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Learning Lessons From a Catnew

It can't be a good sign if a cat can knock a Christmas tree down.

Creative Loafing (Atlanta) | Hollis Gillespie | 12-08-2005 | Comedy

Tags: humor & satire, moodswing

Biscotti? That's Amore!new

Even a beginning baker can't go wrong with cranberry-pistachio biscotti.

Creative Loafing (Atlanta) | Kim O'Donnel | 12-08-2005 | Food+Drink

Tags: Kitchen Witch

When it Comes to Wine Bottles, Bigger Can Be Betternew

Bottles measuring 750-L (the normal size you see everywhere) fail to fill bellies of a houseful of people, so why not buy the big jugs? These family-size 1.5-L helpers can save you money, and you'll have enough to dive in yourself.

Creative Loafing (Atlanta) | Taylor Eason | 12-08-2005 | Food+Drink

Tags: Corkscrew

Bibliophile in a Bindnew

The House of Paper is nevertheless a soulful study of the peculiar passions and perils of bibliomania.

Creative Loafing (Atlanta) | Thomas Bell | 12-08-2005 | Fiction

Tags: space, Shelf, Carlos Maria Dominguez, The House of Paper

Judgment Day for Judge Roy Moorenew

Armageddon is just six months away, at least in Alabama. A vote for Roy Moore is an endorsement of Jesus; a vote for Bob Riley (or one of the long-shot Democrat contenders) is a ballot cast for Old Scratch.

Creative Loafing (Atlanta) | John Sugg | 12-08-2005 | Politics

Tags: Fishwrapper

Thinking Outside the Xboxnew

A video-game major at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute aims to reshape what we think we know about video games

Metroland | David King | 12-08-2005 | Video Games

Tags: video, games, gaming

Spreading the Plamenew

The way her colleagues have been going after her, you'd think Judith Miller was the only journalist who abetted the Bush administration's rush to war. There are lots of them.

New Times Broward-Palm Beach | Bob Norman | 12-08-2005 | Media

Tags: George W. Bush administration, New York Times. Jeffrey Goldberg, New York Times. Jim Hoagland, New Yorker., Sun-Sentinel. Nicholas D. Kristof, Thomas L. Friedman, Washington Post: Kingsley Guy, WMDs

Proselytizing 101new

An adjunct professor who was dismissed alleges that Broward Community College illegally promotes a fundamentalist religious agenda in the classroom.

New Times Broward-Palm Beach | Trevor Aaronson | 12-08-2005 | Education

Tags: evangelical, Encountering the New Testament by Walter A. Elwell and Robert W. Yarbrough, James W. Johnson Lulrick Balzora, textbook for the New Testament course

Widow of Miami Politician Seeks to Overturn His Convictionnew

To gain the right to her husband Arthur Teele's city pension, Stephanie Teele wants the court to overturn his felony conviction for threatening an undercover detective who had been following her.

Miami New Times | Chuck Strouse | 12-08-2005 | Politics

Tags: suicide, Miami Herald, Drugs, Sex, gun, Miami Commissioner Arthur Earle Teele Jr

War on Avian Flu Threatens Free-Range Poultrynew

The surest way to keep birds from catching and spreading the disease, scientists say, is to keep them indoors. The battle over what that means for free-range poultry and cage-free eggs is beginning to roil.

East Bay Express | Jonathan Kauffman | 12-08-2005 | Animal Issues

Tags: Whole Foods, and Compassion Over Killing have joined the Humane Society of the United States, Compassionate Action for Animals, egg industry, egg producers, Trader Joe's, United Poultry Concerns