AltWeeklies Wire
Freeing Willienew

Willie Featherstone is a sexual predator, so why does he keep getting out of prison?
Baltimore City Paper |
Hal Riedl |
10-19-2010 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: Willie Featherstone
Google's Self-Driving Carnew

Is that what we want?
New Haven Advocate |
Greg Beato |
10-19-2010 |
Tech
Tags: Google
Barry Minkow 2.0new

L.A.'s fraud king is back -- and taking the media for another ride
L.A. Weekly |
Beth Barrett |
10-18-2010 |
Crime & Justice
Michele Bachmann Was For The Stimulus While She Was Against Itnew

Remember the Fox News gabfests, the D.C. rallies and the campaign ads where Michele Bachmann brags about voting against President Barack Obama's stimulus bill? Turns out she had her hand out at the same time. Saddling our kids with the federal debt is OK when she does it.
City Pages (Twin Cities) |
Hart Van Denburg |
10-18-2010 |
Politics
How Important Editorial Decisions Are Madenew

The Oregonian’s editorial board last week endorsed John Kitzhaber for governor and filmed its discussion about this important decision.
Willamette Week |
Aaron Mesh |
10-18-2010 |
Media
Tags: The Oregonian
This is How You'll be Listening to Music Tomorrownew

Music Hack Day 2010: Major labels come to Cambridge to discuss new music innovations.
Boston Phoenix |
Chris Faraone |
10-18-2010 |
Tech
Hip-Hop, Exported and Importednew

Canadian k-os tours the country that birthed his art form.
Boulder Weekly |
Quibian Salazar-Moreno |
10-18-2010 |
Profiles & Interviews
Doomed To Failnew

Pennhurst Asylum is haunted by its past, unsure of its future.
Philadelphia Weekly |
Michael Alan Goldberg |
10-18-2010 |
Economy
It Ain’t Easy Being Green. Or Libertarian, or Independent.new

Greens axed from the ballot in New Mexico.
Weekly Alibi |
Marisa Demarco |
10-15-2010 |
Politics
PBR's BFFnew

A ride-along with Pabst Blue Ribbon's D.C. missionary.
Washington City Paper |
Jonathan L. Fischer |
10-15-2010 |
Food+Drink
Tags: Dan VanHoozer, PBR
Bites and Bytesnew

Should online food culture give reporters and restaurateurs indigestion?
Seven Days |
Suzanne Podhaizer |
10-15-2010 |
Food+Drink
Barack Obama: Twisting Words in the Wind on 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell'new

President Obama covered a lot of ground on gay and lesbian rights in the middle of the four o'clock hour on Thursday. In the end, he wound up saying one thing and doing another.
The Village Voice |
Steven Thrasher |
10-14-2010 |
LGBT
Tags: Barack Obama, DADT
The Regents' Clubnew

Conflicts of interest and high-risk investing on the University of California's Board of Regents are nothing new, but they may be getting worse. And it all leaves students paying the bill.
Sacramento News & Review |
Peter Byrne |
10-14-2010 |
Education
A Weekend at the Airportnew

An engagement ring, two honeymoons, a $1 flight, Cocoa the drugged poodle, a half-naked man and a 48-hour journey to nowhere at the altar of American air travel.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Joe Kovac Jr. |
10-14-2010 |
Travel
Imprisoned, Rehabilitated, Unemployednew

Oakland's large population of ex-felons struggle to get jobs. And their only glimmer of hope -- a certificate of rehabilitation -- isn't easy to get.
East Bay Express |
Alexa Vaughn |
10-13-2010 |
Crime & Justice