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Ralston councilman targets tattoo parlors (Papillion Times)

A Ralston city councilman wants to keep tattoo parlors off his city's main street. Councilman Craig Alberhasky said Wednesday that he doesn't want his city to end up like downtown Papillion, where a Dr. Jack's Ink Emporium opened Dec. 1.

Strip mauled (Las Vegas CityLife)

Mariachi bands. Roller derbies. Wigs. Hookahs. Gay cowboys. Japanese karaoke singers. Golf clubs. S&M harnesses. Thai food. Salvadoran food. Live sex clubs. Pentecostal churches. Diamonds. Kimchee. Elegant past, eccentric present and redeveloped future. All this and more can be found in Commercial Center, the sprawling foursquare strip mall between the Strip and downtown.

Will Work for Praise: The Web's Free-Labor Economy (E-Commerce Times)

It's dawn at a Los Angeles apartment overlooking the Hollywood Hills. Laura Sweet, a graphic designer in her early 40s, sits at a computer and begins to surf the Net. She searches intently, unearthing such bizarre treasures for sale as necklaces for trees and tattoo-covered pigs. As usual, she posts them on a shopping site called "ThisNext.com."

Best Bets: This Week (WTSP-TV Tampa)

Check out all the best bets this week from our friends over at Metromix. It's where you go before you go out!

My most memorable concerts of 2008 in Madison and Milwaukee (Isthmus)

It was a marvelous moment, yet another reason why I love live music. The pleasures are visceral, surprising and life affirming. It's why I headed for the concert hall and the clubs 50-plus times in 2008, culminating New Year's Eve at Uihlein Hall watching the Milwaukee Symphony and Chorus performing Beethoven's awe-inspiring 9th Symphony.