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Die, Weed, Dienew

An alien moth munches an invasive fern -- one that is threatening Florida's Everglades -- into extinction.
Miami New Times  |  Wyatt Olson  |  06-27-2005  |  Environment

Dubble Trubblenew

Troubled Hubble packs a one-two wallop of great music and an even better live show.
Houston Press  |  John Nova Lomax  |  06-27-2005  |  Profiles & Interviews

Say What?new

Three books look at the way language shifts, unfolds and changes as people adopt ever more efficient ways of pronouncing words.
East Bay Express  |  Anneli Rufus  |  06-27-2005  |  Nonfiction

When Words Collidenew

With Believer Books, Dorna Khazeni enters the rarely profitable world of translation to bring France's literary bad boy Michel Houellebecq to America.
East Bay Express  |  David Downs  |  06-27-2005  |  Author Profiles & Interviews

Border Statenew

The support network struggles to catch up with Arkansas’s status as a prime destination for Latino immigrants.
Arkansas Times  |  Warwick Sabin  |  06-27-2005  |  Immigration

A Masterpiece That Wasn'tnew

Reflections of a failed marriage add up to a failed movie by a usually successful young French director.
East Bay Express  |  Melissa Levine  |  06-27-2005  |  Reviews

Rebirth of Slicknew

The reorbiting Digable Planets are "cool like dat" once again. More than a decade after winning a Grammy, the trio makes its comeback.
East Bay Express  |  Rachel Swan  |  06-27-2005  |  Music

Better Late Than Nevernew

Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas arrives on Xbox and PC.
Boston Phoenix  |  Aaron Solomon  |  06-27-2005  |  Video Games

Seabiscuit Should Be So Luckynew

Just call them the Horse Pressurers: This new breed of equine healer does acupressure, massage, the holistic works, and often runs on ambiguous legal turf.
East Bay Express  |  Kara Platoni  |  06-27-2005  |  Science

Final Fantasy Music Leaps From Game Console to Live Concertnew

Final Fantasy is the first video game to spawn symphonic concerts from its music, incorporating a full orchestra and a chorus, plus three video screens showing scenes from the games and live-cam shots from inside the orchestra itself.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta)  |  Mark Gresham  |  06-27-2005  |  Concerts

Protecting the Birds from the Beesnew

Sex ed presents a conundrum in cities where sheltered kids sit alongside those with too much life experience
East Bay Express  |  Chris Thompson  |  06-27-2005  |  Sex

Comets on Fire Bring the Ruckusnew

Like the Mars Volta (another band constantly associated with mind-alteration), Comets on Fire's sound is the distillation of a wealth of knowledge about music and an idea of the boundary-less plane it can inhabit.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta)  |  Nikhil Swaminathan  |  06-27-2005  |  Profiles & Interviews

Free the Pill!new

It's highly effective and "safer than aspirin." Selling it over the counter could prevent hundreds of thousands of abortions annually. So why on earth can't women get their birth control without a prescription?
East Bay Express  |  Kara Platoni  |  06-27-2005  |  Sex

Spotlight on: Tinsley Ellisnew

Some live double albums are criticized for not whittling the material down to a single disc. Based on the roaring performance of these 11 songs, the album could have gone twice the distance and leaves listeners wanting more.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta)  |  Hal Horowitz  |  06-27-2005  |  Reviews

The Case Against the Plutonium Space Race

Even though the use of plutonium-238 in space could endanger the lives of people on earth, the United States has greatly expanded its nuclear space program.
Boise Weekly  |  Karl Grossman  |  06-26-2005  |  Environment

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