AltWeeklies Wire
Aurora on the Map for the Wrong Reasonsnew
Aurora has finally made its name. But this is not what it wanted -- or what it deserves.
Westword |
Patricia Calhoun |
07-20-2012 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: Aurora Colorado, Aurora Shooting
Turbulence undergirds offerings by these Texas authorsnew
Never let anyone try to tell you what a Texas writer is supposed to be. Here are three Texans that cover everything from the skin trade to cautionary schoolyard YA fiction.
San Antonio Current |
ROBERTO ONTIVEROS |
07-20-2012 |
Fiction
Microlender Acción Texas steps in when big banks stallnew
More than ever, the big banks are averse to providing loans to the nation’s small businesses — even while data show this to be the nation’s genuine job-producing sector.
San Antonio Current |
Tony Cantú |
07-20-2012 |
Economy
'SSX' proves innovation and adrenaline can go hand in handnew
Sports games are one of the most tired genres of the video games industry.
San Antonio Current |
Grayson Hamilton |
07-20-2012 |
Video Games
San Antonio man sues feds, state to get God out of court (and off the bills), Real ID wrasslin' continues in D.C., New documents show where DPS wanted drones in South Texasnew
David Dornak wants to kick God out of court. Hell, he’d deport Him from the country if he could, for all Judeo-Christian religious belief has done for the county (not to mention the poor and starving of the world, kept poor and starving in part by “well-meaning” self-professed Christians in Congress denying aid for family planning, but don’t get him started).
San Antonio Current |
SA Current News Team |
07-20-2012 |
Commentary
Smif-n-Wessun: Re-Enta da Stagenew
Smif-n-Wessun's Bucktown has undergone significant gentrification over the last decade. And the cultural exchange at work there's important for the advancement of art.
Chicago Newcity |
Dave Cantor |
07-20-2012 |
Profiles & Interviews
Adobe Revival Beckons as Builders Return to the Mudnew
"You know how the good Lord wasn't popular in his hometown? That's kind of the way it is with us." So says Lawrence Jetter from his Southside earth-building compound about the near complete absence of adobe buildings in San Antonio.
San Antonio Current |
Greg Harman |
07-20-2012 |
Art
Casey Anthony: She didn’t do itnew
The co-author of the new book about the Anthony case lays out the story that never got told.
Creative Loafing (Tampa) |
Peter Golenbock |
07-20-2012 |
Crime & Justice
"We Are All Just Crying"new
People continue to gather at Gateway High School, where witnesses were taken after the attack -- among them more and more panicked individuals trying to find out whether friends and loved ones were at the theater.
Westword |
Sam Levin |
07-20-2012 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: Aurora Theater Shooting
News Intern ID'd as Victim in Aurora Theater Shootingnew
One of the victims of the shooting at the Aurora Town Center during a midnight screening of The Dark Knight Rises is Jessica Ghawi, a news intern who tweeted under the name Jessica Redfield.
Westword |
Michael Roberts |
07-20-2012 |
Crime & Justice
Will Litigate for Foodnew
Alumni say Florida Coastal School of Law exaggerated job opportunities, leaving them unable to pay their crippling student debt. Now they want a refund.
Folio Weekly |
Claire Goforth |
07-20-2012 |
Education
NUVO Reporter's Rights Denied at Protestnew
Kelly Lynch thought she was on the brink of a big career break, instead she was singled out and removed from her reporting assignment.
NUVO |
Kelly Lynch |
07-20-2012 |
Civil Liberties
Going Down?new
Shoddy regulation, loose laws allow dangerous elevators to continue operating in San Antonio.
San Antonio Current |
Michael Barajas |
07-20-2012 |
Features
Charlotte's Underworld Hungrily Awaits the DNCnew
Hookers, pimps and drug dealers are ready for the VIPs.
Creative Loafing (Charlotte) |
Christina Wilkie and Ryan Pitkin |
07-19-2012 |
Elections
