AltWeeklies Wire
Submerged: An Evacuee's Journal: Calculated Risks
Environmental activists in St. Bernard Parish are doing their own tests for contamination after Hurricane Katrina. Eighth in a multi-part series
Association of Alternative Newsmedia |
Michael Tisserand |
10-24-2005 |
Disasters
Tags: Hurricane Katrina, Submerged
War Porn Webmaster Charged With Obscenitynew
Chris Wilson, the Web administrator who reportedly allowed U.S. soldiers to submit pictures of mutilated corpses in exchange for free porn, was arrested in Florida.
East Bay Express |
Chris Thompson |
10-24-2005 |
War
CEO Disappears After Apparent Visa Scamnew
Dozens of Indians paid thousands of dollars to Suman Varanasi, CEO of Zenstra Solutions Inc., in exchange for work visas and software design jobs that never materialized.
Dallas Observer |
Rick Kennedy |
10-24-2005 |
Immigration
Going South to Save Companion Animalsnew
Our president and most media reports say life is improving along Mississippi's Gulf Coast since Katrina struck. They should ask the people who have to live there. An animal rescue mission reveals the human chaos still churning in the hurricane zone.
Tags: FEMA, katrina hurricane
No Deal for the Uninsurednew
Two years ago K.B. Forbes, founder of an advocacy group for the uninsured called Consejo de Latinos Unidos, traveled from his California home to Orlando, where he set about shaming the area's two biggest health care facilities: Florida Hospital and Orlando Regional Medical Center.
Orlando Weekly |
James Carlson |
10-21-2005 |
Science
Tags: Health & Science
What's in a Word?new
On St. Valentine's Day, an amalgamation of religious groups calling itself the Florida Coalition to Protect Marriage announced its campaign to amend Florida's constitution to forever ban gay marriage.
Orlando Weekly |
Jeffrey C. Billman |
10-21-2005 |
LGBT
Tags: gay & lesbian issues
Illinois State Workers Stepped Up to Help After Katrinanew
Floyd Schleyhahn was one of 39 state workers sent to Bogalusa, La., 70 miles north of New Orleans. Schleyhahn came back with a detailed journal, and a
long-distance friendship with a young family that had endured loss after
loss.
Illinois Times |
Bruce Rushton |
10-21-2005 |
Disasters
Indian-Style Hot Pretzels: Bikram Yoganew
Except for the usual, mildly over-reaching claims of curative power that affect all styles of yoga, Bikram and other types might actually understate their benefits.
Boise Weekly |
Dr. Ed Rabin |
10-20-2005 |
Science
Fitness in Ten Thousand Easy Steps: Pedometersnew
A vacuum cleaner or liposuction might have been a more insulting birthday gift than a pedometer, but at least they cost more than 20 bucks.
Boise Weekly |
Dr. Ed Rabin |
10-20-2005 |
Science
The Night Before Pill: Hangover Pillsnew
Hangovers, it seems, are nature's way to find an audience for The Price is Right.
Boise Weekly |
Dr. Ed Rabin |
10-20-2005 |
Science
Tags: alcohol, alternative medicine, Supplements, drinking, Herbal, Chaser, hangovers, Morning After
Get out the Bloat Campaign: Eight Glasses of Water?new
When figuring the total water you have in a day, don't forget to include the amount you chew. For example, a medium apple is about 86 percent water.
Boise Weekly |
Dr. Ed Rabin |
10-20-2005 |
Science
Just Nuke It: Microwave Ovensnew
The first microwave the columnist can remember his family having was among the first ever made. It was probably a walk-in model, and weighed slightly more than both his parents put together.
Boise Weekly |
Dr. Ed Rabin |
10-20-2005 |
Science
Fire One Up: Ear Candles
From its mysterious, ancient roots, ear candling (or coning) probably inspired the very first people on earth to remark: “Your village called; they’re missing their idiot.”
Boise Weekly |
Dr. Ed Rabin |
10-20-2005 |
Science
Popeye’s New Can Isn’t Spinach: Energy Drinks
The only drawback this caffeine-addicted health advice columnist sees to his daily pot of espresso is having to erase all the exclamation points after every first draft.
Boise Weekly |
Dr. Ed Rabin |
10-20-2005 |
Science
Play Hide the Vitamin: Sublingual B12
Contrary to the anti-psychiatric screed on daytime television by a hyperactive movie star and his couch-jumping passion shtick, all mental illness is not caused by vitamin deficiency (Exhibit A: Tom Cruise himself).
Boise Weekly |
Dr. Ed Rabin |
10-20-2005 |
Science
