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A New, Last-Minute Proposal for Former Navy Basenew
This "Plan B" to Measure B, the controversial 288-page mishmash of amendments and entitlements for what SunCal wants to build, contains the same basic plan as the increasingly unpopular ballot measure but strips out some of the city's objections to the initiative and seeks to bypass Alameda's tough density restrictions by different means.
East Bay Express |
Rin Kelly |
01-27-2010 |
Business & Labor
Workplace Labor Practices Have Become a Subspecialty for Labor Law Firmsnew
In a previous assignment, working at a wastewater facility in West Oakland, Watson kept a jar near his station so that he could urinate while on duty, rather than walk several blocks to the bathroom.
East Bay Express |
Michelle Quinn |
01-27-2010 |
Business & Labor
Discarded Album Revives Forgotten Chapter of Minneapolis Music Historynew
t all started with Shelley Pierce hunched over the vinyl bin at Cheapo. She had most of the albums she wanted, but enjoyed the thrill of the hunt. As she finished flipping through the new arrivals, a short, plump woman in her 50s came in the front door of the store, lugging a crate full of used vinyl records.
City Pages (Twin Cities) |
Emily Kaiser |
01-27-2010 |
Profiles & Interviews
City Hounds the Homeless For Dog Licensesnew
According to Chief George Gascón, the Police Department has flooded upper Haight Street with cops assigned to write tickets for so-called "quality of life" violations, such as off-leash or tagless dogs, jaywalking, and other minor offenses.
SF Weekly |
Matt Smith |
01-27-2010 |
Housing & Development
Will the Parole Board See Past Lonnie Morris' Crime?new
At 59, having spent more than three decades in prison, Lonnie Morris could be the model of a rehabilitated inmate. Bespectacled, freckle-faced, and gap-toothed, he looked about as dangerous as a retired history professor.
SF Weekly |
Ashley Harrell |
01-27-2010 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: Jeanne Woodford, Lonnie Morris
Will Dondria Have to Check Her Personality at the Door?new
What started with a $15 webcam and the simple idea to post YouTube vids of herself singing a cappella R&B covers turned into an Internet phenomenon after her rendition of Ciara's Promise garnered more than 1 million hits. That's when Jermaine Dupri came calling.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Rodney Carmichael |
01-26-2010 |
Profiles & Interviews
'Hideous Men' Transcribes Interviews With Jerksnew
John Krasinski’s adaptation comes off awkward and obvious. Krasinski (of "The Office") wrote, directed and co-stars in his adaptation of the book by the late David Foster Wallace, but wastes his cast's manpower on themes that could fit on the average tweet, with letters to spare.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Curt Holman |
01-26-2010 |
Reviews
Will Atlanta’s LGBT Community Still Have a Voice Without 'Southern Voice'?new
When Georgia's first gay, African-American lawmaker, Simone Bell, formally took her seat in the state House of Representatives recently, the occasion marked a rare progressive milestone – for the South, anyway. Too bad no newspapers were paying attention.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Scott Henry and Patrick Saunders |
01-26-2010 |
LGBT
Was Haiti's Earthquake Actually a Man-Made Disaster?new
People don't die because earthquakes shake them. For the most part, people die in earthquakes because the buildings they're in fall on top of them. By and large, Haitians lived and worked in shoddily built structures.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Andisheh Nouraee |
01-26-2010 |
Commentary
Swedish Director Takes Us On a Guilt Trip Around the Worldnew
Lukas Moodysson’s Mammoth employs a polyglot cast, a wide-ranging backdrop and assorted convergent storylines to ruminate on the sad state of interpersonal politics — in this case, modern parenthood and the worldwide socioeconomic factors that affect it both positively and negatively.
Weekly Alibi |
Devin D. O’Leary |
01-26-2010 |
Reviews
A Cadre of Karate Instructors Wind Up Dead or Facing Prison Timenew
Twenty gallons of gasoline were poured into a 400-square-foot room. The pungent liquid soaked the floor, desk, and computer inside the small office. It was about 12:30 a.m. on the cool Sunday morning of June 14, and the room was dark.
Phoenix New Times |
Ray Stern |
01-26-2010 |
Crime & Justice
What Happens When an Undocumented Immigrant Teen Needs a New Heart?new
Eduardo Loredo's eyes are ringed with dark shadows. He blinks slowly through a deep fatigue that resists the bright room at Children's Mercy Hospital. The 14-year-old is dying. Slowly.
The Pitch |
Carolyn Szczepanski |
01-26-2010 |
Immigration
Dalia Dippolito May Have Tried to Kill Him, But Michael Dippolito Is No Saintnew
When a relationship ended, "Delilah" headed back to Florida and married a new man. She soon reconnected with her old fling, though, and lately she had been asking for some strange favors. "She asked if I knew someone who can kill her husband for her," the man said.
New Times Broward-Palm Beach |
Lisa Rab |
01-26-2010 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: Dalia Dippolito, Michael Dippolito
Is Omega Protein Overfishing the Most Important Fish in the Sea?new
Omega Protein is the largest commercial harvester of an obscure fish called menhaden (men-hay-den), used mostly for fishmeal and fertilizer. The company's more palatable product is refined fish oil.
Houston Press |
Craig Malisow |
01-26-2010 |
Animal Issues
Supreme Court Ruling Could Influence Connecticut Campaign Lawnew
The new U.S. Supreme Court ruling overturning federal bans on corporate political spending is creating a firestorm of protest, and disagreements here in Connecticut about how it might impact legal challenges to this state's landmark public campaign financing program.
New Haven Advocate |
Gregory B. Hladky |
01-26-2010 |
Politics
