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OC Register Death Watchnew
If Aaron Kushner has his way, Monday will leave OC Register with less reporters than when he bought it.
Tags: oc register
Edible Medical Cannabis Doesn’t Always Prove Potentnew
In the seven years since medical cannabis became legal in New Mexico, our test appears to be the first and only spot check to determine whether edibles sold to people suffering debilitating medical symptoms contain the amounts of THC claimed.
Santa Fe Reporter |
Peter St. Cyr |
06-04-2014 |
Drugs
Tags: Edible Marijuana, Edible Pot
Roadside Attractionnew
John Waters reflects on his hitchhiking trip across America and his love of Baltimore.
Baltimore City Paper |
Baynard Woods |
06-04-2014 |
Features
Hack Attack: Taxi vs. Ubernew
In Taxi vs. Uber, the drivers are sidelined says an ex-cabbie.
Chicago Newcity |
Dmitry Samarov |
06-04-2014 |
Transportation
What's Poisoning the Beesnew
Toxic pesticides are killing honeybees and other pollinators — and our food supply stands to suffer.
East Bay Express |
Sam Levin |
06-03-2014 |
Environment
Fun with Brickbatsnew
The Austin Chronicle calls out Austin American-Statesman for credulous reporting and sensational editorializing, donnybrook ensues.
Austin Chronicle |
Michael King |
06-02-2014 |
Media
New Owner of Worcester Telegram & Gazette No Stranger to Slashing and Cuttingnew
The hatchet is expected to fall inside the headquarters of the 148-year-old Worcester Telegram & Gazette, but just how painful the cuts will be will not be known until after the blow is delivered. While the immediate future of the largest daily newspaper in Central Massachusetts is murky right now, two things are clear: One, the new steward of the T&G has a track record of slashing and cutting staff - and not a perfect record of results once it buys a new product. Two, the man who sold the newspaper to the Halifax Media Group is persona non grata in Worcester.
Worcester Magazine |
Walter Bird Jr. |
05-29-2014 |
Media
Inside the Lockdown at Community College of Philadelphianew
PW reporter Randy LoBasso teamed with Community College of Philadelphia student Zach Mentzer to write about what it was like yesterday after reports of a gunman on campus locked down the school.
Philadelphia Weekly |
Randy LoBasso and Zach Mentzer |
05-29-2014 |
Crime & Justice
A Lane of Their Ownnew
How the National Negro Bowling Association fought segregation in Detroit.
Metro Times |
Michael Jackman |
05-28-2014 |
Race & Class
Saying Goodbye to the Ynew
Its closure has long been discussed as part of the plan for a nice new fitness facility, but now the last days have arrived for a treasured YMCA in Halifax, and the community that's grown up with the Y for the last 61 years is just starting to face the loss.
The Coast, Halifax's Weekly |
Stephanie Johns and Allison Saunders |
05-28-2014 |
Features
Tags: YMCA
Gone Daddy Gonenew
Elizabeth Perez served in the Marines, went to college and started a family. Now she's fighting immigration laws after her husband was deported to Mexico.
Cleveland Scene |
Eric Sandy |
05-27-2014 |
Immigration
Exhibit of After-Hours Gay Clubs Unearths Pittsburgh's LGBT Legacynew
"It's a Pittsburgh history of gayness; you just can't separate the two."
Pittsburgh City Paper |
Charlie Deitch |
05-27-2014 |
LGBT
'Transition has been Hell'new
On average, 22 veterans kill themselves in this country every day. On Jan. 18, one of them was my friend Chris. This is his story.
Our Dumb State — The Book-Burning Editionnew
In this occasional series, we chronicle some of the outrageous, frustrating, sad, silly and asinine things that happen in South Carolina.
Columbia Free Times |
Free Times |
05-21-2014 |
Features
Could Legalization of Marijuana Be in Texas's Future?new
Opinions are changing, and legalization - at least for medical purposes - could be coming to even the most unlikely of states, including Texas.
Houston Press |
Angelica Leicht |
05-21-2014 |
Drugs
