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Room with a FewA young San Franciscan’s dream: A room in a nice house, affordable rent, and a built-in social network.By Ashley HarrellWednesday, August 20It wasn't meant to be one of those damned open houses. They — the innumerable aspiring Tiger House roommates — were supposed to come... More >> -
Scientology's AntagonistsAn ex-Scientologist and an army of online pranksters attempt to bring down the controversial religion.By Lauren SmileyWednesday, August 13Maybe it's his badass black outfit with blood-red letters screaming "Scientology Kills." Or possibly it's his crew cut, or his nose slammed 45... More >> -
Anonymous 101By Lauren SmileyWednesday, August 13The day after Valentine's Day, a white-masked figure dressed all in black dropped a box at the door of San Francisco Church of Scientology with a... More >> -
The Chief Is In (for Now)With homicide cases going unsolved and morale in the police department sinking, Heather Fong's days as chief may be numbered.By Ron RussellWednesday, August 06About three dozen people are gathered at the Bernal Heights Neighborhood Center for a meeting of the San Francisco Police Commission, and the... More >> -
How renters work the system to live for free in one of America's most expensive citiesBy John GeluardiWednesday, July 30In September, rental agent Lynne Hubbard sat in a cafe across from Dr. John Getzow, whom she was considering as a potential tenant for a room... More >>
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Broward - Palm Beach
With a Bullet
Corruption-busting lawyer Bruce Udolf wants to be Broward sheriff. After the Ken Jenne experience, though, are voters too suspicious of lawyers turned cops?
By Thomas Francis
Last September, Bruce Udolf and his wife, Sheryl, were in the living room of their Southwest... More >>
Dallas
Pitch Perfect
The Grand Prairie AirHogs are willing to do whatever it takes to make you a fan. And that includes win.
By Sam Merten
Derek Nicholson throws on a pair of black gym shorts, tucks in a red T-shirt, grabs his iPod... More >>
Denver
The Flobots rise and shine
By Adam Cayton-Holland
One-thirty in the afternoon on a blistering Monday in late July, and the Flobots are hardly... More >>
Houston
Gone to Hell: Mental Illness and Harris County Jail
Even though Alexander Hatcher is bipolar and schizophrenic, he wasn't given his meds for his first three months in jail. He got in fights with the guards. Now he's sentenced to prison for a long, long time.
By Paul Knight
On December 19, 2006, Alexander Hatcher received about $15,000 in disability payments from... More >>
Kansas City
Morrison’s Mistress
Insiders finally tell how Paul Morrison’s lover ran amok — and then brought him down.
By Justin Kendall
Linda Carter summoned her inner circle to her fifth-floor office in the Johnson County... More >>
Miami
Clifton Childree's Craziness
A filmmaker and genius with a junk obsession talks shop.
By Carlos Suarez De Jesus
Since learning he won the Hilger Artist Project Award last December, Clifton Childree has been... More >>
Minneapolis
Minnesota's largest shelter killed more than 14,000 animals last year. How many were unnecessary?
Animal welfare advocates say the shelter could dramatically reduce euthanasia rates
By Beth Walton
When Amber was a little girl she would save her allowance to buy cat food for the strays... More >>
Phoenix
A severely diabetic Valley woman faces criminal charges over her "service animal": a chimpanzee named Joey
By Paul Rubin
Joey answers the front door of his home in Surprise, 30 miles northwest of downtown... More >>
St. Louis
Out-of-control shoplifting at the St. Louis Galleria. Violent attacks in the Delmar Loop. Is MetroLink a vehicle for crime?
By Chad Garrison
St. Peters alderman Don Aytes remembers well the fears some of his constituents expressed back... More >>
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The Snitch
Downtown Power Outage?
Thu Aug 21, 11:59 AM
The Weekly's offices just suffered a blink-and-you'd-miss it power outage, but offices around South Park are still in the dark. Anyone else suffering from lights out? (I say if this thing is affecting the restaurants that border SP, the... More >>
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Scientology's Antagonists An ex-Scientologist and an army of online pranksters attempt to bring down the controversial religion.
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Blood, Sweat, and Tutus Tear your knee, wrench your back, pirouette, and bow: dancing at the San Francisco Ballet.
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The Principal Matter Teachers said Principal Gil Cho was dictatorial. Students said he manhandled them. The school district said he was doing a good job.
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The Chief Is In (for Now) With homicide cases going unsolved and morale in the police department sinking, Heather Fong's days as chief may be numbered.
Columns
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"Conservative" Arizona couple gets judge to gag gay SF blogger
Wednesday, August 20While Violet Blue couldn't get restraining orders against her online foes (see main Sucka Free story), a couple have persuaded a judge in Arizona... More>>
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Sex columnist Violet Blue tries to restrain online foes
Wednesday, August 20SFGate's sex columnist Violet Blue is no stranger to controversy. There was, for instance, her recent public feud with the rulers of Boing Boing,... More>>
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Plastic bags still in SF stores despite ban
Wednesday, August 20The victorious hoopla that followed the passage of a 2007 ordinance designed to reduce plastic bag litter in San Francisco may have been a bit... More>>
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Keeping track of your offline sex life online "Then the site asks for your partners’ birthdays. Um, aren’t you happy I know their full names?"Wednesday, August 20The Clickable Clit continues this week with more online adventures from the personal diary of an SF-based cybersex expert… Monday, August... More>>
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Wednesday, August 20
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Scien-follow-gists: I Thank you for the recent article regarding Scientology ["Scientology's Antagonists," Lauren Smiley,... More >>
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