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The top censored news stories of 2005-2006
Ten of the most important news stories you've never read.
Mitchell Cutler lawsuit
Racial tension turns camera-shop showdown into bizarre court battle.
The Fly: 11.08.06
You know you're in suburbia when inmates at the local county jail are more afraid of you than you are of them.
Fly Extra
Dispatches from Election Night.
Silicon Alleys: San Jose Earthquakes
Let us hope that Lew Wolff can reestablish the Quakes tradition and bring it back for good.
Technology News: Some 'good genes' can't be passed on
In the genetic war
between the sexes,
genes that are good
for one sex aren't
necessarily good for the
opposite-sex children
who inherit them.
Essay: 'Nicole Kidman' by David Thomson
Thomson's new study of Kidman falls in love with the image, not the woman.
Movie Review: 'A Good Year'
Russell Crowe plays a rich guy relaxing in Provence in Ridley Scott's very bad new film.
Movie Review: 'Stranger Than Fiction'
Despite a clunker ending, Will Ferrell's delightful new film delivers like a well-oiled Olivetti.
TV Preview: 'Dave Tatsuno: Movies and Memories'
Dave Tatsuno of San Jose took color footage of the Japanese-American internment camps.
Film Festival Preview: 10th International Latino Film Festival
The festival brings the world to our doors.
Cult Leader: Tenacious D
The main thing they still do is rock your socks off.
Movie Review: This Week's Revivals
High times: 'Dazed and Confused,' 'The Muppet Movie' and more.
MORE MOVIE REVIEWS
MOVIE TIMES
Music Preview: Sonic Temple Live
Their concerts are
unique musical blind dates with
a community consciousness.
Music Preview: 10 bands in San Jose
Three venues, 10 bands and one writer.
MORE MUSIC AND NIGHTLIFE
MUSIC AND CLUBS LISTINGS
MUSIC AND NIGHTLIFE CALENDAR PICKS
Restaurant Review: Seven Restaurant and Lounge
A hip urban vibe and big tastes have brought success to Valdez brothers.
Live Feed: Iguana's
One of downtown San Jose's most popular taquerias reopens after legal troubles.
5 Things to Love: Alternatives to Butterball Turkeys
Why not try serving the good stuff this Thanksgiving?
BOOK A RESTAURANT RESERVATION
FIND A RESTAURANT REVIEW
Visual Arts Review: 'Bay Area Abstraction: A Current View' and 'Lyle Gomes: Imagining Eden'
A new show at the Triton Museum proves the enduring power of the abstract urge.
Stage Review: 'The King and I'
American Musical Theatre of San Jose shows out a king's ransom in sets for the Rodgers and Hammerstein musical.
Stage Review: 'Brilliant Traces'
Two characters struggle to connect in a snowbound cabin in the Dragon Productions play.
Stage Review: 'Sideways Stories From Wayside School'
Renegade Theatre Experiment turns the classroom topsy-turvy.
Book Review: 'Things I Didn't Know: A Memoir'
By Robert Hughes.
Book Review: 'Sailing From Byzantium: How a Lost Empire Shaped the World'
By Colin Wells.
Letters to the Editor
November 8-14, 2006.
