In the February 6 “Ask Ace” column, it was stated that Super Bowl XXXV was played in 2000. The game took place in 2001, as the culmination of the 2000 season. In addition, Anthony Poindexter was left off the list of former UVA players who have played in the Super Bowl. Poindexter was a member […]
To make an omelet, you’ve got to break some eggs, and to make a new UVA building in the midst of Charlottesville, you’ve got to tear down something else. This junk and clutter represents the new beginnings of the South Lawn Project (www.ats.virginia.edu/southlawn). At a cost of $105 million, the first phase of the project […]
Tuesday, February 13Tiki Barber scores with NBC Former Cavalier and NY Giants running back Tiki Barber turned down offers from Fox and ABC for a correspondent’s gig on NBC’s “Today” show, according to the Associated Press. Barber’s early retirement from the NFL (he’s 31) brings with it a stiff pay cut of about $4 mil […]
Due to a reporting error, a January 30 story on County assessments ["County assessments keep soaring"] failed to put assessment increases in their temporal context: Assessment on a house in White Hall increased at a biennial rate of 41 percent in 2005, not an annual rate as implied. The same house increased at a biennial […]
Shows at a place like McGuffey Art Center are usually about refinement. The current oneâa collection of works by inmates at the Albemarle Charlottesville Regional Jailâspeaks more to release.
Tuesday, February 6It snowed! It was the second snow day this year for the kiddies in Charlottesville and Albemarle. About 2.5" of the stuff started falling around 7:30pm, followed the next morning by a mean wind chill that dipped the temperature to sub-zero levels. The result? Frazzled moms, crashing cars and overjoyed kids. Wednesday, February […]
Ed Robb, Albemarle sheriff since January 2000, has announced he won’t run for re-election. Two potential sheriffs have announced their candidacy: Current Charlottesville Police Captain J.E. “Chip” Harding will likely snag the Republican nomination and Larry Claytor, who has run before as an independent, will seek the Democratic nomination. Robb, who will turn 70 this […]
Due to a production error, the final sentence of last week’s feature story, “Something in the air,” a quote from Avir’s Keith Holland, was cut short [in our print edition]. The correct sentence is: “If we happen to make money along the way—as Dr. Laufer says—we won’t complain about that either.”
Marines account for 28 percent of U.S. military casualtiesThe Iraq War and the Marines by the numbers Total active duty U.S. troops: 1.3 millionPercentage that are Marines: 13 Total U.S. troops in Iraq: 138,000Percentage that are Marines: 18 U.S. military deaths in Iraq, as of January 31: 3,076Percentage that were Marines: 28 Iraqi civilian deaths, […]
Tuesday, January 30One million Mule-sic downloads Sure beats a flashback: Gov’t Mule offers a slew of live recordings to their one one millionth online music customer. In the post-Napster lawsuit world, bands are making bank on the appetites of insatiable fans. Gov’t Mule, who released their 2006 album, High & Mighty, on locally owned ATO […]