Cover: Black Hole
The Pentagon is spending billions of taxpayer dollars to keep its toy box full of the worst-kept secrets on the planet. Anyone for a game of Armageddon?

News: Fast-Friendly, Inc.
Welcome to the Midtown Safeway, the supermarket equivalent of Disneyland, where everybody insists on knowing your name.

Of Mice and Monte Sereno: Historical homeowner tangles with red tape and John Steinbeck's legacy.

Public Eye: Tom Campbell takes on Newt.

Polis Report: You may have unclaimed money waiting in state coffers.

Eternal Maternal: Albert Brooks can't go home again to Debbie Reynolds in 'Mother.'

Do the Hustle: An examination of porn publisher turned matinee idol Larry Flynt and the right to remain loud.

Oh, Ché, Can You See?: 'Evita' spells a decade of doom for bloated movie musicals.

Streep Show: Meryl goes slumming in 'Marvin's Room.'

The Big Hug: Nostalgia drowns drama in 'Everything Relative.'

From Oasis to Ocean: Ocean Colour Scene, the newest pop sensation in England, goes platinum with 'Moseley Shoals.'

Beat Street: Why can't San Jose music fans get their hands in the air?

Audiofile: Reveiws of the latest CDs by Back to Back Blues Band, Sloe, Furious George and George Clinton.

Picasso's Palate: new downtown San Jose restaurant, Picasso's, transforms the former Mexico Lindo into a cross between the typical tasca and the restaurant mesón-style tapas bars of Spain.

Vegging Out: Exploring southern and northern Indian specialties at Milpitas' Swagat.

Aping the Ape-man: Long after his death, Edgar Rice Burroughs returns with a brand-new Tarzan novel.

S.O.B.: Symphony. Opera. Ballet. The debut of a new Web-only column that offers the low-down on the Bay Area's high arts scene. Dig It!