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Madonna/Whore
Mommybloggers and sex workers embrace the Web's emancipation.

News profile: Crusading Marin attorney Karen Carrera
Battling Goliath on behalf of unskilled workers, Carrera takes on McDonald's and more.

Column. The Byrne Report: John Mark Karr
America's obsession with crimes against children is deeper than one pedophile's atrocities.

News Briefs for Sonoma, Marin and Napa
Marin County couple sues Bankers Trust over Nazi connection.

Ask Sydney: No question too big, too small or too off-the-wall
Money-hungry pigs, gaydar down! and adapting to adoption.

Movie review: 'Boynton Beach Club'
Boomers enjoy a last hurrah when 60 remains the new 60.

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Music preview: Willard's Canteen
Matt Pamatmat's one-man band begs no forgiveness.

Music Preview: 'Shine On' by Aussie rockers Jet
What begins as a glam column ends as a flat-out yeah! to Jet.

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Column. Napkin Notes: The occasional diatribe from the periodic local
Clark Wolf on Sonoma County community gardens.

Restaurant review: Bistro des Copains in Occidental
This new bistro is like escaping to Provence.

Winery profile: Freemark Abbey in St. Helena
The big gun here is the 2001 Cabernet Sauvignon-Bosche. Pure kapow!

Food news: Chef Thomas Keller opens Ad Hoc in Yountville
Greetings from Kellerville! How one chef feeds a town.

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Arts profile: Poet Brian Turner
Iraq war veteran Brian Turner comes to the Sonoma County Book Festival.

Arts preview: 'Hybrid Fields' exhibit at the Sonoma County Museum
Fourteen artists examine the collision of science, technology and food.

Stage review: Marin Shakespeare Company's 'Comedy of Errors'
This 'Comedy' is great bad Shakespeare.

Letters to the Editor
September 13-19, 2006.