AltWeeklies Wire
Xanga.com Cuts to the Heart of High School Darknessnew
Xanga.com software has become the blogging system of choice for the underage. On hyperpersonalized Web pages, teens obsess about suicide and sex and take the opportunity to harass each other.
Blue Cross Sues Over 'Rent-a-Patient' Scamnew
The Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association is suing nine California clinics and 21 doctors it accuses of performing unnecessary surgery on patients who were paid to participate in the scam.
Phoenix New Times |
Paul Rubin |
04-08-2005 |
Science
Cold Case: Tulsa Race Riot Survivors Closer to Reparationsnew
A chilling tale of Tulsa race riots reaches all the way to Pittsburgh, and the U.S. Supreme Court. It may very well change the way the country approaches race relations
Pittsburgh City Paper |
Brentin Mock |
04-08-2005 |
Race & Class
Lights, Camera ... Not So Much Actionnew
The North Carolina movie industry, once touted as the next big thing for the Tar Heel state, is dwindling. North Carolina is losing out to other states offering financial incentives, and to foreign markets.
Mountain Xpress |
Lisa Watters |
04-07-2005 |
Business & Labor
Georgia Pharmacists Can Refuse to Fill Birth Control Prescriptionsnew
Georgia pharmacists can refuse to fill morning-after and birth control prescriptions if such medication violates their personal or religious beliefs. What's more, in the next legislative session there could be a warmer reception for a bill backing a pharmacist's right to refuse morning-after pills.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Alyssa Abkowitz |
04-07-2005 |
Science
Tags: morning-after, pill
Emory Professor Keeps Fighting Holocaust Deniernew
April 11 will mark the fifth anniversary of Deborah Lipstadt's resounding victory in a British courtroom against Holocaust denier David Irving.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Steve Fennessy |
04-07-2005 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
"Size Matters," "Hold the Spice," and "Finished in an Unfinished Sort of Way"new
AltWeeklies Award - News Story (1500 words or less)
Master of Whose Domain?new
Host of a political show on a community radio station falls prey to copyright hysteria -- without ever violating the law.
Survival of the Fittest Beliefsnew
"Intelligent Design" takes the place of the defeated creationism in the latest rematch in the heavyweight culture war.
Monitoring the Messagenew
The Minutemen pull media strings in Southern Arizona.
Tucson Weekly |
Tim Vanderpool |
04-06-2005 |
Immigration
U.S. Troops Act As Dancing Ambassadors to Kurdistannew
Idaho National Guard members stationed in autonomous Kurdistan spend most days training the nascent Iraqi Army. Between training, they play ambassador to an adoring nation.
Boise Weekly |
David Axe |
04-06-2005 |
International
Tags: international
Fighting Stop-Lossnew
A lawsuit challenges the government's right to extend soldier's service.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Camille T. Taiara |
04-06-2005 |
War
Celling Outnew
The directors of California's stem cell research program - in charge of allocating $3 billion in state funds - have direct ties to the biotech firms that stand to gain.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Tali Woodward |
04-06-2005 |
Science
The O'Hannity Factornew
Why has the Terri Schiavo case received more media saturation coverage than any other right-to-die case? The answer appears to lie in the efforts of Fox News and the Bush family and the pack tendencies of the media at large.
City Pages (Twin Cities) |
Steve Perry |
04-06-2005 |
Media
Tags: media
Human Waste Profiteers Nauseate Neighborsnew
People who live near from Synagro, a Texas company that sells sludge to farmers and golf courses, complain that the stench is so thick it's made them ill.
Houston Press |
Josh Harkinson |
04-06-2005 |
Environment
