Correction from November 13 issue

Due to a reporting error, in last week’s cover story ["Trending Blue"], State Senator Emmett W. Hanger, Jr. was listed as an independent instead of a Republican. While many Republicans campaigned against Hanger during the primary season this year and supported more conservative challenger Scott Sayre, Hanger still won the nomination and has yet to […]

Other News We Heard Last Week

Tuesday, November 13Crack sentences may get reduced Julian Bond supports reducing sentences for crack-related offenses. After more relaxed guidelines for federal sentencing for future crack cocaine offenders were put in place last spring, an independent panel is today considering whether to retroactively reduce the sentences of federal inmates in prison for crack-related offenses. The Washington […]

2007 UVA Football highlights

Video courtesy of CBS 19, WCAV – Thank you! More features: Colin Cowherd can go to hell or, How I stopped hating and learned to love the Virginia Football CavaliersRanked No. 14, the "Cardiac Cavs" are looking for an unexpected ACC title chance—and so much more—against Virginia Tech on Saturday Football in Virginia: the new […]

We Ate Here

Maybe it’s because The Baker’s Palette is often nearly deserted when we visit that we feel like the portobello panini sandwich is a kind of hidden treasure. Or maybe it’s the luscious, plump roasted red peppers, warm cheese and generous smear of pesto, all backup singers to the deep-toned melody of the mushrooms. No wait: […]