Tuesday, October 30Mr. Vice President? Our next No. 2? Virginia senator Jim Webb’s name is being tossed around as a potential vice presidential candidate. As reported by The Roanoke Times, U.S. Senator Jim Webb told a group of Democratic supporters on Monday that "the country is watching Virginia" to see who wins in next week’s […]
Tuesday, October 30Mr. Vice President? Our next No. 2? Virginia senator Jim Webb’s name is being tossed around as a potential vice presidential candidate. As reported by The Roanoke Times, U.S. Senator Jim Webb told a group of Democratic supporters on Monday that "the country is watching Virginia" to see who wins in next week’s […]
Let's just start with the protagonist's name in John Turturro's newest film, Romance & Cigarettes.
Tuesday, October 23Dylan rides in styleLess than a month after appearing at John Paul Jones Arena, troubadour Bob Dylan debuts in a TV ad for Cadillac. As reported by the New York Daily News, the singer-songwriter is shown in a Western get-up tooling down a desert highway in an Escalade. Trippy music plays as he […]
Here's an idea: The Virginia Film Festival, now in its 20th star-studded, "talented unknown-studded," vibrant year, would be a great subject for a film.
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Tuesday, October 16Warner raises over $1 million Although he only announced his candidacy for the U.S. Senate on September 13, Mark Warner has raised more than $1 million through the end of that month. As reported in the Virginian-Pilot, the former governor’s campaign received 703 contributions in-state and 301 outside of Virginia. Warner, a Democrat, […]
Tuesday, October 9Another cartoon draws protests Only weeks after the Cavalier Daily’s cartoon scandal, another student paper has published a race-based comic that sparked protests on campus. As reported today in the Collegiate Times, the University of Kentucky’s Kentucky Kernel ran a cartoon on Friday that depicted fraternity members bidding on a slave. The same […]
Tuesday, October 2Mall bank robber sentenced The lesson here: Pick a bank farther away from the police station. Jeffrey Alan Adams, who on June 1 attempted to rob the Union Bank & Trust on the Downtown Mall, was sentenced today for 11 years and three months in prison. After the reportedly well-dressed Adams entered the […]
Tuesday, September 25Come on down The clinical services company PRA International is moving headquarters from Northern Virginia to Raleigh, North Carolina and is giving 37 of its employees a choice: move to Raleigh or Charlottesville. The company, which was bought by a San Francisco-based private equity firm for $790 million, maintains a trials management center […]
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