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    Canine Crusaders

    That drug-sniffing dog up ahead? He may not be your best friend.

    By Ray Stern
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    The Muscle Men

    Thanks to a string of Florida "anti-aging clinics," baseball's steroid scandal isn't limited to superstars.

    By Michael J. Mooney
  • Miami New Times
    Picked On

    Farm workers earn nada in America's green-bean capital.

    By Janine Zeitlin
  • Village Voice
    "Why I'm No Longer a Brain-Dead Liberal"

    An election-season essay from one of America's greatest playwrights.

    By David Mamet

It happens all too frequently at local hip-hop shows. Someone bobbing her head and sipping her Red Bull and vodka will silently wonder, Am I wasting my time attending these concerts? Or would my time be better spent — oh, I don’t know — curing cancer? Fret not, bass heads, because tonight at the Beaumont Club (4050 Pennsylvania, 816-561-2560) music fans can kick off National Childhood Cancer Awareness Month by attending a hip-hop show. For $10 admission, the St. Jude’s Benefit Concert showcases well-known rhyme spitter Reach and DJ Ataxic, along with rappers Trajik and Below Zero. A reggae band called Jahration and rockers Dollhouse Rumor, Paradigm Grip and the Union also perform. The money raised at the door goes to St. Jude’s Children’s Research Hospital. Doors open at 6 p.m., and the show starts at 7.
Sun., Sept. 16

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