NEWS

Broken Windows, Shattered Peace: A Dispute Over Late-Night Entertainment at a Union Square Restaurant Pits Neighbor Against Neighbor | Mobtown Beat by Edward Ericson Jr.

Light for Cal: Cal Ripken Jr.’s debut last weekend as a Sun advice columnist represents not only an adventurous departure for the Orioles legend-turned-businessman, but also a happier chapter in his once strained relationship with his local newspaper. | Media Circus

Murder Ink | The Mail | Councilmania | Feature | The Nose

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COLUMNS

It’s Cold and Flu Season (Again): It’s only a matter of time before that shit evolves and wants to get some action in on the Human Race | Mr. Wrong by Joe MacLeod

The Party’s Over: Though public polling is fickle, Bush is undeniably weak right now. | Right Field by Russ Smith

You’re Screwed: Who benefits? The rich—duh. | Political Animal by Brian Morton

Common Law Confused: None of this will make the breakup any easier for you at first, but at least you won’t be making it easy for him either, and eventually you’ll realize that by getting rid of him and keeping your self respect, you’ve made by far the better deal. | Think Mink by Mink Stole

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COMICS

Lulu Eightball: by Emily Flake

Shabby Tabby: by Valerie Crosswhite

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ARTS

Uncommon Wealth: New Galleries At The Walters Offer Fascinating Look At 16th-Century Bling | Art by J. Bowers

Cluck Corporate America: Two Books Get Inside The Big Businesses Of Corporate Farming And Poultry Production | Books by Scott Carlson

New Jersey Drive: Success Didn’t Spoil Emerging Playwright Lamar Hill | Stage by John Barry

Pyongyang: A Journey in North Korea by Guy Delisle | Review by Stephen Snyder

Spook: Science Tackles The Afterlife by Mary Roach | Review by Violet LeVoit

The Pirates! In an Adventure with Ahab by Gideon Defoe | Review by Bret McCabe

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MUSIC

Guitar Anti-Hero: Marc Ribot Strings Tangled Links Between Punk and Everything Else | Music by Lee Gardner

Mullyman | Review by Al Shipley

Nine Inch Nails: With Teeth | Review by Raymond Cummings

CocoRosie: Noah’s Ark | Review by Catherine Lewis

Endless Boogie: 2 | Review by Joel Hunt

Emmanuel Jal and Abdel Gadir Salim: Ceasefire | Review by Michaelangelo Matos

The Go! Team: "Huddle Formation" | Review by Jess Harvell

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FILM

Straight Time: Omar and Pete Takes A Sober Look At Two Ex-Inmates Trying to Re-Enter Baltimore | Television by Eric Allen Hatch

Wendell Pierce: To a generation of African-American women he’s Michael, the nice guy in Waiting to Exhale. | Q+A by Bret McCabe

Capote | Review by Violet LeVoit

R&B No Contest: A Karaoke Saga | Review by Bret McCabe

The Black Cat | Review by Bret McCabe

Faster Pussycat, Kill! Kill! | Review by Tom Scocca

Prime | Review by Bret McCabe

Doom | Review by Ian Grey

Stay | Review by Cole Haddon

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EAT

Charleston | Review by Richard Gorelick

Zaytoun Bistro | Review by Michelle Gienow

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