AltWeeklies Wire
Should Civilians Be Allowed to Carry Tasers?new
Advocates say that stun guns are valuable for the public for the same reasons they're valuable to police forces.
Hartford Advocate |
Gregory B. Hladky |
12-07-2012 |
Civil Liberties
Fashioning an Industrynew
Eugene fashion designers are on the cusp of becoming financially and critically successful, but one thing stands in their way - the lack of local garment production house. After a string of fatal factory fires in Bangladesh, where Walmart has their clothes made, these designers want to bring manufacturing home.
Eugene Weekly |
Alexandra Notman |
12-07-2012 |
Fashion
Concussions Trump Guns in the NFLnew
NFL shows sympathy for Kansas City Chiefs linebacker Jovan Belcher; minimal thoughts for his 22-year-old girlfriend Kasandra Perkins after Belcher's act of murder-suicide.
San Diego Reader |
Patrick Daugherty |
12-07-2012 |
Sports
Tags: Kasandra Perkins
More Layoffs Coming at the Indianapolis Starnew
Determined to squeeze every last nickel from the withering carcass of The Indianapolis Star, corporate parent Gannett Co. plans to ship its local copy-editing and page-design jobs out of town.
Unearthed Native Burial Site Causes Uproarnew
Bones — including skulls, ribs, femurs, jaws, and fingers — from at least 10 ancient adults and adolescents were ripped from their graves, broken and scattered by bulldozers and backhoes. The devastation occurred in late April 2011 when the Arizona Game and Fish Department started construction on a public fishing pond.
Phoenix New Times |
Monica Alonzo |
12-05-2012 |
Features
Blood Sportnew
Carlos Condit, mixed martial arts' 'Natural Born Killer,' heralds the rise of combat sports in New Mexico.
Santa Fe Reporter |
Joey Peters |
12-05-2012 |
Sports
Tags: MMA, Carlos Condit
14 Books for Winter Readingnew
Fall into winter with some reading. Fourteen books to consider.
The Memphis Flyer |
Memphis Flyer Staff |
12-05-2012 |
Books
Tags: Winter Books
The "New" Bobby Jindalnew
How the Louisiana governor's current reinvention tracks with his past.
Tags: Bobby Jindal, Bobbby Jindal 2016
Broadening Newsnew
Colorado billionaire Philip Anschutz buys the Colorado Springs Gazette, plans to boost content, pages and staff.
Colorado Springs Independent |
Bryce Crawford |
12-05-2012 |
Media
Birth of a Comicnew
Jacksonville artist takes 'Dan in Space' to New York Comic Con and dreams of more adventures.
Folio Weekly |
S. Carson Howell |
12-05-2012 |
Art
Like Them Applesnew
Getting to the core of the Northern California craft cider boom.
North Bay Bohemian |
Alastair Bland |
12-05-2012 |
Food+Drink
Tags: hard cider, craft cider
John Baer on 25 Years of Covering Pa. Politicsnew
Baer is one of those old-school columnists who breaks down the news by making each point ring like a gunshot, then slides a sweet little daisy of a last sentence into the muzzle as the smoke clears.
Philadelphia Weekly |
Tara Murtha |
12-05-2012 |
Books
Tags: John Baer, Pennsylvania Politics
How DJ Shadow Helped Man Mantis Embrace Instrumental Hip-Hopnew
What sets instrumental hip-hop apart from just beats?
All That Glittersnew
Memo to the Academy: When you're handing out kudos, please don't forget these gems.
Boise Weekly |
George Prentice |
12-05-2012 |
Movies
Larry Coryell gets haughty about his skills ... and rightly so.new
Some players willfully flout convention, bounding from one genre to the next. Guitarist Larry Coryell didn’t set out to play garage, psych, jazz and fusion. He’s just kept good company over almost fifty years in music.
Chicago Newcity |
Dave Cantor |
12-04-2012 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Larry Coryell
