Lead Anchor JamesMarcus

James Marcus is a writer, translator, critic, and editor. He is the author of Amazonia: Five Years at the Epicenter of the Dot-Com Juggernaut and five translations from the Italian (the most recent being Dino: The Life and Films of Dino De Laurentiis and Collusion: International Espionage and the War on Terror). He has contributed to the Los Angeles Times Book Review, Newsday, the Atlantic Monthly, the New York Times Book Review, Lingua Franca, the Nation, the Philadelphia Inquirer, and many other publications. He also written about jazz, pop, and classical music for Salon, The Oregonian, and WBUR Online Arts, and is currently editor-at-large at The Columbia Journalism Review. He blogs at www.housemirth.blogspot.com.

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Small suburb fights too-low pants

News – The Chicago suburb of Lynwood is one the latest communities around the nation to address the gaping problem of exposed underwear. Village leaders passed an ordinance last week stating that people caught exposing 3 inches or more of their underwear will be fined $25.

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Submitted and Voted for on July 21, 2008 09:14am

Billy Joel and Paul McCartney at Shea Stadium
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Billy Joel and Paul McCartney at Shea Stadium

Music – Performing the last show ever at Shea prior to the stadium's demolition, Billy Joel brings out village elder Paul McCartney for a rocking finale. Fun! (Yes, Sir Paul plays his trusty Hofner.)

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Submitted and Voted for on July 20, 2008 12:41pm

Propeller Week In Review: July 18, 2008
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Propeller Week In Review: July 18, 2008

News – Petroleum was very much on the mind of the Propeller community this week. But so was Karl Rove, gay rights, and a certain, extremely charming jackass.

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Submitted and Voted for on July 18, 2008 04:39pm

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CJR: Don't Bean Count Me

News – I'd love for every single reporter, from the tiny three-reporter office in a small town in Ohio to the Los Angeles Times and The Washington Post, to lay down their pens and notebooks, turn off their computers and recorders, and strike. Stand up, walk out, and show that we are a force. And we're p*ssed.

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Submitted and Voted for on July 18, 2008 12:02pm

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8-Foot Python Found In Gorham Woman's Washing Machine

News – A Gorham woman got the shock of her life when she found an 8-foot snake mixed in with clothes in her washing machine. The reticulated python somehow got into Mara Ranger's 1800s-era farmhouse and made its way into the machine.

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Submitted and Voted for on July 17, 2008 10:20pm

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Loving John McCain

News – The deep-seated media denial of McCain's extremist policies and addiction to political expediency mask the fact that his victory in November would result in a continuation--and even, in some instances, an expansion--of the very policies that have brought the nation to the brink of irreversible disaster.

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Submitted and Voted for on July 17, 2008 05:57pm

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Freed Lebanese prisoners vow to fight Israel

News – Five militants freed in a prisoner swap with Israel prayed and laid wreaths at the grave of a slain Hezbollah commander Thursday, vowing to fight Israel as supporters showered them with rice.

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Submitted and Voted for on July 17, 2008 05:11pm

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CJR: Pyrrhic Victory

News – Just a few months ago, in April of this year, the Guantanamo Bay detainee Salim Hamdan appeared before the Navy captain acting as his military judge, and announced that he would boycott the war-crimes trial the Bush administration had planned for him.

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Submitted and Voted for on July 17, 2008 03:25pm

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Man's nose bitten off in brawl at drive-thru

Do No Evil – A 38-year-old carpenter was jailed this week after police accused him of biting off most of a man's nose during a fight at the Burger King on Folly Road.

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Submitted and Voted for on July 14, 2008 09:19am

Propeller Week In Review: July 11, 2008
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Propeller Week In Review: July 11, 2008

News – After a patriotic intermission last week, WIR returns, with red-hot stories about the FISA bill, the war in Iraq, the departure of Jesse Helms--and a (fictional) apologia from Rod the Mod.

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Submitted and Voted for on July 11, 2008 02:46pm

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Naked man arrested after hijacking Las Vegas bus

News – Maybe he lost his shirt at a casino. Police in Las Vegas say they arrested a naked man who stole a beer and then hijacked a bus several miles northeast of the Strip.

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Submitted and Voted for on July 09, 2008 06:06pm

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Iraqi police discover Uday's cars

News – Police in Baghdad have recovered five luxury cars which once belonged to Uday Hussein, son of Saddam Hussein, buried under piles of earth in an orchard. The two Rolls Royces and three sports cars were looted after the US-led invasion in 2003, police said.

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Submitted and Voted for on July 09, 2008 09:42am

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Sorry, Silvio: White House apologizes over gaffe

News – An embarrassed White House apologized on Tuesday for an "unfortunate mistake"--the distribution of an unflattering biography of Italian Premier Silvio Berlusconi at the Group of Eight summit. Still, the gaffe led to headlines in Italy.

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Submitted and Voted for on July 08, 2008 11:48am

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Jesse Helms, American Bigot

News – Did he plan it? Did he struggle on life support until after the midnight hour? Or had he been dead for days, his associates keeping the body on ice for the holiday announcement? Jesse Helms, dead on the Fourth of July. The symbolism confirms his own identity as a Proud American, but Helms's other legacy as a bigot is well established.

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Submitted and Voted for on July 07, 2008 05:16pm

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The Jesse I Knew

News – Jesse Helms was a believer, and fundamentally, what he believed is the quintessence of America. The American constitution is the word of the land, trumping the fashionable vagaries of international law. Freedom is the heart's blood of civilization.

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Submitted and Voted for on July 07, 2008 05:07pm

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