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Review: 'Babel' strongest when simplest (AP via Yahoo! News) - "Babel" begins with one character walking through the Moroccan desert to sell his rifle and ends with another character finding her footing on the balcony of a Tokyo high rise.

ASK MICK LASALLE, Chronicle Movie Critic (San Francisco Chronicle) - Dear Mr. LaSalle: Many home entertainment DVD covers convince me that the disc inside contains a comedy, but when I get home, I find a serious, often maudlin story. One example that sticks out is "Muriel's Wedding." I found it a tragedy, a serious film with...

PS2 Review: Yakuza (Blogcritics.org) - What makes a great media experience in any format? A great story! This third person crime story (also known as Ryu Ga Gotoku ) set in Japan has a great lead character named Kazuma. This Playstation 2 exclusive game from SEGA has an excellent story, characters and voice talent, but some camera issues and an incredibly frustrating mission hurts the game’s overall credibility. This mission

Southern déjà vu (Orange County Register) - Review: In its West Coast premiere at South Coast Repertory, "Ridiculous Fraud" is a frequently amusing but ultimately over-familiar Southern Gothic tale by a master of the genre, playwright Beth Henley.

PEOPLE WEEK IN REVIEW (Contra Costa Times) - It's lawsuits, accusations, denials and outings this week in the lives of our favorite celebrities. So, the usual. NOT BROKEN UP DU JOUR: Well. Silly us. We actually believed all that hoo-ha about Jennifer Aniston and Vince Vaughn being broken up. We just didn't believe they'd actually ever been a couple. And now it turns out that they never broke up. This week, a lawyer for Vaughn says the

SPEAKING OF DVDS: ELVIRA, MISTRESS OF THE DARK (San Francisco Chronicle) - Here's the amazing thing about Elvira, Mistress of the Dark. At 57, she still wears the same black gown that barely adorned her when she slid into the slithery thing back in 1981 to host "Movie Macabre" on a Los Angeles TV channel. The outfit,...

Getting the wheels in motion to save skate park (Bay News 9 Tampa Bay) - Since 1979, skaters of all ages from all over the world have visited the skateboarding bowl in Perry Harvey Senior Park in Tampa, however, its future is in doubt.

Phantoms Weekly (OurSports Central) - Friday, Oct. 20 - Norfolk 6, Phantoms 5: Marty Murray had a five-point night with two goals and three assists, but it wasn't quite enough as the Admirals erased a 5-2 deficit to take a 6-5 overtime win.

Your Money Matters: Say 'I Do' to Home Buying (Benton Evening News) - (ARA) - Getting married marks a huge milestone for many people who have spent years dreaming about being a husband or wife. Another major milestone that often follows marriage is the first "big" purchase, which is typically buying a home.

Online news and information for the Rhinelander region (Rhinelander Daily News) - In the late 1800s, Star Lake was a booming lumber town. Today, it's like a ghost town.