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The Talk of the Green Iguana
Will American voters elect the first gay vice president in November?
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Are We There Yet?
Jeez, can we just embrace the electric car already?
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Accidental Hit Man
Sure, Paul Brandreth talks like a wiseguy. But is he a cold-blooded killer?
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They'll Take Your Houses
South Florida's real estate forecast calls for pain
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The Muscle Men
Inside the "Rejuvenation Centers" at the heart of the nation's largest illegal steroid and HGH operation
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Man-Child in the Promised Land (11)
Pop star Sean Kingston hopes the party's just begun
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Your Mom Thinks He’s Hot (6)
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The Talk of the Green Iguana (4)
Will American voters elect the first gay vice president in November?
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Guitar Zero (2)
Maybe the next generation won't even play instruments. Clapton and Hendrix? So passé.
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Shooting the Moon (2)
Aim high or aim low, you're bound to hit something, even if it's the sleep button
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Cheat Sheet to Langerado
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Licensed to Chill
How the Beasties went from hip-hop pranksters to musical renaissance men
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Paul Potts
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Not Your Father's N Word
Eight months after its "burial," the world's most dangerous epithet is more popular than ever in hip-hop
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Sabbath Bloody Sabbath
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Sun-Sentinel To 'Improver The Spirit' and Become 'Disneyland for the Mind'
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Hurry Up And Spit!
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Black Journalists Association Workshop In Miami
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Guest SXSW Blogger: Rachel Goodrich, Torche, Ash Grundwald
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Guest SXSW Blogger: the Wedding Present, Van Morrison, R.E.M., the Lemonheads, and more
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The Cool Kids + Black Punk Done Right
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Jazzanova
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Breakestra
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Xavier Rudd
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Stephen Marley
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National Features
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Phoenix New Times
Canine Crusaders
That drug-sniffing dog up ahead? He may not be your best friend.
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Miami New Times
Picked On
Farm workers earn nada in America's green-bean capital.
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Village Voice
"Why I'm No Longer a Brain-Dead Liberal"
An election-season essay from one of America's greatest playwrights.
By David Mamet
Subject(s): Public Enemy
While most "Golden Era" hip-hoppers have retired to community social clubs or made halfhearted, half-cracked attempts at reliving bygone days, Public Enemy has kept chipping away at the cornerstone. While on a seeming hiatus since Apocalypse 91, Chuck D, Flava Flav, and newest addition Paris have designed a sound through one simple method: returning to what made them infamous. And for once, nostalgia reigns supreme. Recycled beats and rhymes woven with new perceptions and stellar production make Rebirth of a Nation an overdue gestation worth the wait. Hearing Chuck make Terrordome-type references on "Hard Rhythm" and the upbeat "Rise" reminds one why he was — and remains — a lyrical master. "They Call Me Flava" — for all intensive reasons a modern "Cold Lampin' With Flavor" — features the jokester in prime form. And Paris, a more believable revolutionary than Professor Griff ever proved, is a smart addition to the crew. Rebirth proves that while you can't re-create masterpieces, you can revisit a dream and live it fully in the present.
