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SCREEN
Boynton Beach Club
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SCREEN
The Quiet
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Impractical Magic
In The Illusionist, the tricks are all in the performances
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IN PRINT: Reading Katrina
A year later, authors look back
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BEYOND THE ROPE
Zarnaz "Zee" Zandi, Dimitri Zandi
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VIDEO GAMES: Are You Ready For Some Football?
It's gridiron time again, and Madden goes all the way
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We Don't Need No Stinkin' Clubs
A list of spots with DJs and without dress codes
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NOISE
FOUR QUESTIONS WITH JOE WALSH OF THE JAMES GANG
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A+E
All the ARTS + ENTERTAINMENT You Can Eat
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DVDs: Reissues Galore!
The greatness of Rings, Apocalypse survive endless repackaging
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TASTE: Can't Stop, Won't Stop
What we consume that we know we shouldn't
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SCREEN
Quinceanera
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War Shots
Artist Diane Bush takes aim at TV and war
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The Best Seat in the House
Get the biggest bang for your nightclub buck
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Cinema Alcoholica
Hanging with the creators of Beer: The Movie
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SCREEN
Trust the Man
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Curbing the Impulse
By closing the marriage bureau at night, Vegas loses a defining characteristic
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COMICS: Getting Lost In Hardcover Fantasy
Moore and Gebbie's comics are pornography with a narrative point
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Invisible Shots Fired
If a crime occurs and nobody reports it, is it really a crime?
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POP CULTURE: The Couric of Their Convictions
CBS News trades one wild card for anotherwill it stand behind this one?
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HOROSCOPE
Peggy Plots Your Planets
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Xania's Hot Spots
August 31September 6
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CULTURE CLUB: We're All About Freedom!
Or is America just about consumerism and self?
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Mind Your Clubbing Ps and Qs
Good nightlife manners go a long way
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Brothers in Arms
Meet the four pairs of brothers who make Las Vegas nightlife tick
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BAR EXAM: You Can Go Back Again
Reliving personal history at Champagnes Café
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LINE PASS: The House that Pure Built
Social House combines dining with lounge atmosphere
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ON THE SCENE: Where's All the Hot Fuss?
When the biggest band from Vegas played a 'secret' show, why weren't locals more excited?
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Xania's Hot Spots
August 24August 30
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SCREEN
Invincible
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What Happened to John Herda?
An old-school Las Vegas business owner is slain
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TASTE: That Loving Feeling
Good vibes at Vic & Anthony's, a Downtown throwback steak house
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NIGHTS ON THE CIRCUIT: Choosy DJs Choose Ice
Performers celebrate three years in the house that house built
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Mash-Up
Can You Imagine the Size of the French Fries?
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You're Probably Wondering, "Who Are All These People with the Starfleet Badges?"
Benjamen Purvis encounters friendly life forms (and a Klingon from Vegas) at the annual Star Trek Convention
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Aw, Crap!
An open letter to dog owners everywhere
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SCREEN
How to Eat Fried Worms
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VIDEO GAMES: Got a Mediocre Third-Person Shooter?
Stick a FFVII tag on it
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IN PRINT: Stories in which Something Happens
Murukami writes literature without pretensions
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NOISE
THREE QUESTIONS WITH TONI BRAXTON
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THE CONSUMER: From Catalog to Store
West Elm opens first Valley store
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What It's Like To Get Old
I wondered if I'd be that tired, too, after surmounting my first century of life'
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LETTERS
Mash Notes, Hate Mail, Urgent Communiqués, Secret Messages, Thesis Pieces
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FINE ART: What's the Modern Museum to Do?
Art, local artists, American Idol and the Las Vegas Art Museum
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POP CULTURE: Marital Blitz
Who will save our famous newlyweds from reality TV?
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COMICS: Terror, Magic and National Security!
Three reasons to make comic books a habit
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TV: Here Comes the Story of the Hurricane
Spike Lee takes on Katrina and its aftermath with passion and a bunch of talking heads
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Notes on a Phenom Departing
As Andre Agassi prepares to retire, David Granger recalls a gift given, Ron Kantowski charts a change of heart, Scott Dickensheets presents a theory of ...
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LOUD!
Special Amplify!! Edition
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When Political Parties Try to Have Fun
In search of celebration on the night of the primaries
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Idlemild
OutKast plays it safe in historical drama
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A+E
All the ARTS + ENTERTAINMENT You Can Eat
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HOROSCOPE
Peggy Plots Your Planets
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SCREEN
Beerfest
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VIDEO GAMES: Fun with Zombies!
Let's hear it for a mall full of the ravenous undead!
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POP CULTURE: Batman in Baghdad
It's time we turned the war over to those best equipped to fight it
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TV: A Grim Fairy Tale
Fantasia Barrino's life story makes for a grueling viewing experience
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Police Power
Laws gives cops wide latitude in life-and-death situations
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SCREEN
ONCE IN A LIFETIME
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BEYOND THE ROPE
Jonathan and Shirley Lewis
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The Other Downtown
With new retail, office and residential loft space, can Henderson bring new life to Water Street?
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Sunshine Word Search!
Find these adjectives in this review: Stupid. Ignorant. Clueless. Godawful. Pandering. Witless. Craven.
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IN PRINT: The Power of Stories
Gate of the Sun is a 'profoundly moving' novel of the Middle East
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NIGHTS ON THE CIRCUIT: Psst, Can You Take the Heat?
Whisper takes the burn out of the dog days of summer
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Mash-Up
Rainbow Seeks Its Roots
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A+E
All the ARTS + ENTERTAINMENT You Can Eat
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CULTURE CLUB: Little Bighorn All Over Again
Bush, Custer, Sun Tzu and the art of war
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Work of Art
Vegas' scene on the move
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HOROSCOPE
Peggy Plots Your Planets
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Dark Screens!
More and more films get released without giving critics a chance to preview them for opening weekend
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SOUNDCHECK
Christina Aguilera; Say Hi To Your Mom; Ali Farka Touré
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NOISE
THREE QUESTIONS WITH TIM REYNOLDS
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LETTERS
Mash Notes, Hate Mail, Urgent Communiqués, Secret Messages, Thesis Pieces
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SCREEN
ACCEPTED
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Xania's Hot Spots
August 17August 23
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COMICS: From Siberia to Brownsville
By way of Iraq: Three real-life comics tackle politics, war and the gangster life
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SCREEN
THE HEART OF THE GAME
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TASTE: The Low-Cal Lowdown
Low Calzone is healthy if not slimming
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NOISE
LOUD!
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THE CONSUMER: C'est Magnifique
Christian Lacroix brings Gallic style to Vegas
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ON THE SCENE: Memory Lane, 8mm at a Time
For those few who went, the Home Movie Festival opened a window on the past
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BAR EXAM: Real Place, Real People
Signs of authenticity at Hennessey's Tavern. More people should try it.
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IN PRINT: Read This Review at Work!
Unless you're as hard-charging as the author of this overworked book about slackers
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Housing Upheaval
Residents are riding, or being crushed by, the wave of condo conversions
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The Mural's Tale
How a traveling artist brought a little color to a North Las Vegas Boys & Girls Club
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Waiting is the Hardest Part
Incredibly, Oliver Stone's 9/11 movie lacks drama
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A+E
All the Arts + Entertainment You Can Eat
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Band-Aid Solutions?
Self-promotion no way to quell surging youth violence
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(Not So) Mad Scientist
Dr. Bill Jenkins says lessons from the Tuskegee experiment could improve health care in Southern Nevada
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Mash-Up
Don't Let Lamont Shock Stop You From Voting Here
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POP CULTURE: Celebs Forever!
We don't care about their work, but their foibles are another story
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FINE ART: The Ideal and the Possible
There's a difference, as Dust Gallery's Architectural Elements reminds us
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NIGHTS ON THE CIRCUIT: Oh, B-Boy!
Tabu's Super Slide Sundays isn't afraid to hit the breaks
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NOISE
THREE QUESTIONS WITH ZIGGY MARLEY
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SOUNDCHECK
Nina Gordon emerges after six years with a bleeding heart
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THE CONSUMER: You Are What You Wear
And not necessarily in a good way
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LINE PASS: All Hail the Master
Mix Master Mike talks turntables, aliens
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IN PRINT
I Feel Earthquakes More Often Than They Happen: Coming to California in the Age of Schwarzenegger
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Taking the Next Step
Spurred on by an R. Kelly tune and practiced in saloons and dojos, steppin' is poised to be Vegas' next dance craze
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COMICS: Kids' Stuff for Grown-Ups
Not every icon of youth ages gracefully
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Xania's Hot Spots
August 10 - August 16
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VIDEO GAMES: Crash!
FlatOut 2 isn't the game for aspiring drivers—for everyone else, it's demolition-derby fun
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IN PRINT: Grade-A Primate
The story of Darwin's theory makes this compact bio a natural selection
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TASTE: Another Chain Link
Can Bonefish Grill rise above its corporate origin?
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Vertigo
In search of the truth about Erin Kenny, who let greed and ambition overcome her
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Hip-Hop Nation Convenes
A Las Vegan's perspective on the national hip-hop political gathering
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FEEDBACK
THE FUTUREHEADS WITH TAPES 'N TAPES (3.5 stars) — August 4, Jillian's
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SCREEN
Step Up
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Wax On, Wax Off
Jenna Jameson says her Madame Tussauds figure marks her career peak
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IDEAS
Get a Lifestyle
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REALITY CHECK: Why Thom Yorke Should Learn to Dance Like a Monkey
Because he doesn't know how good he's got it
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HOROSCOPE
Peggy Plots Your Planets
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LETTERS
Mash Notes, Hate Mail, Urgent Communiqués, Secret Messages, Thesis Pieces
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Don't Mess with Lisa King
Talking with a local martial artist whose new movie proves her fighting is no Thai shtick
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A+E
All the ARTS + ENTERTAINMENT You Can Eat
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NOISE
THREE QUESTIONS WITH RYAN KEY OF YELLOWCARD
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A Matter of Principal
Wendell Williams Elementary's Brenda McKinney is magnet for controversy
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Chicks in a Cave
Despite its premise, the sharp and scary The Descent isn't your typical bimbos-in-peril film
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SCREEN
Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby
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SCREEN
The Night Listener
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Sixty-One Years Later
Atomic Testing Museum remembers Hiroshima, Nagasaki
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ON THE SCENE: The Talented Chimps of Planet Rock
In which I go to a book signing and get mocked by the universe
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NIGHTS ON THE CIRCUIT: Risking Risqué Alone
French elegance clashes with Bridezilla
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Skate or Die
For the Sin City Neander Dolls, roller derby isn't just a game—it's a calling
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LETTERS
Mash Notes, Hate Mail, Urgent Communiqués, Secret Messages, Thesis Pieces
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SCREEN
SCOOP
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SCREEN
BARNYARD
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SOUNDCHECK
Pharrell; The Who; Slayer
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The Strange Death of Kathy Augustine
Is it a real-life mysteryor not a mystery at all?
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VIDEO GAMES: Too Much Good Stuff
Dark Resurrection will rock your thumbs
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HOROSCOPE
Peggy Plots Your Planets
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Hot Lunch
Artists feed firefighters battling wilderness blazes
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TASTE: Old-School Steak
Not as flashy as a Strip steak house, Becker's is a smart throwback. But leave the kids at home.
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SCREEN
How's the Summer Movie Season So Far?
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ON THE SCENE: Mystery Tour
A labor of love—an old-fashioned vinyl-record store—takes shape Downtown
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BAR EXAM: Floored by Ricky Schroder
Why am I lying down at Hammerhead's at 1 in the morning? Bar bet, of course.
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TV: The Viewing at the Top
Taking a fresh look at five popular shows
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THE CONSUMER: A Vision in Whimsy
Nanette Lepore offers serious—and seriously playful— fashions
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IN PRINT: Rabbit as Raghead
Driving his bomb down into the heart of the new American century, Terrorist's would-be terrorist is a recognizable Updike character
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NOISE
LOUD!
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COMICS: Now for the Super Honeymoon!
Marvel throws a big wedding
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Xania's Hot Spots
August 3 - 9
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Beyond the Rope
Jovan Andow
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Who Shall Eat?
Not the homeless in neighborhood parks, according to a new city law
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Mash-Up
Buh-Bye Beacher's