AltWeeklies Wire
Judge Gene Knize: Bully on the Benchnew
When big-city lawyers appear in Knize's courtroom, they better be prepared to duck and cover.
Dallas Observer |
Glenna Whitley |
04-16-2007 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
Two Peas in an Experimental Podnew
With Explosions in the Sky and the Paper Chase, the song doesn't remain the same.
Dallas Observer |
Jonanna Widner |
04-09-2007 |
Concerts
Tags: concerts
Swift's Beef Plant: An Equal-opportunity Exploiternew
Lawsuits say the meatpacking company wrongly terminated injured workers to save on worker's compensation costs and systematically replaced workers with illegal Guatemalan immigrants to depress wages.
Dallas Observer |
Megan Feldman |
04-09-2007 |
Business & Labor
Tags: industry, meatpacking
My So-Called Second Lifenew
In real life or virtual, all we want is a pair of jeans that fit -- and sex.
Dallas Observer |
Andrea Grimes |
04-02-2007 |
Tech
Tags: computers & technology
Play It Again, Sammy Sosanew
Can the Texas Rangers' oldest rookie leave his diva days behind and deliver?
Dallas Observer |
Richie Whit |
04-02-2007 |
Sports
Go to Prison, Lose Your Rightsnew
Prison Legal News has filed a federal lawsuit in Dallas County challenging the county jail's year-old ban on publication subscriptions for inmates, saying it violates inmates' First Amendment rights.
Dallas Observer |
Patrick Williams |
03-26-2007 |
Civil Liberties
Tags: civil liberties
By Selling Cockfighting Mags, Is Amazon.com Breaking the Law?new
One man joins the Humane Society in a quest to get the online retail giant to stop selling cockfighting material.
Dallas Observer |
Jesse Hyde |
03-20-2007 |
Animal Issues
Tags: animal issues
Bureaucratic Delays Leave Guatemalans in a Bindnew
The U.S. government has recently rejected thousands of Guatemalan asylum claims that had been pending for years -- but civil rights groups, arguing that applicants aren't to blame for long paperwork processing delays, are challenging the orders.
Dallas Observer |
Megan Feldman |
03-20-2007 |
Immigration
Tags: Immigration, asylum
Royce West, Political Man of the Hournew
With Dallas Democrats' return from the dead, state Senator Royce West is poised for bigger things, like maybe paychecks.
Dallas Observer |
Matt Pulle |
03-20-2007 |
Politics
Fall of the Black Widownew
North Carolina authorities bust a notorious former Dallas scammer.
Dallas Observer |
Glenna Whitley |
03-13-2007 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
Doing the Interview Dance with Sandra Bernhardnew
It's tough to crack the Bernhard mystique in 15 minutes.
Dallas Observer |
Jonanna Widner |
03-13-2007 |
Performance
Tags: performance
Trying Out for Women's Pro Footballnew
The Dallas Diamonds break bones and spirits -- quite possibly mine.
Dallas Observer |
Andrea Grimes |
03-13-2007 |
Sports
Tags: sports & fitness
Inside America's Drug War at the Juarez House of Deathnew
A dozen men were tortured, killed and buried in a small house in Juarez -- three years later, the U.S. government is still trying to cover up what happened.
Dallas Observer |
Jesse Hyde |
03-13-2007 |
Drugs
Tags: Drugs
Patriot Actsnew
Far from his Kurdish home, Adnan Kirkuki seeks out soldiers to defend his new one in the United States.
Dallas Observer |
Megan Feldman |
03-06-2007 |
War
Sour Pussnew
Evan Dando's still a Lemonhead.
Dallas Observer |
Darryl Smyers |
02-14-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Lemonheads
