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Carried Away
Season five of American Idol, everyone's favorite karaoke-fest, may be well underway, but fourth season champion Carrie Underwood isn't ready to give up the limelight....
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Rebel Yell
Fiddle no more: MacIssac Ashley MacIsaac is known as a rebellious musical traditionalist, as oxymoronic as that sounds. A native of Nova Scotia, MacIsaac is...
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It's Showtime!
''We're presenting four different styles, four different composers, four different eras,'' says Jeff Buhrman, artistic director for the Gay Men's Chorus of Washington, D.C. ''It's...
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Joe Solmonese
''This weekend is all about the election.'' As almost 200 people are streaming into D.C. for the Human Rights Campaign's annual spring meeting, Joe Solmonese...
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Doggie Style
From the start, the dog was unruffled, collected and mature. She quietly waited for her two new owners to stop yelping and jumping on the...
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Learning Lessons
Though much will be made of it, the federal Marriage Protection Amendment (MPA) is unlikely to be the most important story of the marriage fight...
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First To Go
Two big steps were made over the weekend toward the transformation of the area of Southeast D.C. that is home to a number of long-time...
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Soundwaves
''PRECIOUS'' PAIN, ''SUFFER WELL''... Depeche Mode is preparing to release the third single from last year's Playing the Angel. Yes, the third single. Maybe you,...
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Play Time
Harry Potter has nothing on Haroun Khalifa. Even though the scholarly little wizard sets off on epic adventures soaring with myth and illusion, Salman Rushdie's...
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Urban Blockage
Almost every major movie star has an archetype they can comfortably fall back on when needed. This not only serves to appease their most ardent...
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James Town
Etta James knows how to cover other people's songs. She's had a lot of practice, after all. For years she's been a regular presence on...
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Entry Way
Lexus, the king of the quiet ride, continues the design overhaul of its sedan line with a newly updated version of the entry-level IS 250...
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Last Call on O Street
As baseball comes in, a neighborhood goes out. Some may view Southeast's O Street strip -- a conglomeration of drag shows, strip bars, bathhouses and...
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The Cost of 'Don't Ask Don't Tell'
A new study from the University of California estimates the financial costs of the military's ''Don't Ask, Don't Tell'' policy, under which more than 10,000...
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Run baby, run!
Running laps around the football field in high school phys. ed. was just not for me. I did it because it was required and I...
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Good Cop, Bad Cop
The newly energized, local chapter of OUTfront -- a program of Amnesty International focusing on GLBT human rights -- held a community forum Thursday, Feb....
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Whip It Good
Alison Goldfrapp has a true-to-life surname that reminds you of a sweet, icy concoction you drink for a jolt of energy. And so does the...
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Possessive Behavior
They could be anywhere in the world conjuring up their unique blend of pantomime and dance, music and emotion. Yet Paata and Irina Tsikurishvili, that...
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Soundwaves
DANCE MUSIC'S LEADING ''LIGHT''... She's been a leading lady in dance music almost without let-up since busting onto the scene 12 years ago. But 2006...
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Sex in the City
Just after the film begins to roll in Gay Sex in the 70s, director Joseph Lovett tells the photographer he's preparing to interview that the...
