AltWeeklies Wire
iNsurable: State Farm Has iPhone's Numbernew
Big insurers, at first, refused to cover the nifty but expensive Apple iPhone.
Illinois Times |
R.L. Nave |
07-12-2007 |
Tech
Tags: computers & technology
Move Over, Homer: The Real Story About Springfield, USAnew
Who cares if Springfield, Vt., won the right to host the Simpsons movie premiere? The real news is Springfield, Ill., is home to the Guiding Light!
Illinois Times |
Dusty Rhodes |
07-12-2007 |
Commentary
Look Who Knows You've Forwarded Their Emailnew
CoolerEmail lets senders track messages from the moment they hit a recipient's inbox -- senders can count the number of times an email is forwarded, how many times a link in the email is hit, and they can also read your email to friends and colleagues.
Willamette Week |
Paul Leonard |
07-12-2007 |
Civil Liberties
Tags: civil liberties
Junior Varsity's Change of Directionnew
The band sheds the pop-punk in second Victory
release.
Illinois Times |
Marissa Monson |
07-12-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Cinematographic, Junior Varsity
The Gore Gore Girls' Feminine Mystiquenew
The Girls got gams and Gretsches!
Illinois Times |
Rene Spencer Saller |
07-12-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Get the Gore, The Gore Gore Girls
It's a Grilling Good Timenew
Pizza isn't just for the oven anymore.
Illinois Times |
Julianne Glatz |
07-12-2007 |
Food+Drink
Fist Fite: Portland's 'Next Big Thing'new
At a packed Seattle gig with Klaxons in April, the band's merch consisted of old, inside-out T-shirts drawn on with Sharpie markers -- and kids bought them before the band even played.
Willamette Week |
Michael Byrne |
07-12-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Fist Fite
The Trouble With 'Harry'new
Is that evil inside the boy wizard, or raging hormones?
Willamette Week |
Ap Kryza |
07-12-2007 |
Reviews
Diana Abu-Jaber Can't Stay in One Spotnew
The author trades an Arab-American experience for the myth of fingerprints.
Willamette Week |
Kelly Clarke |
07-12-2007 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Diana Abu-Jaber, Origin
The Massachusetts Health Care Experiment Beginsnew
As of July 1, everyone 18 or over in the state -- rich and poor, sick and well -- was supposed to have health insurance or face possible loss of their personal income tax deduction.
Valley Advocate |
Stephanie Kraft |
07-12-2007 |
Science
Tags: Health & Science
Building a Meat Saddlenew
It's all in the name of the upcoming Mongol Rally, an inane adventure in which entrants race crappy cars across a quarter of the globe.
New York Press |
Joshua M. Bernstein |
07-12-2007 |
Recreation
Tags: recreation
The Newman Trowbridge Filesnew
The Louisiana attorney brokers deals with the state, big land owners, and his own oil and gas partners -- whose side is he on?
IND Media |
Nathan Stubbs and Mary Tutwiler |
07-12-2007 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
Libby at Libertynew
Bush's commutation of "Scooter" is one of many procedural excesses that harm the very reach of executive power he seeks relentlessly to extend.
Valley Advocate |
Chris Lehmann |
07-12-2007 |
Commentary
Tags: George W. Bush, Scooter Libby
The Decline and Fall of the Athletic Supporternew
If you're a guy of a certain age, chances are you wouldn't think of hitting the gym without a jockstrap ... so why aren't the kids wearing 'em anymore?
Valley Advocate |
Daniel Akst |
07-12-2007 |
Sports
Tags: sports & fitness
'Sicko' And The Senatornew
Michael Moore and Sen. Ron Wyden want to fix a broken system -- who's got the right plan?
Willamette Week |
Beth Slovic |
07-12-2007 |
Politics
