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April 10, 2002 - April 16, 2002 | Issue 38•13

Architect's Friends All Have Great Idea For A Building

SAN DIEGO— Friends and acquaintances of Phil Yost are constantly giving him ideas for buildings, the 40-year-old architect said Monday. "I was catching up with my old college roommate, who I hadn't spoken to in years, and he blurts out, 'What if you built a revolving hotel like they have revolving restaurants?'" Yost said. "Do you know how many times I've gotten that?" In the past month,...

37 Record-Store Clerks Feared Dead In Yo La Tengo Concert Disaster

issue 3813 | 04.10.02 | News

ATHENS, GA—A partial roof collapse has left nothing but a twisted mass of black-frame glasses and ironic Girl Scouts T-shirts. more»
Nevada To Phase Out Laws Altogether

issue 3813 | 04.10.02 | News

CARSON CITY, NV—The Nevada legislature voted Monday to repeal all laws within the state and prohibit the proposal of any new laws. more»
Japanese Exchange Student Taken To Japanese Restaurant

issue 3813 | 04.10.02 | News

BETTENDORF, IA—Takashi Miyazawa, 16, an exchange student from Nagoya spending six months in Bettendorf, was given the opportunity to experience... more»
Suburban Dad Cracks Wise In Church Parking Lot

issue 3813 | 04.10.02 | News

STEVENS POINT, WI—Flashing his trademark wit, dermatologist and father of three Gil Schlerek amused onlookers in the parking lot of Christ... more»
Lutheran Minister Arrested On Charges Of Boring Young Children

issue 3813 | 04.10.02 | News In Brief

PERU, IL— St. Luke's Lutheran Church was rocked by scandal Tuesday, when Rev. Bob Tillich, the church's pastor of 12 years, was arrested on... more»
Breakup Doesn't Seem To Have Changed Relationship

issue 3813 | 04.10.02 | News In Brief

CARY, NC— Six weeks after their breakup, Daniel Bey and Janette Forsberg seem to have undergone no apparent change in their relationship, friends... more»
Either Jay Leno A Repeat Or P. Diddy Got Arrested Again

issue 3813 | 04.10.02 | News In Brief

MOUNT LEBANON, PA— According to Pittsburgh-area TV viewer Erik Allen, either Monday's Tonight Show With Jay Leno was a repeat or P. Diddy... more»
Clinton Dragged Up On Stage To Sing 'Sweet Home Alabama' With The Band

issue 3813 | 04.10.02 | News In Brief

LITTLE ROCK, AR— Former president Bill Clinton joined local rock band Jimmy Ellis & The Houserockers onstage for a cover of Lynyrd Skynyrd's "Sweet... more»
Cheney Returns To U.S. With Full Head Of Thick, Wavy Hair

issue 3813 | 04.10.02 | News In Photos
Santa Fe Resident Pretty Kokopellied Out

issue 3813 | 04.10.02 | News In Photos
What Does Not Kill Me Only Makes Me Whinier

issue 3813 | 04.10.02 | Commentary

I've endured a great deal of hardship and pain in my life. I'll never forget the gastrointestinal distress I suffered two years ago after consuming... more»
Ask A Guy Trying To Describe What He Saw On Nova Last Night

issue 3813 | 04.10.02 | Advice

Wayne Paulk is a syndicated advice columnist whose weekly column, Ask A Guy Trying To Describe What He Saw On Nova Last Night, appears in... more»
Horoscope for the week of April 10, 2002

issue 3813 | 04.10.02 | Horoscopes

It's true that people often become what they hate. This explains why you're slowly becoming a pineapple-and-anchovy pizza. more»
Tax-Code Changes

issue 3813 | 04.10.02 | Infographic

The Aptil 15 tax-filing deadline is fast approaching. What are some of the changes in this year's code? more»
Have We Been Working Out?

issue 3813 | 04.10.02 | Statshot
Arafat Under Fire

issue 3813 | 04.10.02 | What Do You Think?

Trapped by Israeli tanks in his West Bank compound, Yasser Arafat is under fire for not doing more to stop the recent Palestinian terrorist attacks.... more»