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That kid at your door with a magazine order form will tell you a story -- part sad, part hopeful. The truth will be infinitely worse than you can imagine.
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Recent Articles By Michael Roberts
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"Governor No"
Minnesota's Tim Pawlenty grooms himself for vice-presidential consideration--by being a jerk.
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When these huntresses on are on the prowl, the prey very much wants to be caught.
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Village Voice
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At JFK, Erhan Yildirim clears corpses for takeoff.
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Broward-Palm Beach New Times
Sweet Deal
How rumored McCain veep choice Charlie Crist wants to bail out Big Sugar.
By Bob Norman
Metal bands that transition from the underground to the overground can suffer painful backlashes. Thus far, though, Mastodon has avoided too much harm. Its 2006 disc Blood Mountain, the Atlanta group's first for Warner Bros., may have been somewhat more accessible than the quartet of albums issued under the auspices of the Relapse imprint, but the results were plenty brutal enough to satisfy all but the least open-minded fans. In fact, a beating vocalist/guitarist Brent Hinds took during a run-in with System of a Down's Shavo Odadjian and another musician in Las Vegas last September constitutes pretty much the only real damage Mastodon has sustained of late. And wounds to the body heal faster than ones to the reputation.
