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ELMWOOD PARK, N.J. — There is a battle for America’s behinds.

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I feel the frustration. I’m sure we all have at some point, yeah?

If you’ve flown lately, you have probably noticed that the “portable electronics” rules are increasingly muddled. It’s time for the FAA and airlines to lift the electronics ban completely,…

When Lookout! Records folded, Ted Leo and the Pharmacists moved to Touch and Go. Then, earlier this year, Touch and Go stopped releasing new records.
Now, the ever-resourceful Leo has found himself a…

Bill Sparkman was an Eagle Scout and a substitute teacher. He also worked part-time for the Census. Authorities found his body hanging from a tree on Sept. 12 in a remote area of a national forest….

PITTSBURGH — When President Obama announced that this Rust Belt city would host a meeting of ministers from the world’s leading economies, many scoffed. “A lot of people are asking something along…

FARMVILLE, Va., Sept. 23 — The town is what its name suggests, a little crossroads burg swaddled in crop fields and pastureland for miles around. God and country-western span the radio dial, the…

The Town of Chevy Chase will wait two years, or until more detailed design work is finished, before deciding whether to file a lawsuit against the Maryland Transit Administration over its plans to…

Evocative, emo-ish lyrics and Kevin Shields-by-way-of-Thurston Moore torrents of noise once again color the work of this Scottish band. [Ryan Dombal]

–I want a (bleeping) lawyer, man. I want Bill Kunstler, or Ron Kuby.–The Big Lebowski

Last we checked in with Kuby, the defense lawyer partly known for taking on controversial clients and…

Maryland men’s basketball coach Gary Williams has received a one-year extenstion on his contract, which could keep him at the job into 2013.