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Laura Smith blew the whistle on a county sheriff's department bribery scheme, and now she's paying the price
By Chad Garrison

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Hancock squanders potential greatness with lame humor and a half-baked hero
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The 20 Most Unpatriotic Album Covers of All Time

What better time to dig through the Net for some cheerful bastardizations of American iconography than July 4? OK, not all of it is particularly cheerful - some of it is downright disturbing. Got anything better? Leave a comment.

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Princess Diaries: From across the country they came, all hoping to be crowned a Dream Girl USA

Princess Diaries: From across the country they came, all hoping to be crowned a Dream Girl USA

By Jennifer Silverberg

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What's All the Racquet? Gather 'round and hear how Unreal laid down our life for Anna Kournikova.

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Payback: Laura Smith blew the whistle on a county sheriff's department bribery scheme, and now she's paying the price

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A Mexican slant: What's up with Spanish words in italics?

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Groove Is In the Heart: Gentleman Auction House gets its groove on with <i>Alphabet Graveyard</i>

Groove Is In the Heart: Gentleman Auction House gets its groove on with Alphabet Graveyard

By Annie Zaleski

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True Faith: Peter Hook hasn't let New Order's split slow him down

By Annie Zaleski

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No Matter How U Slice It: The U provides much-needed sandwich sustenance to midtown — even in the wee hours

No Matter How U Slice It: The U provides much-needed sandwich sustenance to midtown — even in the wee hours

By Ian Froeb

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Comings, goings — and did local heroine Christina Machamer kick ultimate ass on Hell's Kitchen?

By Ian Froeb

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Deaths come in 3s. Thickburgers come in 2/3s.

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Superzero: <i>Hancock</i> squanders potential greatness with lame humor and a half-baked hero

Superzero: Hancock squanders potential greatness with lame humor and a half-baked hero

By Robert Wilonsky

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Shots in the Dark: Reflecting its moment, Cannes 2008 takes a decidedly serious tone

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Fri Jul 4, 9:32 AM

'Hancock': $17.1M Thurs, $41.3M So Far

Sony Pictures' Hancock keeps adding to its domestic box office dough. It made $17.1 million from... More >>

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Cannes Class of 2008: A jury divided unites around Laurent Cantet's schoolhouse drama

By J. Hoberman

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Dennis Doesn't Write the Headlines: <i>RFT</i> theater critic sets the record — and Shakespeare Festival St. Louis — straight.

Dennis Doesn't Write the Headlines: RFT theater critic sets the record — and Shakespeare Festival St. Louis — straight.

By Dennis Brown

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Dennis Brown and Paul Friswold suss out the local theater scene

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Blast Works makes blowing stuff up DIY-friendly

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Malcolm Gay encapsulates the St. Louis arts scene

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