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The Custodiannew

Browns owner Randy Lerner might not be the guy you thought he was.

Cleveland Scene | Vince Grzegorek | 02-01-2012 | Sports

Nuclear Waste Dump Push Will Put Texas Back in Federal Sightsnew

Nuclear energy may be on the ropes post Fukushima's explosive meltdowns, but 70 years of U.S. bomb and power plant waste doesn't dissipate so easily.

San Antonio Current | Greg Harman | 02-01-2012 | Environment

Tags: Nuclear waste dumps, Texas Nuclear Waste

From Brown to Greennew

It's a myth that environmental laws are job killers. In fact, California's East Bay is home to many cleaned-up toxic sites that are now spurring the economy.

East Bay Express | Darwin BondGraham | 01-27-2012 | Policy Issues

Tags: Green Economy, Green Jobs

Meditations of D.M.C.new

We sat down with rap icon D.M.C. to talk music, West Africa and the history of hip-hop.

NUVO | Katherine Coplen | 01-26-2012 | Profiles & Interviews

Tags: Darryl McDaniels, Run D.M.C.

The Ghosts of Valmont Buttenew

Ever since the city of Boulder purchased its Valmont Butte property, city taxpayers have been picking up the tab to pay for the environmental sins committed by more than a century’s worth of long-departed users at the site. And that tab may be getting bigger as more ghosts from the property’s past continue to reveal themselves.

Boulder Weekly | Joel Dyer and Jefferson Dodge and Elizabeth Miller | 01-26-2012 | Environment

Tags: contamination, pollution, Valmont Butte

All (Male) Things Considerednew

Gender bias at NPR — and what it reveals about the world of literary fiction.

Boston Phoenix | Eugenia Williamson | 01-26-2012 | Media

Tags: NPR, Gender Bias, Media Gender Ratio

Cocaine Townnew

One in three men arrested in Atlanta has cocaine in his system. And that's an improvement.

Creative Loafing (Atlanta) | Gwynedd Stuart | 01-26-2012 | Crime & Justice

Tags: Cocaine in Atlanta

SOPA Operanew

Plot twists evolve storyline in the great debate of online censorship (at least, for now).

North Bay Bohemian | Nicolas Grizzle | 01-26-2012 | Policy Issues

Anti-Abortion Group Takes Its Terror Tactics To the Webnew

Last week, Operation Rescue debuted AbortionDocs.org, "the largest collection of documents on America's abortion cartel." Is it legal?

Philadelphia Weekly | Tara Murtha | 01-25-2012 | Civil Liberties

Drilled, Baby, Drillednew

The strange battle to keep Big Oil from cheating.

Westword | Alan Prendergast | 01-24-2012 | Business & Labor

Tags: Ken Salazar, Oil Industry, Federal Regulation of Oil

Activists Demand Perry Return Taxpayer Money Spent While Campaigningnew

The head of the Texas House chamber’s Democratic Caucus is calling on former presidential contender Gov. Rick Perry to reimburse state taxpayers for millions of dollars spent while campaigning for a shot at the White House.

The American Independent News Network | Mary Tuma | 01-24-2012 | Politics

Tags: Rick Perry, Election 2012