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December 30, 2004-January 5, 2005

[2004 issue index]

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What Happened Next?

We revisit our biggest stories of 2004.

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news

Station Static: A former KYW Newsradio anchor claims bias against women.—Angelina Sciolla

Auld Lang Crime: Predictions of a looming mob war may be overstated.—Brendan McGarvey

The Bell Curve: City Paper's weekly gauge of Philly's Quality of Life

columns:

Political Notebook:The Year That Was—Mary F. Patel

opinion

Slant by Patrick Rapa
For Whom the Bellhorn Tolls?

Slant by Duane Swierczynski
Lie to Me

Letters to the Editor: by the readers

special section

arts

Sit Back and Rewind: Taking the arts of 2004 one moment at a time.

artspicks

movies

Fall Guys: With American authority on the ropes, 2004's movies were full of damaged men.—Sam Adams

History Lessens: The year's movies underline the necessity and the difficulty of looking back.—Cindy Fuchs

music

Best CDs of 2004: Rock/Pop/Hip-Hop Div.

The List Tureen: Who voted for what.

No No No No No No: These are the best albums of 2004.

DJ Nights—Sean O'Neal

musicpicks

naked city

They Took Their Shots: Gil Fitch, a member of Philadelphia's all-Jewish SPHAs basketball team in the 1930s, reflects on violence in sports.—Steve Cohen

how they'll lose: Week 17 vs. Cincinnati—Brian Hickey

Icepack—A.D. Amorosi

mixpicks

All About Eve—Tami Fertig

Evein' More—A.D. Amorosi

food

Days of Wine and Exposés: Bottles, breakdowns and buying local set the dining tone for the past 12 months.—Maxine Keyser

off the menu—Juliet Fletcher