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The Blotter

    A woman was arrested and charged with theft of service when she refused to pay her bill at an Abercorn Street restaurant. Police were called to the restaurant after the incident, and were given a vehicle look-out for the woman’s car, which was last seen traveling south on Abercorn. The restaurant manager told…

Letters to the Editor

Once more, with feeling Editor, Regarding Jim Reed’s recent cover story, “Accelerando”, first let me thank you for your interest in classical music in our region. And also I commend Georgia Southern University for seeking to provide more performance opportunities for the students. However, I was deeply disappointed to see the myth that orchestras are closing…

News of the Weird

Questionable Judgments   In February, several patients at an unlicensed mental health facility in Columbus, Ga., told the local Ledger-Enquirer newspaper that they had recently worked security at the Georgia Dome in Atlanta during football games of the University of Georgia and the Atlanta Falcons. The facility, the Greater Grace Community Center, has recently been…

Featured Review

 Akeelah and the Bee, which in addition to its underdog roots also manages to come across as a mesh between the documentary Spellbound and Boyz N the Hood refitted with a happy ending, is the latest of this month’s inspirational yarns (following Taking the Lead and Preaching to the Choir). It’s also the most genuinely…

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THE SENTINEL Michael Douglas plays Harrison Ford and Kiefer Sutherland costars as Tommy Lee Jones in The Sentinel, the latest thriller that tries to put one over on the audience but ends up only fooling itself. It’s clearly no match for The Fugitive, though this “innocent man on the lam” yarn gets some mileage out…


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