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Willie Nelson Doesn't Have to Keep Performingnew
That makes his insistence to keep doing so all the more remarkable.
Dallas Observer |
Pete Freedman |
07-15-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Willie Nelson
Cutters Write Through the Pain of Self-Harmnew
Kate's goal with her blog is twofold. For one thing, she wants to eliminate even just some small part of the stigma associated with cutting. She also hopes to achieve some insight and closure related to her own cutting history, both by writing and by reading other people's stories.
Portland Phoenix |
Deirdre Fulton |
07-15-2008 |
Science
How Drugs, Deceit and Disaffection Destroyed Dallas' Most Dynamic Duo in Talk Radionew
Gregg Williams' departure imploded his high-profile, high-income career and aborted his 14-year marriage to Mike Rhyner on the highly rated Hardline. Down to its "Stay Hard" mantra, the wildly popular show was aural sex, eschewing traditional radio formats for guy talk.
Dallas Observer |
Richie Whitt |
07-15-2008 |
Media
'The Dark Knight' Offers More Than an Unbalanced Ledger
The Dark Knight delivers more than a menacing farewell performance.
Salt Lake City Weekly |
Scott Renshaw |
07-14-2008 |
Reviews
Tags: Christopher Nolan, The Dark Knight
Union Leaflets for Shoppers Boycott of 'News-Press' Advertisersnew
The Teamsters, unhappy with the glacial pace of News-Press contract negotiations, are urging advertisers to pull their ads and not only that, they are now handing out leaflets outside businesses, asking shoppers to boycott stores so long as they advertise with the News-Press.
Santa Barbara Independent |
Barney Brantingham |
07-14-2008 |
Media
Tags: media
Thanks to the Firefighters of Gap Firenew
It's time to count our blessings and start saying thanks to all those who've saved our blistered pork-rind butts.
Santa Barbara Independent |
Nick Welsh |
07-14-2008 |
Commentary
The Melvins Bring New Lineup and Materialnew
The quartet's newest offering, Nude with Boots , is the second Melvins album with the new setup, and Buzz Osborne explained that the dynamic with Coady Willis and Jared Warren works not only musically, but personally and professionally as well.
Santa Barbara Independent |
Adrian Castaneda |
07-14-2008 |
Reviews
Federal Homeless Official Tours Santa Barbara Housingnew
Philip Mangano, executive director of the U.S. Interagency Council on Homelessness, is on a multi-city tour of the US touting permanent housing as the solution to homelessness that will relegate it to the dustbin of history.
Santa Barbara Independent |
Martha Sadler |
07-14-2008 |
Housing & Development
The Black Angels and the Warlocks Carry a Distorted Torchnew
The inky pall of their music--so unabashedly Velveteen--burned so hot upon arrival that it tore through the indie music world, leaving a smoldering trail of hype in its path.
Orlando Weekly |
Bao Le-Huu |
07-14-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Who Polices the Orlando Police? They do.new
In April, Fernando Trinidad did something that would get most of us thrown in jail: He pushed a woman down the stairs at a downtown nightclub, injuring her ankle, and then lied to the cops about it. But luckily for Trinidad, he is an Orlando police officer.
Orlando Weekly |
Jeffrey C. Billman |
07-14-2008 |
Crime & Justice
The Parental Party Crashersnew
What happens when the World’s Nosiest Stepmother has a phone number, and access to Facebook and reverse phone directories.
LEO Weekly |
Lindsay Ferrier |
07-14-2008 |
Culture
Does Anyone Know Why Our Gas Prices are So High?new
Greg Brenzel finally left the gas business in October, 35 years after his family opened its first Chevron station in Louisville. It wasn't so much his choice, he says, as Chevron's: The supplier priced Brenzel out of business.
LEO Weekly |
Stephen George |
07-14-2008 |
Economy
Remembering Rev. Louis Colemannew
"I can't think of a time I didn't know Louis Coleman," says Raoul Cunningham, president of the Louisville NAACP. The pair grew up together and while Cunningham says he participated in Louisville's sit-in movement as a teenager in the 1960s, Coleman didn’t join the civil rights movement until later in life.
LEO Weekly |
Phillip M. Bailey |
07-14-2008 |
Civil Liberties
Rising Fuel Prices Finally Catch Up with TARC, Commutersnew
Although TARC ridership has increased by about 6 percent compared with this time last year, the added revenue from fares is not enough to sustain services and routes as they are now.
LEO Weekly |
Jennifer Oladipo |
07-14-2008 |
Transportation
Label X Closes Up Shopnew
Label president Todd Smith is a pretty circumspect cat these days. You would be too if you just pulled the plug on your own company.
LEO Weekly |
Mat Heron |
07-14-2008 |
Music
