AltWeeklies Wire
Tax Preparation Industy is Prime For Fraudnew
Income-tax preparers are not regulated. In Maryland, they're not even required to be accountants, nor is there a bond or insurance requirement tax preparers must meet, as there is with consumer lenders. There is no test that needs to be taken, and there's not even a roster of preparers' names and addresses.
Baltimore City Paper |
Edward Ericson Jr. |
02-12-2008 |
Economy
Tags: Economic Issues
Homeless Sex Offenders Face Evictionnew
Florida officials scrap under-the-bridge policy.
Miami New Times |
Isaiah Thompson |
02-12-2008 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
Life After DNA Exonerationnew
After 27 years in prison, DNA exoneree Charles Chatman tries to pick up the pieces and catch up with a world that has left him behind.
Dallas Observer |
Megan Feldman |
02-12-2008 |
Crime & Justice
Why Do We Still Have Caucuses?new
Regular voters still don't know how they work.
Seattle Weekly |
Mike Seely |
02-12-2008 |
Politics
Tags: 2008 presidential election, caucus
Maryland's Primary: The Late Bloomernew
Don't look now, but the Maryland presidential primary might actually make a difference in 2008.
Baltimore City Paper |
Tom Chalkley |
02-12-2008 |
Politics
Terabyte Me
Computers can't generate any magic in The Spiderwick Chronicles.
Salt Lake City Weekly |
Scott Renshaw |
02-11-2008 |
Reviews
Yip-Yip Adds Organic Instruments to Their Simplistic Electronicanew
But in their playful, kitschy take on modernism, the real thrust remains the analog synthesizers, which are still aimed at pumping their artificial funhouse with some of the most absurd, scurrying dance music made today.
Orlando Weekly |
Bao Le-Huu |
02-11-2008 |
Reviews
The Mythology of Bob LaBobgahnew
Film Kitchen hosts the darkly playful surrealism of LaBobgah and a documentary titled Confederate Pennsylvania.
Pittsburgh City Paper |
Bill O'Driscoll |
02-11-2008 |
Reviews
At Last, a President Who Doesn't Resemble My Unclenew
It looks like we're finally going to elect a president who doesn't reflect my privileged status, and I am psyched!
LEO Weekly |
Jim Welp |
02-11-2008 |
Commentary
Good Night, States Collaborate Across State Linesnew
It's not uncommon for a musician to have a day job to make ends meet, but Steve Gretz is a far cry from the office worker who waltzes down to the corner bar with a guitar on the weekend. His day job is SAT tutoring in New Jersey; his night gig involves fronting a band from Pittsburgh.
Pittsburgh City Paper |
Andy Mulkerin |
02-11-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
The Danger of Teaching Democracynew
Letting students write letters to school officials lands a Madison educator in hot water.
Tags: Education
'Lipstick Jungle' Demeans Women, Pretends to be Feministnew
In actuality, the series is shamelessly anti-feminist. It falls all over itself to show that these powerful women are really scared little girls inside.
Yves Jean Creates Exotic Rhythms on 'For Love and Desperation'new
Yves Jean's pretty hard to miss in Pittsburgh's music scene -- you can't walk into just any rock bar around here and see a 6-foot-5 Haitian-American who combines mainstream pop-rock vocals and hooks with his rippling bass and African and Caribbean rhythms.
Pittsburgh City Paper |
Aaron Jentzen |
02-11-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Troubled Dallas Legislator Draws No Oppositionnew
Despite a multicount indictment hanging over her, no Democratic primary opponent stepped forward by the January deadline to vie for Texas State Rep. Terri Hodge's seat, and she faces no Republican opposition in the general election. Why?
The Texas Observer |
Jason B. Johnson |
02-11-2008 |
Politics
The Metamorphosisnew
For over a century, the Carnegie Museum's section of Invertebrate Zoology has saved examples of millions of insects. Now, they're trying to help save the world.
Pittsburgh City Paper |
Justin Hopper |
02-11-2008 |
Environment
Tags: environment
