I-64 shooter gets…detention?
The 16-year-old involved in the March shootings on I-64 will not spend the next five years in jail, as originally planned, NBC29 reported today. Instead, he’ll be held in detention.
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I-64 shooter gets…detention?
The 16-year-old involved in the March shootings on I-64 will not spend the next five years in jail, as originally planned, NBC29 reported today. Instead, he’ll be held in detention.
Outside names city among 20 groovy places to live
It just gets harder and harder to come up with an excuse to leave this town. Outside Magazine’s August 2008 issue lists Charlottesville as one of the 20 best cities in the country to “enjoy outdoor livingâ€, along with Crested Butte, CO, Oxford MI, and Washington D.C.
UPDATE: Leroi watch
When I first checked my e-mail this morning and saw the latest message from Weekly DaveSpeak, I could’ve sworn the headline read “Leroi Moore Out For Rest.” And, though I completely misread the headline, I have good news
War Powers Commission makes recommendations
Just days after our war-mongering president came to Monticello, a commission established to address over-reaching like his has released its recommendations today.
Polyface owner purchases meat-processing plant
Now, some of what he wants to do is legal. Joel and Teresa Salatin, owners of Polyface Farm, the Virginia farm whose grass-fed beef was made famous in the book Omnivore’s Dilemma, have purchased Harrisonburg Wholesale Meat Co., they announced in a news release last night. The Salatins, along with business partner Joe Cloud, will keep the 70-year-old meat business alive as a USDA-approved processing plant for local, grass-fed pork and beef.
Preview: New Old School Freight Train record
It brings me great pleasure to tell you that I received a copy of OSFT’s soon-to-be-released album, Not Like The Others, the band’s first studio record since 2005. The verdict?
Webb to remain in U.S. Senate
Jim Webb will not be a candidate for Vice President, he revealed in a press release today.
Onetime local cyclist in third place in Tour de France
Will Frischkorn, a 27-year-old cyclist and former Charlottesville boy, finished the second stage of the Tour de France in second place today, nearly causing an upset
Landmark sells Weather Channel to NBC and other investors
Landmark Communications came a step closer to breaking up all its assets with the announcement today of a deal to sell the Weather Channel to NBC Universal and two private equity firms. The New York Times is reporting that the deal was valued at $3.5 billion
Mike Stark takes on Obama, his candidate, online
Left-leaning blogger, George Allen nemesis and UVA law student Mike Stark makes it into The New York Times today for his online activities connected to Barack Obama. Seizing on the Democratic Party’s presidential candidate’s major success with online networking, Stark suggested that a group form on the candidate’s online portal to lobby him to vote against giving legal immunity to telecommunications companies