AltWeeklies Wire
Current Dangernew
Montana's Blackfoot River -- of A River Runs Through It fame -- is threatened by the crumbling Mike Horse dam. Again.
Missoula Independent |
John S. Adams |
06-03-2005 |
Environment
Tags: environment
Blind Eye on Suicide Watchnew
With three inmate suicides in two months, Ravalli County Sheriff Chris Hoffman is under fire. He swears his department had no idea of the suicide risk. Documents suggest otherwise.
Missoula Independent |
Jessie McQuillan |
06-03-2005 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
Student of Concernnew
Will we be more secure -- or just less competitive -- if the government forces hundreds of thousands of international science students to get export licenses simply to look through a microscope?
SF Weekly |
Cristi Hegranes |
06-02-2005 |
International
Mountain Families Clash With Environmentalistsnew
It's a conflict where both sides are right, each in their own way, and no one is a villain -- except the federal government, but that goes without saying.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
John Sugg |
06-02-2005 |
Environment
Tags: environment
The Divine Mysterynew
The sick and desperate crave Issam Nemeh's touch. And they don't ask any questions.
Cleveland Scene |
Rebecca Meiser |
06-02-2005 |
Science
The New York Times Goes Slummingnew
"Class Matters" -- the New York Times’ epic inquiry into the widening economic divisions of the new millennium -- appears to be a well-intentioned effort to reckon with a serious social condition. However, the New York Times is in no position to deliver.
Boston Phoenix |
Chris Lehmann |
06-02-2005 |
Media
Tags: media
Real Estate: Bubbly or Frothy?new
Economic signs indicate that rising house prices can't go on much longer. Is Alan Greenspan finally ready to admit that the housing market is clinically insane?
City Pages (Twin Cities) |
Michael Tortorello |
06-02-2005 |
Policy Issues
Tags: public policy issues
Catastrophe in Carenew
Hospitals are being crippled by the costs of treating migrants -- and that could be just the start of an immigrant-related health crisis.
Tucson Weekly |
Leo W. Banks |
06-02-2005 |
Immigration
Tags: illegal, immigrants
Getting Served Something Off the Menunew
Before Wendy's got the finger, fast-food customer Jim Gajdos got a urinal cake.
Salt Lake City Weekly |
Shane Johnson |
06-02-2005 |
Business & Labor
Tags: business & labor
Rancher Turns the Tables on Environmentalistsnew
The Center for Biological Diversity tried to make Jim Chilton a bad guy. He sued -- a switch, given that the Center is normally the one filing the lawsuits -- and won one of the biggest punitive damage awards Arizona is likely to see this year.
Phoenix New Times |
Sarah Fenske |
06-02-2005 |
Environment
Tags: environment
Texas Pro-Lifers Hope State Won't Back Stem Cell Researchnew
By many accounts, Dr. Yong J. Geng's stem cell treatment is one of the biggest medical breakthroughs of the decade. But his cutting-edge research might be shut down and shipped out of Texas.
Dallas Observer |
Josh Harkinson |
06-02-2005 |
Science
Tags: Health & Science
Some Seek Overhaul of Sex Offender Registrynew
Former fans of lifetime registration have changed face due to cases like that of Frank Rodriguez. He faces a lifetime on Texas' sex offender registry for having sex with a 16-year-old -- who is now his wife.
Dallas Observer |
Paul Kix |
06-02-2005 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
Rice-a-ruckusnew
Protesters give Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice a San Francisco treat during her speech at the Commonwealth Club.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Steve T. Jones |
06-01-2005 |
International
Tags: international
The Blue Line Bulks Upnew
You'd have to have been blind and deaf over the past year to miss what is clearly an epidemic of anabolic steroid use among a certain elite segment of this country's population. That group, of course, is cops.
Tags: Health & Science
Air Force Prosecutions Illustrate Confusion over Steroid Lawsnew
Last summer, the U.S. Air Force Academy announced with great fanfare that it was charging five of its cadets with either possessing or selling steroids. Prosecutors learned just how tricky steroid cases can be.
Tags: Health & Science
