-1 A Henrico County magistrate is charged with stealing clothes from Hecht's; a Richmond circuit court judge is charged with shoplifting a $12.95 book from Tower. What's the law profession paying these days?

+3 Virginia Commonwealth University is spotlighted for its role in helping revitalize Richmond, in a report released by two national urban-studies organizations. And that's without a football team!

+1 Richmond temperatures break the 90s. Meteorologists explain that it's the hot air coming in from Bermuda. But we think it's wafting in from the annual shad planking.

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