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Sweet Bird of Nokianew

You know we need to do more to protect the Earth when birds start singing ringtones.

Jackson Free Press | Lori Gregory | 04-19-2007 | Commentary

How's the So-called Surge in Iraq Going?new

The surge is doomed -- you don't need to read newspaper columns to understand this; the Pentagon and White House have already announced the surge's failure.

Creative Loafing (Atlanta) | Andisheh Nouraee | 04-19-2007 | Commentary

Tags: WAR

Facebook Access Denied to Dead's Kinnew

A mom's fight for her dead son's website ends in a first-of-a-kind lawsuit against Facebook.com.

Willamette Week | James Pitkin | 04-18-2007 | Tech

Tags: computers & technology

The Trouble with Twitternew

Your life, sped up and squared.

San Francisco Bay Guardian | Annalee Newitz | 04-18-2007 | Tech

Tags: computers & technology

Deflowering Barbienew

The transformation from perfect to tawdry occurs with shocking speed.

Cleveland Free Times | Erin O'Brien | 04-18-2007 | Comedy

Tags: humor & satire

A Belief That Games Can Do Much More than Entertainnew

Jane McGonigal wants to harness the power of the communal cerebellum her games create and put it to work solving real-world problems.

SF Weekly | Eliza Strickland | 04-18-2007 | Culture

Tags: lifestyles

House Huntersnew

She says her home is a work of art, but it's drawn the ire of vandals and city inspectors.

City Pages (Twin Cities) | Jonathan Kaminsky | 04-18-2007 | Art

Tags: visual arts

How To Be a Better Restaurant Customernew

After a particularly grueling night, there's nothing we weary wait-people like more than bitching about annoying customers. We wish we could tell them just how a good customer behaves -- luckily, I'm a writer.

San Diego CityBeat | Kia Momtazi | 04-18-2007 | Food+Drink

To All You Burlesque Performers Who Claim 'Empowerment'new

Whether or not you put old-fashioned sass into what you're doing, you're still removing your clothes to get men off and simultaneously submitting to current attitudes of crass commercialism.

Weekly Alibi | Jessica Cassyle Carr | 04-17-2007 | Commentary

Ask a Mexican!new

Is this over-reliance on her family a cultural difference?

OC Weekly | Gustavo Arellano | 04-17-2007 | Commentary

Sex Machinenew

Belladonna faces porn stardom with relish and some reluctance.

Salt Lake City Weekly | Stephen Dark | 04-16-2007 | Culture

Tags: pornography, anal sex, porn industry, porn star

A New Library of Congress Ruling Could Mean the End of Internet Radionew

If the ruling stands, internet stations will have to pay royalties per-performance -- in other words, based on how many people listen to each song the station plays, retroactive to 2006.

Orlando Weekly | Jeffrey C. Billman | 04-16-2007 | Media

Tags: radio