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1. Feature

   Rivera's Edge

   After a year on the job, U.S. Attorney Jose de Jesus Rivera looks to be in the right place at the right time

   By Michael Kiefer

   Published: June 24, 1999

   When Ed Pastor, as Arizona's ranking (and only) Democratic congressman, was asked to nominate Janet Napolitano's successor as U.S. Attorney early in 1998, he deliberately set...

2. Music

   A Report From the Dylan/Simon Tour

   By Owen Perkins

   Published: June 24, 1999

   They were almost lost in the hype of a tour so hyped even the hype was having trouble finding its way. Long before a note was played, cynics had written off Paul/Bob '99 as too...

3. Cafe

   Second Helpings

   By Howard Seftel

   Published: June 24, 1999

   Summer in the City: This is the time of year when tourists disappear and locals stay home and plant themselves in front of their air-conditioning vents. That makes it tough for...

4. Film

   Faux Pa

   Adam Sandler scores pop fly in endearing Big Daddy

   By Hal Hinson

   Published: June 24, 1999

   The new Adam Sandler comedy, Big Daddy, isn't just the funniest movie of the summer; it's also the most improbable feel-good movie of the season. It's improbable because...

5. Night & Day

   Night & Day

   June 24 - 30, 1999

   By M.V. Moorhead

   Published: June 24, 1999

   thursday june 24 ASU theater student A.J. Morales is the author of the cycle of six plays about cars, ranging in length from five to 40 minutes, collectively known as...

6. Feature

   Crackdown

   After years of neglect, a Maryvale neighborhood and the Phoenix police evict the West Side City Crips

   By Chris Farnsworth

   Published: June 24, 1999

   Officer Scott Masino began CPR even though he knew his friend was dead. Masino tried in vain to push breath into the chest of fellow cop Marc Atkinson, to get his heart to beat...

7. Music

   Signed, Sealed, Delivered

   Rhythm Room honcho Bob Corritore inks a deal with roots-music heavyweight Hightone Records

   By Gilbert Garcia

   Published: June 24, 1999

   Between his weekly radio show on KJZZ and his work as entertainment director of the Rhythm Room, Bob Corritore has long held the title of the Valley's greatest advocate for...

8. Cafe

   Cart Blanch

   By Howard Seftel

   Published: June 24, 1999

   Whole Foods Market, 5120 South Rural, Tempe, 480-456-1400. Hours: 8 a.m. to 10 p.m., seven days a week. Now is the summer of our discontent. It's the time of year that APS...

9. Film

   Scars and Stripes

   Travolta/Woods teaming pulls steamy The General's Daughter up through the ranks

   By Hal Hinson

   Published: June 24, 1999

   Simon West, the director of the new thriller starring John Travolta and Madeleine Stowe, likes the kind of close-ups that bore into an actor's face, exposing every clogged pore...

10. Night & Day

    New Digs

    By M.V. Moorhead

    Published: June 24, 1999

    The clock is ticking for Tempe's College Street Garden, which for 25 years has been operated by green-thumbed members of the community, including the Kids Garden Club....

11. News

    Flashes

    By

    Published: June 24, 1999

    Here We Go Again The Flash tore up this week's column after hearing that the bank-fraud conviction of former governor J. Fife Symington III had been overturned by the U.S....

12. Music

    Axis Powers

    A look at what makes Tucsonans gush over one of Scottsdale's cheesiest dance clubs

    By Mr. P-Body

    Published: June 24, 1999

    Shudder to think that here in Phoenix, more than 12,000 people show up to see rock relics like Poison and Ratt while AOR radio stations look forward to the upcoming...

13. Film

    Same Difference

    The second time's not the charm for Twice Upon a Yesterday's "what if?" reworking

    By Jean Oppenheimer

    Published: June 24, 1999

    Twice Upon a Yesterday seems almost too geared for the Sliding Doors crowd. By relying on the same kind of conceptual sleight-of-hand as that recent Brit hit (which owed a...

14. Night & Day

    Act a Little Dream of Me

    By M.V. Moorhead

    Published: June 24, 1999

    What are audience members in for when they go to a performance by Essential Theatre Company? "They're going to experience stories from their lives," says artistic director and...

15. Columns

    Everybody Knows Your Name

    Karaoke fans the flame of friendship at Macgruders

    By Brian Smith

    Published: June 24, 1999

    As I walk into Dusty Macgruders, at 24th Street and Thomas, that 4 Non Blondes dim ode to twentysomething trust-fund angst called "What's Up" trumpets through the small bar's...

16. Music

    Gotta Serve Somebody

    On the Tracks publishers build a career on the relentless intensity of Bob Dylan's fan base

    By Dave McElfresh

    Published: June 24, 1999

    If you're a Dylan freak, the center of the universe is, of all places, Grand Junction, Colorado. Mick and Laurie McCuistion reside there, operating an enormous business...

17. Letters

    Letters

    By

    Published: June 24, 1999

    Shock Doc Thanks for the excellent article on Dr. Brian "Kiss My Ass" Finkel ("The Terminator," Amy Silverman, June 17). It brought back memories from when I was active...

18. Music

    Recordings

    By Gilbert Garcia and Jonathan Bond

    Published: June 24, 1999

    Pavement Terror Twilight (Matador Records) It's one of the little ironies of indie-pop that Pavement has hit its creative stride just as much of its initial, underground...

19. Columns

    The Warehouse Tape

    County supervisors erase any notion of compromising to preserve historic buildings

    By David Holthouse

    Published: June 24, 1999

    I don't wish ill on the clerk to the Maricopa County Board of Supervisors, but it's a good thing she was sick on June 15. That was the day the Board of Supervisors met in a...

20. Stage

    Blanket Indictment

    King of Pop ill-served by bedraggled Tapestry

    By Robrt L. Pela

    Published: June 24, 1999

    It was inevitable that the trend in tribute albums honoring contemporary singer/songwriters--which kicked into high gear more than a decade ago with Famous Blue Raincoat,...