January 10th, 2008 issue #0702

• CORRECTION- Vanguard, not Alliance
• DR. HOOK- Rough ride: Obesity prompts culture shifts
• THE TOUGH CUSTOMER- 240 percent: Why the AG's looking at car loans

4Better Or Worse

• 4BETTER OR WORSE- The week in review

News

• Car struck by Amtrak train downtown
• Wheelchair shocker: Viewers find accident video disturbing
• NEWS- Job jockeying: Local notables don new hats
• NEWS- Old-fashioned sheriff: George Bailey rides into the sunset

Art Features

• CULTURE- ART FEATURE- Suburban blur: Patrick's ho-hum house work

Cover Stories

• COVER- High hopes: Locals pump up Barack, Hillary, Mitt, and more with money, time (and sometimes helium)

Essays

• ESSAY- Can it: Chemicals in plastics wreak havoc

Gimme Shelter

• GIMME SHELTER- Loop de loop: Let the earth heat the house

Hotseat

• HOTSEAT- Super Starr: Thompson's brews go national

Movie Reviews

• MOVIE REVIEW- Odd old couple: Not good for any 'Bucket List'

My Ride

• MY RIDE- David Jonathan Duffey: 2005 Dodge SRT-4

On Architecture

• ONARCHITECTURE- Demolition fall-out: Lost chance or new beginning?

Photophile

• PHOTOPHILE- Challenges: New leaders talk money, community

Question of the Week

• QUESTION OF THE WEEK- Ever donate money to a political campaign?

Real Estate

• REAL ESTATE- UPDATE- SALE WITHDRAWN

Real Estate - On the Block

• REAL ESTATE- ON THE BLOCK- Comes naturally: Room groupings seem to flow

Strange But True

• STRANGE BUT TRUE- Tastes like... Don't say it; just enjoy!

The Brazen Careerist

• THE BRAZEN CAREERIST- Hooking up: Negotiating those office romances

The Dish

• FOOD- THE DISH- Mixed use: Western State open for business