AltWeeklies Wire
Who Killed Edward Okeny?new
Edward Okeny was found on the street with an empty wallet and a fractured skull. The Portland police hadn't sought help from the public, instead hoping that a grievously injured man would emerge from a coma and explain everything.
Portland Phoenix |
Rick Wormwood |
12-07-2007 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
Evel Deadnew
The most famous motorcycle daredevil of all time pulled off his final and most surprising achievement: Evel Knievel died in his bed, something that other professional death-taunters, like Houdini, Steve Irwin, Dale Earnhardt, and Karl Wallenda never managed.
Portland Phoenix |
Rick Wormwood |
12-07-2007 |
Sports
Tags: sports & fitness
Earmuffs For Everyonenew
The story goes that 15-year-old Chester Greenwood was ice-skating when his ears got unbearably cold.
Portland Phoenix |
Deirdre Fulton |
11-28-2007 |
Fashion
Tags: fashion
FairPoint Deal Specifics Get Weirdernew
A FairPoint exec says it's "misleading" to say that the company wouldn't give workers raises for seven years. But the company expects 4 percent of all workers -- including new hires -- to leave after the first year, leaving plenty of cash to pay for raises.
Portland Phoenix |
Jeff Inglis |
11-21-2007 |
Business & Labor
Tags: business & labor
Taser Holders for the Whole Familynew
A cartoon with Taser gift ideas.
Portland Phoenix |
David Kish |
11-21-2007 |
Cartoons
Tags: cartoons
Congressional Inaction: Killing Billsnew
The Farm Bill, a five-year federal spending bill that allots money for nutrition and hunger-prevention programs, industrial agriculture, and smaller farming operations, was blocked last Friday, and remained in limbo as Congress went into Thanksgiving recess.
Portland Phoenix |
Deirdre Fulton |
11-21-2007 |
Policy Issues
Tags: public policy issues
No Raises For Seven Yearsnew
That's just one way FairPoint plans to pay for its buyout of Verizon's Northern New England operations. (Another way? Assuming gasoline prices will stay constant through 2015.)
Portland Phoenix |
Jeff Inglis |
11-15-2007 |
Business & Labor
Tags: business & labor
Government Secrecy is Fine with Maine's Attorney Generalnew
A man widely believed to be interested in becoming Maine's next governor, Democratic Attorney General Steven Rowe, is refusing to defend the state's Freedom of Access Act from a court ruling that would destroy the state's open-government law almost entirely.
Portland Phoenix |
Jeff Inglis |
10-11-2007 |
Policy Issues
Tags: public policy issues
Comics for Christnew
Evangelicals are speaking in bubbles -- and fighting God's war on pop culture.
Portland Phoenix |
Deirdre Fulton |
10-11-2007 |
Religion
Tags: religion
Hoopleville: The Main Issue With ...new
... Blimp Towing
Portland Phoenix |
David Kish |
10-11-2007 |
Cartoons
Tags: cartoons
Congressman to Protesters: Go Directly to Jailnew
Maine's First District US Representative Tom Allen, a Democrat, has activists arrested when they demonstrate at his offices; Senator Susan Collins, a Republican, lets them stay.
Portland Phoenix |
Jeff Inglis |
10-04-2007 |
War
Tags: war & peace
Prudish Publication Makes Its Debutnew
Eliza is more than just another Cosmo knock-off: it’s a response to today’s female fashion choices, which the Mormon publishers perceives as provocative, skimpy, and tacky.
Portland Phoenix |
Deirdre Fulton |
10-04-2007 |
Media
Tags: media
Cartoon: Blackwater Target Guidenew
For Blackwater's hired guns, it's wall-to-wall bad guys.
Portland Phoenix |
David Kish |
10-04-2007 |
War
Tags: war & peace
Environmentally Yoursnew
Eco-authors Ted Nordhaus and Bjorn Lomborg advocate a paradigm shift that emphasizes big, international thinking in their books Breaking Through and Cool It.
Portland Phoenix |
Deirdre Fulton |
09-27-2007 |
Nonfiction
Tags: Nonfiction Reviews
Stabbed in the Backnew
Maine prison officials reward a samaritan inmate by endangering his life.
Portland Phoenix |
Lance Tapley |
09-13-2007 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
