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ROTUNDA GETS FINISHING TOUCHES We sent intern Andrew Crisp over to the Capitol to check out the moving-in process, and he snapped about a dozen pics of the new digs. Watch a slideshow of the new basement skylight, the oculus from below and the empty inner chambers at citydesk. Click on “Intern Statehouse Gander Induces Dizziness.”
WHAT WOULD JUDGE JUDY RULE? Reported on Cobweb last week: The rumored litigious Taylor Swift is suing an Idaho bar for licensing violations.
GRIP GLOBETROTTIN’ THIS WEEK It’s almost business as usual at The Grip this week: Rep. Brian Cronin is still blogging from Jordan, and FMB Fidel Nshombo is still obsessed with football (the soccer version, that is). We also throw in some coverage of Riverstone School alumna Yordanos Refu’s talk at her alma mater.
WORLDWIDE WACKY WEB It was a draw for wackiest blog post of the week at Cobweb with “Bloggregators”—highlighting such gems as Cake Wrecks, People of Walmart and Regretsy—and a Nov. 18 post with Questionland’s Burning Question of the Day: “Where do you begin washing?” One answer included the words “crack” and “butt.” At least it’s clean, right.
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EDITOR’S NOTE 3 BILL COPE 5 TED RALL 6 NEWS Who will get the bill for the streetcar? 7 Raw milk on Idaho’s black market 8 CITIZEN 9 TRUE CRIME / MONDO GAGA 10 FEATURE The forgotten epidemic 11 BW PICKS 14 FIND 15 8 DAYS OUT 16 SUDOKU 17 NOISE Laura Veirs, what a peach 29 MUSIC GUIDE 30 ARTS BW Cover Auction 32 SCREEN Paris, the heart of the city 33 MOVIE TIMES 34 VIDIOT 35 REC Got squats? 36 PLAY 37 FOOD BW heads to the 2C to check out Orchard House 38 WINE SIPPER 41 CLASSIFIEDS 42 HOME SWEET HOME 42 NYT CROSSWORD 44 FREEWILL ASTROLOGY 46
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