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The Cannabis Clean-Up Teamnew

Oakland's Steep Hill lab and its chemists are partnering with cops and growers to ensure that pot is safe.

East Bay Express | David Downs | 01-10-2011 | Drugs

Tags: USDA, Cannabis, Steep Hill Cannabis Analysis Laboratory

BCS Booster Bowlnew

It’s Phil Knight vs. Bobby Lowder for the national championship of college football.

Eugene Weekly | Alan Pittman | 01-10-2011 | Sports

Tags: Oregon, NCAA, Auburn, Bobby Lowder, BCS, Phil Knight

Caged Slurry: Period Adventure Horror Hoax

This movie sucks so awfully that you'd think it was a vicious prank.

City Pulse | Cole Smithey | 01-10-2011 | Reviews

Political Violence? Stop Violent Politics

The cognitive disconnect between reality and self-perception in American society and politics is bizarre and frightening.

Maui Time | Ted Rall | 01-10-2011 | Commentary

Tags: Violence, Gabrielle Giffords, Keith Olberman

Beautiful Precisionnew

Artist Michael Carini wants complete control, but he’s learning to let go.

San Diego CityBeat | Kinsee Morlan | 01-10-2011 | Art

Tags: Michael Carini, Tourette Syndrome

Ciara is often a pale imitation of Janet Jackson, jiggling athletically in her underwear through a string of music videos. Ciara feels engineered to sell records to men; Janet felt engineered to sell records.

Tucson Weekly | Sean Bottai | 01-10-2011 | Reviews

Tags: Ciara

Ghostface Killah; Apollo Kidsnew

If Apollo Kids is a "warm-up," we can expect monster things from Ghost in the New Year.

Boston Phoenix | Michael C. Walsh | 01-10-2011 | Reviews

Tags: Ghostface Killah

Blue Valentinenew

Valentine daze: Tough love gets explored in the time-hopping Blue Valentine.

Boston Phoenix | Gerald Peary | 01-10-2011 | Reviews

Tags: Blue Valentine, Derek Cianfrance, Ryan Gosling

New Literary Journal Bull Spec Celebrates First Anniversarynew

Bull Spec is a magazine of "speculative fiction," a catchall term for sci-fi, horror, epic fantasy, superheroes, sword-and-sorcery and alternate history. There's nothing quite like it.

INDY Week | Brian Howe | 01-10-2011 | Author Profiles & Interviews

Tags: Bull Spec

The Crazed Internet Rantings of Jared Loughnernew

There are certainly themes that run through his videos and postings: the unconstitutionality of various institutions, remarks about "rare birds" and the use of language that would imply that Loughner didn't expect to be around for long, but otherwise, it's impossible to make sense of most of it.

Tucson Weekly | Dan Gibson | 01-08-2011 | Crime & Justice

Tags: Gabrielle Giffords, Jared Loughner