AltWeeklies Wire
To Rob a Predatornew
For one Iraq vet, Dateline inspired the perfect crime.
Cleveland Scene |
Denise Grollmus |
09-25-2006 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
Invisible Lawyernew
For $980, Foreclosure Solutions will do nothing to save your home.
Cleveland Scene |
Denise Grollmus |
09-18-2006 |
Business & Labor
Tags: business & labor
A Worker Scorned ...new
And a sexual harassment complaint against The Plain Dealer.
Cleveland Scene |
Denise Grollmus |
07-17-2006 |
Media
Tags: media
Plant 666new
An Ohio wastewater treatment plant is killing the workers one by one.
Cleveland Scene |
Denise Grollmus |
07-10-2006 |
Business & Labor
Back Stabbersnew
The O'Jays' William Powell never enjoyed his success -- his family hasn't either.
Cleveland Scene |
Denise Grollmus |
05-22-2006 |
Music
Kill the Radionew
Ohio Attorney General Jim Petro cracks down on a radio station devoted to reading to the blind.
Cleveland Scene |
Denise Grollmus |
04-03-2006 |
Media
Tags: radio
Shark Huntersnew
While Countrywide Financial has a great reputation for conventional lending, its high-interest subsidiary, Full Spectrum, works through independent brokers, who've been accused of loading mortgages with junk fees and exorbitant appraisals.
Cleveland Scene |
Denise Grollmus |
03-13-2006 |
Economy
Tags: Economic Issues
Discarded Heroesnew
Washington sends them off to war -- and screws them upon return.
Cleveland Scene |
Denise Grollmus |
01-23-2006 |
War
Targeting Wal-Martnew
While other businesses have accepted defeat by the world's largest retailer, Target is proving itself the Hannibal of discount shopping. In North Olmsted, Ohio, it's going toe-to-toe with the reigning champ.
Cleveland Scene |
Denise Grollmus |
12-28-2005 |
Business & Labor
A 'Hundred Years War' Over Age Discriminationnew
A former video technician has won an age-discrimination suit against Ohio's Summit County for the fifth time, but the county refuses to concede its case.
Cleveland Scene |
Denise Grollmus |
11-17-2005 |
Politics
Tags: Human Services, John Eldridge
Bush Appointee Made Fortune With Questionable Lendingnew
Bush's appointee to be ambassador to the Netherlands, Roland Arnall, is the founder of Ameriquest, whose lending tactics have prompted investigations by attorneys general in no fewer than 30 states.
Cleveland Scene |
Denise Grollmus |
10-20-2005 |
Politics
Kent State Professor Killed by U.S. Soldier in Iraqnew
A single shot rang out on a highway in Baghdad, killing Salah Jmor, an international business professor working as a consultant in Iraq.
Cleveland Scene |
Denise Grollmus |
09-22-2005 |
War
Sex Thiefnew
Over 25 years and six dropped rape cases, Hy Doan has perfected the art of stealing sex.
Cleveland Scene |
Denise Grollmus |
09-22-2005 |
Crime & Justice
Nightmare Continues for Woman Inseminated by Her Parentsnew
When Shenna Grimm first accused her parents of inseminating her with a syringe, no one believed her. Even now, with her stepfather convicted of rape, she still has dissenters.
Cleveland Scene |
Denise Grollmus |
08-16-2005 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
Suicide Bridgenew
Cleveland's Y-Bridge has served as the launch site for 43 suicides since 1981. But unlike most bridges that seduce jumpers, the bodies fall onto buildings and houses, and into backyards and playgrounds.
Cleveland Scene |
Denise Grollmus |
06-16-2005 |
Children & Families
