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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?
Tags: Marijuana, Susan Guidry
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
Tags: Trailer Park Boys
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
Tags: Food Allergy Cookbook
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
Tags: Naked Mole Rat
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
Tags: Abel Manzo
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
Tags: John Wells, The Company Men
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
Tags: Burial for a King
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
Tags: Jerry Brown, Jean Quan
Rabbit Hole Explores the Grieving Processnew

A simple scene on a park bench walloped me emotionally like no film in recent memory.
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
Tags: Ryan Adams
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
Tags: Cake
Loop Gurusnew

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