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Free Will Astrology: Rob Brezsny - week of October 31, 2001

CORRECTIONS:
City Pulse incorrectly reported last week an illness with which Mayor David Hollister has been diagnosed. The story should have said he has Parkinson's disease.

The year in which Gov. James Blanchard was defeated was incorrectly reported last week. The story should have said 1990.

Lansing Bookstores Turn a Page
by Chad Dally
Lansing's two major bookstores are hoping that the recipe for success is to throw every ingredient into the pot.
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Smaller Shops Offer Option to Megastores
by Chad Dally
If you don't feel like braving the size and crowds of the superstores, chances are you can find the books you're looking for in at least one of the smaller bookstores in Lansing.
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Smith, Stone Face Off for 4th Ward
Geneva Smith and Lester Stone, candidates for Lansing City Council in the 4th Ward in Tuesday's election, were invited to write 250-word statements each and answer questions submitted by Council members and 4th Ward civic leaders.
Question & Answer
Stone's Statement
Smith's Statement

Why We're for Stone
Until August, all we knew about Lester Stone and Geneva Smith, the candidates for Lansing City Council in the 4th Ward, was what we had read in the newspapers.
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Ex-Michiganders Struggle to Cope with
'9-11' Aftermath
by Todd A. Heywood
While the fires still burn at Ground Zero, and a stale acrid aroma of burning metal fuses to the sea air below 14th Street, the images and moments of horror experienced on what has become known in the local parlance as "9-11" are still fresh in the minds of three former mid-Michigan residents.
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CIVIL LIBERTIES: Henry Silverman
Anti-Gay Proposals in Michigan Threaten Civil Rights

HEALTH & ENVIRONMENT: Brian McKenna
Chlorine's Collateral Damage

POLITICS: Greg Starks
Wards Best Solution for East Lansing

SCENE: Eric Denby
Harper's Comedy Club has Tough Road Ahead

ART SCENE: Alison Corlett
First Sunday Gallery Walk
Creole
Conifer
Otherwise

MUSIC:
New on disc - Tenacious D
Muddy Waters Tribute Band Show
Symphony

THEATER:
BoarsHead's 'Tell-Tale Heart' is Chilling and Delightful Play
'Heels' More Than Sex in the City
Wharton's 'Forbidden' provided lots of laughs

FILM FEATURE:
If it's a scare you want, skip Thirteen Ghosts'

NEW ON DVD:
DVD offers all 'Godfather' films

FILM REVIEWS: Cole Smithey
Inludes K-Pax, The Last Castle and more...

THE INTERNET: Bonnie Bucqueroux
My favorite freebies you can use to build your website

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR