AltWeeklies Wire
Sending Troubled Soldiers Back into Battle: A Recipe for Suicide?new
More than 717,000 soldiers have deployed at least twice to the war zones in Iraq and Afghanistan. Some, like John Fish, have been ordered deployed for a second tour even after telling military doctors they're thinking about committing suicide.
San Luis Obispo New Times |
Aaron Glantz |
02-23-2009 |
War
Is Poker Illegal in Pennsylvania? It Dependsnew
According to a couple of recent court rulings, it may depend on where you play and what the appellate court eventually decides.
Pittsburgh City Paper |
Charlie Deitch |
02-20-2009 |
Policy Issues
Tags: Pennsylvania, politics, gambling, poker, government, Act 71, legality, poker players alliance, PPA, precedence
A Southwest Missouri Hamlet is Leading the Latest Fight to Legalize Medical Marijuananew
Cliff Village has become the second Missouri city to legalize marijuana for medical use. But with a population in the double-digits and a local sheriff who vows to lock up any pot smoker he can find, the town's 30-year-old mayor, Joe Blundell, concedes that the move is "symbolism, pure and simple."
Riverfront Times |
Keegan Hamilton |
02-20-2009 |
Drugs
A Month of Terror with Nashville's Most Brazen Stick-Up Crewnew
Pam Carpenter can't sleep at night with three suspects still at large.
Nashville Scene |
Caleb Hannan |
02-20-2009 |
Crime & Justice
Enslaved in Suburbia: Two Women, Two Fractured American Dreamsnew
Inside the world of trafficked indentured servants and the visa violators who care for our old.
L.A. Weekly |
Gendy Alimurung |
02-20-2009 |
Business & Labor
Is There a Cancer Cluster at UC San Diego?new
An elevator in literature building is cited as a potential cause; faculty wants more action from administration.
San Diego CityBeat |
Amanda Ripley |
02-20-2009 |
Science
'Christian Activist' Targets Prof, Police Investigatenew
Calgary police are investigating a self-described "Christian activist" who's been distributing flyers showing a local university professor's face superimposed on a graphic sexual photo.
Fast Forward Weekly |
Jeremy Klaszus |
02-19-2009 |
Civil Liberties
One Man's Unlikely Quest to Transform the Vegas Stripnew
Architect Nir Buras' vision for remaking Vegas' most famous street is both breathtakingly audacious and yet at the same time rudimentary.
Las Vegas Weekly |
T.R. Witcher |
02-19-2009 |
Housing & Development
Years Before Sammy Davis, Josephine Baker Was Desegregating Vegas Casinosnew
It seems almost like a fairy tale in which a lone black woman—before the civil rights movement, before the integrated Rat Pack appeared on the Strip, even before the Voting Rights Act—stood against the powers that were in Vegas in 1952 and won.
Las Vegas Weekly |
Richard Abowitz |
02-19-2009 |
Race & Class
Bush's Calgary Speech 'Closed to the Media'new
Former U.S. president George W. Bush won't have to worry about dodging journalists' shoes when he speaks in Calgary March 17, as reporters won't be allowed in the same room as the unpopular Texan.
Fast Forward Weekly |
Jeremy Klaszus |
02-19-2009 |
Media
Be a Hero on Your Own Timenew
“Victim's heroics rouse judge,” read a headline in the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette, but Nigel Haskett's heroics apparently didn't rouse his employer, McDonald's. The hamburger kingpin has denied Haskett's claim for workers compensation benefits.
Arkansas Times |
Doug Smith |
02-19-2009 |
Crime & Justice
Obama Gets it Wrong on Afghanistan
The president's recent interview with Canada's CBC television network demonstrates that he doesn't know much about Afghanistan. But that isn't stopping him from talking about it -- even while he escalates America's war there.
Tasered Bicyclist Beats Resisting Arrest Chargenew
One night last June, police stopped Phil Sano for not having a bike light. Sano flailed his arms at the cops and wound up on the ground, Tasered multiple times and cited for resisting arrest. Sano was vindicated when a jury cleared Sano of the charge.
The Portland Mercury |
Sarah Mirk |
02-19-2009 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: law enforcement, Phil Sano
Nation’s Richest Winemaker Builds County’s Biggest Solar Systemnew
Sunshine has been turning grapes into raisins for thousands of years. Now, it’s turning them into wine.
Monterey County Weekly |
Kera Abraham |
02-19-2009 |
Business & Labor
Tags: solar energy, Constellation Wines
Endangered Birds Versus Green Energy in the Salinas Valleynew
The owner of a Monterey County winery would have been required to hire an ornithologist for three years to monitor bird deaths from his proposed wind turbines.
Monterey County Weekly |
Zachary Stahl |
02-19-2009 |
Environment
