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Houses in Cleveland are Selling on eBay for as Little at $810new
Turns out that real estate fiends from as far away as Florida and Texas have been buying up the slums of our fair burg, then flipping the houses on eBay
Cleveland Scene |
Staff |
05-30-2008 |
Housing & Development
Argentina's 'XXY' is Surprising and Originalnew
Argentinean director Lucia Puenzo makes her feature debut with a thoughtful yet startling film that's part family drama, part coming-of-age tale, and wholly original.
Montreal Mirror |
Malcolm Fraser |
05-30-2008 |
Reviews
Tags: Lucia Puenzo, XXY
British Scholar Peter Hallward Examines Foreign Meddling in Haitinew
Damming the Flood is a formidably researched account of the 2004 coup that is critical of foreign intervention in Haiti.
Montreal Mirror |
Samer Elatrash |
05-30-2008 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
'The Strangers' is Not Scary Enoughnew
While you can't fault Bryan Bertino for erring on the subtle side in a genre that lately is all about splashy, silly excess, The Strangers just needs a little more oomph to be truly scary.
Montreal Mirror |
Mark Slutsky |
05-30-2008 |
Reviews
Tags: The Strangers, Bryan Bertino
Hated Director Uwe Boll Takes on His Criticsnew
Speaking to the Mirror from Vancouver, he delivered an uninterrupted five-minute monologue touching on why nobody in Chicago wanted to interview him and he had to fly home after the screening, neo-Nazis, why Alone in the Dark was just as good as Elektra, why Paul Haggis' Crash is "pathetic," and how Postal is an incisive indictment of America.
Montreal Mirror |
Mark Slutsky |
05-30-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Choice Words: How We Talk When We Talk About Politicsnew
We asked 2,500 Texas Democratic primary voters participants two open-ended questions about their preferences. By analyzing the words people used to answer the questions, we were able to see how supporters of the different candidates are psychologically different. We also see the similiarities between the rhetoric of the campaigns and the language of their supporters.
The Texas Observer |
James W. Pennebaker |
05-30-2008 |
Politics
The Anatomy of a Fatal Turf War in One D.C. Neighborhoodnew
The Shaw of yesteryear has disappeared, and yet its crew history is still evolving. The 7th Street crew perpetuates the neighborhood's intractable crime problem. Over the years, it has carried on feuds with groups in three directions, feuds whose origins no one can really pin down.
Washington City Paper |
Ruth Samuelson |
05-30-2008 |
Crime & Justice
Hillary is Looking Like a Sore Loser, Not a Leadernew
What I find most troubling is Clinton's hypocrisy and disengenuousness. Now she's insisting on "counting all the votes," which is code for counting all the votes in Michigan and Florida. Clinton and her campaign advisers were all for shutting out those two states when it appeared she wouldn't need their votes.
The Memphis Flyer |
Bruce VanWyngarden |
05-30-2008 |
Commentary
Syracuse's Vet Center Helps Soldiers Adjust to Life Away from the Battlefieldnew
In Central New York a small Army is mobilizing with a serious mission -- to take in the wave of veterans coming home from war zones in Iraq and Afghanistan. Whenever it is that Johnny comes marching home, an array of kind hearts and beefed-up programs are mobilizing to greet them.
Syracuse New Times |
Ed Griffin-Nolan |
05-30-2008 |
War
Maryland's Pupusa Trucks Try to Survive a Crackdownnew
Reina Ramirez estimates she's received a ticket a week since late November, when Prince George's County began cracking down on the mobile pupusa and taco trucks in Langley Park. This crackdown, fueled by business and residential complaints, has killed off one of the tastiest, most intense food cultures in the entire D.C. area.
Washington City Paper |
Tim Carman |
05-30-2008 |
Food+Drink
'Surfwise' Captures what a Family Gained and Lost by Living the Beach-Bum Lifenew
Doug Pray's documentary may be about a brood of 'boarders, but it's less about hanging ten than living off the grid.
Washington City Paper |
Tricia Olszewski |
05-30-2008 |
Reviews
It's Not the TV Show, but the 'Sex and the City' Movie Still Deliversnew
It's been four long years since we last saw Sex and the City, and boy, has it gained weight -- about two hours' worth. Clocking in at a gargantuan 148 minutes, the feature-length addition to the beloved HBO series feels a tad long. (I mean, I love Sex as much as the next person, but two and a half straight hours of it is going to leave someone sore.)
Las Vegas Weekly |
Matthew Scott Hunter |
05-30-2008 |
Reviews
Court Says the U.S. Treasury Discriminates Against the Blindnew
A federal appeals court upheld a 2006 decision that the U.S. Department of the Treasury discriminates against the blind because paper money is not distinguishable by touch. The decision could mean a big change for blind citizens like Stephanie Jones and for America's paper currency.
The Memphis Flyer |
Shara Clark |
05-30-2008 |
Policy Issues
'The Unforeseen' is a Mezmorizing Doc on Development and the Environmentnew
The Unforeseen centers on the ambitions of one developer, Gary Bradley, and those who would oppose his will in Austin, Texas. Dunn merges her findings with a cinematic style that alternates between impressionistic, cinematic poetry and solid, straight-ahead uses of narrative and interview.
Santa Fe Reporter |
Emiliano Garcia-Sarnoff |
05-30-2008 |
Reviews
Talking to Stephanie 'Golden Girl' Jaramillo, a Pioneer of Women's Boxingnew
Jaramillo and her husband are launching Geronimo Enterprises, a promotions company that will begin organizing mixed martial arts and amateur boxing bouts in Santa Fe as early as August 2008.
Santa Fe Reporter |
Dave Maass |
05-30-2008 |
Sports
