AltWeeklies Wire
Have a Niche Tripnew
Today's travel agents can give you the inside track on custom-designed vacations.
Tags: travel
Oregon's Closed Primary Faces Third Attempt at Changenew
Phil Keisling is back with a signature-gathering effort to put an initiative on the November 2008 ballot that would open Oregon's "closed primaries" by letting independent voters into the process.
Willamette Week |
Dave Mazza |
02-20-2008 |
Politics
Absurdities on San Diego's Campaign Trailnew
The city attorney campaign has only just begun, and already, some people are behaving very badly.
San Diego CityBeat |
David Rolland |
02-20-2008 |
Commentary
What Obama's Virginia Victory Says About Usnew
Behind Barack Obama's decisive victory in Virginia's primary lay the presence of the late Irene Morgan, who battled bus segregation in Virginia, but never became as famous as Rosa Parks.
C-Ville Weekly |
Dan Catalano |
02-20-2008 |
Commentary
Life After CRTsnew
Entrepreneurs get in on the electronics-recycling business.
San Diego CityBeat |
Dorian Hargrove |
02-20-2008 |
Environment
Tags: environment, e-waste
Where is the Glamour?new
At Oscar time, there's subterranean industry at work with every appearance, at every instant of elegant display: fashion designers, dressers, hairstylists, makeup artists, so that George Clooney gleams and Nicole Kidman absorbs no light.
Chicago Newcity |
Ray Pride |
02-20-2008 |
Movies
DJ Craze Moves from Hip-Hop to Drum 'n' Bassnew
After winning three DMC World DJ championships in consecutive years starting in 1998, it would've been easy to pigeonhole DJ Craze as just a superstar turntablist and hip-hop jock. But the Miami-based Craze started spinning and producing drum 'n' bass, becoming a fixture on the worldwide rave circuit.
Chicago Newcity |
Al de Leon |
02-20-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: DJ Craze
New York Dolls Resurrect the Glamnew
Frontman David Johansen on what has kept this unlikely reunion on track and how life in the music world has changed since his groundbreaking act first hit the scene more than 35 years ago.
Chicago Newcity |
Brad Knutson |
02-20-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: New York Dolls
NEFA Works Under the Radar to Fight Terrorismnew
After four years in the shadows, a City Paper inquiry has opened the doors of Nine Eleven Finding Answers, a South Carolina nonprofit with investigators stationed smack in the midst of terror hot spots around the world.
Charleston City Paper |
Greg Hambrick |
02-20-2008 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: WAR, crime & justice
Virginia Wine 2.0new
Michael Shaps is making Virginia wine work in a new way.
C-Ville Weekly |
J. Tobias Beard |
02-20-2008 |
Food+Drink
'Be Kind Rewind': Utopian Tourette'snew
Michel Gondry says what's on his mind.
Chicago Newcity |
Ray Pride |
02-20-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Michel Gondry, Be Kind Rewind
Kathleen Willey's Crusadenew
It's been 15 years since she says Bill Clinton sexually assaulted her in the Oval Office. Now she's back with a book, a media tour and a warning about the woman who wants to be president.
Style Weekly |
Jason Roop |
02-20-2008 |
Politics
John McCain: The GOP's New Dreamboatnew
But do they really know what they're getting into?
Colorado Springs Independent |
Cara DeGetter |
02-19-2008 |
Commentary
The Reason for Rhymenew
Proponents say the time is right for Colorado to create a poet laureate to ... um, do what, exactly?
Colorado Springs Independent |
Colin Stroud |
02-19-2008 |
Books
Advocates for Man Sentenced to Life See Evidence at Lastnew
In another development that has Freeman's defense team more optimistic than they've been in years, authorities say they're "willing to listen" if the team makes a good argument for re-examining the case.
Metro Times |
Sandra Svoboda |
02-19-2008 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
