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Bad Reporter

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Comic strip. The Lies behind the Truth, and the truth behind the Lies that are behind that Truth.

Jackson called too sick to testify in London

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Michael Jackson might be too sick to travel to London to testify in a suit claiming that he owes an Arab sheikh $7 million, the pop star's attorney said Tuesday. Jackson is seeking to give his testimony by video link from the United States. "It would be...

Date Lines: News from the Bay Area arts scene

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Indian film awards "Before Tomorrow" won best film award at the American Indian Film Festival. Best actor honors went to Trevor Duplessis for "In a World Created by a Drunken God" and best actress was Candace Fox for "Moccasin Flats." In addition, "River of...

Latest travelers' bill of rights is toothless

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Asked in December to come up with an airline passengers' "Bill of Rights," a hotshot task force finally released its findings. It needn't have bothered. Instead of maximum time limits for keeping passengers prisoner on an airplane sitting on the tarmac - as...

Serbia more than just another pretty country

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Q: Next year's World Canals Conference is in Serbia, and we need help planning some sightseeing while we're there. Perhaps a riverboat ride on the Danube or hiking in one of the national parks? Can you recommend a travel agent who is familiar with the country?...

Last week I saw the movie "Rachel Getting Married," which I liked better than I...

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Last week I saw the movie "Rachel Getting Married," which I liked better than I thought I would and than Mick LaSalle thought I would. Its centerpiece is the most improbable wedding party I have ever seen in a seriously intentioned movie (that is, a movie...

Neighbors pitch in for the party

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In the midst of serving 6,000 martinis on Friday to celebrate John's Grill's 100th birthday, owner John Konstin says his 12 bartenders ran out of olives and cocktail napkins. But that's what neighbors are for. Johnny Foley's on O'Farrell pitched in with...

Review: 'Chagall: A Biography' cites innovation

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Chagall A Biography By Jackie Wullschlager Knopf; 582 pages; $40 With young artists expected and encouraged to be plugged-in polymaths happily jerry-rigging signifiers, the notion of formal innovation within a medium feels more dated than ever. Ironically,...

Dimensions Dance Theater celebrates its 35th

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Anyone who's seen a Dimensions Dance Theater performance knows the all-women Oakland company is always dancing full tilt. So if there seemed to be more energy than usual Saturday night, maybe it was coming from the grateful crowd gathered for Dimension's 35th...

Jazz Prof. Dee Spencer's Stevie Wonder project

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Dee Spencer is grooving to Stevie Wonder's "Sir Duke," doing a little dance and banging a tambourine on the backbeats. "Vocalists, get into more! Get into the spirit of the song!" shouts Spencer, a robust woman with a high-beam smile. She's rehearsing the...