AltWeeklies Wire
Larry Flynt Gives Seattle University an Earfulnew
These days, while the Hustler publisher is more quaint than edgy, he's still making a pitch for the acceptance of graphic material in a world where the internet has made the pages of his magazine look tame.
Seattle Weekly |
Laura Onstot |
10-01-2007 |
Media
Tags: media
Free Poker Tour Is a Dead Man's Handnew
When these Amateur Poker Tour investors realized they'd been bluffed, they tried their hand at murder.
Westword |
Jessica Centers |
10-01-2007 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
PoliticsWest Gangs Up With Gang of Fournew
The Denver Post's Gang of Four blog is turning into a cyber-soap opera thanks to a pair of melodramas co-starring columnist David Harsanyi.
Tags: media
Political Asylum a Long Time Comingnew
Alimata ran a long way from the Ivory Coast, and now she can rest her heels here permanently.
Westword |
Luke Turf |
10-01-2007 |
International
Tags: international
Greening Begins at Homenew
Virtually everything you do, there's a way to do it that conserves or reuses -- and what better place to start that lifestyle change than at home?
Philadelphia Weekly |
Staff |
10-01-2007 |
Environment
Tags: environment
PhillyCarShare Cultivates Street Crednew
"Green hasn't translated into the urban community," says Tayyib Smith, a consultant to PhillyCarShare on how to market community-based car-sharing to urban youths.
Philadelphia Weekly |
Kate Kilpatrick |
10-01-2007 |
Transportation
Tags: transportation
How Hip-Hop Carjacked a Historic Ohio Wheel Companynew
In the early '90s, Dayton rims -- known as "D's" -- quickly became the Air Jordans of the wheel world: so coveted that owning a set could get you killed.
Cleveland Scene |
Gus Garcia-Roberts |
10-01-2007 |
Transportation
Tags: transportation
British Ex-Millionaire Fights for Freedomnew
Krishna Maharaj went from the high life to a life sentence -- for a crime he might not have committed.
Miami New Times |
Joanne Green |
10-01-2007 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
Finally: A School That Doesn't Settle for Failing Black Kidsnew
Brush High's strategy is simple, if seldom employed: When the population of your school district begins the rapid transformation from lily-white to majority black, don't panic. Ignore the parade of evidence that suggests you're doomed, and instead, play offense.
Cleveland Scene |
Lisa Rab |
10-01-2007 |
Education
Tags: Education
Calling for Action on Human Rights Violations in Chinanew
The Pasadena Human Relations Commission recommended that City Council members make a strong statement decrying human rights abuses in China and present it to officials of Pasadena's Chinese sister city, Xicheng.
Pasadena Weekly |
Joe Piasecki |
10-01-2007 |
International
Tags: international
Memphis Election Heads Down the Stretchnew
Neck-and-neck races and a new poll make for extra drama at the wire in next week's mayoral and council election.
The Memphis Flyer |
Jackson Baker |
10-01-2007 |
Politics
Examining the Machinery of Deathnew
Tennessee's governor is defiant, but executions could stop for months while courts decide constitutionality of lethal injection.
Nashville Scene |
Jeff Woods |
10-01-2007 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
Afflict the Afflictednew
When a columnist returns from a cancer fight, what does The Tennessean do?
Nashville Scene |
Liz Garrigan |
10-01-2007 |
Media
Tags: media
High Fashion Follynew
A Nashville fashion magazine goes belly up, leaving employees and advertisers holding the bag.
Nashville Scene |
P.J. Tobia |
10-01-2007 |
Media
Tags: media
The Dope and the Dopesnew
Was human growth hormone or the baseball press responsible for Rick Ankiel's fall from grace?
Chicago Reader |
Michael Miner |
10-01-2007 |
Sports
Tags: sports & fitness
