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Homesteading 2.0new

Take your do-it-yourself skills to the next level.
East Bay Express |
Jesse Hirsch |
03-31-2012 |
Food+Drink
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Louisiana's New Crime Lawsnew

Jeremy Alford on the more than 100 bills filed this year that would create new statewide crime laws
Gambit |
Jeremy Alford |
03-31-2012 |
Crime & Justice
The New Comfort Foodnew

Inside the meaty, fatty, deep-fried center of the East Bay's latest dining upheaval.
East Bay Express |
Ellen Cushing |
03-31-2012 |
Food+Drink
Newsflash: Orlando to Become New State Capital of Florida!new

A first look at Florida's new capitol complex coming to downtown Orlando.
Orlando Weekly |
Dave Plotkin and PJ Tamayo |
03-31-2012 |
Commentary
Eggs-actlynew

A new bill before Congress would ensure accurate labeling practices for commercial and free-range eggs.
North Bay Bohemian |
Alastair Bland |
03-31-2012 |
Health
Reservoir wars?new
Ranchers want water district near planned SDS storage.
Colorado Springs Independent |
Pam Zubeck |
03-31-2012 |
Environment
The Big Gay Wine Trainnew

On any given weekend, dozens of wineries festoon their driveways with gaily colored balloons, hoping to attract curious travelers. So where, pray tell, are the rainbow flags? When native son Mark Vogler returned to manage online business for a wine company, he began to ask that question...
North Bay Bohemian |
James Knight |
03-31-2012 |
Food+Drink
Lessons in gender and government servicenew

Massa was able to join the Indiana Supreme Court because the right doors opened for him and he made the most of his opportunities.
Democratic challenger sets her sights on Tim Scott's seatnew

Assuming Tea Party favorite Tim Scott runs for re-election as Charleston’s U.S. representative in November, he will face a new challenger in the political arena: Bobbie Rose, a Democratic candidate and political novice who filed to run for the position on Tuesday.
Charleston City Paper |
Paul Bowers |
03-31-2012 |
Policy Issues
Colin Quashie's pointed response to the world around himnew

It may be difficult to spot Colin Quashie's second-story studio if you aren't explicitly looking for it. An indistinct C and Q pasted to a glass door are the only clues that something else goes on in this standalone brick-and-concrete building on Upper King Street besides the haircuts that take place in the first-floor barber shop. It doesn't help that the logo gives a better impression of a cloud than a formal set of initials, the puffy and bulbous letters joined together in a cartoonish fashion. So instead, a better sign of what happens on the second story may be in the downstairs shop, where one of Quashie's works hangs on a wall near the wide windows.
Charleston City Paper |
Susan Cohen |
03-31-2012 |
Profiles & Interviews
Slideshow: Trayvon Martin marchnew

An estimated 2,500 protesters gathered in downtown Indy to protest the the slaying of Florida teenager Trayvon Martin.
NUVO |
Brandon Knapp |
03-31-2012 |
Civil Liberties
Nigerian rental scammers hit Charlestonnew

“You can only pass by and see how my house looks like from outside,” the man wrote in response to my inquiry about a downtown apartment, “but you must be careful with the way you patrol, in order to avoid been [sic] harassed by the neighborhood security.” Wait — neighborhood security in the hospital district? And then I came to this sentence, which I read a dozen times and could never quite decipher: “As for me, I think it will be perfect to have the keys/paperwork in hand before going to check our house.”
Charleston City Paper |
Paul Bowers |
03-31-2012 |
Policy Issues
Love For All means Everyonenew

Amendment 1 would discriminate against thousands of people. Meet some of them.
Democratic candidates differ on reasons for opposing Amendment 1new
The five Democrats vying to be the next governor or lieutenant governor are unanimous on one issue: In the May 8 primary, Amendment 1 should be defeated. But they differ on why.
Teens' Hate Spree Punishednew

Jackson, Miss., was center stage for a landmark hate-crimes hearing last week.
Jackson Free Press |
Jacob Fuller and R.L. Nave |
03-31-2012 |
Race & Class