10/10 Morning Communiqué

CITY PAGES BLOGS AND NEWS

George Jones, Ladyslipper, and Ferry Corsten are just a few of the artists performing around town tonight. Check out Chuck Terhark's City Planner at Culture To Go for a complete itinerary.

THESE DAYS

Federal agents last week raided the home of a woman they allege has, for the past 13 years, operated a Washington, D.C. escort service that dispatched college-educated prostitutes to the homes and hotel rooms of well-heeled clients.

A Virginia couple are reportedly trying to "unadopt" their 16-year-old son, saying the state did not tell them of his disturbing history of abuse.

MINNESOTA BLOG OF THE DAY

Zach Korb posts on urban issues relating to community planning and architecture, with Twin Cities news links sprinkled throughout, at An Affair with Urban Policy.

[Minnesota-based blog directory]

TIME WASTERS

P.I.S.S. (Puppets In Satan's Service) perform Lick It Up

The Top 10 Most Valuable Comic Books In The World [via Reddit]

FREEDOM OF SPEECH

"There was a difference of opinion about the approval I received to write this book."

— Joe Maguire, who was relieved of his editing job at Reuters upon the release of his new book, Brainless: The Lies and Lunacy of Ann Coulter