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Half-Eaten Chocolates: A Sampler You Don't Want to Give
Valentine's Day is yet another date movie that's less than the sum of its parts. The sheer number of A-list actors involved spells trouble. Jessica Biel, Julia Roberts, Jamie Foxx, and Anne Hathaway provide cast padding for the likes of B-listers Taylor Swift, George Lopez, and Emma Roberts.
City Pulse |
Cole Smithey |
02-08-2010 |
Reviews
Tags: Garry Marshall, Valentine's Day
Can a Court Help Former GIs Find Justice at Home?new
From the man's physique and hair, Edward Lynch figured he might be military. Maybe from Fort Carson, the Army base down the road that lately seemed to be churning out a lot of veterans with screws loose. The papers were full of stories about Carson vets killing fellow soldiers.
Haitian Chaos: Of Course Aid is Difficultnew
Recently, an Italian official labeled the American response in Haiti "pathetic." And an NPR report described the food distribution of international agencies generally as "irregular, inadequate, and often violent and disorderly."
Seattle Weekly |
Nina Shapiro |
02-08-2010 |
Disasters
As a Cash-Strapped State Prepares to Cut Services, Billions are Being Doled Outnew
What about all the other sugar out there, the taxes the state of Washington doesn't collect? There's a bureaucratic mountain of them. Over the past two years alone, they have accounted for a record $98.5 billion in potential tax revenue the state never got.
Seattle Weekly |
Rick Anderson |
02-08-2010 |
Commentary
Child Support Collection Business Incurs Wrath of OAGnew
After more than six years of squabbling and litigation, the Office of the Attorney General in Texas ran Robert O'Donnell's child support collection company out of business, and if that wasn't enough, today, its attorneys are trying to toss him in jail.
Dallas Observer |
Sam Merten |
02-08-2010 |
Children & Families
Columnist’s Book Offers an Overview of the Progress Made by Womennew
Gail Collins of The New York Times has written a book that I consider a must-read: When Everything Changed: The Amazing Journey of American Women From 1960 to the Present. Run, do not walk, to your local bookstore and get your copy.
Pasadena Weekly |
Ellen Snortland |
02-08-2010 |
Nonfiction
Barry Lopez on a Writer's Responsibility in a Time of Environmental Crisisnew
Every couple of years, Barry Lopez assigns himself a trip that he knows "will knock me over backwards." And it's not the sort of travel you might expect from the naturalist author of such classics as Of Wolves and Men and Arctic Dreams.
Pittsburgh City Paper |
Bill O'Driscoll |
02-08-2010 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
Los Angeles Beatmaker Nosaj Thing's a Deft Distillernew
Like many young musicians, Los Angeles–based beatmaker Jason Chung (aka Nosaj Thing) isn’t much more than the sum of his influences. What’s remarkable about Chung is how deftly he distills and commingles secondhand sounds.
The Georgia Straight |
Martin Turenne |
02-08-2010 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Jason Chung, Nosaj Thing
Yes Man, No Guff: Guerilla Prankster Entices a New Crop of Subversivesnew
Campy GIFs dance on Andy Bichlbaum's laptop, and he cites beer as a factor in his work. He’d make an awesome-cool prof, and in fact, he is one. Andy Bichlbaum is his nom de guerre, and if you run an evil corporation, he could cost you billions in seconds.
NOW Magazine |
Paul Terefenko |
02-05-2010 |
Culture
Beyond Guantanamo: The Story of Julia Hall and Oybek Jamoldinivich Jabbarovnew
The SOS from Oybek Jamoldinivich Jabbarov came to Julia Hall in 2007 via his attorney, Michael Mone. The plea for help, originating behind the concrete walls of Guantánamo Bay, carried the message of a man locked in a nightmare.
Artvoice |
Charlotte Hsu |
02-05-2010 |
Immigration
Vermont Legislators Admit Cheating the System... Are They Justified?new
State Rep. David Zuckerman (P-Burlington) has a confession to make that might sound to some like political suicide. He bills taxpayers for his “mileage” to and from the Statehouse — as much as $152 a week — even on days when he gets a ride with fellow lawmakers or lobbyists.
Seven Days |
Andy Bromage |
02-05-2010 |
Politics
Super Bowl Guide to Sex, Drugs, Gambling, and Living Large in South Floridanew
Nothing ruins the perfect party week like someone dying or going to jail. So we've done the arduous research, taken the dangerous journeys, and interviewed dozens of local experts to bring you the definitive guide to depravity in the Sunshine State.
Miami New Times |
Michael J. Mooney and Gus Garcia-Roberts |
02-05-2010 |
Culture
When Life Takes You Out of Your House and Into Your Carnew
Maybe one has even parked on your street: a conversion van, curtains drawn, or a camper with signs of everyday life. They are so ubiquitous in Venice, Calif. that some have been trying to turn the onetime hippie enclave into a parking-permit-only town as a way to ward off "undesirables."
L.A. Weekly |
Linda Immediato |
02-05-2010 |
Economy
Sundance Festival Goes Back to its Roots... Or Does It?new
This year, the movie that's attracted the scalping scene outside Eccles is The Runaways, a stylish biopic of the all-teen girl band of the same name. The film has been the subject of blog gossip, thanks to casting of Twilight starlet Kristen Stewart as Joan Jett.
L.A. Weekly |
Karina Longworth |
02-05-2010 |
Movies
Xcel Doesn't Always Tell Customers When They're Being Cut Loosenew
On the evening of Jan. 12, the heat in Taylor Lindstrom’s home went out without warning. She called Xcel Energy, and was told that Xcel had turned off the electricity because the bill had not been paid. Lindstrom asked why she had not been notified.
Boulder Weekly |
Jefferson Dodge |
02-04-2010 |
Housing & Development
