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Posted on October 10th, 2008 in Featured, News & Views, Weekly Digest

WEEKLY DIGEST Oct. 9-16, 2008

By Glenny Brock

It’s a bang-up beautiful issue, methinks, with a cover story about the Leonardo da Vinci exhibit at the Birmingham Museum of Art, Courtney Haden crashing and bashing and the latest electoral college scoreboard. The latest battle in the War on Dumb is all about the JeffCo bankruptcy, and when it comes to DNA testing Alabama is sorely lacking.\
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Fans of the Covert Kids stories will be delighted to find a missive from Tak Honda in place of J’Mel Davidson’s regular rant, and amid Carey Norris’ hectic schedule blogging about a horror a movie a day during the month of October, he managed to see and review Appaloosa.\
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Eatbeat has the details on the next Local Dish tasting at Whole Foods market as well as foodie readers’ favorite feature: “What I’m Eating This Week” by Molly Folse.\
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All in all, it’s a feast for the eyes.

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