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Exotic Theoriesnew
After Zanesville, an Oklahoma advocate cries conspiracy.
Cleveland Scene |
Vince Grzegorek |
06-21-2012 |
Animal Issues
Swim Goodnew
Rodney King was found dead Sunday at the bottom of the swimming pool he'd built himself inlaid with tiles with two dates. The first date was March 3, 1991, when LAPD officers hailed nine skull fractures, a broken leg and a dislocated eye socket upon him.
Cincinnati CityBeat |
Kathy Y. Wilson |
06-21-2012 |
Race & Class
Preppers Ready For When The Shit Hits The Fannew
Preppers ready themselves for an uncertain future.
Houston Press |
Brittanie Shey and John Nova Lomax |
06-21-2012 |
Disasters
Turning Pot Into Medicinenew
Marijuana strains that provide medicinal relief without getting you stoned are rising in popularity, thanks to the groundbreaking work of cannabis testing labs.
East Bay Express |
David Downs |
06-20-2012 |
Drugs
The World’s Most Expensive Male Prostitutenew
Loved by aristocrats and immortalized in literature, Denham Fouts remains virtually unknown in his own hometown.
Folio Weekly |
Richard Wall |
06-20-2012 |
Features
Teen's Letter About Life in a Violent City is Hand-Delivered to President Obamanew
Four people in 18-year-old Edgar Pagan's life have been been killed on the streets of Philly. Last week, he wrote a letter about the city's violence & failing schools that was hand-delivered to President Obama asking for help.
Philadelphia Weekly |
Tara Murtha and Edgar Pagan |
06-20-2012 |
Education
Indiana unemployment steady despite lagging economynew
The Indiana Department of Workforce Development revealed that 7,700 private sector jobs were created in May and the unemployment rate remained at 7.9 percent.
Rally Protests Contraceptive Rulenew
American and Christian flags stood on equal footing in front of the U.S. Courthouse in Jackson, Miss., as about 60 people gathered to protest a rule that requires health-insurance plans to cover contraceptives.
Jackson Free Press |
Elizabeth Waibel |
06-19-2012 |
The War on Women
Retired FBI agent: Kalvin Michael Smith deserves new trial
The latest chapter in the ongoing saga surrounding the brutal 1995 beating a store clerk has culminated with a respected retired FBI assistant director calling for a new trial for Kalvin Michael Smith, the man convicted of the crime almost 15 years ago.
YES! Weekly |
Jordan Green |
06-19-2012 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: Jill Marker, Kalvin Michael Smith
San Antonio's high dropout rates at the root of city's 'brain drain'new
Recent weeks have seen increasing talk from local leaders about education and San Antonio's economic future.
San Antonio Current |
Heywood Sanders |
06-19-2012 |
Education
The Gay It Forward Couponnew
Discount service unifies LGBT and business communities.
Creative Loafing (Charlotte) |
Laura Camilo |
06-19-2012 |
LGBT
Building On the Public's Dimenew
It seems like every time certain private investors come up short on their grand development ideas, they want to beg, borrow or steal, money from the public purse with the best of intentions.
Random Lengths News |
James Preston Allen |
06-18-2012 |
Housing & Development
Affordable Housing Out Of Reach For Most Rentersnew
If you’re working a minimum wage job in America, where can you afford to live? Other than your parents’ basement, the answer is simple: Nowhere. That’s according to “Out of Reach 2012,” the National Low Income Housing Coalition’s most recent version of its annual report.
Random Lengths News |
Paul Rosenberg |
06-18-2012 |
Homelessness
The rise and fall and rise of the creative class
Richard Florida's 2002 book The Rise of the Creative Class was hailed as the salvation for struggling cities, a brilliant new approach to sociological and cultural changes, a paradigm for economic development, and a way to attract the best and brightest to a metro area.
YES! Weekly |
Ogi Overman |
06-18-2012 |
Features
