AltWeeklies Wire
Jackass Jack McKeonnew
Florida Marlins Manager Jack McKeon has made so many mistakes down the stretch that he personally destroyed any chance that the Marlins would make the playoffs.
New Times Broward-Palm Beach |
Bob Norman |
10-11-2005 |
Sports
Smile for the Devilnew
To create their documentary, two skinheads took a camera to music shows and other events for several years, collecting footage of moshing, fistfights and street crime.
New Times Broward-Palm Beach |
Sam Eifling |
10-11-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: counterculture, Southern Poverty Law Center, antiracist skinheads, Colorblind, Dirty Billy, Dirty South: Street Brutality, Edgar Cayce, Florida white-power hate groups, Huey Newton, Lauderdale Area Skinheads, Number One Diablo; Doorag Dennis, punk rocker, South Florida, spirituality, West Palm Beach
How Cocaine Made Miaminew
By 1980, Miami had become the cocaine capital of the United States. The drug's lasting legacies are evident 25 years later: a thriving international banking industry, an entrenched drug culture and the durable myths of Miami Vice. First in a two-part series
Miami New Times |
Brett Sokol, Rebecca Wakefield, Forrest Norman and Sean Rowe |
10-11-2005 |
Science
Alternative Tentaclesnew
District 11's pro-voucher victors are eyeing two more Colorado Springs school districts.
Colorado Springs Independent |
Michael de Yoanna and Dan Wilcock |
10-10-2005 |
Education
Tags: Education
Submerged: An Evacuee's Journal: Normal
For the poor of New Orleans, suffering trauma was normal -- even before the hurricane. The new New Orleans is called upon to do better for them. Sixth in a multi-part series
Association of Alternative Newsmedia |
Michael Tisserand |
10-10-2005 |
Disasters
Writes and Wrongsnew
In Capote, a murder leads to a masterpiece, which leads to an undoing.
Houston Press |
Robert Wilonsky |
10-10-2005 |
Reviews
Drawing Gets Owner Shut Out of Her Condonew
Since she drew a lemon on her window, Heather Mickelson has been barred from her home in Houston's Tremont Tower.
Houston Press |
Josh Harkinson |
10-10-2005 |
Business & Labor
No Redemption for Former Child Molesternew
A man not allowed to sit in on his child's class because of his past offense has started an organization to work to restore rights to convicted felons who have stayed out of trouble.
Houston Press |
Margaret Downing |
10-10-2005 |
Commentary
Landfill Makes Its Northeast Houston Neighbors Miserablenew
When a Houston landfill announced that it wanted to take its mountain of trash up from 188 feet up to 316 feet, the Northeast Environmental Justice Association filed suit.
Houston Press |
Greg Harman |
10-10-2005 |
Environment
The War Withinnew
At war in Iraq for eleven months, Stephen Sherwood was a "rock-solid" soldier. Back home for nine days, he came undone in a tragic fit of violence, shooting his wife, then turning a gun on himself.
Rocky Mountain Bullhorn |
Joshua Zaffos |
10-10-2005 |
War
Tags: war & peace
How Can You Laugh?new
With their embarrassing confessions, a new breed of authors begs to be humiliated.
East Bay Express |
Anneli Rufus |
10-10-2005 |
Books
London's Burningnew
LaToya London shrugs off an American Idol dis and ascends to full-blown divahood anyway.
East Bay Express |
Rachel Swan |
10-10-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
East Bay Politician Hires Michael Jackson's Private Eyenew
Don Perata, target of a federal public corruption probe, has hired the private investigator who has helped Michael Jackson and other clients suss out grand jury witnesses and dig up dirt to discredit them.
East Bay Express |
Robert Gammon |
10-10-2005 |
Politics
One Power the People Don't Neednew
California's Proposition 80 is a misguided measure that compels a clueless public to vote on complex energy policies far better left to wonks and engineers.
East Bay Express |
Chris Thompson |
10-10-2005 |
Commentary
Cuddle Parties Treat Those in Need of a Hugnew
A phenomenon begun by former Brown University football player Reid Mihalko has adults getting into their pajamas, setting boundaries and spooning with strangers.
East Bay Express |
Stefanie Kalem |
10-10-2005 |
Sex
