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Unifinished Businessnew

Bill Doyle is on a mission to prove that Saudi Arabia bankrolled the 9/11 attacks.
Orlando Weekly |
Jeff Gore |
09-07-2011 |
International
Do Private Prisons Save Money?new

Private-prison detractors have long accused businesses in the incarceration-for-profit game of cutting corners to boost revenue.
San Antonio Current |
Michael Barajas |
09-07-2011 |
Policy Issues
Tags: Prisons
Amazon's Gambitnew
The online giant is hoping that its offer to create 7,000 jobs in California will convince legislators to delay the state's new sales tax law until 2014.
East Bay Express |
Robert Gammon |
09-07-2011 |
Business & Labor
Tags: Sales Tax, Amazon.com
Undocumented Latinos 'Come Out'new

Erick Velazquillo, 22, is Charlotte's defacto face of the DREAM Act. He and others live in fear and embarrassment, wondering if today will be the day they'll be picked up and deported to a homeland they never really knew.
Creative Loafing (Charlotte) |
Rhiannon Fionn |
09-07-2011 |
Immigration
Gotham's Crusadersnew

The Shomrim patrols Brooklyn's Jewish neighborhoods with taxpayer money.
The Village Voice |
Nick Pinto |
09-07-2011 |
Crime & Justice
Take The Mistress of the Dark Home With Younew

The 1988 trainwreck classic, Elvira: Mistress of the Dark is now available in convenient to-go packaging.
Boise Weekly |
Kat Thornton |
09-07-2011 |
Reviews
A Decade After 9/11, Our Government Continues to Make Things Worsenew

A primary tenet of conservatism is that government action or inaction affects human behavior. If taxes are raised, the economy worsens. If taxes are lowered, the economy improves. If guns are prohibited, crime rates rise. If gun ownership is legal, crime lessens.
Charleston City Paper |
Jack Hunter |
09-07-2011 |
Commentary
The Man Who Fell to Earthnew

The wonderment threshold has been raised considerably since the days when Nicolas Roeg and his leading man David Bowie were pop-culture sensations. And so it's an opportune time to revisit Roeg's misunderstood sci-fi idyll, The Man Who Fell to Earth, especially in light of a new "director's cut," which restores some twenty minutes of the filmmaker's intentions.
East Bay Express |
Kelly Vance |
09-07-2011 |
Reviews
Tailgate Like a Clevelandernew

A parking lot primer for Dawg day afternoons.
Cleveland Scene |
Peter Chakerian |
09-07-2011 |
Sports
Tags: Beer, Cleveland Browns
Washington's Screwed-Up Sex-Offender Registrynew

How leaving cops to sort out who's dangerous can change lives in an instant.
Seattle Weekly |
Jonathan Kaminsky |
09-07-2011 |
Crime & Justice
The Lentil: A Beloved Legumenew

Folks flock to Palouse festival to laud lentils.
Boise Weekly |
Guy Hand |
09-07-2011 |
Food+Drink
What Can We Learn From the 9/11 Anniversary?new

Ten years later, a TV terrorpalooza rings hollow.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Andisheh Nouraee |
09-07-2011 |
Commentary
Wu-Tang Stylenew

Are Lady Wu-Tang hip-hop’s first true cover group?
Boulder Weekly |
Quibian Salazar-Moreno |
09-06-2011 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Lady Wu-Tang
SOS from Avondalenew

Avondale Shipyard is scheduled to close in 2013, but a campaign to save the multi-billion-dollar business is calling on the faithful for help.
Gambit |
Alex Woodward |
09-06-2011 |
Business & Labor
Tags: Avondale Shipyard