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Chairman Bryantnew
Will Mississippi elect a radical-right governor?
Jackson Free Press |
Adam Lynch |
08-03-2011 |
Elections
Lawsuit Alleges Harassment And Sleaze At Maui Prosecutors Officenew

Pornographic images downloaded on official county computers. Spurned lovers. Jealous superiors. Inter-office romance gone bad. Demeaning comments about breasts and pregnancy. Falsified attendance reports. Rampant name-calling. This is juicy stuff, but it's not from a cheesy beach novel or even a new Fox reality series.
Maui Time |
Staff |
08-02-2011 |
Crime & Justice
Freedom Rides Againnew

Dylan Watson on the 50th anniversary of the Freedom Riders -- and where they are now
Gambit |
Dylan Watson |
08-02-2011 |
Race & Class
Rupert Murdoch, Peter Gorman's employer, gathers schoolkids' personal infonew

Guess who's trying to help Murdoch get his mitts on schoolkids' information, whether the parents want them to or not? That would be former CMS Superintendent Peter Gorman.
Creative Loafing (Charlotte) |
John Grooms |
08-02-2011 |
Civil Liberties
No Ceiling for Cynicism: NATO Empowered Sex Trafficking Expose Tells All

The illicit sex-trafficking actions of NATO peacekeepers -- both privatized and not -- is the subject of this incendiary film that falls prey to predictable dramatic conventions.
City Pulse |
Cole Smithey |
08-02-2011 |
Reviews
A shot in the dark: How Hazelwood ended up losing a government vaccine centernew

Hazelwood residents thought their neighborhood was about to change for the better. On July 1, however, Hazelwood learned that there would be no project. In a press release, UPMC stated that it was dropping the project because of "differences in strategy and government delays."
Pittsburgh City Paper |
Chris Young |
08-01-2011 |
Science
The Apoca-Listnew

Papaya recalls, drought and political candidates bring world closer to Armageddon.
San Antonio Current |
Staff |
08-01-2011 |
Disasters
Tags: Mitt Romney, Environment, Health, Weapons, Drought, Nuclear War, Rick Scott, Recalls, Republics
Meltdown in Naptownnew

Efforts to respond to the varied and complex consequences of human-influenced climate change may be locked in long-term political quagmire. At the local level, though, the equation is simpler: It's a matter of life and death.
NUVO |
Rebecca Townsend |
08-01-2011 |
Environment
Cults Followingnew

An 'accidental band' can barely keep up with its own success
Tucson Weekly |
Eric Swedlund |
08-01-2011 |
Profiles & Interviews
Welcome to Creative Loafing's new beer columnnew

First Draft with the Wrecking Bar's Bob Sandage
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Austin L. Ray |
08-01-2011 |
Food+Drink
Which house will burn next?new

Investigators looking at a recent series of suspicious house fires have been tight-lipped so far. With five house fires on the peninsula in just over a month, and 57 house fires since 2003, some emerging patterns point to a serial arsonist.
Charleston City Paper |
Paul Bowers |
08-01-2011 |
Policy Issues
How Luna’s sub-par Amounting to Nothing eventually turns the tablesnew

Amounting to Nothing, the first feature written and directed by San Antonio’s Johnny Luna (and starring some of our city’s top comedians) is one of those projects that seem to be always arriving, with endless email updates and a sole, poor “unofficial trailer.”
San Antonio Current |
Enrique Lopetegui |
07-29-2011 |
Reviews
Mega Man Celebrate 8-Bit While Calling it Quitsnew

Here’s something you may not expect from the members of synth-rock video-game cover outfit Mega Man.
San Antonio Current |
Adam Villela Coronado |
07-29-2011 |
Profiles & Interviews
Clyde Edgerton's new novel, The Night Train, is his best in yearsnew

The Night Train is very much about the slow, pained shift in race relations during one important moment, but its 200 pages speak to life, not laws.
Tags: Clyde Edgerton
CD REVIEW: Sorry Bamba's Volume One 1970-1979new
Jazzy funk and soul from a vastly underrated Malian superstar.
Creative Loafing (Charlotte) |
Grant Britt |
07-29-2011 |
Reviews