January 22nd, 2009 issue #0803

• BUZZ BOX- Trees on Fire: Organically grown
• DRHOOK- Free speech: Don't let laryngitis get you down
• INTERVIEW- Odd couple: Nickel Creek's Watkins returns with Switchfoot's Foreman in Fiction Family
• PHOTOPHILE- Bearing witness: Charlottesville stops for the inauguration of President Obama
• REALESTATE-UPDATE- OFF THE BLOCK- SALE WITHDRAWN
• THESPORTSDOC- No whammies: Picking the Steelers by 14

4Better Or Worse

• 4BETTER OR WORSE- The week in review

News

• Miracle: Flight 1549 hits home
• "Fine" art: Malone is inoffensive at Mudhouse
• Sliced: Endowment losses cut Jefferson Scholarships
• Talk to him: Activist scoffs at racial tension plan
• Bomb threat suspect arrested
• Deathbed confession: Murder suspect dies before trial
• Snap o' the day: Walk on water
• Barker's gift to UVA

Cartoons

• CARTOONS

Cover Stories

• COVER- The detector: Why it couldn't save a firefighter in his own house

Essays

• ESSAY- Assured destruction: Why bail-outs could destroy the Union

On Architecture

• Landmark lurch: Construction on hotel grinding to a halt?

Letters

• LETTER- Dad deserved better
• LETTER- Perriello wasn't smug

Movie Reviews

• MOVIE REVIEW- Rourke's comeback: <i>Wrestler </i>is fallen actor's best

Question of the Week

• QUESTION OF THE WEEK- Ever have a close call with fire?

Real Estate

• REAL ESTATE- GIMME SHELTER- Art of the deal:Why lowball offers aren't insulting

Real Estate - On the Block

• REAL ESTATE- ON THE BLOCK- Contrast or clash? It's all a matter of perspective

Strange But True

• STRANGE BUT TRUE- Emotional rescues: Why silly love songs aren't silly

The Brazen Careerist

• THE BRAZEN CAREERIST- Get ahead: Act like you own the company

The Dish

• FOOD- THE DISH- Belmont beauty: Mas turns 6, wise beyond its years