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Narco Twitternew

Baja's TV networks can't keep up with its social networks.
San Diego Reader |
K. Mennem |
09-04-2013 |
International
Should the government pay for Bradley Manning's gender reassignment surgery?new

Shortly after Bradley Manning was sentenced to 35 years in prison for passing classified documents to WikiLeaks in one of the biggest security breaches in recent history, he announced that he was transgendered.
Charleston City Paper |
Leah Rhyne |
09-04-2013 |
Commentary
The secret to the perfect summer drink is the copper cupnew

The Moscow Mule, first concocted in the 1940s, became the signature drink at the Cock 'n Bull on the Sunset Strip, where stars frequently had their own copper cups waiting behind the bar.
INDY Week |
JP Trostle |
09-04-2013 |
Food+Drink
Tags: summer drink recipes
More Parts Per Millionnew

A new environmental movement vilifies Big Oil, borrows from Occupy and encourages your grandma to risk arrest.
North Bay Bohemian |
Rachel Dovey |
09-04-2013 |
Energy
Revolving Racetracknew

The fur still flies at Tucson Greyhound Park.
Tucson Weekly |
Tim Vanderpool |
09-03-2013 |
Animal Issues
Rocky Pathnew

The Republican National Committee opposes a path to citizenship as part of immigration reform
Tucson Weekly |
Jim Nintzel |
09-03-2013 |
Immigration
For Carlosnew

Phoenix muralist devotes first Tucson mural to 19-year-old killed by Border Patrol agent.
Tucson Weekly |
Mari Herreras |
09-03-2013 |
Immigration
An Excerpt From "Son of a Gun"new

Soon after we learned that our mother was dead, my brother and I went to a bar. We'd already worked the phones. Josh had called our grandparents, who'd been divorced for forty years but both still lived in Philadelphia...
Tucson Weekly |
Justin St. Germain |
09-03-2013 |
Excerpts
Stoner Rock's Best Kept Secretnew

Sweden's Truckfighters have more in common with the Melvins than ABBA.
Tucson Weekly |
Casey Dewey |
09-03-2013 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Truckfighters
Borderlands Shell Gamenew

In the maze of border law enforcement, cases get shuffled and small perps can walk.
Tucson Weekly |
Tim Vanderpool |
09-03-2013 |
Immigration
Just A Rambler: Nick Garrie Reclaims His Masterful “Nightmare”new

He says the album’s recording wasn’t hijacked back in 1968. But if Nick Garrie didn’t think “The Nightmare of J.B. Stanislas” existed in bastardized form, he likely wouldn’t be traversing the Atlantic Ocean to set it all right.
Chicago Newcity |
Dave Cantor |
09-03-2013 |
Profiles & Interviews
Spiritual Revolutionary: The Musical Meander of Saxophonist Charles Lloydnew

Charles Lloyd’s "Forest Flower" followed him to New York, a city he describes as jazz’s mecca in its heyday. It followed him to Europe and the U.S.S.R., an unheard of occurrence amid the Cold War. It insinuated itself into hippie culture, Lloyd counting the Grateful Dead, John Densmore and David Crosby as ardent disciples.
Chicago Newcity |
Dave Cantor |
09-03-2013 |
Profiles & Interviews
Beers and ‘Botsnew
“The World’s End” completes Edgar Wright’s trilogy of comedies.
Jackson Free Press |
Anita Modak-Truran |
09-03-2013 |
Movies
Cocktails with an Herbal Twistnew
Growing herbs in Mississippi's hot, humid climate can be difficult, but it's a fragrantly rewarding side of gardening and well worth the effort.
Jackson Free Press |
Dawn Macke |
09-03-2013 |
Food+Drink
Tags: Herbal Cocktails