NEWS
Who’s Being Helped: Activists Say Federal Regulations Requiring ID for First-Time Voters May Turn Them Off—Or Away—at the Polls | Campaign Beat by Anna Ditkoff
Two for Two: Incumbent Nicholas D’Adamo Faces Two Challengers In 2nd District City Council Race | Campaign Beat by Edward Ericson Jr.
3rd Watch: One Green and One Republican Come Forward to Challenge Incumbent Councilman Robert Curran For His 3rd District Seat | Campaign Beat by Edward Ericson Jr.
Under Protest: The Longtime Standoff Between the National Security Agency and Local Peace Activists Escalates | Mobtown Beat by Edward Ericson Jr.
Censured Censor: When the Nose phoned Israel “Izzy” Patoka, the director of the Mayor’s Office of Neighborhoods, last Thursday, Aug. | The Nose
Maryland’s Stem-Cell Wars: Inside the Battles Over Embryos, Cloning, and the Future of Medicine | Feature by Ralph Brave
Murder Ink | The Mail
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COLUMNS
Best Bent: Nobody called you on the phone from here at the paper and hollered at you because you didn’t have the Best French Fries or something, right? | Mr. Wrong by Joe MacLeod
Play It Again, Bob: Look at the local papers and you see a certain amount of sameness every day. | Political Animal by Brian Morton
In a Tight Spot: Dump him. Dump this guy now, FFU, before he cons you into marrying him and putting your own education on hold... | Think Mink by Mink Stole
Field Trip: It’s the people, at least in the Northwest quadrant, who often make a visit there unpleasant. | Right Field by Russ Smith
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COMICS
Lulu Eightball: by Emily Flake
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ARTS
Checkpoint by Nicholson Baker
| Review by
Blake de Pastino
Art
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MUSIC
Hard Eight: Octet Cream Abdul Babar Makes a Noisy, Outlandish, and Delicious Blast | Music by Bret McCabe
The Players Dub: Mikey Dread, Lithuanian Hall, Aug. 27 | Feedback by Ryan Boddy
Masta Ace: A Long Hot Summer
| Review by
Craig Smith
Northern State: All City
| Review by
Bret McCabe
Scissor Sisters: Scissor Sisters
| Review by
Tom Breihan
Vern Williams Band: Traditional Bluegrass
| Review by
Dennis Rozanski
The Short List
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FILM
Anacondas: The Hunt for the Blood Orchid
| Review by
Joe MacLeod
Danny Deckchair
| Review by
Gabriel Wardell
SuperBabies: Baby Geniuses 2
| Review by
Joe MacLeod
Suspect Zero
| Review by
Joe MacLeod
Vanity Fair
| Review by
Romola Garai
On the Waterfront
| Review by
Lee Gardner
Mayor of the Sunset Strip
| Review by
Bret McCabe
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