Atlanta’s climbing crime rate is visible and frightening

Our picks for the season’s top 20 flicks

Understanding a deep connection with an ex, and leaving perpetually single friends alone

Tybee Island’s half-marathon is perfect for first-timers and seasoned athletes alike

Guy Pearce on his new film, his career and the Hollywood star system

“Frozen River” is about the kind of real Americans you rarely see in movies...

'Trouble the Water' in theaters now

“@#%&*! SMILERS”
(SUPEREGO)

“HEART OF STONE”
(DRIFTER’S CHURCH)

A Sunday Paper reader expressed his dissatisfaction with this column space on a number of levels...

The past seven-plus years have shown us that "foreign policy experience," in and of itself, isn't all it's cracked up to be...

I wanted John McCain to choose Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal as his running mate...

Lots of Emory University students started classes last week with a new must-have accessory: a bike...

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A cake helps set the tone of any party..

Mac ’n’ cheese at Mortons

A New Orleans neighborhood in the ATL

Adam Murphy's Restaurant Report Card

A Quick Q&A

Best-bet spas around the world

The ‘Office’ star on becoming a ‘Rocker’ and cage-fighting Jeremy Piven

Two current films showcase talented actress

There are always those who say, if it walks like a duck, it’s a duck...

"Does evil exist?" Pastor Rick Warren asked Barack Obama...

Contestants on “The Amazing Race” get to do a lot of enviable things. But when the show detoured at the world’s largest IKEA...

A boyfriend who wants to be naked all of the time, and a reader puts her heart on the line for a guy on social hiatus

Writer Colleen Oakley exercising with Day Adeogba and Siddeeq Shabazz (right)

Hallelujah. Winos everywhere can rejoice...

Chef Swift has crafted a rich, seasonal menu that appears to be humming at a pretty good clip right from day one.

Four-cheese pizza at Wolfgang Puck Express

New Atlanta company brings vodkas to United States

Not since "Tropic Thunder" has there been as funny a movie as “Hamlet 2.”

“EVIL URGES”
(ATO)

“CONFIDENCE MAN”
(VAGRANT)

A case for believing in Bigfoot, Nessie, and all their weird kin

Democrat presidential candidate Barack Obama has raised twice as much money...

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A week's worth of live music around the ATL

A Quick Q&A

A post-graduate driver’s ed course in a post-industrial setting

SP's annual roundup of the very best of local theater

How to handle first dates and when to get the hell out of a new relationship

When you work out hard, sometimes you need someone to work out the knots

Local novelist Mitchell Graham partners up with Steven Spielberg

Luke Wilson on his latest role, spirituality and keeping it in the family

“NORTH HOLLYWOOD SHOOTOUT”

“NUDE WITH BOOTS”
(IPECAC)

I could make a meal out of just buttered cornbread...

North Carolina resident Susan Rice forages for shrooms

Is it time to throw out Georgia’s adultery law?

“In developed countries we’re cleaner, children don’t get infected as much, and so they develop reactions to the inconsequential things like pollen.”—Warren Filley, allergist, Oklahoma University Health and Sciences Center

If GeorgiaCarry.org’s members get their way Hartsfield would be left to the gun-toters...

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Poets, Artists and Madmen: These were on my mind last week as I sipped from a pint...

A Quick Q&A

If you need a good, raunchy laughfest and Judd Apatow’s let you down, “Tropic Thunder” is the summer comedy you’ve been waiting for...

America’s economic future will not be decided by John McCain or Barack Obama. It is being decided right now by America’s working class.

The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2

A ShortTakes review

“XV”
(INSIDEOUT-SPV)

“THE SLIP”
(NULL)

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Personally, I can’t imagine ever giving anything except a live grenade, let alone a second chance, to someone who bailed on our wedding two weeks out.

A fifth-generation distiller carries on a tradition

Water and wine make a splash

Pork vindaloo at Spice Market

Linger in Lobby at Twelve for good reason

If you haven’t noticed, the Beijing Olympics are under way.

A traveller's first visit to the Irish countryside

Want to get spoiled while you get your sweat on? Check out the Pace Club on Peachtree

Alexander Solzhenitsyn is dead. Peter Rodman is dead. And memory is dying with them...

Skip Caray’s gone, but not forgotten

“China is known as second in the world only to India for rabies.”— Phyllis Kozarsky, Emory University

A Quick Q&A

Half-baked ‘Pineapple Express’ delivers a mild buzz

The week in Atlanta live music

Cakes and Ale proves chock full of wholesome farm-to-table fare

Alaskan halibut at Room at Twelve

Chad Guay of Table 1280 followed his heart—literally—to become a pastry chef

 A few weeks ago, during the state general primary, I found myself assisting on a news story...

‘American Teen’ director zeroes in on the kids in the hall

Dealing with the end of a friendship and taking care of a midlife crisis

Want to lose weight, but don’t know where to start? Or maybe you just want something to spice up your now-stale workout. Here are your best bets

Boutique brings West Coast style to the suburbs

Gov. Perdue has agreed to transition most mentally ill patients out of state-run facilities. But private care may be just as bad.

 Nearing the end of the Morgellons study

Few among us would want to switch places with a homeless person, but he perfectly embodies the American ideal ...

‘Bingo,’ ‘Hallelujah’ not worth shouting about

A shorttake review of 'Swing Vote'

A shorttakes review of 'Brideshead Revisited'

“Space disco” duo Judi Chicago prepares to take off 

“LAST DAYS AT THE LODGE”
(EMI/BLUE NOTE)

“THE GREEN SPARROW”
(ROUNDER RECORDS)

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