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"Song of the South" is one of Disney's most celebrated films. It's also one of Disney's most controversial. The film’s detractors say it presents an idealized vision of the Old South, a world where blacks joyfully work in the fields, spurred on to work not by the threat of the lash, but by the cheerful songs in their hearts. In the face of criticism, Disney refuses to release the film on video or re-release it at theaters. MetroBEAT's Chris Haire examines the controversy and how Disney got the story of Brer Rabbit all wrong.

Hey, this is America. If a hot biker chick can't show some skin and provocatively handle a couple of firearms here, where can she? Well, if she's a convicted felon -- like Colorado's Katica Crippen, who sold a little speed to an undercover cop back in the day -- it's a big no-no. The reason? New federal efforts to aggressively enforce gun laws -- even if the occasional babe who just wants to be photographed stroking some cold steel gets swept up in the dragnet, David Holthouse writes.

Marched around half-naked. Raped. Kept in isolation. The life of a transgender prisoner in the Sacramento County Jail is basically hell, Sacramento News & Review's Cosmo Garvin writes.

Twelve-year-old Sheila Bronson can dunk like Kobe Bryant, board like Tim Duncan, shoot like Ray Allen, and handle the rock like Jason Kidd. She thinks Lisa Leslie is a chump, is set to get her driver's license next year, and vows to skip high school for the riches of the WNBA to avenge the criticism leveled against her oft-beleaguered uncle, ex-NBA center Alton Lister (aka "Alton Listless"). If you thought LeBron James was enough, he wasn't, Riverfront Times' Mike Seely tells us.