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1. Feature

   Walking on Water

   Fred Unger's idea of gondolas on Scottsdale's canal went under. Now he's back with a bridge and $250 million

   By John Dickerson

   Published: November 8, 2007

   The conference table in Fred Unger's office is cheap. The walls are papered with photos and magazine spreads tacked into drywall — there's none of the mahogany and marble...

2. Music

   Israeli Gears

   Monotonix bring licks with chutzpah

   By Saby Reyes-Kulkarni

   Published: November 8, 2007

   In the United States, we take classic rock for granted. It's become part of the very fabric of our being. And unless you get into deep album cuts (you know, the songs that...

3. Cafe

   Heat Wave

   By Michele Laudig

   Published: November 8, 2007

   Don't worry, I'm not going to bitch about the summer anymore. But I can't promise I won't talk about heat. That's because my tongue's still tingling (in a good way) from...

4. Film

   All in the Family

   Sibling rivalry. Daddy issues. Infidelity. One hell of a melodrama

   By J. Hoberman

   Published: November 8, 2007

   Before the Devil Knows You're Dead is less Sidney Lumet's comeback than his resurrection. Three years after being presented a Lifetime Achievement Oscar, the 83-year-old...

5. Stage

   Fair Game

   Same old divine decadence

   By Robrt L. Pela

   Published: November 8, 2007

   Phillip Fazio, a youngish local stage director and artist in residence at Phoenix Theatre, e-mailed me recently to tell me, in effect, it isn't fair that I've given up on the...

6. Game On

   A Little Sucky-Sucky

   Two vampire classics are back. Unfortunately, they bite

   By Gary Hodges

   Published: November 8, 2007

   Castlevania, the vampire-hunting series that stretches over 20 years and as many games, has two kinds of fans. There are the traditionalists, who've followed the games since...

7. Night & Day

   Act Globally, Drink Locally

   Hangin' with the YIMBYs at Duck & Decanter

   By Julie Peterson

   Published: November 8, 2007

   Yes! in my backyard. That's the message behind the third annual Certified Local! Fall Festival, an activist fair highlighting local entrepreneurs who are doing it for...

8. Night & Day

   Wishbone Formation

   Flag footballers go for the gravy

   By Steve Jansen

   Published: November 8, 2007

   Considering the insanity that has been NCAA football 2007, we’ve been feeling an itch to hit the gridiron for some football of the non-contact variety. (Definitely not tackle,...

9. Night & Day

   Super Market

   By Steve Jansen

   Published: November 8, 2007

   Art patrons, families, dude bros, and even Maricopa County plainclothes officers who aren’t on roundup duty are invited to the Heard Museum Spanish Market. More than 75...

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    Jumping Jack Flesh

    Sex and showtunes at Soul Invictus

    By Leslie Barton

    Published: November 8, 2007

    The standard-issue high school cheerleader is a baby-fatted, gawky teen destined for marriage and motherhood, but what of the preternatural beauty who realizes all she needs is...

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    Scout’s Honor

    Was Mockingbird author a fraud?

    By Clay McNear

    Published: November 8, 2007

    To Kill a Mockingbird author Harper Lee won the 1961 Pulitzer for her timeless tale about Atticus Finch, Scout, and Boo Radley, but did she really write it? In his unauthorized...

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    Hi, Robot

    Watergate journalist takes on America's Iron Lady

    By Peter Breslin

    Published: November 8, 2007

    Hillary Rodham Clinton is pilloried regularly by dittoheads and the endlessly fulminating drones on Fox News, but the vast left-wing conspiracy has pretty much represented her...

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    Lust in Space

    You nerds just can't get enough? Boldly go to AMC.

    By Jay Bennett

    Published: November 8, 2007

    Ever wonder how hot Lieutenant Uhura (circa '67, of course) would look on the big screen? Thought so. As if the nerd gods were listening, the divine Nichelle Nichols and the...

14. Night & Day

    Ladies First

    By Steve Jansen

    Published: November 8, 2007

    Women’s sports rule in the Valley. You hear us, Arizona Pigeons, uh, Cardinals? If you don’t believe it, let’s jostle those brain cells and remind you of the Phoenix Mercury’s...

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    Ham Solo

    May the farce be with you

    By Benjamin Leatherman

    Published: November 8, 2007

    Doncha hate it when your nerdish friends quote their favorite bits from the Star Wars trilogy (the original, not the execrable prequels)? You know the scenes... the Mos Eisley...

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    Perfect 10th

    Axis/Radius celebrates a decadent decade

    By Lilia Menconi

    Published: November 8, 2007

    Screw the baker's dozen. It's all about the number 10, because we Americans base our cultural milestones on the lovely number. When we turned 10 years old, we were pumped to...

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    The Mourning After

    Creepy pictures at an exhibition

    By Clay McNear

    Published: November 8, 2007

    Your beloved grandma dies. Hard enough, so tell us you're not gonna take a picture of her in the casket and keep it by the hearth, okay? Well, they did back in the Victorian...

18. Night & Day

    Dutch Treat

    By Steve Jansen

    Published: November 8, 2007

    We don’t know if it’s Spike Lee’s temper tantrums, visions of Patrick Ewing’s box haircut, or the fact that their mascot is Dutch trousers, but it’s always a treat when the New...

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    Checkered Flags of Our Fathers

    The South rises again

    By Clay McNear

    Published: November 8, 2007

    A brief history of NASCAR: The automobile was born. Two Southern dandies looked askance at one another. In lieu of dueling pistols, they jumped in their jalopies and set off on...

20. Night & Day

    We Rule

    By Steve Jansen

    Published: November 8, 2007

    We scoured the globe to find this event: the New Times 10K presented by Whole Foods. The 13th-largest race in the States will feature a grip of fitness challenges, including a...