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Super #1 Gift Guide
Turning to the Japanese for some extreme gift ideas. Plus, the season's best books, DVDs, movies and music, and a guide to holiday happenings.
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Blackboard Rumble
How the question of whether one San Jose student was eligible for special ed turned into a battle royal.
Silicon Valley News Notes
A local taser death intensifies the debate over taser policies.
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Silicon Alleys
Best in San Jose.
Technology News
Man's Place.
Car Culture
Better World Club's shtick is my shtick: You might need to drive, but you're not happy about it, so let's try to drive as lightly as possible.
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Method Madness
'Ellie Parker' is Scott Coffey's shot-on-DV tale of the agonies and ecstasies of the no-name actress who went on to become Naomi Watts.
MORE MOVIE REVIEWS
MOVIE TIMES
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Mortality Combat
Nine Inch Nails' resident Rasputin ponders his own arena-size profile.
Child's Play
CD box set celebrates neopsych progeny.
MORE NIGHTLIFE
NIGHTLIFE CALENDAR
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Sino the Times
Sino's intriguing and even daring fusion proves it has more going for it than just good looks.
Live Feed
How Do You Solve A Problem Like Persimmons?
5 Things to Love
Habits Of Highly Irritating Waiters.
Club Life
Smoke Tiki Lounge and Barbecue in San Jose.
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SoFA Grows a Gallery
Anno Domini moves into the old Camera One building on South First Street in the downtown arts district.
Book Box
'First and Fifteenth: Pop Art Short Stories' by Steve Powers, 'Hugs: Thoughtlead' by Mike Ogilvie and 'The River of Doubt: Theodore Roosevelt's Darkest Journey' by Candice Millard.