AltWeeklies Wire
TB is Back and More Virulent Than Evernew
The development of Extensively Drug-Resistant tuberculosis (XDR-TB) is causing a new global crisis, one that threatens a new pandemic of the disease that most Americans think is a thing of the past.
Orlando Weekly |
Billy Manes |
04-09-2007 |
Science
Tags: Health & Science
Many Orlando Airport Screeners Don't Like Their Jobsnew
That should probably concern you, as these are the people charged with making sure someone doesn't sneak knives, guns or other contraband aboard planes.
Orlando Weekly |
Deanna Sheffield |
04-02-2007 |
Business & Labor
Tags: business & labor
Shot or Not? The Battle Over the HPV Vaccinenew

It sounds like a wonder drug, and no one argues with the vaccine's potential -- but not everyone is sure about the speedy move by Florida lawmakers to force parents to vaccinate or file a waiver by the time their daughters turn 12.
Orlando Weekly |
Deanna Sheffield |
03-13-2007 |
Science
Tags: Health & Science
The Virtual Battlegroundnew

The U.S. Army's Program Executive Office for Simulation, Training and Instrumentation, the biggest organization you've never heard of, helps train soldiers to stay alive.
Orlando Weekly |
Billy Manes |
02-26-2007 |
War
Look Who's Knockingnew
Orlando is linked with Amway in the minds of sports fans everywhere -- that's not necessarily a good thing.
Orlando Weekly |
Billy Manes |
01-18-2007 |
Business & Labor
Tags: business & labor
Happy Flyingnew
Transportation Security Administration employees have to check their first amendment rights at the door.
Orlando Weekly |
Bob Whitby |
10-23-2006 |
Civil Liberties
Tags: civil liberties
Filth or Free Speech?new

Feces porn brings the feds to Orlando -- welcome to Bush's war on obscenity.
Orlando Weekly |
Jeffrey C. Billman |
09-29-2006 |
Media
Tags: media
Why Airport Screeners Hate their Jobsnew
Time spent talking with the men and women who screen your baggage and your person at Orlando International Airport reveals a secret: Management won't let them do their jobs.
Orlando Weekly |
Bob Whitby |
09-25-2006 |
Business & Labor
Tags: business & labor
Athiests Among Usnew

What's it like to be a nonbeliever in a God-fearing city?
Orlando Weekly |
Billy Manes |
09-15-2006 |
Religion
Tags: religion
The Killer Insidenew

Troy Victorino was just convicted of killing six people, with the jury recommending the death penalty -- he spoke with us from prison.
Orlando Weekly |
Elizabeth Randall |
08-04-2006 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
Fairtax, or Foul?new
Neal Boortz comes to the Sunshine State to preach to the choir about dumping the IRS via the FairTax plan: a proposed sales tax of 23 percent to replace the national income tax and ultimately abolish the IRS.
Orlando Weekly |
Billy Manes |
08-03-2006 |
Economy
Tags: Economic Issues
The Death Penalty at 30new
Examine the facts and analyze the statistics, and ask, "Is the ultimate punishment is falling out of favor?"
Orlando Weekly |
Megan Schumacher |
07-27-2006 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
More Than a Hootnew
A new CD brings owl sounds out of the wild.
Orlando Weekly |
Lindy T. Shepherd |
07-27-2006 |
Environment
Tags: environment
The Big Logoffnew
What happens to MySpace.com members when they die? They live on at MyDeathSpace.com
Orlando Weekly |
Megan Schumacher |
06-22-2006 |
Media
Tags: media
Homecomingnew

The Orlando Vet Center deals with the unique scars of the Iraq War.
Orlando Weekly |
James Carlson |
06-02-2006 |
War
Tags: Iraq war veterans, war in iraq