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HBO'S Truthful Vampires Return for a Sixth Season.new
“Bill, this isn’t you,” she says as he holds the vile of sacred blood. “What the fuck do you know about me?” he responds
San Antonio Current |
M. R. Brown |
06-13-2013 |
TV
More Trouble at Colorado's Toxicology Labnew
Defense attorneys in Colorado are raising the specter of thousands of DUI cases having been compromised.
Colorado Springs Independent |
Chet Hardin and Kirk Woundy |
06-13-2013 |
Crime & Justice
Sean Parker's Big Sur Vanity Wedding Falloutnew
Facebook co-founder Sean Parker spent millions on his recent Big Sur wedding, but when he rented a campground from the upscale Ventana Inn & Spa, he rented "an ongoing California Coastal Act" violation. Turns out, that campground should have been opened to the public years ago under Ventana's permit.
Monterey County Weekly |
Kera Abraham |
06-13-2013 |
Environment
Against medical advice, Corbett poised to sign another restrictive women's healthcare billnew
Pennsylvania Governor Corbett is expected to sign into law a bill that would mandate that private insurers participating in the state exchange not cover abortion, even when it threatens the health of the mother.
Philadelphia Weekly |
Tara Murtha |
06-13-2013 |
Health
Nuclear Islandnew
As the world abandons nuclear plans, South Carolina digs in.
Columbia Free Times |
Corey Hutchins |
06-12-2013 |
Energy
Tags: nuclear energy
The Somerville Filesnew
The first installment in a multi-part series about the intersection of politics, development, and power in the City of Somerville.
Dig Boston |
Chris Faraone, Tom Nash and Adam Vaccaro |
06-12-2013 |
Crime & Justice
KING KENDRICK BRINGS HIS TALENTED FRIENDS TO OUR NECK OF THE WOODSnew
Kendrick Lamar burst into the national spotlight in 2011, following the release of his debut album Section.80, which included the hits “HiiiPoWeR” and “A.D.H.D.” If that album — lyrically focused on issues of drug addiction, violence, love, lust, and the battle to improve oneself — got people talking about Lamar as if he was next in line for the rap throne, 2012’s Good Kid, M.A.A.D. City proved they were right.
San Antonio Current |
James Courtney |
06-12-2013 |
Profiles & Interviews
Barry and the Wacky Weedusnew
When Barak Obama became president in 2008, there was hope among marijuana activists that federal authorities would not concern themselves with medical marijuana facilities and individuals in states that legalized the plant for medical use. Seems that hope was misplaced.
Metro Times |
Larry Gabriel |
06-12-2013 |
Commentary
Ecstatic Improvisation: “The Source Family” Documents the Strange Days of Father Yod and Ya Ho Wha 13new
The Source Family, helmed by a war-vet-turned-restaurateur with the given name Jim Baker, could be lumped into the miasma of 1960s social experiments. But there’s something else going on. Smoking weed was a ritual, but drugs weren’t a focus. They weren’t totally freed from monetary concerns—Baker’s Sunset Strip health-food eatery sustained them. It’s all curious—the reams of music they recorded as Ya Ho Wha 13 are, too.
Chicago Newcity |
Dave Cantor |
06-12-2013 |
Profiles & Interviews
Dow Chemical Tries to Avoid Hot Water in Worker’s Deathnew
Brian Johns suffered chemical burns over 65 percent of his body in a Deer Park plant explosion. A representative of his company, a subsidiary of Dow Chemical, tried to tell doctors Johns had just encountered some really hot water.
Houston Press |
Dianna Wray |
06-12-2013 |
Business & Labor
From Motown to Coketownnew
The petroleum byproduct known as "petcoke," which is derived from an extraction process involving tar-like bitumen from the oil sands of Alberta, Canada, and is turned into gasoline and other fuels sits, exposed, along the bank of the Detroit River. Everyone agrees it is unsightly, but is it unsafe, too?
Metro Times |
Curt Guyette |
06-12-2013 |
Environment
Paying For Itnew
A look at who johns are and why they buy sex.
VUE Weekly |
Rebecca Medel |
06-12-2013 |
Economy
Tunnel Vision Part One: Delta in Perilnew
How California Gov. Jerry Brown's plan to build two giant water tunnels could devastate the largest estuary on the West Coast.
East Bay Express |
Joaquin Palomino |
06-12-2013 |
Environment
New Orleans Gentrification: Progress?new
Robert Morris of Uptown Messenger on a Tulane University discussion about a changing New Orleans.
Gambit |
Robert Morris |
06-12-2013 |
Housing & Development
Not Quite Apatow: Rogen, Franco, Hill, and McBride Joke Around
“This Is the End” exposes the narrow limits of the self-referential humor favored by Generation Z comics James Franco, Jonah Hill, Seth Rogen, Jay Baruchel, Danny McBride, and Craig Robinson.
City Pulse |
Cole Smithey |
06-11-2013 |
Reviews
