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A SN&R staff writer and her husband may lose their home to clueless bureaucrats and banks. And they're not alone.
Sacramento News & Review |
Rachel Leibrock |
12-21-2010 |
Economy
Tags: Housing, Foreclosure
A Trip to Where Taco Bell Begannew
A visit to the exact location where Bell's Hamburgers and Hot Dogs opened in 1952. It's here that Glen Bell decided to try and sell tacos -- although tellingly, his largely Latino clientele forsook his Mexican offerings in favor of the hamburger and hot dogs.
OC Weekly |
Gustavo Arellano |
12-21-2010 |
Food+Drink
Proposals in S.C. To Ban Sexting, Spanish, Caffeinated Drunksnew
Before the starting gun fires in January for the next legislative session, legislators are stretching their muscles with bills either ready for a marathon run to the finish line or a fruitless trot around the track.
Charleston City Paper |
Greg Hambrick |
12-21-2010 |
Politics
The Fighter Is Pat And Derivativenew
The only explanation for the existence of The Fighter is the Ben Affleck-ian belief that the world can always use another blue-collar tale set among the Boston-area Irish.
Bryan Ferry: Olympianew
From its first track, it's clear that with his latest disc, Bryan Ferry is intent on re-creating the intoxicating sound and love-hangover mood of his last studio album.
Tucson Weekly |
Gene Armstrong |
12-20-2010 |
Reviews
Tags: Bryan Ferry
Hunter And The Huntednew
Country star Chuck Wicks hits more than the Billboard charts.
Colorado Springs Independent |
Kirsten Akens |
12-20-2010 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Chuck Wicks
Do The Mickey Avalonnew
Against all odds, hip-hop's best-loved ex-junkie is cleaning up his act.
Colorado Springs Independent |
Bill Forman |
12-20-2010 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Mickey Avalon
Bayou Pollutersnew
A new report from the Louisiana Bucket Brigade says that Louisiana's refineries are ill-equipped to handle a disaster.
Gambit |
Alex Woodward |
12-20-2010 |
Environment
The Increasingly Hostile World Of Wisconsin's Civil Servantsnew
A look at the backlash against Wisconsin state employees and their unions.
Isthmus |
Marc Eisen |
12-20-2010 |
Business & Labor
Despairnew
I was talking to a friend about the increasing despair I had been feeling since Boryana left me. I said I was afraid it was starting to morph into a black hole that would all but consume me. “Maybe it’s not just her,” Lee said. “Maybe it’s all the bad news that’s going on,” he said.
Boek said that we had had a shadow government for decades now. “The politicians are just the fronts for them,” he said. “Obama has to know that, even if he tries to get as much for the workingman as possible.”
Random Lengths News |
Lionel Rolfe |
12-20-2010 |
Commentary
Small Town Strip Minenew
The small town of Dexter, Ore. is discovering the explosive consequences of inviting big timber to pay the bills.
Eugene Weekly |
Camilla Mortensen |
12-20-2010 |
Environment
Chardonnays: Butter, Fruit, or Tin?new
Is innovation always a good thing?
East Bay Express |
Jody Brettkelly |
12-20-2010 |
Food+Drink
Tags: Wine, Chardonnay
Ropin' & Rhymin' With Utah's Cowboy Poetsnew
Like urban rappers, cowboy poets are spittin' rhymes -- not on street corners but in high school gyms of bucolic towns throughout the West. Are these high plains poets on a slow fade along with the rural lifestyle they represent?
Salt Lake City Weekly |
Dan Nailen |
12-20-2010 |
Culture
Bad Ballerinanew
Natalie Portman turns in a career-best performance in the powerful 'Black Swan.'
Tucson Weekly |
Bob Grimm |
12-20-2010 |
Reviews
Hammy Haymakersnew
A showy Christian Bale performance can't cover up major flaws in 'The Fighter.'
Tucson Weekly |
Colin Boyd |
12-20-2010 |
Reviews
Tags: The Fighter
