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Summer Guide 2013: The “B” Listnew

Baseball, beaches, bikinis, beer — we’ve got the summer covered from B to B.
Creative Loafing (Tampa) |
David Warner, Scott Harrell, Mitch Perry, Shawn Alf, Arielle Stevenson, Leslie Joy Ickowitz, Leilani Polk, Joe Bardi and Julie Garisto |
05-10-2013 |
Recreation
Antibiotics in Your Organic Apple?new
When people think of organics, they think that the food they buy is free from synthetic chemicals of any kind. However, as noted in a recent article in ACRES USA magazine, organic apples and pears may be treated with antibiotics.
Jackson Free Press |
Jim Pathfinder Ewing |
05-10-2013 |
Health
The Souls of Windsornew
Ignorance is bliss for most of the ancestrally indigenous people who live and work at the doorsteps of Windsor Ruins in southwest Claiborne County near Port Gibson, Miss., because plantation life is a part of their history they would just as soon forget.
Jackson Free Press |
Brinda Willis |
05-10-2013 |
Travel
Miami Cold Case Murder Solved With Recovered Memoriesnew

Two sisters help detectives solve a decades-old cold case by identifying their father as their mother's killer.
Miami New Times |
Michael E. Miller |
05-09-2013 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: Nilsa Padilla
Lizz Winstead bites backnew

The political pundit and creator of The Daily Show discusses the feminist elite, slut-shaming, and the difference between essay and memoir
Orlando Weekly |
Billy Manes |
05-09-2013 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Lizz Winstead
Mark Sanford's victory is a triumph of ideology over decencynew

The good news is that Jon Stewart will have no shortage of material for The Daily Show in the foreseeable future. The bad news is that the good people of South Carolina's 1st Congressional District will hang their heads and deny their origins when they travel beyond the Lowcountry in the foreseeable future.
Charleston City Paper |
Will Moredock |
05-09-2013 |
Commentary
Quashing the home-school stereotypenew

Varied social interaction, one-on-one instruction and unusual courses are a few perks of home-schooling
VUE Weekly |
Ryan Bromsgrove |
05-09-2013 |
Education
The Goal Rushnew

Orland City Soccer Club and their (not so?) crazy scheme to make Orlando the soccer capital of the Southeast
Orlando Weekly |
Jeffrey Billman |
05-09-2013 |
Sports
Kicking my Coke habitnew

A loyal 'candy water' drinker tries to halt The Pause That Refreshes
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Curt Holman |
05-09-2013 |
Policy Issues
Debtor's Purgatorynew

People who can't afford to hire an attorney have virtually no chance in court against well-heeled lawyers for banks and debt collection companies.
East Bay Express |
Rachel Swan |
05-09-2013 |
Crime & Justice
A PUNK REBEL'S DEFENSE OF THE PIT BULLnew

Christine Rebel always liked dogs, but her love of pit bulls became an obsession after she met Farrah Fawcett. Not the Charlie’s Angel, but Rebel’s own four-legged angel, the same who, on one occasion, resisted a bath, prompting “Scallops” (Rebel’s roommate) to make a desperate phone call.
San Antonio Current |
Enrique Lopetegui |
05-09-2013 |
Animal Issues
My Little Brony: 'I will tolerate the crap outta you'new

Guys into My Little Pony are disarming gender stereotypes
Creative Loafing (Charlotte) |
Ailen Arreaza |
05-09-2013 |
Features
Preservation Society works to save one of Magnolia Cemetery's masterpiecesnew

Before he was ultimately laid to rest, William Burroughs Smith spent 30 months inside the Magnolia Cemetery receiving tomb. Or, more accurately, his body did.
Charleston City Paper |
Susan Cohen |
05-09-2013 |
Policy Issues
Food Film Festival plans to make Charleston a permanent stopnew

Imagine watching Jiro Dreams of Sushi in a movie theater on an empty stomach. It would be torture. All that raw fish, expertly prepared by a master? Your stomach would growl so loudly your fellow audience members would report you to an usher.
Charleston City Paper |
Susan Cohen |
05-09-2013 |
Food+Drink
From farmers markets to cooking classes, schools are helping families grow better eating habitsnew

The children gathered around the classroom table at Pinehurst Elementary in North Charleston are having a difficult time cutting mangoes. Ann Hoch, a former chef, is there to help.
Charleston City Paper |
Stratton Lawrence |
05-09-2013 |
Policy Issues