AltWeeklies Wire
Air Force Prosecutions Illustrate Confusion over Steroid Lawsnew
Last summer, the U.S. Air Force Academy announced with great fanfare that it was charging five of its cadets with either possessing or selling steroids. Prosecutors learned just how tricky steroid cases can be.
Tags: Health & Science
Steroid Users Keep Juicing, Avoiding Prosecutionnew
Often overlooked in the daily discussions of steroids and their effect on sports is that not only are they prohibited by athletic organizations, but they're illegal to possess -- just like cocaine and pot and meth.
Tags: Health & Science
The Real OxyContinnew
OxyContin was hailed as a miracle pain reliever upon its release. Some addicts find it works a little too well.
Salt Lake City Weekly |
Jamie Gadette |
05-26-2005 |
Science
Tags: Health & Science
Console Cowboynew
When clorox the g00n took down Indymedia websites all over the world, he thought was was a badass hacker. Turns out he wasn't badass enough.
Boulder Weekly |
Joel Warner |
05-13-2005 |
Science
Tags: Health & Science
Life Management Made Quickienew
Folks are starting to get used to the concept of wikis, Web pages that can be edited and added to from within the browser window itself, while you’re viewing the page.
Jackson Free Press |
Todd Stauffer |
05-12-2005 |
Science
Tags: Health & Science
72-Year-Old Woman Chooses Radical Therapy to Fight Cancernew
At a dead end with mainstream medicine, a woman with inoperable cancer turns to alternative and natural remedies developed by German physician Max Gerson in the late 1920s.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Alyssa Abkowitz |
05-12-2005 |
Science
Tags: Health & Science
PC Home Theatrenew
Hollywood will soon be rolling out its summer blockbusters to wow us with impressive cinematics and thundering THX sound. But why go to the movies for sensory overload when you can get the same experience at your computer?
Dig Boston |
Seth McM. Donlin |
05-11-2005 |
Science
Tags: Health & Science
iPod Accoutrementsnew
Clumsy, trendy and audiophilic iPod owners rejoice: Now you can keep your cherished slab of digital love safe from crackups, fashion emergencies and wussy bass.
Dig Boston |
Seth McM. Donlin |
05-05-2005 |
Science
Tags: Health & Science
Star in a Jar?new
Miracle or pipe-dream? A working nuclear-fusion reactor uses bubbles to produce power at a fraction of today's energy costs and creates almost no pollution.
Sacramento News & Review |
Cosmo Garvin |
04-29-2005 |
Science
Tags: Health & Science
Allocating Medicare Funds to Georgia Proves to be Lopsided Balancing Actnew
Drastic federal Medicaid cuts have forced Georgia and other states to reallocate Medicaid funds. A critic says the result is a loss of access to some of Medicaid's most effective services.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Alyssa Abkowitz |
04-21-2005 |
Science
Tags: Health & Science
Spam Spam Spam Spam Spamnew
A marketing association steps in to help protect consumers from unwanted e-mail -- sort of.
Tags: Health & Science
Bipolar Copnew
Meet former King County Sheriff's Deputy Angela Holland. She was a great street cop with numerous commendations and a spotless record. But she was mildly bipolar, so they fired her.
Seattle Weekly |
Philip Dawdy |
03-30-2005 |
Science
Tags: Health & Science
The Revolution Comes to Leisure Worldnew
The front end of the baby boom is trickling into active-senior communities, bringing their anti-establishment ethos, assertiveness, and self-consciousness with them, transforming an industry designed around a more docile and proletarian generation.
East Bay Express |
Chris Thompson |
03-21-2005 |
Science
Tags: Health & Science
Exit Signsnew
An older Wyoming couple ease their physical--and political--pain through "united self-deliverance," highlighting the growing number of senior citizens who choose to take their lives into their own hands.
Rocky Mountain Bullhorn |
Bethany Kohoutek |
03-09-2005 |
Science
Tags: Health & Science
New Party Drug Can Be One Bad Tripnew
Hard as it is to believe, the Drug Enforcement Administration treats 2C-B too lightly. A light dosage produces Ecstasy-like effects -- but the threshold between a light dose and a heroic dose is perilously narrow.
Tags: Health & Science
