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What Will It Take Council?new

The City Council is convulsed over whether to investigate the mayor -- we ask what it will take to get them to live up to their constitutional responsibilities?

Jackson Free Press | Staff | 09-09-2006 | Commentary

Panhandlers in Police Peril?new

A new ordinance would criminalize panhandling in Jackson.

Jackson Free Press | Brian Johnson | 09-09-2006 | Civil Liberties

Tags: civil liberties

Dear John: What's in a Word?new

As MIPA signs new outlets and Gannett's TDN scheme unravels, why is Gannett restoring the clutter TDN was supposed to alleviate?

Jackson Free Press | Todd Stauffer | 09-09-2006 | Media

Tags: media

Melton May Face Felony Chargesnew

Two weeks after Mayor Frank Melton and his entourage allegedly demolished a house, the mayor may face felony charges.

Jackson Free Press | Adam Lynch | 09-09-2006 | Crime & Justice

Tags: crime & justice

Opposing Elements Cancel Out De Palma’s Cinematic Flower

In spite of several momentarily propulsive eye-popping set pieces, suspense master Brian De Palma is unable to pry a cohesive movie from Friedman’s abstruse script.

Maui Time | Cole Smithey | 09-09-2006 | Reviews

Tags: Brian De Palma, The Black Dahlia

This is exactly the kind of disc that should come from a smart, veteran band that loves hacking up a solid-gold tune, has played with everyone from Ray Davies to the Sun Ra Arkestra, and has found more and more work lately scoring films.

Washington City Paper | Joe Warminsky | 09-08-2006 | Reviews

Tags: Yo La Tengo, I Am Not Afraid of You and I Will Beat Your Ass

Lost Boy

The Wicker Man isn't so much a horror film as a skin-crawling mystery.

Washington City Paper | Tricia Olszewski | 09-08-2006 | Reviews

Tags: Neil LaBute, The Wicker Man

Shooting Stars

Somewhere along the way, this movie lost its original name, Truth, Justice and the American Way, and became Hollywoodland -- that the latter title is even more generic turns out to be entirely appropriate.

Washington City Paper | Mark Jenkins | 09-08-2006 | Reviews

Tags: Allen Coulter, Hollywoodland

Transported

This is mindless entertainment of the most gleeful kind.

Washington City Paper | Tricia Olszewski | 09-08-2006 | Reviews

Tags: Crank, Mark Neveldine and Brian Taylor

Downers and Uppers

These compelling interviews with some of the world's greatest minds about the world's sorry situation show us it's sorrier than you think.

Washington City Paper | Tricia Olszewski | 09-08-2006 | Reviews

Tags: Nobelity, Turk Pipkin

Small Screen Bytes

Previews/reviews of Survivor, Talk Show, Studio 60 On the Sunset Strip, Smith, America's Next Top Model, Jericho and Kidnapped on TV; Grey's Anatomy, Las Vegas, The Office and Stella on DVD; Battlestar Galactica online.

Salt Lake City Weekly | Bill Frost | 09-08-2006 | TV

Tags: TV