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Issue #34.48

| Published on Wednesday October 8th, 2008

Issue Menu: October 1st, 2008 | October 15th, 2008

On the Cover
Unlucky Strike
BY COREY PEIN | The Oregon lottery is going into detox—and our state budget is along for the smoke-free ride.
9 comments
News
[International]
Klaus-trophobia
BY JAMES PITKIN | WW’s Czechered past prompts an international incident.
6 comments
[Politics]
Q&A: Russ Feingold
BY BETH SLOVIC | A sweetheart of the left talks about where he’s agreed with John McCain and Gordon Smith…and disagreed with Barack Obama.
1 comment
[Election '08] [Politics] [Shut Up & Vote]
Palin-Palooza
BY NIGEL JAQUISS | Here’s one “who’s who” group in Portland that thinks Sarah Palin kicked Joe Biden’s ass.
13 comments
[Economy]
And The Walls Come Tumbling Down
BY NIGEL JAQUISS | What does the financial collapse and bailout mean for Oregon borrowers and pols?
0 comments
Rogue of the Week
Cynthia Harris
WW EDITORIAL STAFF | There’s wrong. Then there’s Army wrong.
13 comments
Murmurs
News That’s Not Debatable
WW EDITORIAL STAFF
7 comments
The Weekly Fix
Our spin on 7 days of news
BY COREY PEIN
0 comments
Letters to the Editor
Inbox
BY WW'S BELOVED READERS
2 comments
Culture
Queer Window
The Fairies’ Godfather
BY BYRON BECK | Unassuming hero raises funds for new Q Center.
0 comments
SCOOP
Gossip Should Have No Friends
WW EDITORIAL STAFF
2 comments
Clublist Spotlight
Hello, Is It Me You’re Looking For?
BY DAVID ROBINSON
0 comments
Benoît Pioulard
BY NILINA MASON-CAMPBELL | Thomas Meluch doesn’t get out much—his music speaks volumes.
0 comments
Album Reviews: Nick Jaina and Run On Sentence
BY SHANE DANAHER AND MICHAEL MANNHEIMER
0 comments
Henry Rollins
BY STORM LARGE | Singer/writer meets his “Large” admirer.
5 comments
Wayfaring Strangers
BY CASEY JARMAN | Chris Funk and Laura Veirs light up the LaurelThirst for a new audience.
0 comments
There Are Some Who Call Me…Tim
BY DANIEL CARLSON | We just call it the only good new show on TV this fall.
0 comments
David Lean: Ten British Classics
BY AARON MESH | Little things jolly well mean a lot.
0 comments
Dead Funny (Third Rail Rep)
BY BEN WATERHOUSE | More deadly than dead, and funny as hell.
0 comments
Dish
The Trickster
BY DEEDA SCHROEDER | Share, sip and repeat at Tanuki.
0 comments
Sarah Vowell. The Wordy Shipmates.
BY WHITNEY HAWKE | Of buckles and corn and hacked-off body parts.
0 comments
Headout Picks
Great Moments in Educational Kids Music
BY CASEY JARMAN
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