AltWeeklies Wire
Rock Ethicnew
Local 33's debut CD is a reminder of all that is pure, simple and honest about country and rock, a pep talk for anyone who's ever stared down misery, mortality and the void of the open road and lived to tell the tale.
Westword |
Jason Heller |
04-12-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
Vail Hits Back When an Injured Skier Suesnew
Those who buy season passes to Colorado ski resorts may not realize they've signed a waiver that essentially holds the resorts harmless for any accident, whether the law says they are at fault or not.
Westword |
Eric Dexheimer |
04-12-2005 |
Recreation
The Air Force's Bad Case of Subpoena Envynew
A therapist is fighting a subpoena demanding confidential treatment records of an Air Force Academy cadet who says she was raped.
Westword |
Patricia Calhoun |
04-12-2005 |
Commentary
Seen But Not Heardnew
By standing in opposition to modernity, the pope made himself an irrelevant--if beloved--figure in the West.
Boston Phoenix |
Dan Kennedy |
04-12-2005 |
Religion
How a Rancher Got a Sweetheart Dealnew
Attorneys working under Solicitor William G. Myers III at the Department of the Interior agreed to a settlement that heavily favored a Wyoming rancher at the expense of their "client," the Bureau of Land Management. The repercussions continue.
Westword |
Alan Prendergast |
04-12-2005 |
Environment
Dumb As a Potted Plantnew
California legislator Mark Leno aligned himself with potheads by introducing a bill that would create special agricultural licenses allowing farmers to grow industrial hemp.
SF Weekly |
Matt Smith |
04-12-2005 |
Commentary
A Visit With a Prospective Popenew
Oscar Andres Rodriguez Maradiaga, the first cardinal to hail from Honduras, would make a very good pope -- at least in the secular, political sense.
SF Weekly |
John Mecklin |
04-12-2005 |
Commentary
The Fight Over California's Pension Fundnew
Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger battles with the Democrats for control of an investment portfolio that exerts more global financial influence than the entire economies of many sovereign nations.
Probing the Private Records of an Attorney Generalnew
The Pitch would like to know the last time Phill Kline went to the doctor and what for. But it lacks the power of the Kansas Attorney General, who subpoenaed 90 women's records from two abortion clinics.
The Pitch |
C.J. Janovy |
04-12-2005 |
Commentary
Tags: Privacy, women's issues
Dreaming in Green, the Young Become Drug Lords
Some North Idaho twentysomethings describe how they got caught up in the Pacific Northwest’s largest cash crop — B.C. Bud.
The Inlander |
Kevin Taylor |
04-11-2005 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
Polygamy's Money Train Should Be Derailednew
The Arizona Legislature has a rare opportunity to strike a blow to a fundamentalist Mormon cult by seizing control of its communities' school district.
Phoenix New Times |
John Dougherty |
04-11-2005 |
Commentary
Hip-Hop Studio King Gets Into Bodybuildingnew
One of the most innovative and influential record producers of the last decade, Tim Mosely (known as Timbaland) set out to drop 100 pounds and get buck.
Miami New Times |
Mosi Reeves |
04-11-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
Facing the Musicnew
After seven years of touring the world as indie-rock royalty in Guided by Voices, virtuoso guitarist and songwriter Doug Gillard is back on his own.
Cleveland Scene |
Jason Bracelin |
04-11-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
T.I. and Lil' Flip Rumble in Houstonnew
One of the great rap feuds of recent years came to a head at a joint in Houston.
Houston Press |
John Nova Lomax |
04-11-2005 |
Music
Tags: rappers, Various Rap Artists
Pacemaker Company Targets Mood Disordersnew
Cyberonics, which has implanted its pacemaker in thousands of epileptics, wants to expand to the depression market. Still needed: an accounting of those who died or were injured after receiving its implant.
Houston Press |
Craig Malisow |
04-11-2005 |
Science
