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Putting numbers to Asheville’s housing crunch

It’s commonly said that housing’s hard to find in Asheville. Numbers from the U.S. Census and elsewhere shine a light...
Mountain Xpress  |  05-23-2013  |  MountainX: Blogs

Miami Herald Finally Realizes That Developers Realized That Hipsters Think Edgewater Is a Cool Place to Live

Earlier this week, in a cringe-worthy turn of phrase The Miami Herald business section declared that Miami's Edgewater neighborhood is...
Miami New Times  |  05-23-2013  |  Riptide 2.0

GOP Finally Attacks Nan Rich, Only Democrat Actually Running for Governor Right Now

The actual gubernatorial election is more than a year and a half away, but Republicans have already dug in their...
Miami New Times  |  05-23-2013  |  Riptide 2.0

DJ Paris Hilton Signs to Cash Money: Five Reasons Her "House Album" Will Suck Balls

Paris Hilton must really love abuse, because she just signed a record deal with Cash Money to release her follow-up...
Miami New Times  |  05-23-2013  |  Crossfade

Mafia Cocaine Ring Ran Through Beverly Hills?

A mob-connected drug trafficker was living right under our noses in Beverly Hills, helping to stash kilos of cocaine, make...
L.A. Weekly  |  05-23-2013  |  The Informer

Leimert Park Gets $120 Mil Metro Station

Chins were scratched and heads shook in 2011 when it was revealed that Metro's Crenshaw/LAX light-rail line would not feature...
L.A. Weekly  |  05-23-2013  |  The Informer

Seasons 52 Opens Today with a Full Menu of Dishes Under 475 Calories

Seasons 52, the new restaurant located in the new Millennium complex on Westheimer adjacent to Bo Concept, is opening to...
Houston Press  |  05-23-2013  |  Eating Our Words

As Jake Evans Trial Looms, Texas Has No Way to Punish 17-Year-old Capital Murderers

In October of last year, at around 11:15 p.m., 17-year-old Jake Evans placed a 911 call from his upscale home...
Dallas Observer  |  05-23-2013  |  Unfair Park

The Undercover Animal Cruelty Videos that Spurred Big Ag's Censorship Crusade

This week's story, "The Ag Gag War," goes behind the scenes of the guerilla fight between animal rights groups and...
Phoenix New Times  |  05-23-2013  |  Valley Fever

A Wrinkle in Time from Childsplay -- Only Three More Performances in Tempe

The setup: The only 20th-century book for young readers that's sold more copies than Madeleine L'Engle's A Wrinkle in Time...
Phoenix New Times  |  05-23-2013  |  Jackalope Ranch

Score Small Bites of Summer at 30 Restaurants in Metro Phoenix

Food festival season is in full swing in other parts of the country, but in the Valley of the Sun,...
Phoenix New Times  |  05-23-2013  |  Chow Bella

Burger News

May is National Hamburger Month, with Tuesday, May 28th National Hamburger Day, so let's chomping on some burger news. •...

Cars III on DVD: Get Out Your Fuckin' Checkbook!

“Sorry it's so fucking stupid.”—Richard Bain, co-star of Cars III, comedian, former Portlander I wasn’t sorry Cars III was so...
The Portland Mercury  |  05-23-2013  |  Blog Town, PDX

Nathan Dunlap or number 89148: Was Hickenlooper right not to use killer's name?

When Governor John Hickenlooper announced yesterday that he's offering a reprieve to Nathan Dunlap, who was convicted in 1996 of...
Westword  |  05-23-2013  |  Lastest Word

La Sacre du Printemps turns 100, the Butchershop Quartet celebrates

For a long time I thought the French seal of artistic disapproval was to rip out the seats of a...
Chicago Reader  |  05-23-2013  |  Post No Bills

Family Fun Day

Mid-South Pride is hosting a Family Fun Day and picnic on Saturday, May 25th at 11 a.m. at Overton Park...

Kiera Wilmot, Student Accused of Setting Off Bomb In School, Is Headed To Space Camp Thanks to October Sky Astronaut

Back in April, honor student Kiera Wilmot, made some waves when she was arrested for felony charges after she conducted...
New Times Broward-Palm Beach  |  05-23-2013  |  The Pulp

Food Trucks, DIY Goat Soap, Wine and Views at Treasure Island Flea Market this Weekend

Our early memories of Bay Area flea markets tend to be dusty: yeah, that $0.15 purple sweat shirt perfectly completed...
SF Weekly  |  05-23-2013  |  SFoodie

Hirshhorn Director Richard Koshalek Resigns; Bubble’s Fate Uncertain

Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden Director Richard Koshalek has resigned, effective at the end of this year, following an inconclusive...
Washington City Paper  |  05-23-2013  |  Arts Desk

Comics App Pulls Adult Content from Apple Store

Here we go again: A couple months after digital comics seller Comixology pulled (and then reinstated) an issue of the...
The Stranger  |  05-23-2013  |  Slog

Watch the Spectacular Collapse of a Flaming Texas Railroad Bridge

If you've ever been curious what it would be like to watch a century-old railroad trestle go down in flames,...
Dallas Observer  |  05-23-2013  |  Unfair Park

Tacos! (The Rambunctious Heavy-Metal Duo, Not the Delicious Food)

Tacos! Tour CD by TACOS (Chop Suey) Tacos! is the unlikely name of rambunctious heavy-metal duo Don Stewart (guitars/vocals) and...
The Stranger  |  05-23-2013  |  Line Out

The Colbert Report on 'Marijuana Makes You Skinny' Research

Political satirist and host of Comedy Central's The Colbert Report took a look Tuesday at the reports that marijuana improves...
East Bay Express  |  05-23-2013  |  Ear Bud

Every Anti-Abortion Bill in the Texas Legislature This Session Has Failed

Man. We remember a time, long ago last legislative session, when all your state lawmakers wanted to do was talk...
Dallas Observer  |  05-23-2013  |  Unfair Park

Dallas High School Students Could Graduate in Three Years Under Proposed Plan

For some senior year offers boundless educational opportunities.For some Dallas ISD students, the senior year of high school is immensely...
Dallas Observer  |  05-23-2013  |  Unfair Park

Pier 39 Audit Reveals Port Shortchanged $44 in Rent -- Total -- Over Three Years

Sometimes a title really does say it all. For a city controller's performance audit of Pier 39 released yesterday, that's...
SF Weekly  |  05-23-2013  |  The Snitch

The Jazz Diaspora: Gabe's Dirty Blues

If you like to go to record shops and leisurely flip through the bins, and I know you do, at...
The Stranger  |  05-23-2013  |  Line Out

Peter Gabriel - "And Through the Wire"

I'm posting this for no other reason than that Peter Gabriel's third album was released on this very day in...
The Portland Mercury  |  05-23-2013  |  Blog Town, PDX

Sean Nelson Makes Pop Dreams Come True

(Tractor) I never gave up on you, Sean Nelson! I knew you still had music in your heart, and since...
The Stranger  |  05-23-2013  |  Line Out

SIFF Picks of the Day!

So much good stuff today, including: (Touchy Feely screens at 7 pm tonight at the IKEA Performing Arts Center in...
The Stranger  |  05-23-2013  |  Slog

D.C. Man Will Brave Potomac Pollution to Promote Swimming

The waters of the Potomac River have been known to contain sewer water and chemicals that scramble fish's sexes, but...
Washington City Paper  |  05-23-2013  |  City Desk

Gun Control: We Agree, Yet...

This ought to be easy, according to these new Pew numbers: Gun control supporters can point to broad and consistent...
Valley Advocate  |  05-23-2013  |  The 10 Gallon Liberal

Lunchtime Quickie: But Art is About Process, Not Product...

I love this girl. I always wanted to to this in art-school. She did it though. Good times start at...
The Stranger  |  05-23-2013  |  Slog

Mama Madison: Kids and brats

When my family moved to this great state fifteen years ago, I knew there was a certain embracing of Wisconsin...
Isthmus  |  05-23-2013  |  Isthmus' The Daily Page

Commonwealth Club to Host a Cupping, Confab for Coffee Enthusiasts

How about a cup o' joe? Three of the Bay Area's most recognized coffee roasters are joining the Commonwealth Club...
SF Weekly  |  05-23-2013  |  SFoodie

Small Screen, Big News

Time Warner threatened, plus Mike Judge and more...

Photos: A look at the new Colorado Plus Brew Pub, which began brewing this week

The Colorado Plus Brew Pub, which opened May 13 with 56 Colorado beers on tap, started making its owns beers...
Westword  |  05-23-2013  |  Cafe Society

Sneak Peek: Panorama Experiments with the Art of Food in the Saint Louis Art Museum's New East Building

This summer, the Saint Louis Art Museum provides a few more reasons for Forest Park visitors to stop by and...
Riverfront Times  |  05-23-2013  |  Gut Check

Photos: Larimer Square boutique fashion show celebrates summer style

Yesterday, a group of Larimer Square boutiques hosted a summer fashion show featuring models from the Central City Opera, Opera...
Westword  |  05-23-2013  |  Show and Tell

Splash!

The Children's Museum of Memphis opens a water park for the summer. Louis Goggans has the story. [ Subscribe to...

Today's Music News: Paris Hilton Back to Ruin Music, DJs Take Control, Ke$ha Drinks Pee

Cash Money + Heiress Money = ???: I shit you not, Paris Hilton is the latest signing to Birdman's Cash...
The Stranger  |  05-23-2013  |  Line Out

Live Reggae Galore

• The annual food/music fest Taste of Cincinnati — Cincy’s unofficial “start of the summer” — doesn’t begin until tomorrow,...
Cincinnati CityBeat  |  05-23-2013  |  Music

Indiana Gov. Says Federal Media Shield Law is Needed

Indiana Governor Mike Pence is in favor of giving the press a shield against government.
NUVO  |  Lesley Weidenbener  |  05-24-2013  |  Media

Still Life

If not for love and art, Ndume Olatushani would have died on death row.
Nashville Scene  |  Laura Hutson  |  05-24-2013  |  Features

Joyful Noise

'Tales of the San Francisco Cacophony Society' takes readers to the brink.
San Francisco Bay Guardian  |  Nicole Gluckstern  |  05-24-2013  |  Nonfiction