October 23rd, 2008 issue #0743

• DR HOOK- Hocus pocus: Even ‘magic' pills have side effects
• REALESTATE-UPDATE- SALE WITHDRAWN
• THE SPORTS DOCTOR- Ousting Joe: Why Penn State's wins are sealing Paterno's doom

4Better Or Worse

• 4BETTER OR WORSE- The week in review

News

• Occupants escape without alarm in Belmont fire
• Linguistic structures: Eisenberg shapes his words
• Edible tries taking a bite out of Flavor
• Small-time 'shiners busted
• Will Circuit City survive here?
• You pump it: Popular full-service station bites dust
• City drops controver$ial ambulance plan
• County deems dump clean
• Pastor's child porn trial postponed
• Home at last: Denisenko savors first day as a free man
• Liberal blogger touts Goode's ties to gay film
• Record voter registration, no sign of fraud
• Sabato: 'Ol' Virginny is dead'

Cartoons

• CARTOONS

Cover Stories

• COVER- Lien on me: How one high rolling firm's troubles trickle down

Essays

• ESSAY- Media frenzy: Press whipped lawmakers into broken bail-out

The Dish

• THE EATER- My gyro! In search, third time was the charm
• FOOD- THE DISH- Pork spending: High-end bacon beckons the belly

Gimme Shelter

• GIMME SHELTER- Butchered tree: What to do when magnolia gets limbed

Hotseat

• HOTSEAT- Abell's camp: Make it, don't take it

Movie Reviews

• MOVIE REVIEW- Countdown: Sad history of sad little man

On Architecture

• ONARCHITECTURE- Saved by zero: Sustainability offers sustenance

Photophile

• PHOTOPHILE- Viva la viticulture: PVCC digs Kluge-Moses building

Question of the Week

• QUESTION OF THE WEEK- How are you dealing with the recession?

Real Estate - On the Block

• REAL ESTATE- ON THE BLOCK- Face it: Writing's on the wall in Belmont

Strange But True

• STRANGE BUT TRUE- Dead snakes: They're riskier than you think

The Brazen Careerist

• THE BRAZEN CAREERIST- Look good: And do good by voting Nov. 4