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Super #1 Gift Guide
Turning to the Japanese for some extreme gift ideas. Plus, the season's best books, DVDs, movies and music, and a guide to holiday happenings.

Blackboard Rumble
How the question of whether one San Jose student was eligible for special ed turned into a battle royal.

Silicon Valley News Notes
A local taser death intensifies the debate over taser policies.

Silicon Alleys
Best in San Jose.

Technology News
Man's Place.

Car Culture
Better World Club's shtick is my shtick: You might need to drive, but you're not happy about it, so let's try to drive as lightly as possible.

Method Madness
'Ellie Parker' is Scott Coffey's shot-on-DV tale of the agonies and ecstasies of the no-name actress who went on to become Naomi Watts.

MORE MOVIE REVIEWS    MOVIE TIMES

Mortality Combat
Nine Inch Nails' resident Rasputin ponders his own arena-size profile.

Child's Play
CD box set celebrates neopsych progeny.

MORE NIGHTLIFE    NIGHTLIFE CALENDAR

Sino the Times
Sino's intriguing and even daring fusion proves it has more going for it than just good looks.

Live Feed
How Do You Solve A Problem Like Persimmons?

5 Things to Love
Habits Of Highly Irritating Waiters.

Club Life
Smoke Tiki Lounge and Barbecue in San Jose.

BOOK A RESTAURANT RESERVATION    FIND A RESTAURANT REVIEW

SoFA Grows a Gallery
Anno Domini moves into the old Camera One building on South First Street in the downtown arts district.

Book Box
'First and Fifteenth: Pop Art Short Stories' by Steve Powers, 'Hugs: Thoughtlead' by Mike Ogilvie and 'The River of Doubt: Theodore Roosevelt's Darkest Journey' by Candice Millard.