Read more about the article Dan Savage Sets Awards Lunch on Fire

In one of the most memorable events ever at an AAN convention, Dan Savage electrified the seventh annual Alternative Newsweekly Awards affair with a high-voltage performance that included nearly naked waiters and publishers shedding trousers. One attendee called it "the best hour of comedy I've ever seen." Savage's fatwah: every first-place winner had to drink a shot and shed an article of clothing. Two-thirds of the way in, he admitted, "I can't believe you are all playing along. The power of one pushy fag in AAN -- it's amazing."

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Read more about the article Vanessa Leggett Describes Her Crash Course in Journalism

Speaking at AAN's First Amendment Luncheon, Vanessa Leggett said she learned journalism "the same way an adolescent boy learns about sex -- groping and fumbling my way through, getting rejected and slapped occasionally." Slapping in her case included jail time for refusing to turn over materials from confidential sources to a Texas grand jury. "We must always work to ensure the free flow of information to the public," she said. "When the government gets involved, that can't occur."

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Did the FBI and the Oakland Police conspire to ruin two environmentalists? In 1990, Judi Bari and Darryl Cherney were arrested for a car bombing in which they were the only victims. A.C. Thompson of the San Francisco Bay Guardian examines the legal battle that has conspiracy theorists nationwide chomping at the bit.

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