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April 9 - 16, 1998

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Psychic Boston
A field guide to your future
by Alex Shapiro

Basketball diary

A starstruck fan watches his team collapse -- and learns the truth about locker rooms
by Michael Crowley

How low can we go?

Once, there were sex comics and political comics. Now there are just comics.
by Barry Crimmins

Heroin from hell

Boston addicts are buzzing about a powerful designer drug formed by adding two common pharmaceuticals to highly pure heroin. It can undercut methadone treatment. It can endanger lives. And it's everywhere. A look inside the world of P-dope.
by Jason Gay


c o l u m n s


Editorial by the Phoenix

Stopping young guns
For Boston, simple lessons from a mysterious, violent tragedy

Don't Quote Me by Dan Kennedy

Sound and fury
Howie Carr's claim that he has off-the-air tapes of former radio colleague Marjorie Clapprood heats up a bitter rivalry

Cityscape by Sarah McNaught

False promises
A year after the MBTA publicly declared war on internal discrimination, complaints continue to rise. Angry minorities are demanding answers.

Ask Dr. Lovemonkey


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