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Pot Holesnew

A new marijuana ordinance in New Orleans will give police the option to issue a summons, a measure that criminal justice proponents hope will keep the DA's office -- and THE jails -- less crowded. So What happens if you get caught?
Gambit  |  Alex Woodward  |  01-17-2011  |  Drugs

Transcript: The Trailer Park Boysnew

When an interview is so good we can't help but let loose the transcript before we have to edit it down into chomp-size morsels.
Dig Boston  |  David Day  |  01-17-2011  |  Comedy

A Breakfast of Championsnew

It was with a skeptic's palate that I decided to try a made-from-scratch recipe in The Kid-Friendly Food Allergy Cookbook.
INDY Week  |  Joyce Clark Hicks  |  01-17-2011  |  Food+Drink

Country Strongnew

If you're thinking of seeing "Country Strong," stop. Stop right now.
San Antonio Current  |  Chuck Kerr  |  01-17-2011  |  Reviews

What You're Not Supposed to Know About 3D

To listen to Variety's 3D-guru David Cohen talk you'd think that we'll all be wearing 3D glasses for every movie we see in the coming years.
City Pulse  |  Cole Smithey  |  01-17-2011  |  Movies

On The Heels of the Reapernew

Quest for eternal youth a hot pursuit for San Antonio-based researchers.
San Antonio Current  |  David Martin Davies  |  01-17-2011  |  Science

MIT Blows Out 10010110 Birthday Candlesnew

Sesquicentennially yours.
Boston Phoenix  |  Shaula Clark  |  01-17-2011  |  Tech

Legal Limbonew

Abel Manzo says he has been wrongfully put on Oakland's gang injunction list. But he has no constitutional right to an attorney.
East Bay Express  |  Joshua Emerson Smith  |  01-17-2011  |  Civil Liberties

Fallout: Hollywood Can't Come to Grips With America's Economic Collapse

Two years after America's economic crisis began dispatching millions to the unemployment lines, Hollywood pretends to examine the fallout.
City Pulse  |  Cole Smithey  |  01-17-2011  |  Reviews

What Happened After MLK Died?new

Rebecca Burns examines the week following Martin Luther King Jr.'s assassination in her new book, Burial for a King.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta)  |  Wyatt Williams  |  01-17-2011  |  Books

Quan Gets Serious with Budgetnew

Oakland's new mayor ousts two top budget officials on her first full-day in office. Jerry Brown appoints two with ties to the prison guards' union.
East Bay Express  |  Robert Gammon  |  01-14-2011  |  Politics

Rabbit Hole Explores the Grieving Processnew

A simple scene on a park bench walloped me emotionally like no film in recent memory.
INDY Week  |  Nathan Gelgud  |  01-14-2011  |  Reviews

Ryan Adams & the Cardinals: "III/IV"new

Unlike the laid back, singer-songwriter exercise Easy Tiger, most of III/IV’s songs turn up the volume and swerve into post-punk and classic-rock territories.
San Antonio Current  |  Michael Gallucci  |  01-14-2011  |  Reviews

Cake: Showroom of Compassionnew

Grunge may be dead, but Cake is still alive, serving up their first album of originals since 2004’s Pressure Chief.
San Antonio Current  |  Enrique Lopetegui  |  01-14-2011  |  Reviews

Loop Gurusnew

El Ten Eleven makes instrumental post-rock oddly listenable.
Colorado Springs Independent  |  Bill Forman  |  01-14-2011  |  Profiles & Interviews

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