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Mermaids in Greensboro
They move inside the cavernous Greensboro Aquatic Center with feline grace, the US Women’s Synchronized Swimming Team, gliding across the deck like a single organism at the city’s newest swimming pool. Beautiful.
YES! Weekly |
Brian Clarey |
11-23-2011 |
Commentary
Tags: crashing the gate
Thumbs Down: Foul Play Pedophilianew
The Penn State pedophilia debacle is mirrored far and wide, including here in the Hoosier State where the parents of an athlete on a local swim team are suing.
NUVO |
NUVO Editors |
11-23-2011 |
Commentary
Spaz is Snooki's manager? Whaddaya nuts?
How does a reality TV mega-star choose a minor-league baseball team’s mascot to be her personal manager?
Hint: Appearances are not always what they seem.
YES! Weekly |
Ogi Overman |
11-23-2011 |
Commentary
Tags: snooki
Pedophiles and Politicians: who is the greater threat to our children?new
There is never a good time to be dragged into a child sex abuse scandal, but the Citadel's timing could not be worse. Dealing with the fallout from Louis "Skip" Reville's recent arrest would have been difficult enough.
Charleston City Paper |
Will Moredock |
11-23-2011 |
Commentary
School Districts Report Upswing in Homeless Studentsnew
Kristina Martinez is well dressed, articulate, and passionate about her chosen profession. As a newly minted teacher with a certificate in special education from Texas A&M University - San Antonio, she had high hopes for herself and her daughter, now eight years old.
San Antonio Current |
Scott Andrews |
11-23-2011 |
Homelessness
Tags: Homelessness, Homeless Students
The Muppets keeps family entertainment realnew
The Muppets aren't just one-note characters. They're fully realized beings, perfectly able to convey emotions. Even monosyllabic drummer Animal is just a dude looking for some inner peace.
Tags: The Muppets
Rated M for Immaturenew
Time-sucking dragon quests and gargantuan battlefields await the man-boys of 2011.
East Bay Express |
David Downs |
11-23-2011 |
Video Games
10 Economic Distress Indicators
10 Economic Distress Indicators
YES! Weekly |
Jordan Green |
11-23-2011 |
Commentary
Penn Prof Asks: Why Aren't American Cities Burning?new
Income inequality between blacks and whites has been widening since 1973. Segregation is more severe. Since all data reveals that the inequality that motivated riots of the 1960s and early 1970s has only gotten worse, why then, Michael Katz wonders, has no one lit the match?
Philadelphia Weekly |
Tara Murtha |
11-23-2011 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
Police Arrest Occupy Charleston Protestersnew
Jessica Dugan says she lost her voice chanting last night as police arrested at least eight fellow members of the Occupy Charleston protest group in Marion Square. Others have reported as many as 10 arrests overnight. Police have not released an official statement or incident report about the arrests.
Charleston City Paper |
Paul Bowers |
11-23-2011 |
#OCCUPY
Tags: #OCCUPY, Occupy Charleston
The Joy of Fried Gutsnew
What’s the best Cleveland grub you’ve ever had? We asked the experts.
Cleveland Scene |
Douglas Trattner |
11-23-2011 |
Food+Drink
Tags: Cleveland Food
Congress and the One Percentnew
Several members of the California delegation are not among the 99 Percent.
East Bay Express |
Will Evans |
11-23-2011 |
#OCCUPY
Scorsese's Hugo celebrates the joy and art of moviemakingnew
The brilliance of Hugo is that director Martin Scorsese appropriates the en vogue 3-D technology of today's movies to preserve and venerate pioneers of the medium.
Tags: Martin Scorsese, Hugo
The Trotsky Projectnew
What does the old Left from the 1950s have to say to today's Occupy Movement?
Random Lengths News |
Lionel Rolfe |
11-22-2011 |
#OCCUPY
UC Davis Pepper Spray Video: The Accidental Journalistnew
Traditional media watches from sidelines as a UC Davis student’s 'pepper spray' YouTube video becomes the iconic image of police violence against protesters.
Sacramento News & Review |
Nick Miller |
11-22-2011 |
#OCCUPY
