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Street Geeksnew
The comic book world has more characters than you might think.
Creative Loafing (Charlotte) |
Jared Neumark |
03-16-2006 |
Culture
A Ripple Effect?new
North Carolina isn't likely to join other states in banning abortion, but all bets are off if Roe is overturned.
Creative Loafing (Charlotte) |
Karen Shugart |
03-16-2006 |
Sex
Romance Writersnew
Despite my best efforts, I haven't been able to use the following words in a story: pulsating, throbbing, heaving, thrusting and mammaries.
Creative Loafing (Charlotte) |
Jared Neumark |
03-09-2006 |
Culture
Tags: romance
The Redcoats Are Coming!new
Revolutionary War reenactors relive the glory days.
Creative Loafing (Charlotte) |
Jared Neumark |
03-02-2006 |
Culture
Tags: reenactors
Shaggin' the Night Awaynew
How do you win the heart of Miss USA?
Creative Loafing (Charlotte) |
Jared Neumark |
02-23-2006 |
Culture
The Iceman Comethnew
The nonstop Zamboni creates a nine mile-per-hour thrill ride.
Creative Loafing (Charlotte) |
Jared Neumark |
02-17-2006 |
Sports
Tags: zamboni
The Last Rasslernew
The golden days of wrestling are gone, and George South struggles to make it in a sport that has died and been forgotten in a city where it used to reign supreme.
Creative Loafing (Charlotte) |
Jared Neumark |
02-17-2006 |
Sports
Tags: wrestling
Mind Your P's and Q'snew
In an otherwise silent hotel conference room, 5,100 plastic tiles jiggling in 51 Scrabble pouches sounds like a whole lot of irritated rattlers.
Creative Loafing (Charlotte) |
Jared Neumark |
02-08-2006 |
Culture
Tags: Scrabble
Tits and Grits
All you can eat and all the boobs you can see before noon.
Creative Loafing (Charlotte) |
Jared Neumark |
02-01-2006 |
Culture
Tags: strippers
With OCD, the Devil Is in the Detailsnew
There are many artistic depictions of obsessive-compulsive disorder -- including a fine one in the recent release The Aviator, about pilot and magnate Howard Hughes. Psychologists recommend various approaches to treating the misunderstood affliction.
Creative Loafing (Charlotte) |
Timothy C. Davis |
12-15-2004 |
Science
Big Brother in Your Carnew
The U.S. Department of Transportation and various corporations are jointly developing futuristic-sounding technology which could drastically reduce traffic fatalities, but it has potentially dire consequences for Americans' privacy.
Creative Loafing (Charlotte) |
Tara Servatius |
09-30-2004 |
Policy Issues
Canadian Writer Revitalizes the Westernnew
This artfully written novel follows the Gaunt family from Victorian England to Montana and beyond into Canada's Northwest Territories.
Creative Loafing (Charlotte) |
Erik Spanberg |
08-07-2004 |
Fiction
Transcription Done Abroad Jeopardizes Patient Privacynew
A medical transcription service in India threatens to post U.S. patients' records on the Web unless it's paid a certain amount for its services.
Creative Loafing (Charlotte) |
Tara Servatius |
08-07-2004 |
Science
Flu Scare Yields Vaccine Makers $450 Million in Added Profitsnew
Warnings of a "killer" flu strain that led Americans to be inoculated in record numbers last fall were overblown hype, driven by experts connected with flu vaccine companies.
Creative Loafing (Charlotte) |
Tara Servatius |
08-07-2004 |
Science
Ex-Marine Expresses Remorse for Taking of Civilian Lives in Iraqnew
American troops killed a lot of innocent people in Iraq, and that's the cause of the Iraqi revolt against the occupation, the honorably discharged Staff Sergeant Jimmy Massey says.
Creative Loafing (Charlotte) |
Paul Rockwell |
06-02-2004 |
International
