July 10th, 2008 issue #0728

• DR. HOOK- Say what? Now hear this about swimmer's ear
• SPORTSDOC- Sickening: Nadal pulls off the unthinkable
• THE TOUGH CUSTOMER- Focus pocus: Information fuzzes at the DMV
• THE TOUGH CUSTOMER- Heartland fear: Some siding can't stand the heat
• Fire away: Supes revisit commercial open burns

4Better Or Worse

• 4BETTER OR WORSE- The week in review

Art Features

• CULTURE- ART FEATURE- Excess baggage: Thruston overpacks at McGuffey

Cartoons

• CARTOONS

News

• Boy Wonder still wonderful
• Fire away: Supes revisit commercial open burns
• West Main 'pocket park' opens next week
• Webb drops out of Obama veepstakes
• A scrubbable feast: Albemarle to decide if green is clean
• Locally grown PBS series airs
• STAB alum Frischkorn strong in Tour de France
• DMB's Moore remains in hospital, will miss rest of tour
• New citizens and prez celebrate 4th
• Miller Center uploads presidents to YouTube

Cover Stories

• COVER- Alarming: Most smoke detectors don't detect deadly smoke

Essays

• ESSAY- Not so 'fine': Suspending licenses hurts the poor

Facetime

• FACETIME- Cud stud: Daly courts danger in bull riding

Gimme Shelter

• GIMME SHELTER- Sting operation: How to shoo yellowjackets

Letters

• LETTER- Safety first-- fix the bricks

Movie Reviews

• MOVIE REVIEW- So what? 'Journey' missing only a brain

On Architecture

• ONARCHITECTURE- Downtown ground: Relics saved, new towers rise

Photophile

• PHOTOPHILE- Independence Day: Monticello gets presidential treatment

Question of the Week

• QUESTION OF THE WEEK- What keeps you safe in a fire?

Real Estate

• REAL ESTATE- UPDATE- STILL AVAILABLE

Strange But True

• STRANGE BUT TRUE- Mirages: Nessie, mermaids creations of light

The Brazen Careerist

• THE BRAZEN CAREERIST- Bad advice: How to know when you're getting it

The Dish

• FOOD- THE DISH- $199 sign scam: Local innkeeper sleuths it out