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...billed catchily if incorrectly as America's first female serial killer for her murder of seven men, is playing theaters. There is also an unsavory but frenetic market in serial-killer collectibles. Fans are swapping trading cards of their favorite murderers. Dahmer T shirts are big sellers at heavy-metal concerts, and a comic book celebrating his exploits ( has all but sold out to buyers. Most bizarre, collectors are paying up to $20,000 in posh galleries around the U.S. for Gacy's paintings of eerie clowns; the killer used to dress up as "Pogo the Clown" to entertain neighborhood...
Many teachers feel overwhelmed by classroom chaos. Last month the CPS started using metal detectors in the schools. "Kids are just more aggressive now," says teacher Arthur Leahr. "You're always nervous because you wonder if the kid might have a gun." The union says teachers started to lose control in 1988, when the district abolished corporal punishment while directing administrators to reduce suspensions. "Before long, the students were running the schools," complains Tom Mooney, Don's brother and president of the Cincinnati teachers' union...
...those who think of the Beasties' music this way. Most of us don't however: anyone with an interest in hip hop realizes the debt this genre owes to the Beasties. With their debut LP, the smash hit Licensed To Ill, they, along with Rick Rubin, helped introduce heavy metal and other rock influences to rap. (Go listen to the Ghetto Boyz song that samples "Sweet Home Alabama" at half-speed for one of a million examples of how this has spread.) The underappreciated follow-up, Paul's Boutique (my personal favorite Beasties record), was one of the first...
Only at the end did it all come together. In a masterly six-hour summation, U.S. Attorney Henry DePippo crafted a cohesive argument out of the morass of evidence. Tracing the conspiracy back to April 1992, DePippo wove together phone calls, fingerprints, chemical analysis, chunks of metal and parking stubs into a narrative that led to the on-ramp of the B-2 parking level of the World Trade Center. Throughout the tale, he clearly delineated the roles of Mohammad Salameh, Nidal Ayyad, Mahmud Abouhalima and Ahmad Ajaj in the criminal partnership...
Through July 3. "Pattern and Purpose: Decorative Arts of Islam." This exhibit presents a selection of the ceramics, metal-work, textiles, and other decorative media that have been created to beautify life in the Muslim world...