AltWeeklies Wire
Questions Over Testing Stall Bartee Executionnew
The night of August 16, 1996, gunshots rang out from David Cook's East Side home shortly before neighbors heard someone take off down the street on Cook's prized red Harley.
San Antonio Current |
Michael Barajas |
03-02-2012 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: Anthony Bartee execution
The Deadliest Place In Mexiconew
Who's killing the people of the Juarez Valley?
The Texas Observer |
Melissa del Bosque |
03-02-2012 |
International
Tags: Ciudad Juarez, Mexico Drug War
Cannabis Bills Hit Calif. Capitolnew
From divorce court to driving dirty, five new bills seek to either increase or the decrease the government's role in your once-private life.
East Bay Express |
David Downs |
03-02-2012 |
Drugs
Tags: Medical Marijuana, SB 1506
Napalm Death: 'Utilitarian'new
Iconic grindcore pioneers Napalm Death's newest foray into the fray takes some brave steps into new musical territories.
San Antonio Current |
James Woodard |
03-02-2012 |
Reviews
Valmont Butte's Got a Dam Problemnew
Suspect actions on the part of the EPA and State of Colorado in their testing and analysis of potential pathways to human exposure from Allied Chemical's Valmont Butte Mill site.
Boulder Weekly |
Joel Dyer and Jefferson Dodge and Elizabeth Miller |
03-02-2012 |
Environment
Kaleidoscope Eyesnew
Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club artist Jann Haworth updates the icon cover with "SLC Pepper" mural illuminating a more diverse array of 21st century pioneers. She also shares some of her favorite songs from the musicians in the mural.
Salt Lake City Weekly |
Austen Diamond |
03-02-2012 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: The Beatles
Tax Fraud Increasing in Digital Agenew
In a digital age, when individuals can file taxes online in just a few clicks, identity theft tax scams are on the rise nationwide. Police believe a pair in Hawthorne, Calif. is operating an identity theft ring.
Easy Reader |
Alene Tchekmedyian |
03-02-2012 |
Economy
Tags: cybercrime, tax fraud
Pushing the Beer Limitnew
Beer lovers in Mississippi are working to change laws that keep craft beer from thriving in the state.
Jackson Free Press |
R.L. Nave |
03-02-2012 |
Food+Drink
Getting 'Jerseylicious' with Jason Isaacsnew
This new drama rivals The Twilight Zone with its reality-bending premise. Detective Michael Britten (Jason Isaacs) wakes up from a family car crash to find that his wife (Laura Allen) has survived and his son (Dylan Minnette) has died.
San Antonio Current |
Dean Robbins |
03-01-2012 |
TV
Tags: Jason Isaacs, Jerseylicious
Mississippi Maestronew
Conductor Crafton Beck says the Mississippi Symphony Orchestra is better than ever.
Jackson Free Press |
Hannah Jones |
03-01-2012 |
Profiles & Interviews
Plaster of the Apenew
A San Diego surfer mom is out to preserve one of the Tijuana border's most iconic plaster curios.
San Diego CityBeat |
Enrique Limon |
03-01-2012 |
Culture
Previewing Furry Weekend Atlantanew
The warm, cuddly truth about sex and furrydom.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Melysa Martinez |
03-01-2012 |
Sex
We Need to Talk About Kevinnew
The bad seed, indeed.
East Bay Express |
Kelly Vance |
02-29-2012 |
Reviews
Placenta Shampoos, BPA, and Monsanto's Genetic Empirenew
We are experimental people. By that, I don't mean we like to tinker. Though tinker we certainly do.
San Antonio Current |
Greg Harman |
02-29-2012 |
Environment
Durham DA Tracey Cline's fate awaits Friday rulingnew
Cline testified: "Even though this has been difficult, I promised to do what was right. And after doing all that I could do, I had to protect the people of Durham County."
