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...female solo, so his Mellencamp-loving, flamethrower-toting dad steps in to fight the school. After a mysterious and harassing phone call, though, Burt Hummel has to face his own discomfort with his son, and Kurt decides to sabotage himself, allowing Rachel to score the solo in order to spare his father more grief. “I love you more than I love being the star,” says the divo...

Author: By Luis Urbina, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Recap: “Wheels” | 11/14/2009 | See Source »

...Where is our Emma? Is she seriously off marrying Ken? Will she realize her mistake before or after the wedding? Ugh. We almost don’t care anymore. Either get with Will already or spare us the melodrama – this episode was much nicer without that tiresome love rectangle...

Author: By Luis Urbina, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Recap: “Wheels” | 11/14/2009 | See Source »

...When he told you a story, he told it with so much love, you could imagine yourself being there,” said Gregory H. Daugherty, a vendor for Spare Change News, who met Hill 15 years ago. “He was a great person, and he had a great love of people...

Author: By Xi Yu, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Street Performer, Storyteller Dies at 88 | 11/9/2009 | See Source »

...there are generations of American songwriters and miles of frontier. Both singers have explored a similar fascination with American themes in their other bands. Here, these traditional themes and sounds are omnipresent, and something about Molina & Johnson’s minimalist approach makes them feel better developed. Many similarly spare acts craft their natural sounds. They record separate tracks for fretboard squeaks, chair cricks, and the sound of a thumb dully thumping against the guitar’s body. Here, the sounds feel like natural parts of the recording. You can almost hear the whiskey being poured in between takes...

Author: By Benjamin Naddaff-Hafrey, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Molina & Johnson | 11/6/2009 | See Source »

...even now it's not clear that the issue has been fully resolved. Part of the problem is there has not been a general announcement to the intelligence community about Biden's decision. Some experts surmise that this is to spare Blair's feelings. But intelligence insiders say the DNI is taking the view that the matter is still being adjudicated. And indeed, Blair has not rescinded his directive, leaving room for continuing ambiguity...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Overseas Turf War Between the CIA and DNI Won't Die | 11/6/2009 | See Source »

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