• Bottled-water purchase leads to night in jail for U.Va. student http://www.timesdispatch.com/news/state-regional/bottled-water-purchase-leads-to-night-in-jail-for-u/article_45498018-e019-11e2-b98a-001a4bcf6878.html 43 comments 29/6/2013

• Virginia Same-sex marriages can begin at 1 p.m. (today, October 6, 2014) according to Attorney General http://www.timesdispatch.com/u-s-supreme-court-paves-way-for-gay-marriage-in/article_b69318d2-ad92-5e33-a276-8da57520ef04.html 22 comments 6/10/2014 politics
• A Hanover County official expressed strong disappointment Wednesday that high school history students were shown a film that included Muslims sharing their opinions about why America was attacked on Sept. 11, 2001. http://www.timesdispatch.com/news/local/hanover-official-disheartened-that-students-viewed-film/article_712c96da-d738-52ad-af24-b3996c14a2e0.html 3 comments 25/9/2014 politics
• McDonnells guilty on initial count http://www.timesdispatch.com/news/state-regional/virginia-politics/jury-reaches-verdict-in-mcdonnells-trial/article_7b9b6118-343c-11e4-bef2-001a4bcf6878.html 16 comments 4/9/2014 politics
• Salem woman revives reptile with CPR http://www.timesdispatch.com/news/ap/salem-woman-revives-reptile-with-cpr/article_8e53733e-1e8b-11e4-9cd6-0017a43b2370.html 5 comments 10/8/2014 nottheonion
• Cantor to resign from Congress Aug. 18 http://www.timesdispatch.com/news/state-regional/virginia-politics/cantor-to-resign-from-congress-on-aug/article_b62e871b-fa55-57fe-9019-6efaf52cbcc7.html 3 comments 1/8/2014 politics
• Observers say that not since the 1807 treason trial of former U.S. Vice President Aaron Burr or the 1867 arraignment of former Confederate President Jefferson Davis has Richmond hosted a legal and political spectacle to match that of United States of America v. Robert F. and Maureen G. McDonnell. http://www.timesdispatch.com/news/local/crime/jurors-seated-to-hear-mcdonnell-case/article_3af4e626-1604-11e4-804b-001a4bcf6878.html 3 comments 29/7/2014 law
• DeSean Jackson and former agent Rosenhaus suing each other over improper monetary gifts http://www.timesdispatch.com/sports/professional/football/redskins-desean-jackson-in-legal-battle-with-agent/article_d0f05428-dc31-57ed-8a19-1d70f25155c6.html?tnnomobile 58 comments 15/6/2014 nfl
• House majority leader Eric Cantor loses republican primary to Tea Party challenger. http://www.timesdispatch.com/news/latest-news/ap-brat-upsets-house-majority-leader-cantor/article_fe2fed12-f0f6-11e3-a6ea-001a4bcf6878.html?tnnomobile 3 comments 11/6/2014 politics
• Brat upsets House Majority Leader Cantor http://www.timesdispatch.com/news/latest-news/brat-leading-cantor-by-more-than-votes/article_fe2fed12-f0f6-11e3-a6ea-001a4bcf6878.html 7 comments 11/6/2014 politics
• Bush lied. So did Obama. And Clinton. And... http://www.timesdispatch.com/opinion/our-opinion/bush-lied-so-did-obama-and-clinton-and/article_714ba1c7-7022-53f2-bfe9-5344e8482256.html?mode=jqm 7 comments 10/4/2014 politics
• Va. board certifies Mark Herring as winner by 165 - Richmond Times-Dispatch: Government And Politics http://www.timesdispatch.com/news/state-regional/government-politics/va-board-certifies-mark-herring-as-winner-by/article_b942daea-55ea-11e3-bd41-0019bb30f31a.html 4 comments 25/11/2013 politics
• Virginia Sen. Creigh Deeds, D-Bath, is in critical condition after being stabbed in his home and his son Gus is dead from a gunshot wound http://www.timesdispatch.com/news/state-regional/government-politics/deeds-critically-wounded-son-dead-from-gunshot/article_431e61ca-5128-11e3-944a-001a4bcf6878.html 76 comments 19/11/2013 politics
• Democrat Mark Herring now holds lead over Republican Mark Obenshain in Virginia attorney general race http://www.timesdispatch.com/news/state-regional/government-politics/election/herring-now-holds-lead-in-ag-race/article_3b85bcac-4abf-11e3-bec2-001a4bcf6878.html 4 comments 13/11/2013 politics
• Startup of teaching STEM/Entrepreneurship as an afterschool program at private schools http://www.timesdispatch.com/workitrichmond/news/middle-school-inventors-make-their-funding-pitch-to-investors/article_9900feb6-fd2e-11e2-8e8f-001a4bcf6878.html 12 comments 13/11/2013 startups
• Rand Paul on Thursday urged Republicans supporting the Libertarian candidate for governor, to come home to the GOP and vote for the party’s nominee. http://www.timesdispatch.com/news/local/rand-paul-urges-libertarians-to-vote-for-cuccinelli-not-sarvis/article_c14394ae-f278-529e-97b5-e046dba38d20.html 21 comments 29/10/2013 politics
• Virginia newspaper refuses to endorse anyone during state's gubernatorial race http://www.timesdispatch.com/opinion/our-opinion/today-s-top-opinion-the-election-forgetting-by-the-election/article_6a2c5e41-20f3-561a-a25d-52eedf4741f3.html 12 comments 21/10/2013 politics
• Meet Virginia's prospective first ladies http://www.timesdispatch.com/news/state-regional/meet-virginia-s-prospective-first-ladies/article_d44e8a8e-f5c1-5fd6-93ec-54c930e0b86b.html 6 comments 20/10/2013 politics
• Michael Vick set to end bankruptcy, paying back $20M http://www.timesdispatch.com/news/state-regional/michael-vick-set-to-end-bankruptcy-paying-back-m/article_5e6fd0fb-ae04-5d90-b382-1ca80bf42056.html#.uictyaszy9o.twitter 263 comments 4/9/2013 nfl
• 15 people show up at Bloomberg anti-gun rally http://www.timesdispatch.com/news/local/central-virginia/richmond-rally-supports-more-checks-for-gun-purchases/article_67d3f71b-270c-5b2f-ae66-3da17c9a8900.html 5 comments 23/8/2013 politics
• Opponents of Confederate flag start petition: “We should, in this day and age, be hanging the American flag — not a flag representative of brutality for all to see while passing by Richmond on I-95” http://www.timesdispatch.com/news/local/city-of-richmond/opponents-of-confederate-flag-start-petition/article_08e93c46-a703-50ea-9daa-c346ef8f94de.html 298 comments 20/8/2013 politics
• State police recorded license plates at 2009 Obama inauguration http://www.timesdispatch.com/news/local/crime/state-police-recorded-license-plates-at-obama-inauguration/article_32678a59-f9e1-5e46-8336-d5f4ba076cb7.html 3 comments 18/8/2013 politics
• Henrico police shoot pet as they notify family of son's homicide http://www.timesdispatch.com/news/henrico-police-shoot-pet-as-they-notify-family-of-son/article_9e2c4d25-e4bc-51c7-ba1a-c03da22888f5.html 3 comments 23/7/2013 nottheonion
• The other phenomenon is the increasing degree to which civilians are subject to criminal prosecution for noncriminal acts, including exercising the constitutionally protected right to free speech. http://www.timesdispatch.com/opinion/our-opinion/columnists-blogs/bart-hinkle/hinkle-commit-any-felonies-lately/article_58344fc1-7d4f-584a-8d16-36a1b1f2cdc0.html 3 comments 5/7/2013 politics
• Libertarian Candidate for Virginia Governor Is Only Candidate That Will Legalize Gay Marriage http://www.timesdispatch.com/opinion/our-opinion/columnists-blogs/bart-hinkle/hinkle-repeal-the-marriage-amendment/article_f7146ec5-8f0a-51b0-8626-41960355244a.html 3 comments 1/7/2013 politics
• Radford University misspells 'Virginia' in diplomas http://www.timesdispatch.com/news/latest-news/oops----radford-diplomas-misspell-virginia/article_24664af2-ddad-11e2-9d2b-0019bb30f31a.html 3 comments 27/6/2013 nottheonion
• Local CEO financed shopping spree for wife of VA Governor, buying her a $10,000 Jacket. Same company is the subject of a federal securities investigation. http://www.timesdispatch.com/news/state-regional/government-politics/star-scientific-ceo-financed-shopping-spree-for-first-lady/article_14b91d1b-105b-5bdf-8a6f-f55cc8f0f289.html 14 comments 25/6/2013 politics
• Watch out Reddit - Government involuntarily commits man to mental institution for Facebook postings criticizing the government, lost freedoms, the Federal Reserve and the nature of the United States’ military presence overseas. http://www.timesdispatch.com/news/local/chesterfield/article_afab2560-54a2-52e5-be20-e1de6e57872a.html 143 comments 25/5/2013 politics
• American Indians in Va. have no problem with “Redskins”: Tribal leaders in Virginia not offended by Redskins’ nickname http://www.timesdispatch.com/sports/professional/football/redskins/article_26b0f8d8-eb22-52f0-87df-c05e24bbfc0e.html 3 comments 15/5/2013 politics
• Richmond to be site of 2014 collegiate cycling championships, test run for UCI in 2015 http://www.timesdispatch.com/news/article_d5f90d88-d52b-5654-907a-415c56026585.html 14 comments 5/5/2013 bicycling
• Stats show background checks are effective http://www.timesdispatch.com/news/state-regional/background-checks-in-va/article_ac6626fd-8bf5-55d7-83cf-d464e379000a.html 7 comments 21/2/2013 politics
• Virginia's Gubernatorial race is likely shaping up to have an Independent run from GOP Lt. Gov. Bill Bolling against GOP/Tea Party Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli. http://www.timesdispatch.com/news/latest-news-ap/bolling-says-major-announcement-set-for-march/article_cb530938-7109-11e2-873a-0019bb30f31a.html 3 comments 7/2/2013 politics
• Virginia Senate Republicans pass redistricting rewrite while democrat at inauguration. Drops a Democratic seat. http://www.timesdispatch.com/news/state-regional/virginia-politics/general-assembly/va-republicans-push-through-rewrite-of-senate-districts/article_275c514e-8a8b-5102-a5b8-fd721866aad8.html 3 comments 22/1/2013 politics
• Virginia stats show gun-related violent crimes dropped 27% while purchases increased 63% over last five years http://www.timesdispatch.com/news/local/central-virginia/gun-related-violent-crimes-drop-as-gun-sales-soar-in/article_54cca13a-35ee-11e2-83f0-0019bb30f31a.html 16 comments 25/11/2012 politics
• Fox News producer gets 10 years for distributing child pornography http://www.timesdispatch.com/rtd/news/national/article/ex-fox_news_producer_gets_10_years_for_child_porn/281272/ 19 comments 21/7/2009 politics
• Police Officer shoots 11 Yr. old Miniature Dachshund..."he was surprised by a growling dog running through the yard directly at him from the rear, leaving him with just seconds to consider his options" http://www.timesdispatch.com/rtd/news/state_regional/article/doggat11_20090611-071201/273228/ 16 comments 11/6/2009 reddit.com
• 555 Pound Teenager Disappears http://www.timesdispatch.com/rtd/news/national/article/teengat22_20090522-072205/269307/ 6 comments 22/5/2009 reddit.com
• Hacker demands $10 Million for return of state medial records http://www.timesdispatch.com/rtd/news/local/article/hackgat05_20090504-212004/265693/ 4 comments 5/5/2009 reddit.com
• Police, paid for by Phish, confiscated about $1.2 million in illegal drugs and more than $68,000 in cash during the three-day reunion concerts. http://www.timesdispatch.com/rtd/news/state_regional/article/illegal_drugs_arrests_tallied_at_phish_concerts/227600/ 15 comments 10/3/2009 reddit.com
• Circuit City wants to pay execs bonuses to keep them around during bankrupcy. http://www.timesdispatch.com/rtd/business/local/article/circgat10_20090210-083607/202626/ 14 comments 10/2/2009 reddit.com