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There Were Nine Days Leftnew
Storming New York with Harold Camping's Rapture warriors.
Boston Phoenix |
Chris Faraone |
05-19-2011 |
Religion
No Second Chancesnew
Once you have a felony on your record, it can be near impossible to move up in the world.
Chico News & Review |
Christine G.K. LaPado |
05-19-2011 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: Felony, Criminal Record
The End is Near!new
The Rapture is supposed to happen May 21, 2011--according to one guy and his believers. Others say he's, well, misguided.
Chico News & Review |
Jerry Olenyn |
05-19-2011 |
Religion
May 21: A Bad Rapturenew
Marie Exley-Sheahan, one not-really-local believer, preps for a big weekend.
Colorado Springs Independent |
Chet Hardin |
05-19-2011 |
Religion
The Border's Revolving Doornew
The indictment issued involving the murder of Agent Brian Terry raises as many questions as it answers.
Tucson Weekly |
Leo W. Banks |
05-18-2011 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: Border Patrol, Brian Terry
The Anti-Rapturenew
Oakland atheists brace for Judgment Day.
East Bay Express |
Rachel Swan |
05-18-2011 |
Religion
The Color of Firenew
The Austin Fire Department is making yet another attempt at staff diversity – will it do any better this time?
Austin Chronicle |
Josh Rosenblatt |
05-18-2011 |
Race & Class
Tags: Diversity, Austin Fire Department
Atlanta Must Continue to Invest in Artsnew
Mayor Reed supported $10 million in arts funding last year, so why is the city only granting two percent of that now?
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Chris Appleton |
05-18-2011 |
Policy Issues
Cleveland's Job Machinenew
Global Cleveland wants to put the region to work. Who gets the jobs isn't clear.
Cleveland Scene |
John Lasker |
05-18-2011 |
Business & Labor
Homicide & Hypenew
The murder of a town eccentric reignites talk of one of Cleveland’s most notorious unsolved crimes.
Cleveland Scene |
Kyle Swenson |
05-18-2011 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: Amy Mihaljevic
Ideological Clash Threatens Energy Efficiency Programnew
It had been almost nine months since Greensboro signed a contract with the federal government to receive a $5 million grant from the U.S. Department of Energy to provide energy-efficiency upgrades to buildings.
YES! Weekly |
Jordan Green |
05-18-2011 |
Housing & Development
Tags: Department of Energy, Stimulus
The Burden of Proofnew
For every person exonerated for a crime they didn't commit, there are many like James Legate: questionable cases, bulldozed through a flawed system, with no recourse left. Only a miracle could free him—and his wife is working, and hoping, for no less.
The Texas Observer |
Laura Burke |
05-17-2011 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: Prisons, James Legate
Abject Professorsnew
With low pay and even lower collegiate expectations, part-time instructors face a full-time problem.
Las Vegas CityLife |
Gigi Generaux |
05-16-2011 |
Education
To Serve, to Protect and...to Stealnew
If TSA workers steal from the people they are supposed to be protecting, how can they be trusted to keep the nation safe from terrorism?
New York Press |
Spencer Wilking |
05-13-2011 |
Crime & Justice
Battle Over Biomassnew
Angry loggers, protesters locking themselves to cars and belligerent law enforcement bring to mind the face-offs between loggers and activists during the logging wars of the Northwest in the 1990s. But these days, with only a few exceptions, it’s energy and climate change, not old growth, that are causing the clashes between corporations and ecowarriers.
Eugene Weekly |
Camilla Mortensen |
05-13-2011 |
Environment
