AltWeeklies Wire
Rally CAPnew
Pennsylvania governor, advocates looking for support to get healthcare plan into the hands of the uninsured.
Pittsburgh City Paper |
Chris Young |
03-17-2008 |
Science
Tags: Health & Science
Art of the Dealnew
There's big money in studying art ... if you own the school.
Pittsburgh City Paper |
Charlie Deitch |
03-17-2008 |
Education
Tags: Education
California Prosecutors Asked Crime Lab to Doctor DNA Resultsnew
In a controversial robbery case that sent an innocent 20-year-old California man to prison in 2005, prosecutors told a forensic specialist in a sheriff's crime lab to claim falsely that the man's DNA had been found at the crime scene.
OC Weekly |
R. Scott Moxley |
03-14-2008 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
Behind the Bars in Tennesseenew
Wilson County Sheriff Terry Ashe is at the center of human rights abuses at his facility -- but he doesn't see it that way.
Nashville Scene |
P.J. Tobia |
03-14-2008 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
How Progressive Insurance Lost What Made it Progressivenew
The Cleveland region doesn't have many Fortune 500 companies left. If Progressive stumbles, where does that leave us?
Cleveland Scene |
Lisa Rab |
03-14-2008 |
Business & Labor
Tags: business & labor
PATH trail blockednew
Judge stops work in DeKalb after neighbors complain.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Thomas Wheatley |
03-14-2008 |
Housing & Development
Tags: housing & development
The Long Reach of Brian Nicholsnew
And Georgia's deepening death-penalty crisis.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Scott Freeman |
03-14-2008 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
The Clock is Ticking on Great Lakes Cleanupnew
John Austin of the Brookings Institution says that if the government spends $26 billion cleaning up the Great Lakes, the economic benefit to America will be $80 to $100 billion. Will the next president step up?
Artvoice |
Bruce Fisher |
03-14-2008 |
Environment
Roger Payne: A Whale of an Activistnew
A Vermont conservationist helped Americans hear songs from the deep.
Seven Days |
Kirk Kardashian |
03-14-2008 |
Animal Issues
Tags: animal issues
Fowl Playnew
Urban Vermonters raise city cluckers.
Seven Days |
Mike Ives |
03-14-2008 |
Animal Issues
Tags: animal issues
From the Horse's Mouth ... Literallynew
"Open wide" isn't an option for a Vermont equine dentist.
Seven Days |
Ken Picard |
03-14-2008 |
Animal Issues
Tags: animal issues
Taser Use Leads to Wrongful-Death Lawsuits in Vegasnew
The controversy surrounding the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department's use of Tasers is such that its public information office, which just six months ago supplied the media with information meant to contextualize its use of the weapons, has now clammed up.
Las Vegas Weekly |
Damon Hodge |
03-14-2008 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: Tasers, crime & justice
Bond Market Collapse Worries Student-Loan Agencynew
The latest crisis on Wall Street has Vermont's largest student lender scrambling to secure $190 million to meet the demand for loans it expects to make this fall.
Seven Days |
Brian Wallstin |
03-14-2008 |
Economy
Why Your Kid is Stupidnew
One teacher's take on mandatory testing.
Las Vegas Weekly |
Roger Phillips |
03-14-2008 |
Education
Tags: Education
Sticking It to PTSDnew
Iraq veterans are beginning to get the point of acupuncture.
Seven Days |
Sarah Tuff |
03-14-2008 |
War
