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Early Graves Gets Back in the Vannew

After losing its lead singer in a van accident on tour, the San Francisco metal returns with a new album and more attention than it knows what to do with.
East Bay Express |
Whitney Phaneuf |
10-24-2012 |
Music
Tags: metalcore
For the Citynew

Kendrick Lamar's 'good kid, m.A.A.d. city' rewrites Compton.
North Bay Bohemian |
Gabe Meline |
10-24-2012 |
Profiles & Interviews
Dada Issuesnew

How a trip to the Philadelphia museum of Art inspired the 20th century's most radical artists.
Philadelphia City Paper |
Shaun Brady |
10-24-2012 |
Art
Houston Babylonnew

Four of the spookiest true tales in the city's history.
Houston Press |
John Nova Lomax |
10-24-2012 |
Features
Fallen Heronew

Santa Rosa's Matt Reynolds remembers his cousin Chris Stevens, the Libyan ambassador killed in Benghazi.
North Bay Bohemian |
Juliane Poirier |
10-24-2012 |
International
Tags: Benghazi
WTF's with KWTF?new

A college-radio-style blitz from a dedicated core hopes to get on the airwaves with some decidedly subversive call letters
North Bay Bohemian |
Leilani Clark |
10-24-2012 |
Media
Will Work for Foodnew

A columnist goes undercover as a freeway off-ramp beggar.
San Diego Reader |
Ken Harrison |
10-24-2012 |
Poverty
Minding—and mining—the moonnew

How will a harvested moon affect our dreams, our breath and our poetry?
INDY Week |
Eva Hayward |
10-24-2012 |
Commentary
Indiana Fever: National Champs!new

Is a national championship worth a consecutive three-peat "Thumbs Up" listing for the Indiana Fever? You bet!
Come to Romney Countrynew

Southern California is old turf for the Romneys. The first of the Romney clan came to Southern California to fight Mexicans.
San Diego Reader |
Matt Potter |
10-24-2012 |
Features
Why do so few women seek political office?new

Women hold about 17 percent of the seats at the federal level (women of color only hold 4 percent), while in state assemblies, they hold a bit more, 24.5 percent. Worldwide, the U.S. is ranked 80th in the number of women holding public office.
Charleston City Paper |
Alison Piepmeier |
10-24-2012 |
Commentary
Trick or Treatnew

Leave the store-bought candy to the kids and try one of these homemade Halloween treats.
Charleston City Paper |
Seth Clare |
10-24-2012 |
Food+Drink
Durham's affordable housing crisisnew

It would be hard to find a more pointed example of Durham's affordable housing crisis than the situation at Lincoln Apartments: In one week, 200 low-income residents will be evicted from their homes. None of the city's recent initiatives will immediately help them.
INDY Week |
Lisa Sorg |
10-24-2012 |
Housing & Development
Horrific Hilaritynew

These horror films were never meant to be funny... but they are.
Charleston City Paper |
Kevin Young |
10-24-2012 |
Movies
High Hopes for Cocainenew

Parkinson's patients start to benefit from a new test using the party drug.
Colorado Springs Independent |
J. Adrian Stanley |
10-24-2012 |
Drugs