AltWeeklies Wire
Stop Snitchin'new
The gang responsible for Shawrica Lester's murder made one thing clear: You talk, you die.
Cleveland Scene |
Denise Grollmus |
01-25-2008 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
Jesus for Salenew
Meet the real Rex Humbard, the father of televised religious fraud.
Cleveland Scene |
Denise Grollmus |
11-02-2007 |
Religion
Tags: religion
Sex, Lies, a Priest, & Elaine Pressernew
Presser married into one of the most corrupt families in Cleveland history -- so she had a head start stealing from priests.
Cleveland Scene |
Denise Grollmus |
05-18-2007 |
Religion
Tags: religion
Two Families Suffer from a Doctor's Best Intentionsnew
In the past 25 years, Dr. Daryl Steiner's diagnosed at least 275 infants with shaken-baby syndrome -- unfortunately, he has been wrong on more than one occasion.
Cleveland Scene |
Denise Grollmus |
04-20-2007 |
Science
Tags: Health & Science
Race Revelationsnew
By the end of a Cleveland student's rant on MySpace, she'd spit forth 600 words of outrage, dropped the N-bomb nine times, and claimed "98 percent of blacks were ignorant."
Cleveland Scene |
Denise Grollmus |
12-21-2006 |
Race & Class
Tags: race relations
The Great Pretendersnew
They're defrauding the legends of soul -- and it's perfectly legal.
Cleveland Scene |
Denise Grollmus |
11-03-2006 |
Business & Labor
Tags: business & labor
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
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
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