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A piece in this week�s New Yorker provides an interesting back-story to our recent coverage of ATO Pictures� success at the Sundance Film Festival this year. read full story

With last night's victory over arch rival Virginia Tech, the UVA men's basketball team not only captured at least a share of the ACC regular season title (if they beat Wake Forest on Saturday, it's all theirs) but the team also upped their overall record to 20-8, the first time they've reached the 20-win mark since the read full story

Several months after debuting as a work in progress at the Virginia Film Festival to a thunderous mix of applause and guffaws, Live From... read full story

In this week's sit-in in U.S. Representative Virgil Goode's Charlottesville office, three more Code Pinkers refused to leave until Goode signs a pledge that he won't support any more funding for the war in Iraq. Yeah, like that's going to happen... read full story

The Dilemma Zone, a new Prism schism, and Planned Parenthood fights back ON THIS WEEK�S COVER: The Dilemma Zone... are 'photo red' cameras the answer? This year, the General Assembly passed a bill giving localities, like this one, the chance to nab red light-runners without a judge and jury. read full story

At his February 23 show at John Paul Jones Arena, Billy Joel opened the evening with "Angry Young Man," a song that contains the lyric, "I believe I've passed the age of consciousness and righteous rage." Then, moments later, one of the best-selling recording artists of all time let his audience know that he was conscious of what a local paper had written about him, and that it had sent him into a bit of a rage. In what was p read full story

Yes, it's true...Lee Danielson is bringing his old hotel project back to the Mall. Only it won't be called The Landmark, as it was after being re-approved at a February 20 BAR meeting. read full story

"It lives," laughs Charlottesville Board of Architectural Review vice-chair Syd Knight, recalling the previous plans for a two-story CVS building at the intersection of Ridge/McIntire and West Main, which the BAR did not respond well to. read full story

The controversy over Wintergreen Resort's decision to partner with a big Charlottesville-based real estate firm has erupted into a federal lawsuit, according to a story in this morning's Daily Progress. read full story

With the traditional spring primary season only a few months away, three-term State Senator Emmett Hanger (R-Mount Solon) is facing a challenge in his reelection bid for the Republican nomination from Buena Vista businessman Scott Sayre. read full story

A rush-hour pedestrian accident in midtown sent a man to the hospital this morning. The incident appears to have occurred around 8am when a bronze Chevy Tahoe struck the man as the eastbound vehicle was making a right turn from University Avenue to Jefferson Park Avenue. At the intersection, officer G.A. Ames directed traffic around the accident. read full story

Do we desire a streetcar, Snow job, Why was Camblos mad, and Publicist charged FROM THE NEWSROOM OF THE HOOK NEWSPAPER ON THE DOWNTOWN MALL IN CHARLOTTESVILLE VIRGINIA, THIS IS THE HOOKCAST FOR THE WEEK OF... Thursday, February 22, 2007. ON THIS WEEK�S COVER: Do we desire a streetcar... read full story

In Saturday's paper, Daily Progress reporter Bob Gibson reveals the emergence of an eighth candidate in the running to replace Judge Paul Peatross on the Albemarle Circuit Court bench. A legislative source declined to identify the secret candidate, Gibson reports, other than to say the wannabe judge is a lawyer who practices in Richmond and lives in Goochland County. But the candidate is Rich S read full story

Sarah Crawford's murder adjudicated, Sheriff Robb retires, Dreaming Isabelle wins, Robinsons go Supreme ON THIS WEEK�S COVER: Charlottesville hands down a verdict in its first capital case in a decade. Sarah Crawford had shed 150 pounds and the man who'd terrorized her. But he found her. Now, he's facing two life terms for rape and murder plus 67 years for the other charges. read full story

Cupid wing-clad Code Pinkers brought Fair Trade chocolate chip, heart-shaped scones to U.S. read full story

Nearly a year after one UVA alum said goodbye to the window at Rockefeller Center to take a more prestigious post in the news biz, another will come to begin his career anew. read full story

According to Charlottesville City Market manager Stephanie Anderegg-Maloy, the City Market will add another location this spring. Dubbed "Farmer's in the Park", area produce vendors will gather at Meade Park every Wednesday starting May 30 from 3pm to 7pm. read full story

There hasn't been a particularly white winter, but Charlottesville may see some weather tonight. The National Weather Service has issued a winter storm watch for Albemarle County for tonight that remains in effect through Wednesday afternoon. Kids and skiing enthusiasts hoping for powder snow might be disappointed. read full story

What if a scenic view is a d©j  vu? Some readers gazing at prospective covers for a Daily Progress supplement think the Progress is copying the venerable Blue Ridge Outdoors. read full story