AltWeeklies Wire
How Aaron Kushner Wrecked the OC Registernew

The Boston millionaire claimed he'd save The Orange County Register and transform journalism. He didn't.
Tags: OC Register
The Power Issuenew

Maybe they’re not the biggest names in their fields. They’re not the wealthiest—some of them are still paying off student loans (or accruing them). But these 15 Charlottesville locals are young, they’re hungry, and if you don’t know them yet, you will soon.
C-Ville Weekly |
C-Ville Staff |
06-27-2014 |
Features
Tags: Multimedia
Marijuana Grow-Lights Cause Problems for Ham-Radio Operatorsnew

It's not the U.S. Department of Justice that could create a problem for pot growers: It's the Federal Communications Commission.
Colorado Springs Independent |
Bryce Crawford |
06-27-2014 |
Drugs
Prostitute Anonymousnew
Tales of the street from a former Cleveland madame.
Cleveland Scene |
Sam Allard |
06-27-2014 |
Features
Tags: Cleveland, Drug trafficking
"NOLA Needs Uber" — or does it?new

How the New Orleans City Council is planning to overhaul transportation laws and fees.
Gambit |
Jeanie Riess |
06-27-2014 |
Transportation
Not One Morenew

Twenty years ago, a disgruntled former airman took a taxicab to Fairchild Air Force Base, killed four people and injured 22 others. His rampage ended in less than 10 minutes. The nightmares last for years.
The Inlander |
Deanna Pan |
06-18-2014 |
Features
Expansion of Medicaid Changing Trends at Hospitalsnew

The full implications of the Affordable Care Act aren't yet known, but an early study is already showing one big change in states that chose to accept the Medicaid expansion portion of the overhaul.
Colorado Springs Independent |
J. Adrian Stanley |
06-18-2014 |
Health
Treating a Mystery: A Cruel Disease With a Cute Namenew

Parents say their kids have something called Pandas, and it's not cute or cuddly.
Houston Press |
Craig Malisow |
06-18-2014 |
Health
Tags: Pandas disease
Win, Drink, Rapenew

What is the cost of winning in college athletics? The University of Oregon and its history of sexual assault.
Eugene Weekly |
Camilla Mortensen |
06-13-2014 |
The War on Women
The Future of Powernew

Electricity may soon get cleaner … and a lot more expensive.
Illinois Times |
Patrick Yeagle |
06-13-2014 |
Energy
The Arkansas Power Grid Vandalnew

The story of Jason Woodring, whom the FBI calls a "terrorist."
Arkansas Times |
Will Stephenson |
06-11-2014 |
Energy
The Prisoner's Daughternew

What if your dad had been doing time for murder for as long as you'd known him? How would it feel to learn he may have been wrongfully convicted?
The Village Voice |
Albert Samaha |
06-11-2014 |
Features
Tags: Wrongful Convictions
The Promise Ringnew

Alex Sheen centered his entire future on nothing more complicated than the power of a promise. How that little notion became the basis for a nonprofit that's connected tens of thousands and what's next for his little Lakewood project
Cleveland Scene |
Vince Grzegorek |
06-11-2014 |
Features
Agents of Changenew

People called them crazy. An environmental disaster changed that.
Creative Loafing (Charlotte) |
Ryan Pitkin |
06-11-2014 |
Environment
Worcester Telegram & Gazette Feels Heat With Sale to Florida Companynew

An in-depth look at the sale of the Telegram & Gazette in Worcester, Mass. to Florida-based Halifax Media Group.
Worcester Magazine |
Walter Bird Jr. |
06-05-2014 |
Media