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The Apoca-List: Babies with syphilis, Guld Cartel leader captured, Anonymous hacktivist arrested in Dallasnew

Babies with syphilis, Guld Cartel leader captured, Anonymous hacktivist arrested in Dallas
San Antonio Current |
SA Current News Team |
09-20-2012 |
Features
Newsmonger: Congress will hold Lackland hearingsnew

The House Armed Services Committee announced last week it will hold hearings on the sex abuse scandal that has continued to widen at Joint Base San Antoinio-Lackland over the past year, following the committee chairman's much-criticized visit to the base just three days prior.
San Antonio Current |
SA Current News Team |
09-20-2012 |
Civil Liberties
Tags: sex scandal
Newsmonger: Residents oppose Newell Recycling move, Push and pull over Bexar County Jailnew

A smelly, metal-shredding neighbor may complicate ongoing plans to revive the iconic Lone Star Brewery to its former glory.
San Antonio Current |
SA Current News Team |
08-23-2012 |
Environment
Tags: green issues
Think Kink: San Antonio Fetish Ballnew

We sent our photo intern to the annual Easter weekend San Antonio Fetish Ball at the Korova on April 7. (Insert "he is risen" joke here.)
San Antonio Current |
SA Current News Team |
04-12-2012 |
Sex
Tags: San Antonio fetish ball
The QueQue: State Centers for the Disabled: ‘Still Deplorable’, Bank Transfer Day a Boon for RBCUnew

A settlement between the state of Texas and the U.S. Department of Justice in 2009 should have at least started showing signs of improvement at 13 State Supported Living Centers, home to hundreds of residents with severe developmental disabilities.
San Antonio Current |
SA Current News Team |
11-10-2011 |
Economy
Occupiednew

Almost everyone likes a party in our fiesta town (though not necessarily every party). Give this one a try? The next Occupy San Antonio rally is a 6 p.m. Wednesday drum circle at HemisFair Park. Then on Saturday, a larger rally is planned from noon to 3 p.m. at South Alamo and Caesar Chavez. More info online at various FB pages, including Occupy San Antonio.
San Antonio Current |
SA Current News Team |
10-12-2011 |
#OCCUPY
The QueQue: Occupy San Antonio and Morenew

Taking a cue from the ambitious, ongoing protest in New York City aimed at shaking the foundations of the corporatocracy, a group of local activists have been gearing up for the past week hoping to catch a fire in San Antonio.
San Antonio Current |
SA Current News Team |
10-06-2011 |
Civil Liberties
SAPD’s Internal Affairs Attacked, Sidewalks and Sodomy, Benchslaps Over Sonogramsnew

The Austin-based Texas Civil Rights Project, working with a number of local community organizers and victims’ rights groups, released a report last week criticizing the San Antonio Police Department’s citizen-complaint process, claiming the department still suffers from officer misconduct and lax oversight.
San Antonio Current |
SA Current News Team |
09-01-2011 |
Policy Issues
The QueQue: State murder? Nothing to see herenew

If history is any indicator, we should have known state officials would never willingly settle a years-long investigation into one of the state’s most contentious executions
San Antonio Current |
SA Current News Team |
08-05-2011 |
Civil Liberties