Issue: November 17, 2005
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50,000 volts
Taser guns have become a favored control device for local law-enforcement officers, but something’s gone wrong with this “nonlethal” weapon. In Sacramento, the dead bodies are mounting.
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Dancing out their history
Youths from a Palestinian refugee camp use traditional folk dance to share their struggle with the world.
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House divided
Why have the seniors been booted out of the Julia Morgan House?
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Sheriff’s critics get barred
First SN&R, now the Bee discriminated against by Sacramento County Sheriff’s Department.
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Letters for November 17, 2005
Love, hate, or indifference—readers express their opinions—sometimes about each other.
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Lynndie, Jessica and us
You can take the girl out of the trailer park …
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Write your congressperson
Boyce Hinman hopes to sway legislators one letter at a time.
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Something in the water
Bites revels in scary fish, rank-breaking Republicans and the nearby burg that gets an F+ in voter turnout.
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Local bubble
Has the Sacramento housing bubble finally popped?
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Activists live longer
Political engagement is one secret to longevity—but good genes and an active lifestyle help.
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Metal intrigue
Precious metals at the Pamela Skinner Gallery’s new home.
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Critical distance
Our intrepid editor tries to track down the scariest— and most elusive— book critic in the world.
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First, last, always
Joan Didion’s The Year of Magical Thinking holds nothing back.
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Think pink
Pink Week is here! Celebrate by eating pink foods, wearing pink clothes and decorating your garden with pink flamingoes.
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AEIOU: Any Easy Intimacy
The vagaries of relationships, graphically novelized.
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Young and wild
Two short plays pay tribute to the teenage years with uncertain love, empty sex and a threat of violence.
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Freedom inquiry
This Emergence-See! is not a vitamin supplement.
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Fifty-five alive
Restaurant 55° may be the tastiest place on the Capitol Mall.
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Weird-beard migration
Newsflash: The Tone Vendor crowd has moved to Fools Foundation.
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A dash of aggro
A weekly selection from the ever-expanding music scene.
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Wal-Mart: The High Cost of Low Price
Cinema selection of the week.
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