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Is S.F. Mayor Gavin Newsom Destroying Public Records?new

Newsom's office has a penchant for the delete key, according to findings of the city's Sunshine Ordinance Task Force.

San Francisco Bay Guardian | Amanda Witherell | 05-10-2007 | Media

Flick Off!new

Twenty summer movies, ruthlessly assessed before we've even seen them.

Sacramento News & Review | Jonathan Kiefer and Matt Coker | 05-09-2007 | Movies

Former Quest CEO Joe Nacchio Was Convictednew

But that's small consolation to Minnesotans like Dick Caldwell, who lost $100,000 of his retirement savings because of the stock fraud.

City Pages (Twin Cities) | G.R. Anderson Jr. | 05-09-2007 | Business & Labor

Tags: business & labor

Taxi Drivernew

Death Cab for Cutie's Ben Gibbard talks Postal Service, songwriting and Seattle.

Nashville Scene | Lee Stabert | 05-09-2007 | Profiles & Interviews

Tags: Ben Gibbard

Forgiving the Past Through Elliott Smithnew

Smith's new posthumous disc, New Moon, doesn't just assemble stunning tracks from the prime years of the indie balladeer's solo career -- it assembles my memories from the prime years of a relationship that lasted more than a decade, with a boyfriend I was going to marry.

SF Weekly | Jennifer Maerz | 05-09-2007 | Music

Philip Workman Asserted His Innocence 'Til the Endnew

But he was pronounced dead at 1:38 a.m. Wednesday, making him the third inmate put to death in Tennessee in 47 years despite evidence casting new doubt on his guilt and growing concerns that supposedly benign lethal injections may actually cause excruciating pain.

Nashville Scene | Sarah Kelley | 05-09-2007 | Crime & Justice

Tags: crime & justice

Gerald Parsky's Partynew

The UC regent whose pension fund overhaul may have cost the university billions is now in a position to play with even more of the public's money as leader of the panel trying to solve what may be California's worst-ever budget crisis.

East Bay Express | Chris Thompson | 05-09-2007 | Politics

More Classic than Datednew

On Over Time, Hieroglyphics open their vaults for some rare B-sides, remixes, and obscure album cuts, giving the average consumer a chance to peep what their cultlike following has long been gurping over.

East Bay Express | Eric K. Arnold | 05-09-2007 | Reviews

Tags: Hieroglyphics, Over Time

After Virginia Tech, Even Talking About Guns is Grounds for Suspensionnew

Troy Scheffler had no idea that advocating for the right to bear arms would get him kicked off Hamline University's campus.

City Pages (Twin Cities) | Ward Rubrecht | 05-09-2007 | Education

Tags: Education

Paul Newman and Larry Flynt Would be Ashamed of 'Pocket Pool'new

Back when I was 12, giving myself migraines from staring at scrambled cable porn, the notion of a game where I could "win" pictures of girls in their underwear would've seemed pretty cool.

City Pages (Twin Cities) | Gary Hodges | 05-09-2007 | Video Games

Tags: video games