AltWeeklies Wire
New Mexico National Guard Returns from Guantanamo Baynew
Last month, more than 70 New Mexico guardsmen came home from a year-long deployment to the US military base at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba — one of the most controversial outposts in George W Bush’s "war on terror."
Santa Fe Reporter |
Corey Pein |
02-12-2009 |
War
Tags: Guantanamo Bay, New Mexico Guard
450-pound Cher Impersonator/Magician Is Passing His Experience On to the Next Generationnew
Tiny Bubbles isn’t your average 450-pound Cher impersonator; he’s also a magician, a comedian and most of all, a mentor.
Las Vegas Weekly |
Rick Lax |
02-12-2009 |
Performance
The Demise of a Big-Box Retailer Reminds Us of How the Dr. Spock Generation Blew Itnew
Some blame Freddie Mac or Fannie Mae; others, the banks or the global market. That’s because the analysts are looking at the hands on the clock of fate. I say, look at the face of the clock. If you look closely, you’ll see the face of the Baby Boomer.
Las Vegas Weekly |
H. Lee Barnes |
02-12-2009 |
Housing & Development
Tags: Development, Baby Boomers
Perhaps It's Time for the Gov't to Sell What It Doesn't Really Neednew
Real people who have bills and not enough money might put their useless stuff up for sale on eBay. Of course, for government the math does not work that way. In government you either raise taxes or cut programs. But imagine if that were not so.
Las Vegas Weekly |
Richard Abowitz |
02-12-2009 |
Economy
Tags: economic issues
"He Just Went Off"new
On Jan. 26, Osman Abdullahi was killed by police after attacking a fellow resident at a group home for the mentally ill in Washington, D.C. The question no one can answer: What was he doing there to begin with?
Washington City Paper |
Jason Cherkis |
02-12-2009 |
Crime & Justice
How Useless Are the D.C. Police Department's Crime Cameras?new
The D.C. police department's network of more than 120 cameras has been shooting the moon since installation of the first units began more than eight years ago at no trivial cost to the taxpayer.
Washington City Paper |
Arthur Delaney |
02-12-2009 |
Crime & Justice
What Were the Results of Iraq's Recent Elections?new
Three months after the November 2008 elections, Minnesota still doesn't have a second U.S. senator. Yet we have 140,000-or-so U.S. troops in Iraq who just spent much of their January helping that country carry out its provincial elections.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Andisheh Nouraee |
02-11-2009 |
Commentary
The 10 Percent Shift: Revolutionizing the Way You Shopnew
If you're looking to be the savior of the American economy, the key might not be in how much you buy, but where you buy it.
Dig Boston |
Cara Bayles |
02-11-2009 |
Economy
University of Minnesota Expert Says Peanut Butter Recall Has Gone Nuttynew
The director of the University of Minnesota's Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy says that the peanut butter recall has gone too far and affected many Americans who weren't at risk in the first place.
City Pages (Twin Cities) |
Emily Kaiser |
02-11-2009 |
Science
Minneapolis Skier's Cross-Country Career Hasn't Been Easynew
In her race toward the Olympics, Caitlin Compton has battled poverty, family illness, and a system that favors younger athletes.
City Pages (Twin Cities) |
Erin Carlyle |
02-11-2009 |
Sports
San Francisco Park Rangers Want More Power, Gunsnew
Not long ago, San Francisco park rangers comprised a mere five part-time guards whose main tasks included giving directions to parkgoers, scolding dog owners, locking park bathrooms at night, and shifting the occasional homeless camper. That was before Marcus Santiago came along.
SF Weekly |
Matt Smith |
02-11-2009 |
Crime & Justice
Bobby Jindal: On the Road Againnew
As an unprecedented $2 billion shortfall eats away at health care and higher education and state government braces for lockdown, Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal hits the road on predominantly PR junkets.
Gambit |
Jeremy Alford |
02-11-2009 |
Commentary
Axe to Grind: Heavy Metal in New Orleansnew
Internationally known New Orleans metal bands power what's still a locally underground scene.
Gambit |
Alison Fensterstock |
02-11-2009 |
Profiles & Interviews
Jazmine Sullivan Makes the Jump from Black Lily Prodigy to Grammy Phenomenonnew
Sullivan's voice is a window-frame-shaking, drawn-from-the-depths alto she still manages to bend and tease with ease, splashing across tracks like a smooth stone across a still pond.
Philadelphia City Paper |
Drew Lazor |
02-10-2009 |
Profiles & Interviews
Vive la Crise: The Left Rises in France
A two-part look at the rise of France's radical new left--and the possibility that economic crisis could lead to communism in western Europe.
