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The Color of Firenew

The Austin Fire Department is making yet another attempt at staff diversity – will it do any better this time?

Austin Chronicle | Josh Rosenblatt | 05-18-2011 | Race & Class

Tags: Diversity, Austin Fire Department

Atlanta Must Continue to Invest in Artsnew

Mayor Reed supported $10 million in arts funding last year, so why is the city only granting two percent of that now?

Creative Loafing (Atlanta) | Chris Appleton | 05-18-2011 | Policy Issues

Podcasts You Might Be Missingnew

This week's selections: ‘Wine for Normal People’ & ‘Craft Brew Cast’

LEO Weekly | Mary Welp | 05-18-2011 | Media

Cleveland's Job Machinenew

Global Cleveland wants to put the region to work. Who gets the jobs isn't clear.

Cleveland Scene | John Lasker | 05-18-2011 | Business & Labor

Tags: Baiju Shah, Cleveland Jobs, Global Cleveland

Homicide & Hypenew

The murder of a town eccentric reignites talk of one of Cleveland’s most notorious unsolved crimes.

Cleveland Scene | Kyle Swenson | 05-18-2011 | Crime & Justice

Tags: Amy Mihaljevic

Ideological Clash Threatens Energy Efficiency Programnew

It had been almost nine months since Greensboro signed a contract with the federal government to receive a $5 million grant from the U.S. Department of Energy to provide energy-efficiency upgrades to buildings.

YES! Weekly | Jordan Green | 05-18-2011 | Housing & Development

Tags: Department of Energy, Stimulus

The Burden of Proofnew

For every person exonerated for a crime they didn't commit, there are many like James Legate: questionable cases, bulldozed through a flawed system, with no recourse left. Only a miracle could free him—and his wife is working, and hoping, for no less.

The Texas Observer | Laura Burke | 05-17-2011 | Crime & Justice

Tags: Prisons, James Legate

Nikki Haley Looks Like a "No" on Newt Endorsementnew

South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley has been excitedly interviewing prospective presidential candidates as she looks for the suitor best-positioned to receive her prized endorsement. She even took a call from Trump.

Charleston City Paper | Greg Hambrick | 05-17-2011 | Elections

Tags: Nikki Haley, Elections, Election 2012, Newt Gingrich

The Rise of Redditnew

The surging social news site is ready to take on Twitter, says founding Redditor Alexis Ohanian.

NOW Magazine | Joshua Errett | 05-17-2011 | Tech

Tags: Twitter, Alexis Ohanian, Reddit

Paging Of Montrealnew

What's Weird? chronicles the Athens band's idiosyncratic look.

Creative Loafing (Atlanta) | Chris Hassiotis | 05-16-2011 | Books

Tags: Of Montreal, What's Weird?, David Barnes,

Mermaids, Pirates, and Swords

Having dropped the dead-weight of Orlando Bloom and his guilty-by-association co-star Keira Knightley, the fourth installment of the "Pirates" franchise has finally discovered a way to be coherent.

City Pulse | Cole Smithey | 05-16-2011 | Reviews

Tags: Rob Marshall, Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides

Rise of the Obamabots

It was tempting, when Obama's Democrats swept into office in 2008, to think that the bad old days were coming to an end. I wasn't looking for any favors, just a swing of the political pendulum back to the Clinton years when it was still OK to be a liberal. But I didn't count on the cult of personality around Barack Obama.

Maui Time | Ted Rall | 05-16-2011 | Commentary

Tags: Barack Obama