AltWeeklies Wire
Runaways of a Certain Age Stuck in Catch-16new
For all the resources available to troubled teens, the safety net has huge holes when it comes to helping kids in their mid teens whose behavior isn't too extreme.
Westword |
Alan Prendergast |
12-14-2005 |
Children & Families
The Waterboysnew
The four-piece crew's talent for crafting fiery bricolage has not gone unnoticed, and influential music blogs have gushed over the three songs on the group's self-titled EP.
SF Weekly |
Garrett Kamps |
12-14-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
Legal Complications on Steroidsnew
If Lance Armstrong were found to have been on drugs, and his San Francisco handlers knew it, sponsors could demand their money back, and perhaps change sports in the United States forever.
The Passon of the Bononew
U2's frontman challenges Jesus for the title "King of Kings."
Cleveland Scene |
Michael Alan Goldberg |
12-14-2005 |
Comedy
On Pills and Needlesnew
The Drug Enforcement Administration, which is cracking down on abuse of painkillers, has accused an Ohio doctor of blazing a trail of death, addiction and fraud.
Cleveland Scene |
Josh Mound |
12-14-2005 |
Science
The Village Voice's Favorite 25 Books of 2005new
The top books of the year cover subjects from teen sex diseases and Aztec slaughterhouses to Kiss riffs and juvenile tambourinists.
The Village Voice |
Staff Writers |
12-14-2005 |
Books
A Racketeer Goes Out With a Bangnew
Thomas Venezia, found dead in July, had built a St. Louis area gambling and strip-club empire that federal prosecutors later valued at $48 million. Second of two parts
Riverfront Times |
Malcolm Gay |
12-13-2005 |
Crime & Justice
Good Night, and Good Godnew
Some Kansas lawmakers have called for hearings to root out anti-Christian bias at the University of Kansas. Here's how such hearings might sound.
Double Trouble in Court for Lookalike Cousinsnew
After two people got shot outside a Missouri nightclub, Jack Haley was sent away for a long time. But he says his only crime was looking too much like the real shooter.
The Pitch |
Bryan Noonan |
12-13-2005 |
Crime & Justice
Toy Glorynew
Be the cool aunt or the deranged uncle this holiday season. Let the other folk in your family buy the iDog or the RoboRaptor. You're going to get gifts the kids will actually remember -- for better or worse.
Boston Phoenix |
Bill Jensen |
12-13-2005 |
Shopping
Tags: giftguide2005
Inspect a Gadgetnew
Each year, the mainstream media proclaims the holiday season "The Year of the Gadget." As the mainstream media's b.s. detector, we are here to tell you that this is the first bona fide Year of the Gadget.
Boston Phoenix |
Ryan Stewart |
12-13-2005 |
Shopping
Tags: giftguide2005
The Better To Givenew
These are not typical gift books. These are books for the rest of us -- books we would actually buy for ourselves, and our loved ones, be they geek or hipster, intellectual or meathead.
Boston Phoenix |
Boston Phoenix staff |
12-13-2005 |
Fiction
Receiver to Look Into Controversial School Board's Financesnew
Fundamentalist Mormons have lost control of the Colorado City Unified School District in Arizona and Utah.
Phoenix New Times |
John Dougherty |
12-13-2005 |
Education
Car Talknew
Like many another Jewish writer before him, Rafi Zabor sees family as an epic subject. But a more apt comparison than Saul Bellow is jazz. Zabor writes and riffs -- each tonal shift leading to another alliterative romp.
Boston Phoenix |
John Freeman |
12-13-2005 |
Nonfiction
Tags: I, Wabenzi: A Souvenir, Rafi Zabor
"The Perfect Drug"new
AltWeeklies Award - Drugs Reporting
Phoenix New Times |
Sarah Fenske |
12-13-2005 |
Media
