NEWS & FEATURES

Citing inconsistencies, a judge exonerates housing activist Camilo Viveiros of all charges related to his questionable arrest during the 2000 Republican National Convention. Steven Stycos reports.

While Governor Mitt Romney fools around with the idea of an error-free death penalty, innocence commissions all over the country are exonerating prisoners who've spent years being punished for crimes they didn't commit. Harvey A. Silverglate says it's time for Massachusetts to get with the program.

The grisly images out of Fallujah were shocking, but what do they mean? Dan Kennedy looks for answers.

Whether a playwright is an experienced veteran or novice first-timer, there comes a point when the characters a dramatist has put down on paper must be personified by human voices to see if the play "works," says Liza Weisstuch. Enter the workshop.

Given the grim state of the job market, is an MBA worth the risk of sacrificing your salary without any guarantee the economy will crawl back to some semblance of health in two years’ time? Nina MacLaughlin helps you decide.

One of the great things about living in a city like Boston is that continuing education is almost a birthright. Everywhere you look, it seems, someone’s offering a class — and often pretty cheaply — to help you learn, well, just about anything you want to learn. Brian E. O'Neill schools you on adult ed around town.

In "Out There," Chris Railly is on the market - again.

In "Urban Buy," Julie Suratt calls it a wash.

In the Phoenix editorial, we explain why Mayor Tom Menino must fire Kevin Joyce and audit the Inspectional Services Department, and why the state should create an innocence commission to investigate wrongful convictions.

Letters to the editor

Moon Signs

Plus, this just in:

MUSIC

Sean Richardson says Guns N' Roses are deeper than their catalogue

Brett Milano hangs out in the garage with Little Steven and the Coffin Lids.

Joseph Patel jams with N.E.R.D.

Michael Alan Goldberg hears a hip-hop collective hit the road.

Brett Milano can't believe it: Van Morrison laughs!

Lloyd Schwartz on Michael Tilson Thomas's Mahler, Paavo Berglund's Sibelius, Teatro Lirico d'Europa, Boston Lyric Opera, and Andreas Scholl.

Live reviews of: The Darkness, The Bad Plus , and Sound-Lee

Also, short reviews of:

THEATER

Sally Cragin says 9-Ball takes its cue from Vietnam.

Carolyn Clay says Mojo Mickybo offers a kids'-eye view of the Troubles.

Iris Fanger says The Sweepers is swept up in stereotype.

ART

Christopher Millis views works by the other Steve McQueen at the Davis Museum.

BOOKS

John Freeman on The Cradle Place, Thomas Lux's look at mortality.

FOOD

SPECIALS