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1. Feature

   Court Jesters

   Dale Ross steps down as Broward County´s chief judge, but will anything really change?

   By Kelly Cramer

   Published: June 7, 2007

   Brown is the color of choice for R.O. Dale Ross. The spines of his law books are leathery tan, the vinyl on his chairs is cardboard-box brown, and his wooden table is the hue...

2. Music

   Back in Black

   Black Rebel Motorcycle Club returns to form with definitive, trend-nullifying fourth album, Baby 81

   By Saby Reyes-Kulkarni

   Published: June 7, 2007

   It was like, Aw, what are we gonna do?´¨ says Black Rebel Motorcycle Club frontman Peter Hayes, referring to the 2005 departure of drummer Nick Jago. ¨I had been...

3. Dish

   Legal Aid

   Local attorney serves more than subpoenas at the Jib Room

   By Gail Shepherd

   Published: June 7, 2007

   I´ve had it with stratospheric restaurant tabs. Summer´s coming on, season of the dockside conch fritter, the chicken fajita, the mahi finger, the icy Corona with...

4. Film

   The House Always Wins

   Ocean´s Thirteen is a washed-up threequel. How much you wanna bet Hollywood makes a bundle?

   By J. Hoberman

   Published: June 7, 2007

   Lowest Common Denominatorism writ large and engraved in stone like the Ten Commandments according to Cecil B. DeMille, the Hollywood blockbuster is often an allegory for...

5. Stage

   Be to Not or Be To

   Coming at the Bard from the butt end really cuts the crap

   By Brandon K. Thorp

   Published: June 7, 2007

   That there is a professional theater company in Wellington is weird. That it´s good is even weirder. I´d never been to Wellington before. It´s so northwesterly....

6. DVDish

   Sagebrush & Spaghetti

   Published: June 7, 2007

   (MGM) Sergio Leone made westerns like Wagner made ditties. This essential boxed set -- four films with four discs of supplemental material, much of it scholarly and...

7. Tailpipe

   Plantation 9-1-1

   Taser the Baby With the Bath Water

   As told to Ed Newton

   Published: June 7, 2007

   The Plantation Police Department thought Wesley Christopher was a neglectful dad. So they Tasered his 2-year-old daughter. That´s not a misprint or something from an...

8. Music

   Anti Hip-Pop Consortium

   Broward indie hip-hoppers Brokensound Blvd defy expectations

   By Esther Park

   Published: June 7, 2007

   As if the name ¨Boca Raton¨ (variously translated as ¨Mouse´s Mouth¨ and ¨Thieves' Cove¨) isn´t awkward enough, just imagine being a...

9. Film

   Geekology 101

   Judd Apatow explains himself.

   By Scott Foundas

   Published: June 7, 2007

   There is a moment early on in "Dead Dogs and Gym Teachers," the 14th episode of the brilliant but canceled television series Freaks and Geeks, in which gangly, bespectacled,...

10. Artbeat

    ¨Mix It Up: A Mixed-Media Exhibition.¨

    Published: June 7, 2007

    Although even under the best circumstances, ArtServe has never been an especially hospitable site for exhibitions ¯¯ a horrible irony for Broward County ¯¯...

11. Game On

    Three's a Charm

    A promising glimpse of the next Halo.

    By Gary Hodges

    Published: June 7, 2007

    Bold proclamation time: There wouldn't even be an Xbox 360 without Halo. Microsoft lost billions on the original Xbox even with its mega-successful sci-fi games, so it's hard...

12. Night Rider

    Partial Eclipse

    Some memories even spiked punch can´t erase

    By Marya Summers

    Published: June 7, 2007

    When I heard that Respectable Street was holding a Super Cheesy '80s Prom on Memorial Day weekend, my hair bristled with psychic energy. Such an event was clearly foretold in a...

13. Dred Scott!

    Zambian Grooves

    By Jonathan Cunningham

    Published: June 7, 2007

    A band can put weeks into rehearsing and getting its sound just right only to have it all fall apart on stage. There´s either feedback coming from the monitors,...

14. Film

    The Torturer Talks

    Chatting with Hostel Part II writer-director Eli Roth.

    By Rob Nelson

    Published: June 7, 2007

    "I think the public doesn't care about reviews," says Eli Roth, writer-director of Hostel Part II, which — surprise! — isn't being shown to the press before it opens...

15. What Else Is New?

    Our top DVD picks for the week of June 6:

    Published: June 7, 2007

    The Abyss: Special Edition (Fox) The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert: Extra Frills Edition (MGM) Bruce Springsteen With the Sessions Band: Live in Dublin...

16. Bob Norman

    How´s Your Slime IQ?

    Take the Broward Corruption Quiz

    By Bob Norman

    Published: June 7, 2007

    If you live in Broward County, you have reason to rejoice. Your little spot in the world is a place of distinction. It´s the best at something, a superlative locale. ...

17. Short Cuts

    Dir En Grey

    The Marrow of a Bone (Warco)

    By Niki D'Andrea

    Published: June 7, 2007

    Japanese rock band Dir En Grey is huge in its home country, and it´s starting to make waves here in the States yes, they´re the same psyched out rockers who kicked...

18. Letters

    Letters for June 7 to 13, 2007

    Published: June 7, 2007

    Bullish on Bulldogs It should be about altruism: I am the mother of a special-needs son. The Bulldogs organization allowed my son to make friends who were nonjudgmental,...

19. Short Cuts

    Jesse Malin

    Glitter in the Gutter (Adeline)

    By Lee Zimmerman

    Published: June 7, 2007

    Tough and tenacious, Jesse Malin adopts the guise of street punk turned rebellious rocker and unapologetic outcast with a raised fist and an elevated middle finger....

20. ¡Ask a Mexican!

    Wussy Men, Defiant Women

    By Gustavo Arellano

    Published: June 7, 2007

    Dear Mexican: I was sitting around with my daughter and her Mexican husband the other day talking about her past. Jokingly, I mentioned that when she was a teenager (30 years...