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Flying into Ireland the day after Christmas, two questions were on the mind of reporter Michael Schwartz: Where’s the nearest pub, and what will another country’s recession look like to an American who has the benefit of hindsight?

Va. Beach gets grant to help prevent foreclosures (Virginian-Pilot) The Virginia Beach Community Development Corp. and two other organizations in Hampton Roads received federal funds Thursday for counseling families on housing matters and foreclosure. Christmas Eve work shutdown to spell mobbed malls (USA Today) Holiday procrastinators are preparing to zoom through picked-over stores, grabbing discounted… Read more »

Governor seeks transfer of slave burial ground to city (Times-Dispatch) The African burial ground beneath a Virginia Commonwealth University parking lot should be preserved to tell the story of Richmond’s role as a slave center for next year’s Civil War sesquicentennial, Gov. Bob McDonnell  said Wednesday in announcing a budget amendment that would transfer the… Read more »

S-A-T-I-R-E Joel Bieber Getting Tired Of The Justin Bieber Jokes (Tobacco Avenue) “No, Justin is of no relation and is not my son or nephew. It’s just like, ‘Okay, our last names are spelled the same and our first names both begin with a J, I get it,’ move on,” said Bieber, who noted that… Read more »

Megabus.com starts Richmond service (Times-Dispatch) Megabus started its discount intercity bus service in Richmond yesterday and already more than doubled its operations. The express bus company is running seven daily departures from Richmond, up from the planned three daily departures from its arrival-and-departure location on Richmond’s East Main Street opposite Main Street Station. Dove Vinyl… Read more »