AltWeeklies Wire
Payola on the Cheapnew
Bribing DJs used to be expensive, but now mere trinkets will do the trick.
New Times Broward-Palm Beach |
Brett Sokol |
08-09-2005 |
Music
Finding Garynew
After 21 years, one woman goes to the Bahamas to investigate her husband's mysterious death -- with some overdue help from the government.
New Times Broward-Palm Beach |
Bob Norman |
08-09-2005 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: War on Drugs, Reagan
In the Aftermathnew
After the suicide of Miami politician Arthur Teele, an editor examines the media coverage leading up to his death.
Miami New Times |
Jim Mullin |
08-09-2005 |
Media
Free Bird?new
New DNA evidence may exonerate Luis Diaz, imprisoned for 26 years as the Miami Bird Road Rapist.
Miami New Times |
Jean Carey |
08-09-2005 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: Immigration, Cuban
Rats Take Over a Formerly Spiffy City Parknew
For years, the park was privately owned and maintained. In those halcyon days, the park was clean and peaceful, brimming with strollers and picnickers. No more.
Houston Press |
Todd Spivak |
08-08-2005 |
Environment
Tags: environment
Nine Women Illicitly Ordained as Catholic Clergynew
The women went to international waters off Canada, where they were ordained as priests or deacons by female bishops from Europe.
Monterey County Weekly |
Brett Wilbur |
08-08-2005 |
Religion
Yao Ming: Commie of the Yearnew
Yao won the Model Worker award, given out by the Chinese Communist Party. Seems the Party's definition of "model worker" has been expanded beyond the usual coal miners who meet the Five-Year Plan to include multimillionaires who endorse McDonald's and Visa cards.
Houston Press |
Richard Connelly |
08-08-2005 |
Sports
Tags: sports & fitness
Burning House of Folknew
X’s acoustic alter ego release their first album in two decades.
Boston Phoenix |
Matt Ashare |
08-08-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
Girls Gone Mildnew
Four troubled teenage girls are given a last chance at youth -- and a better chance at surviving adulthood.
Boston Phoenix |
Deirdre Fulton |
08-08-2005 |
Children & Families
Canada Feeds Prince of Pot to Yanksnew
Shockingly, Canadian feds are turning Marc Emery, the Prince of Pot, over to the the U.S. when Canada's own courts won't convict him.
NOW Magazine |
Matt Mernagh |
08-08-2005 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
On Being a Metal Godnew
A trunk full of ticket stubs and autographs; crates of vintage vinyl; nights spent with liquor and strange women in trashed hotel rooms. These are the makings of a VH1 metal expert -- and one writer is overqualified.
Boulder Weekly |
Vince Darcangelo |
08-08-2005 |
Comedy
Tags: humor & satire
Hip-Hop 'Ragazine' Revels in Riling Readersnew
More gossip than reportage, the 'zine BootyCrack claims to bring readers the "official street gospel."
East Bay Express |
Rachel Swan |
08-08-2005 |
Media
Tags: media
Knight Ridder Rides Innew
The unhappy minority owner of The Seattle Times acquires two other Washington state newspapers.
Seattle Weekly |
Chuck Taylor |
08-08-2005 |
Media
Tags: media
Mother to Cross-Examine Her Own Sonnew
It's a courtroom scene that even writers for Law & Order haven't dreamed up: A housewife, on trial for murdering her husband, will question the prosecution's star witness -- her teenage son.
East Bay Express |
Will Harper |
08-08-2005 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
Radical Mental Health Movement Turns Away from Drugsnew
Modern psychiatrists prescribe pills for hundreds of "biological" disorders. But some mental health groups think that community is a better treatment.
East Bay Express |
Stefanie Kalem |
08-08-2005 |
Science
Tags: Health & Science
