AltWeeklies Wire
In Ohio, the Feds Do Their Best to Conceal a Toxic Horrornew
Toxins are emerging from the ground under the former Ford Road landfill in Elyria, and many of the residents have developed cancer. Some think health reports were purposely repressed by the feds.
Cleveland Scene |
Rebecca Meiser |
05-27-2008 |
Environment
Animal Abuse, Inc.new
Prosecutors knew Patty Brooks made a living abusing animals. They just couldn't stop her.
Cleveland Scene |
Rebecca Meiser |
01-11-2008 |
Animal Issues
Tags: animal issues
Actually, Crime Does Paynew
How to find fame and fortune by hacking into MySpace.
Cleveland Scene |
Rebecca Meiser |
12-21-2007 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
The Ohio Queen Project Creates 'Super Bee'new

Beekeepers are attempting to breed a bee immune to disease and the cold to deal with colony collapse disorder.
Cleveland Scene |
Rebecca Meiser |
11-09-2007 |
Animal Issues
Tags: animal issues
Racism Reversednew
A black police chief accuses a black mayor of discriminating against whites.
Cleveland Scene |
Rebecca Meiser |
10-26-2007 |
Race & Class
Tags: race relations
The Fine Line Between Sexual Assault & 'Kids Being Kids'new
When his trial began two weeks ago on 19 felony counts, girl after girl took the stand, breaking down as they relayed their encounters with Carl Wolfe -- how did he walk away a free man?
Cleveland Scene |
Rebecca Meiser |
09-07-2007 |
Sex
Larry Zaslov, Smooth Criminalnew
He inspired trust in friends and family -- then he robbed them.
Cleveland Scene |
Rebecca Meiser |
06-01-2007 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
School of Hard Rocks at the School of Rocknew
Teaching kids to rock is harder than it looks.
Cleveland Scene |
Rebecca Meiser |
03-02-2007 |
Education
Tags: Education
Pedophile Inc.new
Professor Robert Cikraji retired to the center of an international scandal.
Cleveland Scene |
Rebecca Meiser |
01-19-2007 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
Bitter Chocolatenew
A candymaking giant takes on a drag queen.
Cleveland Scene |
Rebecca Meiser |
09-18-2006 |
Business & Labor
Tags: business & labor
Hushnew

Notre Dame had a sexual predator on campus, and students were the last to know.
Cleveland Scene |
Rebecca Meiser |
05-22-2006 |
Sex
Hoodwinkednew

Nationwide Retirement Solutions advises Ohio workers to invest in a fund that benefits ... Nationwide.
Cleveland Scene |
Rebecca Meiser |
05-08-2006 |
Business & Labor
Tags: business & labor
Guinea Pig Gangnew

These students rent their bodies to science -- and have the scars to prove it.
Cleveland Scene |
Rebecca Meiser |
03-27-2006 |
Science
Tags: Guinea Pig Zero, medical studies
Selling Kabbalahnew
An Orthodox rabbi wants to bring mysticism to the masses, but other rabbis say his new book on the Kabbalah may reveal secrets not meant for the outside world.
Cleveland Scene |
Rebecca Meiser |
12-20-2005 |
Religion
Divorce Ends in Loss of a Coffee Companynew
When she was getting divorced, Angela Caruso hired a lawyer to protect her coffee company. Instead, she claims, he helped his father take it over.
Cleveland Scene |
Rebecca Meiser |
09-09-2005 |
Business & Labor