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Hunting the Whole Hog in San Antonionew

According to that unimpeachable source, Chopped, one of TV's cadre of chef-challenge shows, goat is the world's most widely consumed meat.
San Antonio Current  |  Ron Bechtol  |  05-16-2012  |  Food+Drink

Houston's Babies Play Baseball 1860s-Stylenew

There's no gloves or batting helmets when Larry Joe Miggins and the rest of the Houston Babies regularly travel back in time to play the game by its 1860 rules.
Houston Press  |  John Nova Lomax  |  05-16-2012  |  Sports

Chickens, Breasts, and Cancer: Discussnew

Gross: Do chickens get breast cancer tumors? Grosser: Can you catch cancer from eating chicken breast tumors? New subject: how about that phantom electricity?
San Diego Reader  |  Matthew Alice  |  05-16-2012  |  Health

'I will burn down fucking The Village Voice headquarters if you fucking write anything'new

Hunter Moore said he would set fire to the Voice's office if I wrote this. Actually, the 26-year-old's exact words were, "Honestly, I will be fucking furious, and I will burn down fucking The Village Voice headquarters if you fucking write anything saying I have an FBI investigation."
The Village Voice  |  Camille Dodero  |  05-16-2012  |  Features

The Power of Marriagenew

How a gay union saved David Gonzales from deportation.
The Texas Observer  |  Emily DePrang  |  05-15-2012  |  LGBT

Job Prospects Looking Up for College Gradsnew

Class of 2012 gets a break.
Creative Loafing (Tampa)  |  Michelle Boudin and Joanne Spataro  |  05-15-2012  |  Economy

A Summer Reading List for 2012new

New books from Richard Ford, Padgett Powell, Jess Walter, and others round out these beach read picks.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta)  |  Wyatt Williams  |  05-15-2012  |  Books

Louisiana: Reality TV Capitalnew

Why every other reality show seems to be set in Louisiana these days.
Gambit  |  Lauren LaBorde  |  05-15-2012  |  TV

Lawless in Missourinew

Missouri legislators zero in on guns, gays and gags in another year of attempted lawmaking.
The Pitch  |  Matt Pearce  |  05-14-2012  |  Politics

Gardening 2.0new

A new app makes growing food easy-peasy.
Seven Days  |  Kirk Kardashian  |  05-14-2012  |  Gardening

Scratch and Stitchnew

The well-tailored line between hip-hop artists and the streetwear companies hustling to promote them.
Chicago Reader  |  Leor Galil  |  05-14-2012  |  Music

Finding Emilynew

What happens when a girl goes missing in the heart of Sin City?
Las Vegas CityLife  |  Amy Kingsley  |  05-14-2012  |  Features

Preparing for Doomsdaynew

Paul Range and Gloria Haswell have enough food, water, and guns to see the apocalypse through. And you're not invited.
San Antonio Current  |  Michael Barajas  |  05-14-2012  |  Features

'Where I Am, You May Not Harm'new

Joan Chittister's voice fairly resonates with passion. Her broad smile belies a fierce intelligence and a barely disguised rage at injustice of any sort, especially over systemic injustices of poverty and the state of the world's women and children.
Jackson Free Press  |  Ronn  |  05-14-2012  |  Religion

How Rape Victims Cope After Exonerationnew

Debbie Jones spent decades coming to grips with the fact Thomas McGowan raped her. Then she found out he didn't.
Dallas Observer  |  Anna Merlan  |  05-11-2012  |  Crime & Justice

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