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Here's a Way to Deal with Problem Geese, Deer and Crabs: Eat Themnew

It can get you into the great outdoors and help the environment. It taps into the locavore craze and the foodie mania for eating weird shit. It can even (if you're so inclined) allow you to kill things with a clear conscience.
Hartford Advocate  |  Gregory B. Hladky  |  02-24-2010  |  Food+Drink

In Philly, the Cops Will Arrest You for Taking Pictures of Them Arresting Peoplenew

The photographer's only crime, as best can be ferreted from police reports, is that he was taking pictures of South Street cops arresting revelers outside of the Theater of the Living Arts the night of Nov. 19, 2009, and the cops didn't like it.
Philadelphia City Paper  |  Andrew Thompson  |  02-23-2010  |  Civil Liberties

Ed Rendell's Plot to Pillage Pennsylvania's Forests, Consequences be Damnednew

Ed Rendell's office confirmed to City Paper that Rendell intends to lease more land for drilling this year — some $120 million worth of it. The governor has the authority to do so, with or without the legislature; he could act in a matter of months, if not sooner.
Philadelphia City Paper  |  Isaiah Thompson  |  02-23-2010  |  Politics

A Detroit Neighborhood Fights for its Life, and an Ex-Cop Leads the Waynew

Earlier that day, James "Jack Rabbit" Jackson — a retired cop — parked his car in front of a dealer's house and pointed a video camera at him in a blatant effort to disrupt his business. It drove the guy away. Now he was coming back for Jackson and Jackson was waiting for him.
Metro Times  |  Detroitblogger John  |  02-23-2010  |  Crime & Justice

Nothing Not New: I'm No Critic But I'm Also Not a Fan. I'm a Listenernew

I'm no critic. Even though I am paid to write about music — thanks to my role as a blogger responsible for writing about one new CD a day at www.NothingNotNew.com, an ostentatious yearlong project that has me listening to nothing not released in 2010 during the year 2010.
Phoenix New Times  |  Jay Bennett  |  02-23-2010  |  Music

The Oldest Person on Death Row in the U.S. Dies of Natural Causesnew

For the phrase "natural causes" to have been in the same headline as the name Viva Leroy Nash is purely ironic. Nash, who died Feb. 12, at age 94 — he was the oldest person on death row in the United States — escaped legal execution by the state of Arizona for more than a quarter of a century.
Phoenix New Times  |  Paul Rubin  |  02-23-2010  |  Crime & Justice

Kansas Lawmakers' Paranoid Rush to Ban Synthetic Marijuananew

One officer says the first thing his department did upon hearing about K2 was search YouTube for clips. Another says he heard about a blog telling of a teen who went into a coma for 12 hours after smoking K2. A woman says she fears for teachers if a student goes into a violent frenzy.
The Pitch  |  Peter Rugg  |  02-23-2010  |  Drugs

Haitian Charity From Suzie Graf, a Convicted Cheatnew

Suzie Graf explains how she single-handedly orchestrated the collection and delivery of 6 tons of emergency supplies for the people of Haiti less than a week after that country’s devastating Jan. 12 earthquake: “I just decided that we just needed to do a community effort."
OC Weekly  |  Nick Schou  |  02-23-2010  |  Disasters

Birther Icon Orly Taitz Faces Some Uncomfortable Questionsnew

Unwittingly, Florida criminal-defense attorney Bradford Cohen had entered a world known to some as “The Birtherverse,” where Barack Obama isn’t considered an American citizen and the planets revolve around Orange County dentist-turned-lawyer Orly Taitz.
OC Weekly  |  Spencer Kornhaber  |  02-23-2010  |  Politics

Gov't Mule's Main Man Says He Takes Time Off, But We Don't Believe Himnew

Warren Haynes reveals the depth of his blues knowledge on Gov't Mule's latest album, last year's By a Thread, which he released on his own Evil Teen label.
Houston Press  |  Chris Gray  |  02-23-2010  |  Reviews

Activist Cindy Sheehan Speaks About Her Ongoing War on Warnew

There are still a few emboldened people who will do whatever is necessary — including getting arrested countless times — to stop the seemingly pointless loss of innocent lives. Cindy Sheehan is among those on the front lines — waging war against war.
Pasadena Weekly  |  Michael Sullivan  |  02-22-2010  |  War

The Insurance Company Didn't Give a Damn, and the Jury Gave $37 Millionnew

Time Insurance is about to discover just how badly it has miscalculated: about the routine business of taking away people's health insurance, about a Boulder jury, about its own by-the-numbers defense — and, most of all, about Jennifer Latham.
Westword  |  Alan Prendergast  |  02-22-2010  |  Science

The Stripper Mobile Rolled Into Miami Super Bowl Weekend, and No One Noticednew

They are dancers, not strippers, the girls tell you. Girls who are done adjusting bra straps inside the Super 8 motel and are now trotting in their high, heavy heels to a ridiculous contraption on wheels, the Stripper Mobile.
Miami New Times  |  Natalie O'Neill  |  02-22-2010  |  Sex

Too Much of a Bad Thing: The Internet Lures Kids into Porn Addictionnew

The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, viewed as the bible among shrinks, doesn't recognize pornography addiction as an official disorder, although scientists in recent years have become more vocal about the notion.
Dallas Observer  |  Paul Knight  |  02-22-2010  |  Tech

Is State Rep. Matt Shea the Craziest Right-Wingnut in Washington?new

Washington State Rep. Matt Shea is very busy down in Olympia. That's probably why he's been unable to discuss with us why he thinks Obama is Hitler, if not merely Stalin, or explain his belief in the planned takeover of America by a secret Obama army.
Seattle Weekly  |  Rick Anderson  |  02-22-2010  |  Commentary

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