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Wounds of War Come Out of Hidingnew
A bill sponsored by Rep. Anthony Verga, D-Gloucester, passed in April authorized a "Hidden Wounds of War Commission," to examine the effects of combat and how the state can better serve its veterans.
Dig Boston |
Jessica Hollier |
07-16-2008 |
War
Smack-down Smack-talk Over Samuel Israelnew
The challenge: Whose papers can do a better job ruining a ruined man?
Dig Boston |
Media Farm |
07-16-2008 |
Media
Tags: media
Want to Reduce Global Warming? Start with Your Platenew
According to the U.S. Department of Agriculture, the American meat industry produces more than 60 million tons of waste annually--five tons for every U.S. citizen and 130 times the volume of human waste.
San Antonio Current |
Jim Motavalli |
07-16-2008 |
Environment
Tags: environment
University Advocates to Oregon: Hands Off Our Millionsnew
As a result of a decades-old formula, students who together pay about $500 million a year in Oregon tuition and fees unknowingly send their money to the state's general fund. There, the interest earned on their tuition isn't automatically returned to the state's higher-education budget.
Willamette Week |
Beth Slovic |
07-16-2008 |
Education
Hialeah Man Wrongly Convicted of Murdernew
An investigation reveals Hialeah homicide detectives rushed to charge Santo Hernandez with murders and didn't pursue leads that might have implicated a different triggerman.
Miami New Times |
Francisco Alvarado |
07-15-2008 |
Crime & Justice
Don't Know What to Get for the Convict on Your List?new
Consult Prison Legal News.
Seattle Weekly |
Rick Anderson |
07-15-2008 |
Crime & Justice
Frank Colacurcio and His Million-Dollar Empire of Fleshnew
Getting accused by the feds of running a high-stakes prostitution racket is just business as usual.
Seattle Weekly |
Rick Anderson |
07-15-2008 |
Crime & Justice
Cutters Write Through the Pain of Self-Harmnew
Kate's goal with her blog is twofold. For one thing, she wants to eliminate even just some small part of the stigma associated with cutting. She also hopes to achieve some insight and closure related to her own cutting history, both by writing and by reading other people's stories.
Portland Phoenix |
Deirdre Fulton |
07-15-2008 |
Science
Union Leaflets for Shoppers Boycott of 'News-Press' Advertisersnew
The Teamsters, unhappy with the glacial pace of News-Press contract negotiations, are urging advertisers to pull their ads and not only that, they are now handing out leaflets outside businesses, asking shoppers to boycott stores so long as they advertise with the News-Press.
Santa Barbara Independent |
Barney Brantingham |
07-14-2008 |
Media
Tags: media
Federal Homeless Official Tours Santa Barbara Housingnew
Philip Mangano, executive director of the U.S. Interagency Council on Homelessness, is on a multi-city tour of the US touting permanent housing as the solution to homelessness that will relegate it to the dustbin of history.
Santa Barbara Independent |
Martha Sadler |
07-14-2008 |
Housing & Development
Who Polices the Orlando Police? They do.new
In April, Fernando Trinidad did something that would get most of us thrown in jail: He pushed a woman down the stairs at a downtown nightclub, injuring her ankle, and then lied to the cops about it. But luckily for Trinidad, he is an Orlando police officer.
Orlando Weekly |
Jeffrey C. Billman |
07-14-2008 |
Crime & Justice
Does Anyone Know Why Our Gas Prices are So High?new
Greg Brenzel finally left the gas business in October, 35 years after his family opened its first Chevron station in Louisville. It wasn't so much his choice, he says, as Chevron's: The supplier priced Brenzel out of business.
LEO Weekly |
Stephen George |
07-14-2008 |
Economy
Remembering Rev. Louis Colemannew
"I can't think of a time I didn't know Louis Coleman," says Raoul Cunningham, president of the Louisville NAACP. The pair grew up together and while Cunningham says he participated in Louisville's sit-in movement as a teenager in the 1960s, Coleman didn’t join the civil rights movement until later in life.
LEO Weekly |
Phillip M. Bailey |
07-14-2008 |
Civil Liberties
Rising Fuel Prices Finally Catch Up with TARC, Commutersnew
Although TARC ridership has increased by about 6 percent compared with this time last year, the added revenue from fares is not enough to sustain services and routes as they are now.
LEO Weekly |
Jennifer Oladipo |
07-14-2008 |
Transportation
Is Temple Downsizing Its Connections to the Black Community?new
Temple University is moving its storied Pan-African Studies Community Education Program (PASCEP)--to a place that's a quarter of the size and features an outdated computer lab, practically no parking and no space for vendors, according to the PASCEP officials.
Philadelphia Weekly |
Ibram Rogers |
07-14-2008 |
Education
