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Feature
Indian Takers
A war for custody of 4-year-old Raven Laws includes a spurious Alabama tribe
By Paul Rubin
Published: March 22, 2007
Steve Bison of Alabama's Cherokee River Indian Community says the war over 4-year-old Raven Laws may be traced back to the legendary Battle of Horseshoe Bend. "It's a long...
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Revolver
House of Dance
Spin-win situation
By Brendan Joel Kelley
Published: March 22, 2007
A few weeks ago, I helped judge the Ultra DJ Spinoff at Myst in Scottsdale. Six finalists had 25 minutes each to impress the judges (who also included DJs Pete "Supermix"...
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Cafe
Southern Exposure
The new South
By Michele Laudig
Published: March 22, 2007
Living in Arizona, it's easy to become familiar with the nuances of Mexican cooking. From corner taquerias and casual family-style places to higher-end restaurants, there's...
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Film
Again With the Serious Face?
Adam Sandler plays a 9/11 widower and finally nails a somber role
By Scott Foundas
Published: March 22, 2007
As Charlie Fineman, a New York dentist who lost his wife and three young daughters in one of the September 11 plane crashes, Adam Sandler sports a mass of bedraggled locks and...
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Stage
Working Classy
A well-maid play
By Robrt L. Pela
Published: March 22, 2007
On paper, Richard Dresser's Augusta sounds a whole lot more dreary than it turns out to be. Thanks to some fine acting and smooth direction, this comedy about the travails of...
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Game On
Hell on Wheels
Ghost Rider will drive you up the wall
By Chris Ward
Published: March 22, 2007
There's one similarity between Ghost Rider and most videogame movie tie-ins: Get too close to either, and your ass will probably get burnt. Though it stars goofy Nic Cage and...
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The Bird
Big Boobs
Know-it-all media the world over got punked by the latest New Times parody, and now (sigh . . .) it’s time to cop to the details.
From the beak of The Bird to the ear of Stephen Lemons
Published: March 22, 2007
Hmmm, this Phoenix firebird speaks with forked tongue — at least when it comes to the New Times story on white-trash diva Anna Nicole Smith's Native American love child,...
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Niki at Nite
Wieners' Circle
It was the wurst of times
By Niki D'Andrea
Published: March 22, 2007
"Ten bucks says I can get one of these guys to show me their wiener," my friend Toxic JuJu tells me, as we grab some seats at the bar inside Pumphouse II to take in a gay male...
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Film
Culture Clash
Immigrant experience meets generation gap
By Ella Taylor
Published: March 22, 2007
Packed with female book club members, a screening of Mira Nair's The Namesake left no doubt about the film's target audience. If anyone's going to flock to this warm and...
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Stage
Christ Complex
The Son's a control freak, too
By Robrt L. Pela
Published: March 22, 2007
I suppose it could happen to anyone: You spend a good chunk of your professional life getting paid to pretend you're Christ, and after awhile you start believing you can part...
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DVDish
Diamonds in the Rough
By Jordan Harper and Robert Wilonsky
Published: March 22, 2007
Blood Diamond (Warner Bros.) Ed Zwick's Blood Diamond, about the civil war over diamonds that devastated Sierra Leone in the late 1990s, plays like a guilt-ridden Jerry...
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News
Public Enemy Number One
She went after CPS -- but now the state may be coming after her
By Sarah Fenske
Published: March 22, 2007
Robin Scoins is the perfect face for the argument against Arizona Child Protective Services. And she believes that's exactly why she's drawn the ire of state representative...
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Club Candids
Drinking Green
Shamrock 'n' roll at Rosie McCaffrey's
By Lilia Menconi
Published: March 22, 2007
Not that we needed an excuse to go out and get drunk, but at least this time, we had a good reason to buy a new green shirt, because it was a St. Patrick's Day celebration,...
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Film
The Ugly Truth in Austin, Texas
The case against Michael Moore and for B-list celebs at SXSW
By Robert Wilonsky
Published: March 22, 2007
By Monday afternoon, they had all left Austin — the A-minus-listers who flew into Texas to promote their studio releases with encroaching release dates. Among them were...
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Stage
Theater Scene
What's running now
By Robrt L. Pela
Published: March 22, 2007
Previews and reviews by Robrt L. Pela Frozen: Bryony Lavery’s dark, thoughtful drama about a pedophile serial killer won London’s prestigious Barclay Award for Best New Play...
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What Else Is New?
New Times' top DVD picks for the week of March 20
Published: March 22, 2007
Batman Beyond: Season Three (Warner Bros.) The Bridge on the River Kwai (Sony) Burning Annie (Warner Bros.) The Caine Mutiny (Sony) The Care Bears Movie: 25th...
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Letters
Letters From the Issue of Thursday, March 22, 2007
Published: March 22, 2007
A Child Shall Fool Them Editor’s note:We're straying from our usual Letters format to publish an assortment of responses (edited from our Web site) to our satirical story on...
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Shrapnel
Southern Man
Mighty Mississippi
By Niki D'Andrea
Published: March 22, 2007
J.J. Grey, front man for country-fried funk 'n' soul band Mofro, comes from the Florida swamplands and a rich storytelling tradition. Hints of both seep into the songs on...
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Film
Bob Shaye´s New Line
Movie mogul taps into his inner child
By Rob Nelson
Published: March 22, 2007
Hardcore fantasy geeks will relish role-playing every enemy of The Last Mimzy, a family-style sci-fi adventure whose director Bob Shaye is better known to them as the evil...
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¡Ask a Mexican!™
The Naming Debate
Special reader-feedback edition
By Gustavo Arellano
Published: March 22, 2007
Dear Readers: Muchas, muchas responses to my March 8 column asking whether I should keep this column's gold-toothed, mustachioed, sombrero-wearing fat Mexican logo and what...
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