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How One Runner's Obsession Left Him Missing in the Wildernessnew
John Mintz was lost in the Snow Mountain Wilderness, which straddles three counties and includes 37,000 acres within the larger Mendocino National Forest, with no supplies for an entire week. How did that happen?
East Bay Express |
Rachel Swan |
10-07-2009 |
Culture
A Race is on to Record the Untold Stories of Aging Holocaust Survivorsnew
Until the Iron Curtain parted, the Holocaust stories like Lupyan's and others' from the former Soviet republics went largely untold on the world stage. But now, there is an urgency to record survivors' stories while a dwindling number still are alive to tell them.
Metro Times |
Sandra Svoboda |
10-06-2009 |
History
Kombucha: Science-Fair Project or Refreshing Beverage?new
I had shied away from brewing my own home kombucha because, well, I make so many other damn things from scratch, I didn't need one more high-maintenance weekly food chore. But once budget woes axed my Whole Foods checkout-line kombucha treat, I missed my 'booch and decided to take a shot at making my own.
Baltimore City Paper |
Michelle Gienow |
10-06-2009 |
Food+Drink
New Research Reveals Why Women Want Sexnew
Texas psychologists Cindy M. Meston and David M. Buss decided to ask women a simple question -- why do you have sex? -- and got some unexpected results.
The Georgia Straight |
Gail Johnson |
10-05-2009 |
Culture
Tablets Could Benefit from a Tweak by Applenew
For tablet fans, who once thought convertible laptops, which have screens that can be flipped around so they look like a tablet, would be the next big thing in personal computers, the possibility that Apple was entering the market was seen as a sign that the waning technology could be revived.
The Georgia Straight |
Petti Fong |
10-05-2009 |
Tech
The Made-Up Life and Real Death of Clyde Angelnew
The identity of a popular but mysterious outsider artist is revealed. Or so it seems.
Chicago Reader |
Jeff Huebner |
10-05-2009 |
Art
Radio Your Way: Pandora May Just Save the Music Industrynew
While Pandora makes money from ads on its site and commission from music sales through iTunes and Amazon, the company has never advertised, relying purely on word of mouth. When the Copyright Royalty Board ruling tripled its required royalty payments in 2007, Pandora was saved by their supporters.
North Bay Bohemian |
David Sason |
10-02-2009 |
Media
The Ups and Downs of Caffeinated Boozenew
Even though these products are legal, as many as 30 state attorneys general have been waging a campaign to remove them from store shelves. Not every caffeinated alcohol brand is under fire, however. Instead, the campaign focuses on that subset of the market designed to look and taste like traditional, fruit-flavored energy drinks.
Las Vegas Weekly |
Greg Beato |
10-02-2009 |
Food+Drink
Upstart Portland Bike Builders Reinvent a Craft -- And Will Soon Race Their Old Heronew
When Mark DiNucci quit building in 1985, he and friends say he was the only person in Portland who built bikes one at a time by hand. Now there are at least 30 Portlanders crafting bikes like DiNucci did, almost all of them opening up shop in the last decade.
The Portland Mercury |
Sarah Mirk |
10-02-2009 |
Sports
Cartoon: Roman Polanski to the Rescuenew
Want liberals and feminists to defend you for raping a child? Make some great movies.
Tags: rape, Roman Polanski
Manners 101: Etiquette Queen Angelyn Davis Gives it to Us Straightnew
I don't think of myself as a particularly ill-mannered rube, but for someone who eats out for a living, my tableside comportment is, frankly, a bit lacking. I have discovered the hard way that manners do matter.
City Pages (Twin Cities) |
Rachel Hutton |
09-30-2009 |
Culture
How Do You Smell 200 Things at Once? Drink Winenew
The average human detects 2,000 smells, and experts estimate that there are 200 smells in wine. Compare that to only four tastes, and you can see that wine-tasting should really be called wine-smelling. So why do we rely so much on taste?
C-Ville Weekly |
Megan Headley |
09-30-2009 |
Food+Drink
Cartoon: Can I Watch?new
A Texas court has ruled that a man can still be executed despite the fact that the prosecutor and judge were sleeping together.
The Florida Marlins Manatees Shake Two Tons of Bootynew
They are a motley crew in terms of race and height -- the shortest among them stands five feet eight inches, the tallest six-foot-eight -- and their body types range from big-boned to Marlon Brando's Last Years. They are the Manatees, Major League Baseball's only plus-size male dance team
Miami New Times |
Gus Garcia-Roberts |
09-28-2009 |
Sports
Animated Cartoon: Obamanomics 101
Obama says we're losing fewer jobs. Because, of course, there are fewer jobs left to lost.
