The New York Times reports that Richmonder J. Harvie Wilkinson III, chief judge of the federal appeals court based here, could be a leading candidate for the U.S. Supreme Court. Wilkinson says he can't wait to elect the president in 2004.
score: +1The American Farmland Trust reports that although agriculture is the state's leading industry, Virginia lost 105,000 acres of its best farmland from 1992 to 1997. Richmond is compensating by adding mall land.
score: -2Owners of the ailing Cloverleaf Mall hire a new management team to run things. They propose several improvements, among them, changing the mall's name to "Chesterfield Towne Center."
score: 0Virginia DMV officials offer drivers some suggestions for avoiding the increasingly long lines caused in part by state budget cuts. No. 1: Walk.
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