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Anna Nicole Smith & the Rise of the Mindless Attention-Grabnew

Smith's sorry stations of celebrity was summed up by a totally coincidental, three-part media arc that gratuitously occurred over the last couple of weeks.

Los Angeles CityBeat | Mick Farren | 02-23-2007 | Commentary

Forbidden Groundnew

Recent avalanche deaths cast a shadow on backcountry boundaries and whose responsibility it is to enforce them.

Missoula Independent | George Ochenski | 02-22-2007 | Commentary

Tags: wilderness, recreation, avalanche, backcountry, Bob Marshall Wilderness, Flathead National Forest, Mission Mountains, snowmobile

Rocking the Rinknew

Roller derby mania hits Montreal.

Montreal Mirror | Andrea Zanin | 02-22-2007 | Sports

Tags: sports & fitness

Peace Prize Out, Dude!new

The truth is, who cares about the Nobel Prizes? They're stuffy, oh so serious, and have nothing to do with our mundane, workaday, pitiful lives.

Style Weekly | Barry Gottlieb | 02-22-2007 | Commentary

Tags: peace, nobel, prize

Curtain Callingnew

Actor Carl Gordon says God led him to the stage and screen -- with an acclaimed acting career that's spanned nearly four decades, he still believes in the power of transformation.

Style Weekly | Amy Biegelsen | 02-22-2007 | Theater

Tags: carl gordon, Day of Absence, Gordon's War, Joe Turner's Come and Gone, the pian lesson

Don't Panic: War Questions Answerednew

What are the details of North Korea's nuclear deal with the United States?

Creative Loafing (Atlanta) | Andisheh Nouraee | 02-22-2007 | Commentary

Tags: WAR

Developing a Laptop for the Children of the Developing Worldnew

The One Laptop Per Child project aims to turn kids on to cheap, intuitive computers -- that don't run Windows.

INDY Week | Fiona Morgan | 02-22-2007 | Tech

Tags: $100 laptop, technology

Girl Fight!new

The rise of fringe contact sports -- for women, by women.

New York Press | Jerry Portwood | 02-22-2007 | Sports

Tags: sports & fitness

Owner of a Restless Legnew

If it wasn't for my TV, I wouldn't know I even had the Syndrome of Leg Restlessness

Baltimore City Paper | Joe MacLeod | 02-21-2007 | Comedy

Tags: pharmaceutical marketing, restless leg syndrome

NBGAY: Playa' Hatersnew

When the Miami Heat's Tim Hardaway said he "hates gay people," he was saying what almost any player might say in the locker room, even when their sportswriter acolytes are around.

Willamette Week | Byron Beck | 02-21-2007 | Commentary

Tags: John Amaechi, Man in the Middle

100 Days to Hurricane Seasonnew

While memories and images of Katrina are still all around us, Congress should act to shore up the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) so that coastal and low-lying communities across America can have real protection from catastrophic floods.

Gambit | Editorial | 02-21-2007 | Commentary