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ARCHIVES . 2004

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January
January 1-7 Back to Life: A happy holiday miracle story.	January 8-14 Second Season Arts Preview	January 15-21 2003 Writing Contest Winners
January 22-28 But I Didn't Know: One in 12 Philly teenage girls has chlamydia. Now the city is waging war against what it is calling an epidemic.	Jan. 29-Feb.4 Gone Internet.Net: A federal judge disconnects a notorious Old City Web firm.
February
February 5-11 Verna's Equinox: Backstabbed by the mayor city council president Anna Verna keeps a sunny disposition (at least around the living).	February 12-18 Sex and the Witty: How a Philadelphia lifestyle club is becoming the latest franchising craze.	February 19-25 Meet the real heart of The Franklin Institue: For Leroy Jenkins, The Franklin Institute is more than a Philadelphia treasure or a cultural resource that's been teaching kids about science for decades.
Feb. 26-March 3 Home & Design Issue: Redecorating? Maybe a furniture shrink can help you think.
March
March 4-10 Tim And Eric Go To Hollywood: Class clowns turned high-comedy absurdists, Tim and Eric get ready for the big time.	March 11-17 Spring Book Quarterly	March 18-24 The Music Issue: Every song has a story — even if it doesn't exactly tell one. So we set our writers loose on the music scene, past and present, to pick the brains of local songwriters about the tracks they laid down..
March 25-March 31 Affirmative Reaction: How major league baseball is wooing back African-Americans.
April
April 1-7 The April Fools Issue	April 8-14 The Defiant Ones: Rebels, Rule Breakers and Revolutionaries take over the Philadelphia Film Festival.	April 15-21 The Style Issue Accessorize! It's the things that count!
April 22-28 Fables of the Reconstruction: A Coalition memo reveals that even true believers see the seeds of civil ware in the occupation of Iraq.	April 29- May 5 Touching the Void: A show about nothing unites the arts community.
May
May 6-12 Vernell's Hell: How shoddy police work in a shooting case has one grieving mother groping for answers.	May 13–19 Phoenix Falling: Why City Consumer Affairs Director Lance Haver's Utopian Urban Farm could soon disappear - along with $1 million in public funds.	May 20–26 The $45 Million Man: In Philadelphia, the Silicon Valley of pharmaceuticals, your body is a valueable commodity.
May 27-June 2 Feast or Famine: Local restaurants tell carbs to take a hike. But will they make any dough?
June
June 3-9 I Was a Federal Informant: The incredible story of one man, seven government agencies, a Jamaican drug ring and a North Philly community center.	June 10-16 Ultimate Summer Fun Issue: Go exploring this summer right here in your hometown.	June 17-23 Snitch Work: Who says there's an innocent man on death row? The prolific jailhouse stoolie who helped put him there. (Part one of two.)
June 24-30 Love Actually: Former City Paper columnist Sarah Dunn, after years in sitcom writing, gets bitten by the novel bug.
July
July 1-7 As The Borough Turns: In Darby, where politics is a soap opera, Mayor Paula Brown is both hero and villian.	July 8-14 The Cost to Know WHYY: For Philadelphia's public broadcaster, the quest for funds has brought both innovative programming and questions about journalistic integrity.	July 15-21 Wild In The Streets: Ten years in, the Philadelphia Gay and Lesbian Film Festival adjusts to its own success.
July 22-28 Lethal Direction: The Defender Association of Philadelphia has kept all its clients off DEATH ROW. So why can't it get a bigger caseload? MONEY.	July 29- Aug. 4 Doomed To Repeat: Forty years ago, political deceptions plunged the U.S. into war. A Navy pilot from New Hope, whose photographs helped escalate conflict in Vietnam, wants you to know the same thing happened in Iraq.
August
August 5-11 Holding Out Hope: LGBT delegates took a voluntary back seat at the DNC. With a Kerry victory, they think their time will come.	August 12-18 Twists of Fate: Having stumbled into a high-profile mob trial, Chris Warren has become one of the city's go-to lawyers. Ron White couldn't be happier about it.	August 19-25 Game, Set, Life: On the old site of a notorious housing project, kids from North Philadelphia are preparing for the future by playing tennis.
August 26-Sept 2 Lesson Plans: Schools CEO Paul Vallas will announce a sweeping new education-reform package next week. But are his goals realistic?
September
September 2-9 Unconventional! Philly gets two arts festivals for the price of one.	September 9-16 Poll Position Brace yourselves, Pennsylvanians. At their NYC gala, the Republicans said you're their key to keeping the White House.	September 16-23 Marketing 215 City Paper's crash course in making a good city great.
September 23-30 Home Away From Home Documenting the growth of Philly's Latino Community along North Fifth Street. A Photo Essay By Michael T. Regan	September 30-October 6 Turning Lives Inside Out Temple professor Lori Pompa is a free woman, but she spends as much time in jail as she does outside. Why does she do it and why are others following?
October
October 7-13 Fall Book Quarterly	October 14-20 The Music Issue: Visionaries, This is what Philly music looks like.	October 21-27 Inalienable Writes: Concerned citizens from sea to shining sea flood City Paper with their election opinions.
October 28-November 4 Choice Awards 2004
November
November 4-10 Vote, Then Die Talk about a rude wake-up call. It was 5:40 a.m. EST when Andrew Card's smarmy mug materialized on the television.	November 11-17 Blood Brothers The Dead Milkmen return to pay tribute to the late Dave Schulthise.	November 18-24 Holiday Gift Guide/Book Quarterly
November 25-December 1 Wireless Mike Mike Missanelli says he doesn't care if you hate him. (Or if he gets back on the air.)
December
December 2-8 Bought and Sold in America Seven women now living in, and around, Upper Darby were victims of human trafficking. Their case sparked public outrage. But are they better off today?	December 9-15 Holiday Dining & Entertaining Guide CityPaper proudly presents 12 of the most eclectic, nondenominational, festive, frightening and just plain wrong-headed party ideas for all of your holiday needs.	December 16-22 Gang Mentality Is recent school violence a flashback to 1970s street gangs? Or is it something more dangerous?
December 23-29 "Oh, You Shouldn't Have…" But we did. Here are City Paper's gift suggestions for local celebs, pols, teams, neighborhoods, companies, institutions and everyone else in dire need this holiday season.	December 30-January 5 What Happened Next? We revisit our biggest stories of 2004.