AltWeeklies Wire
Firefight in L.A.new
The firefighters from Fire Station 35 had a close call at Griffith Park's Hogback Trail Bridge.
L.A. Weekly |
Christine Pelisek |
05-18-2007 |
Disasters
Tags: disasters
Tom Labonge: The Mayor of (Fire-Blackened) Griffith Parknew
On the day that fire threatened Los Feliz, LaBonge behaved like a councilman should.
L.A. Weekly |
David Zahniser |
05-18-2007 |
Disasters
Tags: disasters
Trying to Shake the White Stripes 'Icky'new
What the thump?
L.A. Weekly |
Kate Sullivan |
05-18-2007 |
Music
'The Unions Are Killing Us'new
The St. Louis Convention & Visitors Commission says it is being held hostage by outdated and byzantine union work rules that jack up convention prices in the city.
Riverfront Times |
Kristen Hinman |
05-18-2007 |
Business & Labor
Tags: business & labor
Governator 2: Rise of the Girly Mannew
Arnold's new budget beats up the weak.
L.A. Weekly |
Marc Cooper |
05-18-2007 |
Commentary
No Flowers for Tony Blairnew
The exiting Brit PM's "moral" foreign policy was kept under wraps until debacle in Iraq.
NOW Magazine |
Gwynne Dyer |
05-18-2007 |
Commentary
Even Lunatics Can Get Firearms in Tennesseenew
The dangerously mentally ill can buy guns in Tennessee in violation of federal law -- no questions asked -- because the state doesn't send their names to the FBI national instant background check system.
Nashville Scene |
Jeff Woods |
05-18-2007 |
Policy Issues
Tags: public policy issues
Mike Myers: The Ogre and the Canucknew
Myers says it's easy being green in Shrek the Third, but his next film does love Canadian-style.
The Georgia Straight |
Ian Caddell |
05-18-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Chris Miller, Shrek the Third
Inside L.A.'s Indie Booksellersnew
Like Darwin's finches, the city's booksellers have found niches and creative ways to stay alive in a tough business and an even tougher town.
L.A. Weekly |
Gendy Alimurung |
05-18-2007 |
Books
Bottling Peace In a Jarnew
Buying Palestinian olive oil is a tasty way to protest the tree uprootings of the occupation.
NOW Magazine |
Wayne Roberts |
05-18-2007 |
International
Tags: international
An Open Letter to Morrisseynew
Bigmouth strikes again.
Riverfront Times |
Annie Zaleski |
05-18-2007 |
Music
Sex, Lies, a Priest, & Elaine Pressernew
Presser married into one of the most corrupt families in Cleveland history -- so she had a head start stealing from priests.
Cleveland Scene |
Denise Grollmus |
05-18-2007 |
Religion
Tags: religion
Witness to Philip Workman's Executionnew
Evidence suggesting he didn't fire the shot that killed a cop was not enough to stop his lethal injection.
Nashville Scene |
Sarah Kelley |
05-18-2007 |
Crime & Justice
Shrek the Flatulentnew
The green ogre isn't all that's bloated in part three of the hit kiddie franchise.
L.A. Weekly |
Ella Taylor |
05-18-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Chris Miller, Shrek the Third
'Once' Upon a Timenew
Nameless romantics sing of love and loss in a beguiling Irish fairy tale.
L.A. Weekly |
Ella Taylor |
05-18-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: John Carney, Once
