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Despite Setback, Advocates Work to Overturn Rape Convictionnew

A growing legion of supporters, including ex-cops, believe 43-year-old Ronald Bower has wrongly spent the last 14 years in prison on rape charges -- even though a justice denied a motion to vacate his conviction March 23. A Long Island Press investigation considers the evidence that someone else was the "silver-gun rapist."

Long Island Press | Amy Fisher with Robbie Woliver and Lauren Wolfe | 03-24-2005 | Crime & Justice

Tags: crime & justice

How to Survive a Mega-Wine Tastingnew

Wine tastings have boomed in recent years, as nonprofits realize how many people want to get drunk with an excuse ... er ... conscience.

Creative Loafing (Atlanta) | Taylor Eason | 03-24-2005 | Food+Drink

D.E.B.S.new

This flick about four foxy crime-fighters attending spy college is campy enough to be bad, but it's not bad enough to be campy.

Creative Loafing (Atlanta) | Heather Kuldell | 03-24-2005 | Reviews

Tags: Angela Robinson, D.E.B.S.

Harold Lloyd Film Project Recalls the Career of a Film Pioneernew

One of the overlooked stars of film comedy, atypical comic goof ball Harold Lloyd, promised audiences they could eventually triumph over social class and empty pockets by recasting comedy's chump into a triumphant winner.

Creative Loafing (Atlanta) | Felicia Feaster | 03-24-2005 | Reviews

Tags: Harold Lloyd, Harold Lloyd Film Project

The Final Days of the Third Reich Unfold in Downfallnew

Best known for playing an angel in Wings of Desire, Swiss-born actor Bruno Ganz portrays one of the 20th century's greatest demons, Adolf Hitler, in Downfall.

Creative Loafing (Atlanta) | Curt Holman | 03-24-2005 | Reviews

Tags: Oliver Hirschbiegel, Downfall

Moral Ambiguity and an Abandoned Baby Fuel Up and Downnew

This film from the Czech Republic makes you wonder if the people of this often luckless, tread-upon region will ever be happy.

Creative Loafing (Atlanta) | Felicia Feaster | 03-24-2005 | Reviews

Tags: Jan Hrebejk, Up and Down

Guess Who Is No Improvement on the Originalnew

The distance between Guess Who and the 1967 film Guess Who's Coming to Dinner proves that social progress doesn't guarantee artistic advancement.

Creative Loafing (Atlanta) | Curt Holman | 03-24-2005 | Reviews

Tags: Guess Who, Kevin Rodney Sullivan

Coke Hires Firm to Examine Bottlers in Colombia, Elsewherenew

In the next few months, Coke will release "summary" results of a worldwide audit of its bottlers, including bottlers in Colombia.

Creative Loafing (Atlanta) | Steve Fennessy | 03-24-2005 | Business & Labor

Tags: Coke

Surviving the Gamenew

Thirty years in, the rock 'n' roll institution is still louder and drunker than everybody else.

Cleveland Scene | Jason Bracelin | 03-23-2005 | Profiles & Interviews

Tags: debauchery, heavy-metal, Motorhead

Turning Into Punk's Miss Worldnew

Ashlee Simpson suddenly seems aware of her counterculture calling, and her band seems capable of making the move to grimier fare.

Cleveland Scene | Andrew Miller | 03-23-2005 | Profiles & Interviews

Tags: artistic freedom, Ashlee Simpson, Lucy Walsh on keys, Shadow

Lawsuite Puts Shopping Mall Titan on a Hot Seatnew

Business magnate Dick Jacobs' nephew has filed a lawsuit accusing his uncle of taking or misspending as much as $448 million from family trusts, much of it to prop up failed real-estate investments in downtown Cleveland.

Cleveland Scene | Chris Maag | 03-23-2005 | Business & Labor

Tags: John, debt, Tennessee, a REIT based in Chattanooga, Ameritrust, and Marie, CBL & Associates, Dave Jacobs, David Jr.

Understanding in a Car Crashnew

A stolen stereo results in an audio archiving project of epic proportions -- and leads to an exploration into the psychology of the mix tape in the MP3 era.

Boulder Weekly | Vince Darcangelo | 03-23-2005 | Music

Tags: High Decibel, Vince Darcangelo