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Legislation would prohibit cities and counties from regulating frackingnew

Senate Bill 612, which passed the Senate in early May, specifies that local regulations may not be more stringent than those proffered by North Carolina's Mining and Energy Commission.
INDY Week  |  Billy Ball  |  05-29-2013  |  Energy

Q&A: "Dirty Wars" Author Jeremy Scahillnew

Journalist and author Jeremy Scahill talks his recent book and corresponding documentary film, "Dirty Wars."
Philadelphia Weekly  |  Randy LoBasso  |  05-29-2013  |  Author Profiles & Interviews

Small-Town Atheistnew

Jerry DeWitt is a former Pentecostal preacher whose new book, Hope After Faith, chronicles his journey to disbelief.
Gambit  |  Alex Woodward  |  05-29-2013  |  Religion

Eat Pussy Like a Porn Starnew

After performing in nearly 1,500 scenes with over 1,400 women and having won three AVN Awards I am more-than-qualified to speak on this matter.
Baltimore City Paper  |  Kurt Lockwood  |  05-29-2013  |  Sex

Dumb and Dumber: Teen Adventure Fantasy Flounders

Coming on the heels of Jeff Nichols’s superior Huckleberry Finn-styled boys’ coming-of-age movie “Mud,” “The Kings of Summer” reaches farther into the realm of fantasy, but comes up short.
City Pulse  |  Cole Smithey  |  05-28-2013  |  Reviews

Gen X Grows Up — Linklater, Delpy, and Hawke Put a Cherry on the Cake

For better or for worse — mostly better — Julie Delpy and Ethan Hawke may best be remembered for their romantically euphoric trilogy in collaboration with wunderkind Generation X auteur Richard Linklater.
City Pulse  |  Cole Smithey  |  05-28-2013  |  Reviews

Welcome back, Bluthsnew

New episodes of Arrested Development on Netflix? Here’s why we give a shit.
Creative Loafing (Tampa)  |  Daniel Figueroa IV  |  05-28-2013  |  TV

What’s the Big Deal With Monsanto?new

If you're concerned about the future of organic food and farming, the May 25th March Against Monsanto is a tangible way of expressing your concern.
Jackson Free Press  |  Jim Pathfinder Ewing  |  05-28-2013  |  Food+Drink

Simon Pegg: Great Scotty!new

The multitalented Simon Pegg is a geek for all seasons.
Creative Loafing (Tampa)  |  Joe Bardi  |  05-25-2013  |  TV

Confederacy of Duncesnew

Compared to South Carolina, our idiots notthat bad.
Creative Loafing (Charlotte)  |  John Grooms  |  05-24-2013  |  Commentary

Satellite Orchestra Beaming the Funk to Younew

Satellite Orchestra’s live show keeps the music flowing.
Random Lengths News  |  Melina Paris  |  05-24-2013  |  Reviews

Bad Training by OPD Led to Three Deathsnew

An arbitrator rules that poor training by the Oakland Police Department — not poor decisions by police commanders — led to the deaths of two officers and a murder suspect.
East Bay Express  |  Robert Gammon  |  05-24-2013  |  Crime & Justice

Clear Your Mind, Move Your Feetnew

Running can be a mind-clearing and eye-opening therapeutic process.
Jackson Free Press  |  Neil Polen  |  05-24-2013  |  Health

Cityscrapes: One More Hotelnew

Just one more hotel, and the city will boom. That has long been the mantra of this city’s business and political leaders. With her decision to support a new hotel tower atop the Joske’s building, City Manager Sheryl Sculley has now joined the crowd, fully backed by newly reelected Mayor Julián Castro.
San Antonio Current  |  Heywood Sanders  |  05-24-2013  |  Housing & Development

A reality check on the Hallmark version of motherhoodnew

Motherhood is the leading cause of poverty for single women. The problem is that we've come to accept this as the status quo when someone chooses to mother outside our cultural norm of marriage.
INDY Week  |  Crystal Hayes  |  05-24-2013  |  Commentary

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