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California Pot RX: Legal in MA?new

Will dispensaries in Massachusetts accept a medical-marijuana card from California?
Boston Phoenix |
Valerie Vande Panne |
02-07-2013 |
Drugs
Winston-Salem Homeless Left Sleeping in Chairs Due to Shelter Glitch

“That is not the way we want things to work.”
YES! Weekly |
Jordan Green |
02-07-2013 |
Homelessness
Roundup Of Raunchnew

Just in time for Valentine's Day, the frontman of the Meatmen offers his take on the raunchiest records ever recorded, including such artists as Little Richard, Blowfly and GG Allin.
Metro Times |
Tesco Vee |
02-07-2013 |
Music
A Troubling Portrait of Scientologynew

In his new book, Going Clear: Scientology, Hollywood, and the Prison of Belief, Austin-based journalist Lawrence Wright weaves tales of abuse with stories from numerous ex-members of the Church of Scientology.
San Antonio Current |
Michael Barajas |
02-07-2013 |
Books
Tags: Lawrence Wright
The New Era of Conspiracy Thinkingnew

Why people die when we talk about gun control.
Boulder Weekly |
Joel Dyer |
02-07-2013 |
Commentary
Brought to the U.S.A.new

From childhood to college graduation, one woman's life as an undocumented immigrant.
The Inlander |
Joe O'Sullivan and Jacob H. Fries |
02-06-2013 |
Immigration
Tags: DREAM Act
Not Legal Enoughnew

Ohio no longer grants driver's licenses to children of illegal immigrants despite federal executive action.
Cincinnati CityBeat |
German Lopez |
02-06-2013 |
Immigration
Why We Can't Leave the '90snew

Nostalgia is predictable, safe, and increasingly regressive. Soundgarden, thankfully, is not.
Seattle Weekly |
Maura Johnston |
02-06-2013 |
Music
Don't Med on Menew

Will South Carolina choose to expand Medicaid under Obamacare, or won't it?
Columbia Free Times |
Corey Hutchins and Dan Cook |
02-06-2013 |
Health
Up In Armsnew

A look at guns in Kentucky and the political debate surrounding the Second Amendment from the floor of the Louisville Gun & Knife Show.
LEO Weekly |
Jonathan Meador |
02-06-2013 |
Politics
Not So OK, Cupidnew

In a small town, online dating can sting in big ways
North Bay Bohemian |
Rachel Dovey |
02-06-2013 |
Sex
San Diego, Haven for Pyramid Schemesnew

San Diego is a haven for multilevel marketing scams, which are often pyramid schemes.
San Diego Reader |
Don Bauder |
02-06-2013 |
Business & Labor
This American Life Tells Podcaster: No Whores Allowednew

Late last year, sex worker and activist Siouxsie Q began producing a podcast in the living room of her apartment called This American Whore. This January, she started to get e-mails from lawyers representing Chicago Public Media and Ira Glass, demanding that she change the name of her podcast or face legal action.
The Fall of Ray Naginnew

For all his talk of "changing the paradigm" at New Orleans City Hall, former Mayor Ray Nagin's arc from telegenic reformer to accused crook followed an all-too-familiar plot line: He started out full of ideals and good intentions, and then, step by step, one small seduction and compromise at a time, proceeded down his personal road to perdition.
Gambit |
Clancy DuBos |
02-04-2013 |
Commentary
Tags: Ray Nagin
A Community Meets to Save Hyperlocal Digital Journalismnew

Mike Fourcher is a new-media trailblazer in Chicago still looking for a formula for success.
Chicago Reader |
Michael Miner |
02-04-2013 |
Media
Tags: Hyperlocal News, Mike Fourcher