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The Collapse of the Nationals Marketnew

When are Nats tickets like bad mortgages? When you can't unload them, even for free.
Washington City Paper |
Staff |
10-02-2008 |
Sports
It's Time for Comfort Food: Meatloaf and Mashed Potatoesnew

For the budget conscious in these times of rising food prices, it's a great way to stretch a pound of meat. While we're at it, why not make a generous recipe that can serve for two or more meals -- leftovers for the office or a planned-ahead second dinner?
INDY Week |
Sheryl Cornett |
10-02-2008 |
Food+Drink
Digg's Top Users Banned for Ever and Evernew
Since early September, nearly 100 users have been banned from the San Francisco–based news-sharing site Digg.com. Speaking out across the blogosphere, some are confused: Did minor crimes warrant erasing their profiles? Others are expressing melodramatic mourning for their "fallen comrades."
'Rock Band 2' Keeps it Rollingnew

No need to double-check your calendar -- Rock Band 2 really is available only 10 months after the release of the original.
Boston Phoenix |
Mitch Krpata |
10-02-2008 |
Video Games
Tags: video games, Rock Band 2
8 Million Stories: Chicks, Flicks and Lunaticsnew
Matthew Weston needed a job, but he got more than he bargained for.
New York Press |
Matthew Weston |
10-02-2008 |
Commentary
With Honeycrisp's Patent Expiring, U of Minnesota Looks for a New Applenew

The popular breed has been called one the 25 innovations that changed the world.
City Pages (Twin Cities) |
Rachel Hutton |
10-02-2008 |
Food+Drink
Female MMA Fighters are Fighting for Mainstream Acceptancenew

Historically, women's MMA in the U.S. has been more of a spectacle than an actual sport. But female MMA will be in the spotlight during EliteXC on CBS this Saturday.
City Pages (Twin Cities) |
Bradley Campbell |
10-02-2008 |
Sports
Smoochin' the Shrew: Orlando Shakes Starts Season with Sweet Lovenew
Musical theater fans consider the 1948 opus, with book by Sam and Bella Spewack and music and lyrics by Cole Porter, to be one of Broadway's greatest treasures.
Orlando Weekly |
Al Krulick |
10-01-2008 |
Theater
Moodswing: Acclimation Processnew
Is there a way to prepare for making out with movie stars?
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Hollis Gillespie |
10-01-2008 |
Comedy
Tags: humor, celebrities
The Art and Propaganda of World War Inew
Together with Frank Faulkner, Allison Hays Lane has been assembling The Winds and Words of War for more than two years. The exhibition travels on to Chicago at the end of October, and will be memorialized in a book from Seattle's Marquand Press.
San Antonio Current |
Sarah Fisch |
10-01-2008 |
Art
Rabbit Ridge Comes Through when Other Chardonnays Disappointnew
I bought the Rabbit Ridge Central Coast Barrel Cuvee Chardonnay ($8.48), and I concur: its distinctive fruity aroma, dryness, and medium body make a white wine that this red-wine lover would gladly try again.
East Bay Express |
Blair Campbell |
10-01-2008 |
Food+Drink
The Third Annual Mr. Hyphen Festival Subverts Popular Stereotypesnew
The concept for Mr. Hyphen had its genesis at a staff meeting about a year after Hyphen magazine's 2003 founding, though it didn't come together until 2006.
East Bay Express |
Rachel Swan |
10-01-2008 |
Culture
Is the Slow Food Movement Out of Reach for the Poor and Working Class?new
Social activists, like Brahm Amadi, director of People's Grocery in West Oakland, are questioning the Slow Food movement's relevance in a place as stratified and class-based as the Bay Area.
East Bay Express |
Alastair Bland |
10-01-2008 |
Food+Drink
Photo Essay: Dry Harvest -- Growing Through a Tough Droughtnew

This summer, North Carolina farmers grappled with, and to varying degrees overcame, the dearth of water.
Mountain Xpress |
Liz McCarthy |
10-01-2008 |
Food+Drink
Blisternew
With all due deference, the intention of tonight's festivities is to raise some $5,000 for a team of bicyclists riding the 165-mile stretch from Miami to Key West in the name of philanthropy.
Orlando Weekly |
Billy Manes |
10-01-2008 |
Comedy