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Sunk by Sandynew
How a mid-Atlantic hurricane hit Cleveland hard, frustrating many and devastating a forgotten few.
Cleveland Scene |
Eric Sandy |
02-14-2013 |
Disasters
Tags: Cleveland, Hurricane Sandy
Obama Emphasizes Manufacturing, Middle-Class in Asheville, N.C.new
Less than 24 hours after he delivered the State of the Union address, President Barack Obama delivered a speech to Linamar Corp. in Asheville, N.C., where he emphasized the importance of manufacturing jobs in relation to building a stronger middle-class.
Mountain Xpress |
Caitlin Byrd |
02-14-2013 |
Economy
Tags: Barack Obama, Linamar Corporation
Hit Like a Girlnew
Women boxers in a man's world.
San Antonio Current |
Gregg Barrios |
02-14-2013 |
Sports
Cory Doctorow on the teen imagination, paranoia and the late Aaron Swartznew
"It's very hard to adequately understand, in advance, the cost of privacy disclosures and of privacy breaches. Because privacy and its consequences are separated by a lot of time and space."
Rap Capitalismnew
ScoreMore is the successful byproduct of booking agents Sascha Stone Guttfreund and Claire Bogle trying to deliver the acts they wanted to see.
Houston Press |
Shea Serrano |
02-14-2013 |
Profiles & Interviews
'Til Death Do Us Partnew
Arizona's dangerous love affair with guns.
Phoenix New Times |
Ray Stern |
02-14-2013 |
Policy Issues
Texas loses money by ignoring children's needsnew
Advocacy group Texans Care for Children last week released a new year-long study finding that Texas spends $14.3 billion and $20 billion more than the rest of the country every year because it fails to address child well-being.
San Antonio Current |
Michael Barajas |
02-13-2013 |
Children & Families
Greensboro Councilwoman Denies Emails Connecting Her to Police Intelligence Squad
Greensboro Councilwoman Marikay Abuzuaiter denied that multiple e-mails attributed to her and originating from one of her e-mail addresses were written by her, saying she had no communication with the Greensboro police’s criminal intelligence squad.
YES! Weekly |
Eric Ginsburg |
02-13-2013 |
Politics
Screech No More
Dustin Diamond says that when he finally bid farewell to the “Saved by the Bell” franchise in 2000, they didn’t let him keep any of the clothes. And even if they did he wouldn’t have wanted them.
YES! Weekly |
Brian Clarey |
02-13-2013 |
Commentary
'Beautiful Creatures' embraces "classic stupidity"new
There is exactly one fascinating line of dialog in writer-director Richard LaGravenese's faux gothic Beautiful Creatures.
San Antonio Current |
Jeff Meyers |
02-13-2013 |
Reviews
Michael Haneke's 'Amour' holds a mirror to Death's harrowing facenew
In Michael Haneke's Amour, Georges (Jean-Louis Trintignant) and Anne (Emmanuelle Riva) are an affectionate elderly French couple enjoying their twilight years in comfort.
San Antonio Current |
Jeff Meyers |
02-13-2013 |
Reviews
Modern Dating Ritualsnew
An Aesopian look at online hook-up culture. (or, how to avoid finding the Wolf at the door.)
Creative Loafing (Charlotte) |
Megan Henshall |
02-13-2013 |
Sex
'House of Cards': Netflix and the Reinvention of TVnew
A skeleton unearthed beneath a parking lot in Leicester is, according to DNA analysis, the physical remains of Richard III, the Plantagenet king vilified by William Shakespeare.
San Antonio Current |
Steven G. Kellman |
02-13-2013 |
TV
Tags: David Fincher, House of Cards
Walking tour about the food, history
Ronnie’s Country Store on the corner on the corner of Cherry and 6th streets in downtown Winston-Salem is closed on this Saturday afternoon, the green-carpeted, sidewalk risers picked clean of produce that morning, the last of the infamous country ham doled out for the day.
YES! Weekly |
Brian Clarey |
02-13-2013 |
Food+Drink
Queen of the Deadnew
Rogue taxidermist Beth Beverly, star of AMC's new show Immortalized, gives dead birds and animals a second life as beautiful and bizarre wearable art.
Philadelphia Weekly |
Tara Murtha |
02-13-2013 |
Art
