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The 'Atlanta Way' Failed a Generation of Childrennew

The city's business elite were complicit in Beverly Hall's con.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
John F. Sugg |
07-20-2011 |
Policy Issues
Christina Perri: Lovestrong.new

The theme of singer Christina Perri's full-length debut album is clear from its first lyrics.
Tucson Weekly |
Gene Armstrong |
07-20-2011 |
Reviews
Hyperbubble: Drastic Cinematicnew

Hyperbubble's fourth release is a creative U-turn from 2010's Candy Apple Daydreams.
San Antonio Current |
Adam Villela Coronado |
07-20-2011 |
Reviews
All the Right Movesnew

Starring Sandrine Bonnaire and Kevin Kline.
Boise Weekly |
George Prentice |
07-20-2011 |
Reviews
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Critic’s Diss: Zookeepernew

Deep inside the ferocious land of Hollywood, gazing around the talent pool like a fat warthog at a watering hole, a stumpy beast hunkers down waiting for a screenplay too weak to defend itself.
San Antonio Current |
Kiko Martinez |
07-20-2011 |
Reviews
Hot in the Kitchennew

As Cleveland's food scene explodes, more chefs are getting burned.
Cleveland Scene |
Douglas Trattner |
07-20-2011 |
Food+Drink
The GOP Bets on Bad Judgement
Conventional wisdom floggers say that if Congress can't strike a deal and economic consequences follow—a reduction in the ratings of U.S. government-issued securities and a panic in the securities market—voters will hold Republicans accountable in 2012. Even if things don't turn that far south, the GOP will pay for their intransigence. Obama wins in a cakewalk. I'm not so sure.
CONVICTednew

How the federal justice system incentivizes questionable and often unreliable witnesses, including jailhouse snitches, to prosecute the War on Drugs.
IND Media |
Heather Miller |
07-20-2011 |
Crime & Justice
Sublime with Rome: Yours Trulynew

It's hard to fairly judge Sublime's first album in 15 years.
San Antonio Current |
Enrique Lopetegui |
07-20-2011 |
Reviews
Say Cheese for Atlanta's Surveillance Programnew

Plan to wire the city with video cameras should move cautiously
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Editorial Board |
07-20-2011 |
Policy Issues
Comic review: 50 Girls 50new
Famed artist Frank Cho teams with writer Doug Murray to co-script this brand-new sci-fi property.
Creative Loafing (Charlotte) |
Carlton Hargro |
07-20-2011 |
Fiction
Why Do Women Keep Dodging Death Row?new
There are currently 398 people on Florida's death row; only three of whom are women. That's because while women commit about 13 percent of murders, they get just 1.4 percent of death sentences.
Creative Loafing (Charlotte) |
Tara Servatius |
07-18-2011 |
Crime & Justice
Game Onnew

Illegal gambling flourishes in Houston with little penalty.
Houston Press |
Craig Malisow |
07-18-2011 |
Policy Issues
Biting the Big Applenew
San Francisco performers prepare for the New York International Fringe Festival.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Nicole Gluckstern |
07-16-2011 |
Theater
Goony, Giddy, and Insecure: a Masterful Christopher Plummer Comes Outnew

Christopher Plummer is glorious.
San Antonio Current |
Ashley Lindstrom |
07-15-2011 |
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