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Dallas Has a Real-Life 'House' in Dr. Richard Buchnew
Some call Dr. Buch a troubled genius. His ex-patients and hospital bosses call him trouble.
Dallas Observer |
Glenna Whitley |
04-14-2008 |
Science
Tags: Health & Science
Meet Washington's DUI Kingnew
A new state law may finally catch up with Bob Castle.
Seattle Weekly |
Rick Anderson |
04-14-2008 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: DUI, crime & justice
Univ. of Colorado's 'Campus Press' Fights for Independencenew
A contentious faculty meeting points to independence for Boulder's student newspaper -- but at what cost?
Down-and-Dirty Developers Want Into Dallas' Inner Citynew
As the city council looks at rezoning, we're wary of the quick-money guys.
Dallas Observer |
Jim Schutze |
04-14-2008 |
Housing & Development
Are Skyscrapers Really Good for the Environment?new
Density is our hope for long-term survival. At least until peak oil. The problem with these sky-scraping symbols of long-term sustainability, according to an energy expert, is "figuring out how to heat the damn things. If we assume the heat source will be oil," Larry Hughes says, "it's very short-sighted, naive to the extreme."
The Coast, Halifax's Weekly |
Chris Benjamin |
04-14-2008 |
Environment
For Some Homeowners, Smaller is Betternew
People who live in very small houses -- 300 to 600 square feet -- can love them dearly and be just as proud as any mansion owner. They might bump into each other now and then; they might think about an addition. But most are not interested in having either more space or more stuff.
Isthmus |
Ann Grauvogl |
04-14-2008 |
Environment
Two Young Filmmakers Document Philly's Crime Epidemicnew
"By the Numbers," a new public service announcement by filmmakers Alec Sutherland and Todd DosSantos and a local organization called the Anti-Violence Partnership, is just a minute long, but it's well worth watching.
Philadelphia Weekly |
Tasneem Paghdiwala |
04-14-2008 |
Crime & Justice
Vermont Bill to Help Children of Incarcerated Parents Moves Forwardnew
Vermont currently has no mandatory training or statewide protocols that address how police deal with children at the time of a parent's arrest. But a new bill, one of four such pieces of pending legislation, would mandate a study of prevailing practices around the state.
Seven Days |
Ken Picard |
04-14-2008 |
Crime & Justice
China's Olympic High-Wire Actnew
If you think pro-Tibet protests in San Francisco were intense, wait till they get to New Delhi and Canberra.
NOW Magazine |
Gwynne Dyer |
04-11-2008 |
International
The Dubious Merits of Being America's Civil Rights Citynew
How many times can a city review a man's life and rededicate itself to his ideals before inviting apathy, hucksterism, and self-indulgence instead of activism? Memphis has become America's racial guilt trip and America's civil rights city. Less would be more. Share the guilt. Atlanta, Detroit, and New York don't have racial histories?
The Memphis Flyer |
John Branston |
04-11-2008 |
Race & Class
Paul House is Free at Lastnew
Saying that the 22-year incarceration of Paul House was the result of an unfair trial, a federal judge this week ordered the state to release the man who DNA evidence and the U.S. Supreme Court say probably didn't do the crime.
Nashville Scene |
Sarah Kelley |
04-11-2008 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
Sexual Assault: Another Byproduct of the Privatization of the Iraq Warnew
For women in Iraq, the terrorist could be the guy working beside you.
Cleveland Scene |
Lisa Rab |
04-11-2008 |
War
Did St. Louis Daily Deliberately Give its New Blog the Same Title as the Competition?new
"The timing certainly seems odd," says Margaret Freivogel, editor of the St. Louis Platform, who notes that the Post-Dispatch accompanied its announcement of The Platform in the editorial pages of its paper with a trademark symbol.
Riverfront Times |
Chad Garrison |
04-11-2008 |
Media
Tags: media
New Mexico Prison Activist Plans New Group for Familiesnew
Tilda Sosaya's new group, Prisoners and Families United, is the successor to the Committee on Prison Accountability, which eventually went under in 2002 amid internal divisions. "I feel that prisoners and their families still need a voice," she says, adding that the "fundamental purpose" of the group will be to organize released prisoners and their families.
Santa Fe Reporter |
David Alire Garcia |
04-11-2008 |
Crime & Justice
General Petraeus: Designated Manure Spreadernew
Pie charts, benchmarks, "phased" redeployment; 30,000 wounded, 5,000 dead.
L.A. Weekly |
Marc Cooper |
04-11-2008 |
War
