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• Is Virginia Journalism Shovel Ready?

  Buttermilk & Molasses | 11/18/2009 01:50 am

  Reading Eric Morris' post on the Freakonomics blog at the NYTimes today made me wonder what has been happening with Virginia's shovel-ready transportation projects that may or may not be ...

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• Fla. gov's Obama hug lingers in US Senate primary

  WRIC 8 News | 10/25/2009 12:50 pm

  Republican Gov. Charlie Crist probably wasn't worried that literally embracing President Barack Obama back in February and strongly supporting the $787 billion federal stimulus package would hurt his U.S. Senate ...

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• Lawmakers seek to extend $8,000 tax credit

  WRIC 8 News | 10/15/2009 08:06 pm

  Hoping to keep the precarious economic recovery on track, the Senate is considering a plan to extend and expand a stimulus-package provision giving first-time homebuyers an $8,000 federal tax credit.

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• Obama in Fairfax, Deeds in Norfolk

  Local News from Richmond-Times Dispatch | 10/14/2009 11:36 pm

  President Barack Obama talked up his stimulus package today in Northern Virginia, but he didn’t say a word about the fellow Democrat who could use a boost from the White ...

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• Delegates candidates speak at Henrico forum

  Local News from Richmond-Times Dispatch | 10/08/2009 05:01 am

  In polite tones, Del. John M. O’Bannon III, R-Henrico, and his Democratic opponent, Tom Shields, disagreed on unemployment insurance and funding of the Qimonda semiconductor-chip plant in a joint appearance ...

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• Rapper Ludacris gives away cars to contest winners

  WRIC 8 News | 09/08/2009 06:39 pm

  Talk about a one-man stimulus package: Grammy-winning rapper Ludacris has given away 20 cars to people who wrote about their struggles to keep their jobs for a lack of wheels ...

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• NOAA plans $40M survey of coastal seafloors

  Local News from Richmond-Times Dispatch | 08/20/2009 10:16 pm

  The National Oceanic and Atmosphere Administration is planning a $40 million effort to survey and chart coastal seafloors. Commerce Secretary Gary Locke announced the program today at a news conference ...

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• Govs: Federal stimulus helped states plug budgets

  WRIC 8 News | 07/19/2009 02:53 am

  Associated Press - July 18, 2009 2:33 PM ET BILOXI, Miss. (AP) - A bipartisan group of governors says the federal stimulus package helped states avoid deep budget cuts during ...

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• Biden arrives at RIC

  Local News from Richmond-Times Dispatch | 07/16/2009 09:22 pm

  Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr.‘s plane has just landed at Richmond International Airport. Biden is headed to J. Sargeant Reynolds Community College, where he will discuss the federal stimulus ...

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• Biden to talk stimulus at J. Sarge before Deeds fundraiser

  Local News from Richmond-Times Dispatch | 07/15/2009 01:20 am

  Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr. will appear at J. Sargeant Reynolds Community College in Henrico County Thursday afternoon to promote the federal stimulus package. “The vice president will discuss ...

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• Eat Beat: Thanksgiving Dinner Out

  

  sharky
  this year, i am thankful that i have a sense ...

• Eat Beat: Restaurants with Free Parking

  

  Peter_Breath
  I like this artice. However, I guess many metropolitan areas ...

• Eat Beat: Thanksgiving Dinner Out

  

  Peter_Breath
  Karri, I'm sorry, I really don't want to trade families ...