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1. Feature

   The Bad News Bulldogs

   A quest for (Special) Olympic gold, starring one burned-out journalist turned coach and a volleyball team that couldn't spike straight.

   By Thomas Francis

   Published: May 24, 2007

   The buses were supposed to be here by 6. It's 8. No buses — and no one is surprised. No one is even complaining. "Welcome to the Special Olympics," says a volunteer,...

2. Music

   Walking Out

   Reggae singer Lady Saw aims for a higher path

   By Jonathan Cunningham

   Published: May 24, 2007

   For a woman, life inna di dancehall isn't always easy. At times, reggae culture is rough, male DJs are often aggressive, and trying to earn respect working sound systems as a...

3. Dish

   Risky Business

   Jinja makes a stab at CityPlace

   By Gail Shepherd

   Published: May 24, 2007

   One of the most interesting stories in local development is the long and tortured history of the outdoor shopping mall/condo complex in West Palm Beach known as CityPlace. In...

4. Film

   Pirates of the Caribbean: At Wit's End

   It's time to throw Jack Sparrow overboard

   By Nathan Lee

   Published: May 24, 2007

   And so Disney's immense, booty-busting, pro-piracy epic has come to an End. I doubt very much that Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End is, in fact, the last we'll be...

5. Stage

   Rewind and Zap

   According to Goldman runs out of ideas, gets weird, and fizzles

   By Brandon K. Thorp

   Published: May 24, 2007

   Here's what I picture: Playwright Bruce Graham, sometime near the end of 2003, equipping his writing desk with an espresso machine. He is tired, and he is sick of this...

6. DVDish

   Good Clean Smut

   Porky's: The Ultimate Collection|The Third Man|Apocalypto|Scarface

   Published: May 24, 2007

   Porky's: The Ultimate Collection (Fox) When writer-director Bob Clark was killed by a drunk driver in April, the obits trumpeted his holiday classic A Christmas Story . . . ...

7. News

   Walled In

   A new tower 53 feet away just sucks

   By Ashley Harrell

   Published: May 24, 2007

   From almost anywhere in downtown Fort Lauderdale, you can't avoid the sight of the sleek, wavy blue façade of the tallest, chichiest building in the city — Las Olas...

8. Music

   London Calling

   Bloc Party weaves dystopian nightmares on wax

   By Michael Alan Goldberg

   Published: May 24, 2007

   Bloc Party's terrific 2005 debut, Silent Alarm, celebrated the now: twitchy guitars and madcap rhythms inside pithy, Spartan tunes that hit like your stimulant of choice,...

9. Dish

   Soaking in Sambar

   By John Linn

   Published: May 24, 2007

   From plain chicken cutlets to your mama¹s homemade meatloaf, if there was any culinary staple that could rescue the bland and enhance the rich, it¹s a ladling of...

10. Film

    JitterBug

    Break out the citronella candle: This creepy thriller gets under the skin

    By Rob Nelson

    Published: May 24, 2007

    The most volatile, least easily psychoanalyzed of '70s auteurs in Peter Biskind's classic New Hollywood tell-all Easy Riders, Raging Bulls, William Friedkin may have mellowed...

11. Artbeat

    "Selections From the Isadore and Kelly Friedman Bequest"

    Published: May 24, 2007

    When you hear that it's part of the permanent collection, "Selections From the Isadore and Kelly Friedman Bequest" just seems sort of lazy. It feels as if the museum director...

12. Game On

    Superzero

    Spider-Man 3 spins a web of mediocrity.

    By Gary Hodges

    Published: May 24, 2007

    There's a unique challenge in designing superhero games: How do you make it fun to play a character who, by definition, is vastly more powerful than his opposition? Hulk...

13. Tailpipe

    Low-Rent Airport

    Goodbye, North Perry

    Published: May 24, 2007

    You could say North Perry Airport in Pembroke Pines is an aging, chronically underfunded facility. And that was true before Hurricane Wilma came along and shook the place up...

14. Dred Scott!

    Best of the Best

    By Jonathan Cunningham

    Published: May 24, 2007

    It's time for the Caribbean massive to stand tall once again. The biggest reggae concert of the year takes place in South Florida this weekend, as the inaugural Best of the...

15. What Else Is New?

    Our top DVD picks for the week of May 22:

    Published: May 24, 2007

    Afro Samurai (Funimation) Airwolf: Season Three (Universal) Alone With Her (IFC) Breaking Point (Fox) The Complete Matrix Trilogy (Warner Bros.) Epic Movie (Fox)...

16. Night Rider

    Waterfront Plunge

    It's better down where it's wetter

    By Marya Summers

    Published: May 24, 2007

    Growing up in a large family, I missed out on some of the things in our proverbial backyard here in the Sunshine State. While other families went to theme parks and tourist...

17. Outtakes

    A Quarter Century of Weirdness

    Satirist Weird Al Yankovic fights to stay current

    By Lee Zimmerman

    Published: May 24, 2007

    So how weird is "Weird Al" Yankovic these days? Real weird, kinda weird, or not all that weird at all? It's a question worth asking, considering all the competition he's been...

18. ¡Ask a Mexican!

    Chicano Studious

    ¡ASK A MEXICAN!

    By Gustavo Arellano

    Published: May 24, 2007

    Dear Mexican: I was going through a local state college's academic program the other day and found that they offer a bachelor's degree in Chicano Studies. My question is in...

19. Outtakes

    Reggae Drifter

    Ziggy Marley has spent the past two years on the road, and he's still going

    By Jonathan Cunningham

    Published: May 24, 2007

    Growing up as the son of Bob Marley has its perks. When your dad is a sage, it's inevitable that you'll inherit a few extra nuggets of wisdom that most kids won't get. Bob's...

20. Letters

    Letters for May 24-30, 2007

    Published: May 24, 2007

    Bash 'Em for You and Me Diners will thank you for a good slam: I greatly enjoyed your petri dish review ("Dining in the Petri Dish," May 17, Gail Shepherd). You're much too...