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Dodger Con Mannew

Josh Macciello convinced L.A. he was in line to buy the Dodgers. But he was really a fraud.

L.A. Weekly | Gene Maddaus | 03-16-2012 | Features

Tags: Features, Josh Macciello Dodgers, Joshua Macciello, L.A. Dodgers Sale

China’s Impending Crashnew

China is on an unsustainable spending spree.

Fast Forward Weekly | Gwynne Dyer | 03-16-2012 | International

Tags: China, Chinese Economy, China economy, Will China Crash?

Virginia is for Hipstersnew

Should local governments offer scarce affordable housing programs to yuppies?

Washington City Paper | Lydia DePillis | 03-16-2012 | Housing & Development

Tags: Affordable Housing Policies, Arlington County Virginia, DC Hipsters

Latter-Day Candidatenew

Mitt Romney's neverending quest for the GOP nomination keeps Colorado Mormons on guard.

Colorado Springs Independent | Chet Hardin | 03-16-2012 | Religion

Tags: Mitt Romney, Mormon Politicians

Cracking the Bucknutnew

How Ohio State fans came to be so obnoxious, and who we should blame for it.

Cleveland Scene | Kyle Swenson | 03-16-2012 | Sports

Tags: Ohio State Buckeyes, Ohio State Sucks

Breaking It Downnew

It may not be PTSD or brain injuries that pose the most long-term danger to our surviving vets from their Middle East tours.

Houston Press | John Nova Lomax | 03-14-2012 | War

Tags: PTSD, war trauma

The Great Shale Rush in South Texasnew

While it borders on the heretical to say it aloud, judging from very recent shale plays elsewhere in the country — like the Marcellus, the Barnett, the Fayetteville — this may not go down as the century of natural gas, after all.

San Antonio Current | Michael Barajas | 03-14-2012 | Energy

Tags: Energy, fracking, eagle ford shale

A Romney Runs Through Usnew

Mitt Romney said the federal government would be a lot better off if it was run like Mississippi. Say what?!

Jackson Free Press | Donna Ladd | 03-14-2012 | Commentary

Tags: Mitt Romney, GOP, Mississippi, Election 2012, Shit Mitt Says

Bland Ambitionnew

Democrats are gleeful over Mitt Romney's bruising primary path, but Romney is still the fight Barack Obama doesn't want.

Boston Phoenix | David S. Bernstein | 03-14-2012 | Elections

Tags: Barack Obama, Mitt Romney, Elections, Election 2012

PA is Ground Zero for the Abortion Clashnew

As the GOP clown car gets ready to sputter eastward for the Pennsylvania primary amid an onslaught of attacks on women’s reproductive rights, it’s a good time to remember that our state has always been, and seemingly always will be, the nerve center of the national abortion debate.

Philadelphia Weekly | Tara Murtha | 03-14-2012 | Civil Liberties

Tags: Reproductive rights, Pennsylvania abortion

Praise Cheesesnew

How California's North Bay became a cheesemaking mecca.

North Bay Bohemian | Stett Holbrook | 03-14-2012 | Food+Drink

Tags: Bellweather Farm, Colette Hatch, Cowgirl Creamery, Sheana Davis, Weirauch Farm, Artisan Cheese

Homeless on the Baynew

A growing number of homeless people are taking up illegal residence on off-anchor boats -- and some say their presence is causing increased environmental pollution and crime.

East Bay Express | Amina Waheed | 03-14-2012 | Homelessness

Tags: Homelessness, Port of Oakland, Bay Area Homeless, Homeless in boats