Cover: Unzipped
How the advertising industry manipulates women. Or, why you won't find salvation in a Nike sports bra.

News: Bongs Away
The DEA gets tough on retail smoke shops.

Usual Suspects: Marin recall losing its luster.

Newsgrinder: Important events as reported by daily newspapers and summarized by Daedalus Howell.

Open Mic: Drivers' Ed.

Geek Girl: Seven ways of looking at Doctor Who.

Baja Beyond: Cheap seafood hooks 'em at Rubio's Baja Grill.

Heard It Through the Grapevine: Get to the root of all things wine.

Red Menace: Russian baddies assault America in inane '15 Minutes.'

Tough Talk: 'Wild at Heart' author sneers at wimpy Pitt film.

Honky-Tonkin': Country outlaw Merle Haggard's unbridled honesty.

Back to the Future: Jazz CDs spotlight 1950s avant-garde.

SF Club Guide: Disco divas, hip-hop connoisseurs and salsa suaves to flannel-clad pinball players, jazz luminaries and more from the City by the Bay.

SFJAZZ Spring Season: Five weekends of concerts and films showcasing different jazz instruments and styles.

Artist Loft: New art gallery hides above the bookshelves.

Buy & Cell: Creepy book says your body tissue is wanted, dead or alive.

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