Afton man charged in runner car robberies

After a spate of thefts from the vehicles of runners who parked in a pastoral spot in Western Albemarle County, police have arrested a suspect: 20-year-old Afton resident Ricky Allen Corbin Jr. of Pugh’s Store Road. Police say they arrested Corbin around noon More… (1)

UVA braces: Up to 15 percent cuts, says guv

Governor Tim Kaine has confirmed the worst-case scenario for which UVA President John Casteen prepared, as Kaine announced Tuesday, September 8 that state universities should expect their budgets to fall by up to 15 percent. Two months ago, Casteen asked departments to prepare budgets for 5, 10, and 15 percent cuts— and get ready for non-core programs to hit the chopping block. “This is not a time for small steps or for delays in hopes that next month will be better,” Casteen wrote in his ominous July 9 email. (3)

Supreme Court writer switches genres

Charlottesvillian Dahlia Lithwick, Slate.com’s Supreme Court chronicler, is using her nearly month-long paid sabbatical to try her hand at an entirely different genre– chick lit. Can she finish her entire first novel by October 1– just three weeks away? Chapters– and Lithwick’s ongoing frame of mind– will be posted daily at Slate. (2)

USA Today in UVA ER

Reporters from USA Today spent 24 hours in UVA’s ER for today’s feature-length story on the healthcare crisis. (3)

FridaysUpdate: Opposites attract? Season closers bring back pop-rock

Tim Be Told transitions between UVA and Charlottesville, pop and indie-rock.
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Brightly-hewed In Technicolor looks to break from their moniker and gain some serious indie-credentials.
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For a Fridays After Five season to start with a college-aged pop-rock group may speak to the popularity of the group. But for a Fridays After Five season to start and end with college-aged pop-rock groups can indicate that local bands may just be putting the “pop” back into popular music.

While the season began with Williamsburg expatriates Ultraviolet Ballet, who traverse the frat and Corner bar scene with their “vintage” ’70s pop, it ends with two variations More… (0)