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- Issue of
- Jan 19-25, 2012
- Vol. 19, No. 14
News & Comment
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- News
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Standard Deviations
Washington and Idaho wonder what's next after No Child Left Behind.
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- News
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Job Creator?
Can Mayor Condon’s administration live up to his campaign promises?
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- News
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Supervision Showdown
One solution to the dwindling budget: letting offenders out of jail earlier, watching them less.
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- Comment
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Montana Strikes Back
The Supreme Court could learn a lesson on campaign finance from the Big Sky state.
Culture & Food
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- Arts & Culture
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Scribe of the G-Men
A historian for the FBI weighs in on J. Edgar Hoover, Clint Eastwood and Silence of the Lambs
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- Arts & Culture
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Let's Put on a Show
From Cats to Beast, Spokane's Best of Broadway series marks its 25th year
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- Arts & Culture
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For Your Consideration
The Old Republic expands the Star Wars game universe, see if you have what it takes to pass Google's entrance and the Spokane library gets online with Kindle check-outs
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- Arts & Culture
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When You Want to Be a Star
A year ago, Emily Behny and Dane Agostinis were two anonymous young actors. Then they won leading roles in Beauty and the Beast.
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- Arts & Culture
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Messing with Texas
Do-gooders want to close Texas’ (in)famous Chicken Ranch and stop the spread of sin. Where have we seen this before?
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- Arts & Culture
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Ten Moments, 25 Years
Turning points in touring musicals, according to Best of Broadway's Jack Lucas.
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- Arts & Culture
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Tug of War
How some local Arab-Americans feel caught between cultures.
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- Arts & Culture
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Dream Delivered
The strength and wisdom of a 12-year-old.
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- Food & Drink
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Year of the Dumpling
How a simple meat-filled dough pocket became the dish of billions
Music & Film
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- Music
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Spokane Rock City
How a Motown legend landed in the Inland Northwest
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- Music
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The Long and Winding Road
Drag Like Pull grows, changes, releases an EP and tries to figure out where it fits in these days
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- Film
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Stunning Silence
Yes, The Artist is as good as you’ve heard
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- Film
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Close, But...
The long-awaited adaptation of a 9/11 schmaltz-fest is extremely sentimental and incredibly cloying
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- Film
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Napoleon Dynamite
Fine, buy why now?
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- Film
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Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3
Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3 is the ultimate version of an already solid fighting game.