NEWS

Weighty Issues: Coppin State/Medifast Study Examines Obesity Among African-Americans in City | Mobtown Beat by Christina Royster-Hemby

Vehicle for Change: A Former Baltimore Police Officer Says Report Pointing Out Department Inefficiencies Led to his Termination | Mobtown Beat by Terrie Snyder

No Love for Same-Sex Love: Attention same-sex couples: If you're planning on getting married in Massachusetts in the near future, don't trip on the legal issues on your way down the aisle. | The Nose

Fudging the Numbers: When Mayor Martin O'Malley announced at a Jan. | The Nose

How the Mighty Have Fallen: Super Bowl Sunday was supposed to be a bash for the Deaniacs, who gathered at house parties around the country to show their support for their fading Democratic presidential candidate, Howard Dean. | Prez Box by John Barry

Members Only: On Saturday nights, the scene inside the Arch Social Club seems less like a nightclub and more like a family party. | Charmed Life by Waris Banks

The Mail | Comics Feature

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COLUMNS

Passionate Avoidance: This being America, Gibson is free to make any movie he can get funding for, and so he has. | Political Animal by Brian Morton

Keep on Truckin': The pictures airing on cable news networks and Internet wire services early last week hardly seemed real... | Third Eye by Afefe Tyehimba

Simplex Solution: I got herpes from my ex-boyfriend, who really didn't know he had it. | Think Mink by Mink Stole

Much Ado About Nothing: No slight to the Beatles, but I'd say the proliferation of air conditioning, the computer, and television had more profound effects on the world. | Right Field by Russ Smith

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COMICS

Lulu Eightball: by Emily Flake

This One Is Not a Sweetheart: February 2-8, 2004 | Funny Paper by Scocca & MacLeod

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ARTS

Crash of Symbols: BMA Explores the All-Too-Personal Works of Pablo Picasso | Art by J. Bowers

Balanced Equation: Everyman's Production of Proof is Greater Than the Sum of its Parts | Stage by Geoffrey Himes

No Niggers, No Jews, No Dogs: ohn Redwood's No Niggers, No Jews, No Dogs dumps us in Halifax, N.C., just after World War II, where a black woman is raped and impregnated by a white man. | Stage by John Barry

The Book on Bush: How George W. (Mis)leads America by Eric Alterman and Mark Green | Review by Gadi Dechter

Toward the Livable City by Emilie Buchwald, editor | Review by Joab Jackson

The Colombo Bay by Richard Pollak | Review by Mahinder Kingra

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MUSIC

Generation Next?: With Singles Emerging as Music's Preferred Currency, the CD May Soon Go the Way of the LP | Music by Bob Massey

Death Be Quite Proud: Dave Grohl Leaves the Fey Foo Fighters Behind for Some First-Class Doom | Music by Bret McCabe

Why We Sing: Pastor Hezekiah Walker and the Love Fellowship Crusade Choir's arrival in Baltimore was quite disappointing. | Feedback by Waris Banks

Bas | Review by Jaye Hunnie

Major Noise Entertainment | Review by Jaye Hunnie

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FILM

The Black Screen: The Heritage CinemaPlex Launches a Yearlong Celebration of the 100 Best African-American Films | Film by Eric Allen Hatch

The Triplets of Belleville | Review by Ian Grey

The Shop Around the Corner | Review by Eric Allen Hatch

Only the Strong Survive | Review by Lee Gardner

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EAT

Turf Inn | Review by Richard Gorelick

Duda's Tavern | Review by Tim Hill

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