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Charleston.net Columns Reviews Music Movies Arts Dining TV Extras Events Photos Meet Charleston's young artists and professionals 30 under 40 Read More O Christmas tree, O Christmas tree: Ah, it's that magical time of year again when we gather up the family and our trusty ax, hop in the car and drive around town in search of the perfect tree; and when we finally find it, we smile that big holiday smile, and with the Christmas spirit dwelling deep within us, use the ax to keep the salesman at bay as we strap the tree to the top of our car and drive off because who in their right mind would ever pay $125 for a Fraser fir? Read More Bluesman Eric Lindell comes to the Pour House On Friday night, Eric Lindell will be featured at the Pour House on James Island. Lindell's second album, "Low on Cash, Rich in Love," has made quite the impact on the blues scene, and visitors to the Pour House are sure to be rocked by his soul-bearing melodies. Lindell is originally from the San Francisco area of California. He claims that his passion for music, like most gifted musicians, started when he was very young. Read More Film based on Nicholas Sparks book drawing attention in Charleston Adapted by screenwriter Jamie Linden ("We Are Marshall") from the novel by Nicholas Sparks, the feature film "Dear John" is approximately midway through its 10-week shoot in the Charleston and Harleyville areas, with additional location filming having taken place on Edisto Island. Read More A group exhibition of Southern artists working with cameras Rebekah Jacob Gallery is presenting The Imagist through Dec. 31. The display features photographic and video works from diverse genres that relate to the South. In provocative color or richly toned black-and-white applications, each artist has a poignant, visual story to tell of "their South" through studio portraiture, landscape photography and urban street photography. And in some cases, moving pictures. Read More Popular King Street spot manages to adopt and adapt In early summer, the folks at Patrick Properties reeled in their staff and pulled the anchor on Fish Restaurant as we knew it. Read More Today | News | Sports | Entertainment | Features | Web Extras | Editorial | Obituaries | Blogs | Archives The Post and Courier | Charleston.net | 134 Columbus St. | Charleston | SC | 29403

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Dems Are Going After Blagojevich | Jon Stewart Slams Mike Huckabee | O'Reilly and Rove Are Crazy

PEEK Newsletter December 11th, 2008 More blogs and video »

Bold Words: Democrats Are Going After Blagojevich By Sam Stein, Huffington Post Senator Harry Reid is drawing a fairly bold line in the political sand in regard to the ethical missteps surrounding Rod Blagojevich. Read more »   Jesse Jackson Jr. Denies Involvement in Blagojevich Corruption Scandal By Staff, Think Progress "I thought -- mistakenly -- that the governor was going to make a decision in the best interest of our state as well as our nation." Read more »   Man in Need of Medical Attention Gets Tasered By Skittish Police Instead By Digby, Hullabaloo In Oklahoma, a driver goes into severe diabetic shock, but instead of getting help, he's tasered and then handcuffed. Read more »   Jon Stewart Slams Mike Huckabee on Gay Marriage By Ali Frick, Think Progress "At what age did you choose not to be gay?" Read more »   What Image Opened Your Eyes to Human Rights? By Staff, Witness In honor of the 60th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights on December 10th. A look at images that opened our eyes. Read more »   Franken-Coleman Update: FBI Investigating Coleman? Race Decided By Friday? By Sam Stein, Huffington Post A Twin Cities paper reports that a probe has been launched into Minnesota Sen. Norm Coleman's ties to businessman Nasser Kazeminy. Read more »   McDonald's Labor Practices More Harmful Than Its Food By ZP Heller, Brave New Films McDonald's has super-sized its anti-union ways. Read more »   O'Reilly and Rove are Crazy, Say the Economic Crisis Is Just a Media Conspiracy By Melissa McEwan, Shakesville Break out the tinfoil hats. Read more »   Bush Administration Makes Yet Another Ill-Conceived Midnight-Hour Policy Change By Staff, America's Voice Bush's Department of Labor announces last minute changes to guestworker program. Read more »   Obama Calls on Blagojevich to Resign By Gregg Levine, Firedoglake Barack "agrees with Lt. Gov. Quinn and many others that under the current circumstances it is difficult for the governor to effectively do his job." Read more »   Senator Larry Craig Is Still Guilty of Trying to Solicit Sex By Steve Benen, Washington Monthly No Senator, tapping your foot is not protected by the first amendment ... especially when soliciting sex in a bathroom. Read more »

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5 Bad Ideas That Caused Recession | Obama's Smoking Drama | Plastic Surgery So 1990s

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Life After the Economic Collapse: How Having Less Will Make Us Happier By Sarah van Gelder, Doug Pibel, YES! Magazine Having big cars, fancy TVs and trendy clothes never made us happy. It only drove us into debt -- and increased our dependence on long work hours. Read more »   5 Disastrous Decisions That Got Us into This Economic Mess By Joseph Stiglitz, Vanity Fair We are at a dangerous moment. Behind the debates over future economic policy is a debate over history -- here are the major mistakes that got us here. Read more »   Why Michael Pollan Doesn't Want to Be Secretary of Agriculture By Michael Winship, AlterNet The writer is not biting at an Internet-fueled citizen's movement to draft him for the cabinet post, but he does have some suggestions. Read more »   Republicans Bring Socialism to Millionaires and Screw the Rest of Us By Robert Scheer, Truthdig If tough love is good enough for financially strapped families, why have a poverty program for troubled corporations? Read more »   Plastic Surgery Is Going the Way of the Ugg Boot By Margaret M. Gullette, Women's eNews Women are saying "no" to being nipped and tucked. And the recession may have little to do with it. Read more »   Obama's Smoking Drama By Tony Newman, AlterNet It is no fun having to explain to people, in person or on national television, how you came to start cigarettes again once they "catch" you. Read more »   Health Experts Make a Perverse Push for Fat-Rich, Red Meat Diets By Martha Rosenberg, AlterNet Most dietitians say people already have too much protein in their diets. So why is increased meat consumption being promoted in medical journals? Read more »   Is Obama Getting Bad Advice on His Appointments? By Greg Palast, Huffington Post Joel Klein is being considered for secretary of education, which would make as much sense for our schools as Michael Brown did for disaster relief. Read more »   The New Globalism: A Vision for America's Role in the World By Nick Bromell , John Tirman, MIT Center for International Studies Obama will have to recover and renew the distinctly liberal principles and values embedded in the liberal internationalist tradition. Read more »   PEEK and Video: The hottest buzz and videos on the web     O'Reilly and Rove are Crazy, Say the Economic Crisis Is Just a Media Conspiracy By Melissa McEwan, Shakesville Break out the tinfoil hats. Read more »   McDonald's Labor Practices More Harmful Than Its Food By ZP Heller, Brave New Films McDonald's has super-sized its anti-union ways. Read more »   Man in Need of Medical Attention Gets Tasered By Skittish Police Instead By Digby, Hullabaloo In Oklahoma, a driver goes into severe diabetic shock, but instead of getting help, he's tasered and then handcuffed. Read more »

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			Charleston police have completed their nearly 18-month investigation into the deadly Sofa Super Store fire, and prosecutors are reviewing the results to see if criminal charges are warranted, Police Chief Greg Mullen said Wednesday. Ninth Circuit Solicitor Scarlett Wilson said she has begun wading through the "voluminous and thorough" material and hopes to have recommendations on the case within six weeks.
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