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Just Between Usnew

HPV is a sexually transmitted infection, and the most common viral STI. This is the story of three people personally affected by virus, and how the infection changed their lives.

The Coast, Halifax's Weekly | Allison Saunders | 02-15-2008 | Science

Tags: Health & Science

Lawmakers Question Plan for "Limited Liability" Ownership of VT Yankeenew

The terms "nuclear power" and "limited liability corporation" make strange bedfellows, and the idea of marrying the two doesn't lie, er, sit, well with many Vermont lawmakers.

Seven Days | Ken Picard | 02-15-2008 | Economy

Tags: Economic Issues

Radiation Therapynew

Low-power but high-minded, 105.9 FM The Radiator builds up steam in Burlington.

Seven Days | Dan Bolles | 02-15-2008 | Media

Tags: radio

Keep It Goingnew

The fact is that the longer a presidential campaign goes, the better. The ordeal is what separates the real deal from the imposter.

The Memphis Flyer | Staff | 02-15-2008 | Commentary

Foster Hirsch uses personal background only as determining antecedents in the context of Otto Preminger's role as a director, giving the reader juicy insights where it matters most -- his relationships with his actors and the fascinating skirmishes on-set.

Shepherd Express | Steve Spice | 02-15-2008 | Nonfiction

Tags: Foster Hirsch, Otto Preminger: The Man Who Would be King, Nonfiction Reviews

They Might Be Giants of Kids' Musicnew

Cleverly designed to teach kids to recognize numbers and how to count, TMBG deploys its usual earnest wackiness with a variety of musical influences, from twisted American folk to '60s rock riffs and '70s soul, as the duo works its way up from zero to infinity.

Shepherd Express | David Luhrssen | 02-15-2008 | Reviews

Tags: Here Come the 123s, They Might Be Giants

Renegade Road Rally Spans from England to Gambianew

Here's a great getaway idea: Buy a 20-year-old $400 Volkswagen with 98,000 miles on eBay from a guy in England, get a good friend to fly with you to pick it up and then drive it through France and Spain, ferry to Morocco and drive through Mauritania and Senegal to Gambia. Then donate the car to a charity.

Shepherd Express | Gary Knowles | 02-15-2008 | Recreation

Tags: recreation

Marjane Satrapi Contemplates Iran, the Oscars, and the 'Axis of Evil'new

The creator of Persepolis has seen revolution up close, and her life was never the same.

Los Angeles CityBeat | Steve Appelford | 02-15-2008 | Profiles & Interviews

Tags: Persepolis, Vincent Paronnaud and Marjane Satrapi

Derailing L.A.new

Damien Goodmon wants to halt the L.A.'s light rail project in its current form and place the line underground. Along the way, he's aligned himself with remnants of some of the same ugly forces that have impeded mass transit since racism and fear stopped the Red Line subway in the 1980s.

Los Angeles CityBeat | Greg Katz and Alan Mittelstaedt | 02-15-2008 | Transportation

Tags: transportation

Get 'Em (Voting) While They're Youngnew

A lower voting age of 16 is both ethically responsible and a good bet for increasing the United States' embarrassing voter participation rate.

Jackson Free Press | Ward Schaefer | 02-14-2008 | Commentary

The Legend of Ornette Colemannew

There was a time when jazz was one of the most radical of art forms. And at the vanguard stood Ornette Coleman.

The Portland Mercury | Kevin Friedman | 02-14-2008 | Profiles & Interviews

Tags: Ornette Coleman

How Will Louisiana's Nine Superdelegates Vote?new

With Clinton and Obama currently neck-and-neck in delegate totals, and 796 superdelegates spread out across the country, these superdelegates are suddenly making a lot of new friends.

IND Media | Scott Lordan | 02-14-2008 | Commentary

Tags: 2008 presidential election, superdelegates