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    Prized Fighter

    Boxing in St. Louis will never die--not as long as Kenny Loehr has a kid in the ring.

    By Kristen Hinman

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    Budget Ballin'

    South Florida's lawless exotic rental car industry keeps rolling.

    By Gus Garcia-Roberts

  • Houston Press

    Crime Doesn't Pay Back

    In Texas, restitution for victims is nothing but a state-sanctioned sham.

    By Chris Vogel

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    Hot and Frothy

    If you thought Seattle couldn't fetishize coffee any more, you haven't been to a "cupping" yet.

    By Jonathan Kauffman

Devil's Advocate

Photog’s show is simplicity itself

By Jose Gonzalez

Published on June 25, 2008 at 4:02am

The new iPhone drops and has the Internet going nuts like Paul Wall. Like the bling-mouthed Southern spitter, you feel compelled to stunt and cop the two-year AT&T contract just to keep up with Twitter.

In a world thirsty for attention and applause, Jason Koster seeks the Zen of one hand clapping. His “Devil Claw” exhibition features sharp black-and-white images of the devil-claw plant’s seedpods. Seen in sequence, each picture captures a striking figure dancing in a mesmerizing celebration of straightforwardness. The aim of Koster’s series, in his words, is to display the “simplicity of individuality without the need for ego or materialism.”


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