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The Real Vampires of Houstonnew

The Houston subculture that drinks blood and chases psychic energy.
Houston Press |
Chris Lane |
04-15-2015 |
Culture
Does North Carolina Have a Budding Interest in Marijuana?new

House Bill 78, a bill that was filed in the North Carolina General Assembly in February, has been deemed the North Carolina Medical Cannabis Act.
YES! Weekly |
Britt Chester |
04-15-2015 |
Drugs
Tags: marijuana
Why I Gave Up Booze in Favor of Weednew

It helps with my anxiety, it doesn't give me hangovers, and are you aware of what it does to sex?
The Stranger |
Sarah Galvin |
04-13-2015 |
Drugs
Tags: marijuana
Game of Thrones for Noobsnew

Game of Thrones has become a downright phenomenon. And while the books certainly made author George RR Martin into some kind of rockstar, the HBO series has exploded into a pop-culture powerhouse in its own right. But what about those of us who never read the books or watched the show before now? This is the review series for you.
Santa Fe Reporter |
Alex De Vore |
04-13-2015 |
TV
Tags: George RR Martin
How Sweet it Isn'tnew

How the sugar industry is looking alarmingly reminiscent of the tobacco industry, both in terms of its tactics and the safety of its product.
Weekly Alibi |
Ari LeVaux |
04-13-2015 |
Food+Drink
The Prison-to-Pension Pipelinenew

The correlation between low student achievement, failing schools, and youth incarceration is clear, especially for black and Latino males in urban public schools.
City Newspaper |
Tim Louis Macaluso |
04-13-2015 |
Education
You Gotta Fight For Your Right To Record The Policenew

Meet the crusaders battling for everyone's right to record cops in Massachusetts.
Dig Boston |
Andrew Quemere |
04-10-2015 |
Civil Liberties
99% of what we catch we throw backnew

One has to accept the craziness of the lobster fisherman.
San Diego Reader |
Siobhan Braun |
04-10-2015 |
Features
Officer Slager’s Record Shows CPR and Taser Training, Two Complaintsnew

2013 complainant said the North Charleston cop, now accused of murdering Walter Scott, tased him "for no reason."
Charleston City Paper |
Paul Bowers |
04-10-2015 |
Crime & Justice
Flying Back From the Edge of Extinctionnew

Operation Migration and the endangered whooping crane.
Wisconsin Gazette |
Lisa Neff |
04-10-2015 |
Environment
Teeth & Bonenew

On the eve of a major retrospective, a dive into the world of Rick Bartow, Oregon contemporary artist and national treasure.
Eugene Weekly |
Alex V. Cipolle |
04-10-2015 |
Art
SDG&E's Got a Gas Problemnew

Will San Diego Gas & Electric bulldog through their Carlsbad plan?
San Diego Reader |
Dave Rice |
04-10-2015 |
Energy
Tags: SDG&E
It's Time to Restrict Groundwater Pumping in Californianew
Big Ag is doing irreparable harm to the state's underground water supplies — and for no good reason.
East Bay Express |
Robert Gammon |
04-09-2015 |
Environment
Welcome To L.A. Arts District: An Insider’s Viewnew

Anna Broome Of The Broome Room At L.A. Art Share–With Princess Frank
Random Lengths News |
By Anna Broome |
04-09-2015 |
Culture
The Law of Unintended Consequences Part IInew

>The job of the newspaper is to comfort the afflicted and afflict the comfortable.
—Finley Peter Dunne (1867-1936).
Random Lengths News |
James Preston Allen |
04-02-2015 |
Commentary