodell Social Media Club, Richmond, VA: Old & New Media Video by @mcptv -Part 1 \| Part 2 \| Part 3 \| Part 4 \| Part 5 \| Part 6 -Interview w DePompa and Sarvay -Interview w Graham and Kelley Richmond Social Media Club post mortum by @jonnew Oral Sex, Organic Blueberries and Social Media by @MarianeMatera Unemployed, Day 56: SMCRVA Wrap-Up Edition by @mattjh2 SOCIAL MEDIA Club of Richmond - It’s Not Just a Party by @modalinc NBC12 Recap \| 2 by @nbc12 How Social Media like Twitter & Facebook are Influencing Mainstream Media: Nhat’s Interview w NBC12 Rachel DePompa by @nhatpham All the cool kids are doing it by @nickdawson #smcrva by @RichmondEditor Social media club wrap up by @rvanews Richmond Wiki: SMCRVA by @RichmondWiki Web-Based News Site Reluctantly Embraces Web by @Sarvay SMCRVA: What I Love about Social Media by @stevemullen Social Media In Da Club by @thecheckoutgirl NBC12's Gene Cox Raps, Kinda Kaine orders new green initiatives Retired AP investigative journalist Baskervill to be honored -Virginia SPJ's George Mason Award Ceremony and Celebration -AP Memories WRIC anchor says she and her spouse lost $200,000 in Ponzi scheme Media Web Site Pushes Entrepreneurial Model WiFi draws patrons to the Downtown Mall Loan hark: FDIC officially axes Landmark lender -FDIC shuts down bank behind Landmark Hotel For all the Ex-Times-Dispatch Employees -Unceremoniously Dispatched (Please Forgive the Adverb) Debate continues on New River Valley incubator's future It's Time to Play: Name that Magazine Time to Start Your Own Business? VCU Taking Steps to Mitigate Potential Exposure of Student SSNs \| AP \| TD The Richmond media market: The shrinkage has stopped Times-Dispatch fights legal-notice decisions Virginia Grubstake Breakfast features four startups -Agenda Kaine appoints new secretary of technology SouthPeak Titles Receive Critical Acclaim and Awards at E3 Expo thoughts on social media Robert Scoble: Virginia is Twitter crazy! Time Cover: How Twitter Will Change the Way We Live -Mashable Facebook and Twitter: Boomers are easily jumping on strange-sounding social media. Rewind: All A-Twitter...What in Blue Blazes Is Twittering, Exactly?...T-D is Stupid about Twitter... Copywrong? Photog sues blogger for $385K CRT/tanaka, Richmond utility department snag PR awards -Winners List/Press Release NBC's Terrell Brown Moves to CBS -So Long, Terrell Brown From the courthouse to the casino New Baltimore Sun Technology Blog: BaltTech \| Twitter -Baltimore to host BarCamp 'unconference' next month Study: Lack of capital not a 'death sentence' for start-ups Apps for Democracy - Social Citizen Award -Social Entrepreneurship NBC12 Anchor Gene Cox Putting Together Ultimate Frisbee Team Going Viral Check out the new CHPN forum -Church Hill People's News Forum Blogger Gives Richmond Another Gay Voice Online -The Richmond Outsider New York Deli to Host GayRVA Launch Party Capital News Service, the Invisible Source 21st Century Statecraft Social Media Club Richmond: "New Media and the News" Registration Re-Opens on Sun at 6 PM Tuesday, June 09, 2009 from 5:30-9:00 PM Science Museum of Virginia. Featuring: -@RachelDePompa \| @ryanobles -@sarvay -@IanGraham -@StyleWeekly -@BizSense -Social Media June Forum -- "New Media and the News" -- Selling Out The new networking (featuring @amgrohs @cunningham_adam @JeffKraus (@GinnyWiz) @jonnew @johnrhopkins @mavnet @mojoguzzi @Mox_eMediaGirl (@lewisginter) @OverTheEdgeRVA @Richmondmom @sarvay @ScienceMusofVA @spingirl @thisyounghouse @ToddFeldman @VaDOT @VAStateParks) -Voices on the network -Rewind: All A-Twitter...T-D is Stupid about Twitter -The “blogging nun” and others in Richmond’s social media scene -Social media conference planned Rewind: Power of Social Media? Registration for SMCRichmond's June 9 panel event is now open. Don't miss out. ...7 hours later...#SMCRVA sold out -New Media and the News Event Details -Come See Me (and Three Smart People) Pontificate on Social Media Tech Calendar June 1, 2009 RAUG Panel Discussion: WordPress 6:00pm - 8:00pm Artworks 320 Hull Street June 1-5, 2009 4A's: The Future of Account Leadership VCU Brandcenter June 9, 2009: Social Media Club Richmond Impact of social media on the news biz (tentative) June 10, 2009 BlogPotomac 2009 Falls Church, VA June 16, 2009 New Media Seminar 10am-2pm Holiday Inn Executive Center, 5655 Greenwich Rd, VA Beach, VA July 23, 2009 Social Media Club Presents Social Media for Non-Profit Organizations September 21–22, 2009 EdUI 2009: Remaining <strong> September 21–22, 2009 Charlottesville, Virginia Also see Somewhat Frank's Calendar \| DC Tech Event Calendar	Suffolk burglary suspect leaves photo of himself on homeowner's cell phone -Police find teen Spotsylvania Driver ran over 14 mailboxes, police say Robbers with gun, Taser hit Monument Avenue Bribery attempt alleged in Richmond hit-and-run case Fake hate mail to Chesterfield church nets conviction Seven Suspects NBC 12 \| Times Dispatch 210 pot plants discovered in Louisa home Following Girl's Death, State Police Ask For Safe Holiday Dozens of Petersburg car windows shot out Authorities use social-networking sites as a tool -@henricopolice -@RichmondPolice Captain reassigned after call to help Chief Monroe study \| Times Dispatch -Monroe had Virginia officer certification A look inside the Taliaferro jury...Series of poor choices end in tragedy Scam Artist Sunday... -Taken with his charm, investors saw money vanish...Archive: WexTrust -Philanthropists lost $1.9 million to Okun scam...Okun facing 400 years in $126 million scam...About 1031 Exchanges...Archive: The Okun Scam -Local Madoff Victim Speaks -Con artists feasting on others' woes Historical Crimes... -Pain of quadruple murder still lingers 15 years later -Justice: No trail to be found 1911 Louise Owen Beattie Murder Man wanted in beating of 76-year-old woman surrenders Robbery at The Market...Man sought in daylight robbery of 76-year-old woman -Person of Interest picture What Killed Young Woman In Richmond's Museum District? His message rekindles hope 1 arrested, 2 sought in Henrico teen’s videotaped beating \| WRVA Audio Always give up the goods Henrico Police Searching for Suspect 757 -Man sues Virginia Beach for $200,000 after year in jail -Man pleads guilty to murder of Norcom High football player Suspect cleared in fatal hit-run Molesting Eagle Scout gets 7 years Goodell starts to focus on Vick's future Inmate: ‘He wanted to kill somebody that night’...Sniper case raises issues about police overtime My Unexpected Conversation With a Carjacking Survivor Police show softer side with homicide support group. Church Hill called 10th Most Dangerous Neighborhood in America?!? + Robust Discussion...Richmond's Church Hill ranked as a top dangerous neighborhood -On crime stats for Union Hill and Church Hill North (2002-2009) -Church Hill - It's Scary Dangerous BUT a Great Place to Buy an Old House! - Irony Abounds Full Report: 25 Most Dangerous Neighborhoods 10) Richmond, Va. (Church Hill) 9) Dallas, Texas (Route 352/Scyene Rd.) 8) Kansas City, Mo. (Forest Ave./41st St.) 7) Memphis, Tenn. (Warford St./Mount Olive Rd.) 6) Kansas City, Mo. (Bales Ave./30th St.) 5) Baltimore, Md.(North Ave./Belair Rd.) 4) Jacksonville, Fla. (Beaver St./Broad St.) 3) Miami, Fla. (7th Ave./North River Dr.) 2) Chicago, Ill. (State St./Garfield Blvd.) 1) Cincinnati, Ohio (Central Pky./Liberty St.) After 1996 acquittals, NN police officer still fights for his name Chris Brown’s Post-Plea Prospects: Will R&B Star’s Career Survive? Plea Plea -TMZ \| LA Times \| Daily Mail \| AP \| Reuters \| NY Times Mark Holmberg Talks Chris Brown Chris Brown's Assault Case: A Timeline Rihanna's attorney reacts to Chris Brown's plea deal Shoplifting Mother Brought Along Daughter Highway Pot Bust Robber killed in Suffolk break-in had no gun FIRST ON 6: Belle Isle Attack...not really Beach DUI-enforcement officer charged with DUI From Chesapeake to Georgia - 27 years on the run A string of bad choices ends in five life sentences He contacted them through their ads on Craigslist to sell computers and Xboxes, and then robbed them at gunpoint. Mother and Son DogFighters \| CBS6 \| NBC12 \| Times Dispatch Targeting of johns or prostitutes varies among jurisdictions...Curbing prostitution a constant battle for Richmond-area police West End Prostitution Sting -CBS6 (w pictures) \| Downtown Short Pump (w pictures) \| NBC12 (w picture of computer screen) Undercover prostitution operation nets 14 in Chesterfield South Richmond man beaten with meat tenderizer The Stanford and Madoff Cases: An Early Comparison...Prepare for major embarrassments when Stanford trial starts Disgraced Financier R. Allen Stanford Arrested In Virginia -Financial Times \| Guardian \| Reuters \| Telegraph Retail Crime Wave Man arrested in Chesterfield holdup is suspect in other recent robberies \| CBS6 Streaming Police focusing on robberies at convenience stores, fast-food restaurants...RPD Steps Up Presence On Jeff Davis City Crimes Rising...Homicides and robberies up in Richmond Community comes together after crime wave Breaking Down Richmond’s Murder Rate...Murder rate reaction -Chesterfield robber described as similar to armed Prince George suspect...Suspect description released in Jeff Davis robbery -Chesterfield Police Looking for 7-Eleven Robber -Hanover Bank Robbery & Chase -Some South Richmond robberies likely linked -Another Convenience Store Clerk Shot \| Suspect 1 \| Suspect 2 -Richmond Police… Busy! (To say the least)...Friends mourn slain owner of South Richmond market -FIRST ON WTVR.COM: Auto Repair Shop Murder -Cars Burned at Chesterfield Dealership...Homeless man arrested Three Beach restaurants fall prey to refund scam Don't mess with road rage...Woman Arrested in Deadly Scooter Accident 3 sentenced for Beach pizza shop beating seen on YouTube The 4th Circuit -Refuses to Rehear Landmark Obscenity Case -Free-speech suit against religious college dismissed Chesapeake girl kept in box, denied food, warrants say Portsmouth makes two streets 'private' in anti-crime effort Ex VCU Police Chief in Critical Care Summer breaks can spark juvenile arson incidents Tip For Summer Vacationers: Careful With Those Twitters Sometimes it's good to have nosy neighbors Vigilance is No. 1 enemy of gangs Gang violence spurs N.C. hospital to step up security W&M football player carjacked Union Hill Murder Update Chris Brown “Paranoid” About Death Threats, Loses Delay Bid -Chris Brown, Rihanna spotted at NBA Finals Drug arrests are plummeting all over, but in the city conflicting data suggests something is amiss. Has Richmond gone cold turkey Richmond firefighters, police cooperate in theft investigation Poking Fun at Oneself AWARD: Several local Krispie Kreme and Dunkin Donut shops are giving away free doughnuts in honor of National Doughnut Day. Taliaferro honored at Powhatan graduation Parrish Cousins Sentencing, Maximum... CBS6 \| NBC12 \| Powhatan Today (Do you think the community is ready to move on?) \| Times Dispatch (Editorial: Verdict) \| WRVA Attorney: Set aside Joey Parrish’s guilty verdicts Hundreds gather again to protest ‘legal lynching’ Taliaferro Family Calling For State To Step In Bomb disarmed near Gayton library Cop Humming Action Movie Music During High-Speed Chase Henrico man charged with exposure after Craigslist ad...Indecent Exposure Arrest DeOnté Rawlings Is Gone. The Cops Are Cleared. What's Left? (DC) There's still a lot to know about why a 14-year-old was shot in the back of the head. Stemming the prostitution tide Beware of bogus pizza orders Patrolling the River -River rescues in Richmond on the rise...Rescue at Pony Pasture -Heard It on the GRTC Slain suspect in abduction, shootout freed by mistake...new rules for office Man Charged With Filming Under Women's Skirts \| CBS6: "Upskirting" Chesterfield softball coach charged with providing alcohol to teens \| CBS6 \| NBC12 Store owner settles gas-gouging claim Chesapeake officer's rush hour shooting shuts down highway \| Daily Press