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Charlottesville Backs Federal Department of Peacenew

The city, via resolution, is urging Virgil Goode to partner with Dennis Kucinich and co-sponsor HR 808, a collaboration that, if it happens, may well cause the Capitol to implode in some sort of space-time continuum hullabaloo.

C-Ville Weekly | Scott Weaver | 04-16-2008 | War

Tags: Dennis, kucinich, war & peace

John McCain's Excellent Virginia Adventurenew

Some students weren't too pleased that attendance was compulsory for McCain's speech at his old stomping ground, Alexandria's Episcopal High School.

C-Ville Weekly | Dan Catalano | 04-16-2008 | Politics

Tags: 2008 presidential election, John McCain

Wishing Happy Birthday to Our Founding Foodienew

Reading John Hailman's 2006 book, Thomas Jefferson on Wine, I learned that we owe our third President for much more than a great university and a few important documents.

C-Ville Weekly | J. Tobias Beard | 04-09-2008 | Food+Drink

Tags: foodies, wine, John Hailman, Thomas Jefferson

Colin Meloy is a 21st Century Troubadournew

The Decemberists' frontman covers Sam Cooke, wishes for chickens, brings family along for the ride.

C-Ville Weekly | John Ruscher | 04-09-2008 | Profiles & Interviews

Tags: Colin Meloy, Colin Meloy Sings Live!, Decemberists, the

She & Him Beats Modernity Back with a Bit of '60s Popnew

The project, which pairs M. Ward and actress Zooey Deschanel, doesn't succeed because it's innovative or unexpected. It's just two souls in love with good ol'-fashioned pop music, and that love gives Volume One a warm glow to wrap around yourself on a chilly night.

C-Ville Weekly | John Ruscher | 04-09-2008 | Reviews

Tags: She & Him, Volume One, M. Ward, Zooey Deschanel

Sex Files: Prostitution is Back in the Newsnew

While details of the Eliot Spitzer scandal were splashed across the news, prostitution was the talk of the nation. What's up with that? I mean, what are some of the facts about the "world's oldest profession?"

C-Ville Weekly | Annette Owens | 04-09-2008 | Commentary

Tags: Prostitution, Eliot Spitzer

Virginia College Newspapers Get OK'd for Booze Adsnew

U.S. District Magistrate Judge Hannah Lauck ruled that a Virginia law banning ads for alcohol in student newspapers and another that limits words in ads violate the First Amendment.

C-Ville Weekly | Scott Weaver | 04-09-2008 | Media

Tags: Virginia, media, advertising, First Amendment, college newspapers

Roll Call for the 2008 Muzzle Awardsnew

The Thomas Jefferson Center for the Protection of Free Expression honors -- if that's the right word -- those who engage in "especially egregious or ridiculous" acts of censorship.

C-Ville Weekly | Cathy Harding | 04-09-2008 | Civil Liberties

Tags: Dennis Kucinich, New York, FEMA, civil liberties, FCC, Brandeis University, CBS, DMV, Jay Rockefeller, MSNBC, Muzzle Awards, Ronald M. Zaccari, Texas Democratic Party, University of Virginia, Valdosta State University

Virginia Lawmakers Play a Little Sexual Politicsnew

A number of eye-popping reports have recently been released on the sexual state of our (increasingly libidinal) nation, and so it came as no surprise that the wise old men of Richmond felt the need to take immediate corrective action ... by slashing every penny of state funding to Planned Parenthood of Virginia.

C-Ville Weekly | Dan Catalano | 04-02-2008 | Politics

Tags: Virginia, Planned Parenthood

Cockfighting Becomes Felony in Virginianew

The time-honored practice of cockfighting is being elevated to a felony, thanks to legislation that sailed through the General Assembly, and despite the protests of the Virginia Gamefowl Breeders Association, an organization based in Blackstone that claims 2,000 members.

C-Ville Weekly | Jayson Whitehead | 04-02-2008 | Animal Issues

Tags: Virginia, animal issues, cockfighting