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May 15, 2013 by Lindsey in Rap Sheet

On the Clock

Published arrest charges are obtained from official law enforcement records, which are available to the public. All who are charged are innocent until proven guilty. Play the “Name that Crime” Quiz! HARD TIMES AT HARDEE’S The victim was waiting for his sister’s boyfriend to pick him up from his job

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May 15, 2013 by Lindsey in Uncategorized

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May 15, 2013 by Lindsey in On The Tube

May the best sibling win

‘The Goodwin Games’ pits family members against each other In Fox’s promising sitcom “The Goodwin Games” (Monday, 7:30 p.m.), three estranged siblings reunite after their father (Beau Bridges) dies only to learn that he has set up a series of competitions to determine which one of them will win his

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May 15, 2013 by Lindsey in Book Review

‘Mary Coin’

Courtesy of Beaverdale Books Review by Fay Jones Blue Rider Press March 7, 2013 $26.95 322 pp. Even if you don’t know Dorothea Lange’s “Migrant Mother” by the photographer’s name or the title of her work, you would most likely recognize the famous picture itself. Depicting a worn woman looking

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May 15, 2013 by Lindsey in Sore Thumbs

Sore Thumbs 05.16

‘DRAGON’S DOGMA: DARK ARISEN’ (M) *** Capcom Xbox 360 In case last year’s “Dragon’s Dogma” wasn’t difficult enough for you, here’s “Dark Arisen” — a re-release of the original game with additional content — to cause you the requisite amount of grief. For the uninitiated, “Dragon’s Dogma” combines the role-playing

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May 15, 2013 by Lindsey in Sound Stage

A High water mark

After watching four of the capital city’s female songwriters perform solo on the Ritual Café’s stage just a couple weeks ago, I’ve had the good fortune of catching two of them performing with their bands a short time after. Last week I got to see Lavonne McRoberts and Peace, Love

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May 15, 2013 by Lindsey in Geek Chic

Head in the cloud computing

If there is one term in the tech world that is off-putting, exciting and confusing all wrapped in one, it’s cloud computing. While there is definitely a high degree of nerdery when talking about “the cloud,” chances are you are already using several cloud services. YouTube, Wikipedia, WordPress, Dropbox, TurboTax,

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May 15, 2013 by Lindsey in Sound Notes

Sound Notes Pick o’ the Week

Wooly’s kicks off the coverage week with a big show on Thursday, May 16. On that evening, First Fleet Concerts and Metro Concerts Live come together to present Mushroomhead, performing along with Corvis, Lydia Can’t Breathe, Ionia, This Sudden Darkness, The Boomstick Revival and Apathy Syndrome. Tickets are $18 in

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May 15, 2013 by Lindsey in Sound Check

CD Reviews

She and Him ‘Volume 3’ Merge M. Ward and Zooey Deschanel are entertaining enough people. Ward is a perfectly acceptable guitarist and Deschanel gamely holds up the vocals. But there’s this niggling part of me that can’t help but ask: If Deschanel was just another girl, would this group have

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May 15, 2013 by Lindsey in Art Pimp

Image-making across the metro

Art-driven image makeovers are being created around the metro this merry month of May. Consider Clive, surely the largest city in Iowa without a high school. Most towns identify predominantly with their schools, particularly with their high schools. Residents wear their colors, call themselves after their mascots, cheer their teams

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