Below is a list of feature stories that The Associated Press plans to move in the coming week. Questions about the stories may be addressed to the North America Desk supervisor in New York at 212-621-1650 (fax 212-621-5449) or e-mail amidesk(at)ap.org or to individual bureaus in your country or region.
We will update this digest daily, adding new features as available. Feature stories that moved in the previous three days are included at the bottom for editors who may not have seen them.
New this digest:
FILM-CONTAGION
TRAVEL-TRIP-BLUESMAN HOTEL
MUSIC-Q&A-ROYCE DA 5'9"
FILM REVIEW-THE WARRIOR
SEPT 11-EXHIBITS
BLUESMAN HOTEL
FOOD-ANTIQUE APPLES
OKTOBERFEST IN AMERICA
ARTHUR AVENUE
GOLD THEFTS
CHICAGO SOUL FOOD
Wednesday, Sept. 7
FILM-CONTAGION
LOS ANGELES — The Hollywood disaster movie typically comes with quakes, asteroids, tornadoes or aliens ripping the planet to shreds and manly heroes tossing around wisecracks as they carry out impossible deeds to save the world. Yet Steven Soderbergh figured the more authentic a potential apocalypse feels, the scarier it becomes. Soderbergh's "Contagion" lays out a terrifying scenario — the swift spread of a deadly new virus around the globe — with a mix of personal drama and merciless realism that makes it both riveting and foreboding. By Movie Writer David Germain.
AP Photos.
TRAVEL-TRIP-BLUESMAN HOTEL
CLARKSDALE, Mississippi — It is not the Heartbreak Hotel or the Ritz, and George Washington did not sleep there. But The Riverside Hotel in Clarksdale is widely regarded as a historical exhibit of blues music. And, oh yes: Muddy Waters did sleep there and Bessie Smith died there. Waters and other blues icons roomed at the Riverside from the 1940s to early 1960s as they made their names in clubs throughout the South. By Rogelio V. Solis.
AP Photos.
MUSIC-Q&A-ROYCE DA 5'9"
NEW YORK — From the first moment Detroit rapper Royce da 5'9" met Eminem — "a skinny white kid pushing mixtapes" at an Usher gig in 1997 — he saw the potential in him. The pair had a falling out and feuded for a while but now are so tight, they put out a successful joint album over the summer. By Reetu Rupal.
AP Photos, AP Video.
GOLD THEFTS
LOS ANGELES — Gus Rodriguez looks more like a soldier than a jewelry store security guard, with a Beretta handgun strapped to his bulletproof vest, shades wrapped around his shaved head and pepper spray bulging from a breast pocket. After a summer of brazen attacks on gold stores, parts of downtown Los Angeles now look more like a militarized zone than a commercial corridor. The gold fever that has driven prices to an all-time high is also fueling a crime spree in the precious metal. Police are seeing an uptick in robberies and burglaries related to gold prices, which peaked at $1,891 an ounce last month, up more than $600 from a year earlier. By Thomas Watkins.
AP Photos.
CHICAGO SOUL FOOD
CHICAGO — Duct tape covers a large crack in the premier booth at Hard Time Josephine's Cooking, where waitresses call you "sweetie" and customers come for the steaming shrimp bisque and homemade peach cobbler that leaves a hint of cinnamon on the tongue. Not long ago, such an eyesore at one of Chicago's top soul food restaurants would have been unthinkable. Despite the name, times were good: Chicago was a bustling center of black America and people in the neighborhoods savored southern-style cooking. But in the past 10 years as the city lost more than 17 percent of its black population, one soul food place after another has closed and the surviving few like Josephine's are struggling. By Sophia Tareen.
AP Photos.
Also Moving Wednesday:
FILM REVIEW-THE WARRIOR
MUSIC REVIEW-GEORGE STRAIT
Thursday, Sept. 8
SEPT 11-EXHIBITS
NEW YORK — At least two dozen museum and gallery exhibitions are being shown around New York with a connection to Sept. 11. By Ula Ilnytzky.
AP Photos
BLUESMAN HOTEL
CLARKSDALE, Mississippi — It's not the Heartbreak Hotel or the Ritz, and George Washington didn't sleep there. But The Riverside Hotel in Clarksdale is widely regarded as a history exhibit of blues music. And, oh yes. Muddy Waters did sleep there and Bessie Smith died there. Waters and other blues icons roomed at the Riverside from the 1940s to early 1960s as they made their names in clubs throughout the South. Today the hotel has established a loyal group of fans who love its authenticity as a "bluesman" hotel. By Rogelio Solis
AP Photos
FOOD-ANTIQUE APPLES
PORTLAND, Maine — Old-fashioned apples are back in fashion. Apple varieties that were popular decades or centuries ago are making a resurgence at pick-your-own orchards and farm stands after nearly disappearing from the marketplace. The varieties, known as antique or heirloom apples, carry names such as Sheepnose, American Mother, Lady Sweet and Nickajack. By Clarke Canfield.
AP Photos
OKTOBERFEST IN AMERICA
For most beer lovers, the thought of fall drinking conjures up images of steins the size of toddlers, sounds of boisterous drinking songs and an endless sea of picnic tables where people gather, drink and sing. Also along with these thoughts about Oktoberfest come a few more: distance, time, expense. Yes, the biggest beer festival in the world takes place in Munich, Germany. But there is plenty to do — and drink — in the U.S. during the fall beer festival season. Think of it as Oktoberfest in America. The festivals can be rambunctious parties, where you have to shout to be heard. Or they can be quieter affairs, with the hum of mingling and a focus on the task at hand: drinking beer. By Emily Fredrix
AP Photos
Friday, Sept. 9
ARTHUR AVENUE
Arthur Avenue in the Bronx is the kind of place where you might be bribed with a cannoli. Many years ago, my father, a teacher, was begged by a student not to tell his parents he'd been caught fighting. "I'll bring you a box of cannolis every Friday," promised the student, who worked at a pastry shop in this Italian-American enclave. I often had cannolis and other treats from Arthur Avenue as a kid growing up in nearby suburbs, but they were brought home by my parents; I figured I'd go myself someday but there was no rush. Then one day, I saw Arthur Avenue listed on an iPod app for New York City destinations. I feared the old neighborhood might be changed into a kind of Disney Land of Italian-Americanness. It hasn't. While Little Italy in downtown Manhattan has shrunk to barely a block and a half, what the residents have taken to calling the Real Little Italy in the Bronx is thriving. By Sarah diLorenzo
AP Photos
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Previously moved:
Saturday, Sept. 3
FITNESS-WEIGHT WATCHERS FOUNDER
MAGGIE GOES ON A DIET
Sunday, Sept. 4
SEPT 11-CONVICTED FOR TERROR
SEPT.11-BRAZIL-NO TERROR?
SEPT 11-THERE AND HERE
SEPT 11-UNITED STATES
SEPT 11-NEW YORK'S POLICE COMMISSIONER
JAPAN-UKRAINE-RADIOACTIVE TOWNS
PARENTS ON PATROL
ISRAEL-PALESTINIANS-DUELING NARRATIVES
Monday, Sept. 5
SEPT 11-PROMISES
PATRIOTISM PAYMENTS
HAITI-RETURN TO THE COUNTRYSIDE
THE ART OF FLIGHT
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