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Meet the man inside the glowing Spandex unitard, who refuses to be a "geek pinata."
By Ben Palosaari
Riverfront Times
The nation's best known--and perhaps only--demonologist keeps up the
struggle against Satanic spirits.
By Aimee Levitt
Miami New Times
Sensing the end of an era, bottled-water companies spend billions to keep an eco-unfriendly industry alive.
By Lee Klein
Village Voice
A man fascinated by a violent 1930s strike solves a mystery with the help of a mobster's musician.
By Tony Ortega
Legends of the Fall
Published on May 01, 2008
The 2007 New York Mets suffered a magnificent collapse. It was one of the greatest in baseball history, even loftier, in many minds, than that of the 1969 Chicago Cubs, who squandered a 9.5-game lead to . . . the New York Mets. While those Amazin Mets won the 69 Series, last years star-crossed squad was lucky it wasnt run out of Gotham on a rail. With a lineup that includes Carlos Beltrán, David Wright, Jose Reyes, and newly acquired All-Universe pitcher Johan Santana, the odds are against a relapse. In fact, on paper, New York is the best team in the National League, and its even money that should they make it that far, our Arizona Diamondbacks will have to go through the Mets to get back to the promised land.
Fri., May 2, 6:40 p.m.; Sat., May 3, 12:45 p.m.; Sun., May 4, 1:10 p.m., 2008