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The Bitterest Pillnew

Did a shift in medication help cause Daniel Cantrell to kill his father?
Nashville Scene |
Steve Cavendish |
04-24-2015 |
Features
Just SPEW itnew

After a six month hiatus to write new material, metal party machine SPEW is back. SPEW’s mantra remains: drink beer, smoke pot, play music.
The Coast, Halifax's Weekly |
Stephanie Johns |
04-23-2015 |
Music
A Violent Sex Offender Is Released Into the Public Spotlightnew

One week after completing a 23-year prison sentence for a violent sexual assault, Richard Laws walked through downtown Burlington on a sun-drenched afternoon — a "free" man.
Seven Days |
Mark Davis |
04-23-2015 |
Crime & Justice
The Teaching Poornew

Twenty-two percent of part-time faculty in Oregon are below the poverty line. That’s higher than the 16.2 percent of Oregonians in general that the U.S. Census says are below poverty.
Eugene Weekly |
Camilla Mortensen |
04-23-2015 |
Education
Las Colinas is something to Yelp aboutnew

Yelpers review Las Colinas women's prison in Santee, California
San Diego Reader |
Moss Gropen |
04-22-2015 |
Crime & Justice
Unlocking the Secrets of that Flamenco Musicnew

Dorothy De Goede was a strikingly beautiful woman who had been a student of Andre Segovia. I was, of course, in love with her even though I was barely a decade old.
Random Lengths News |
Lionel Rolfe |
04-22-2015 |
Culture
A Killing in Pocahontasnew

A witness murdered, a drug ring exposed, a snake in a box.
Arkansas Times |
Will Stephenson |
04-22-2015 |
Crime & Justice
The Cult of the Pitnew

You love me now, but will you when I’m four?
San Diego Reader |
Bill Manson |
04-22-2015 |
Animal Issues
How to Build a Brewerynew

It's not for the Mild.
Creative Loafing (Charlotte) |
Jonathan Wells |
04-22-2015 |
Business & Labor
Millions for Propaganda ... Nothing for Women's Healthnew

Texas heavily underwrites anti-abortion centers, while slashing reproductive care.
Austin Chronicle |
Staff |
04-17-2015 |
The War on Women
Taking Sidesnew

We can be pro-business and pro-labor.
Random Lengths News |
James Preston Allen |
04-17-2015 |
Commentary
New Orleans Bar Owners Prepare for Smoking Bannew

Local bar owners on what they plan to do when it’s butts out.
The Death of Walter Scottnew

A North Charleston police officer shot a man in the back, and a bystander caught it all on video. What happens next?
Charleston City Paper |
City Paper Editorial Staff |
04-15-2015 |
Crime & Justice
Counter-Terrorism Officials Helped Track Black Lives Matter Protestersnew

A cache of California Highway Patrol emails provides a glimpse into how anti-terrorism agents helped law enforcement officials monitor Black Lives Matter protesters on the web.
East Bay Express |
Darwin BondGraham |
04-15-2015 |
Civil Liberties
Baltimore City Paper Takes a Trip to D.C. to Experience Weed Freedomnew

The City Paper art team packed up our notebooks and pens and mini recorders and headed south to see what freedom felt like.
Baltimore City Paper |
Baynard Woods |
04-15-2015 |
Drugs