Where do you draw the line between public and private spaces? Is being drunk on your personal front steps less of a public nuisance than if you were drunk on the stoop of an apartment building where you live with others? For the highest court in Iowa, the answer is yes. [More]
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Regal Cinemas Improves Sondheim, Adds Blue Screen Of Death To 'Ladies Who Lunch'
By 6.17.11
If the projection system at a movie theater fails and management gives you passes for readmission, should they give you passes that actually readmit you to the program you saw? Regal Cinemas charges a premium for filmed theatre and opera events shown on movie screens, almost double what it costs to watch a regular movie. Katie was watching a screening of the New York Philharmonic’s recent all-star version of the musical “Company” at her local Regal theater when the projection zonked out during a key song and was replaced by Microsoft’s famed Blue Screen of Death. Due to satellite problems, they missed most of the rest of the performance. Management gave out passes for another movie…which was nice, but they weren’t good for special events. Like, for example, the next screening of “Company” that people who missed a chunk of the show might want to see. [More]
