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Council of State's Role in Death Penalty Cases a Legal Wranglenew
In the latest development in a tangle of state and federal cases that have led to a de facto moratorium on North Carolina's death penalty, state lawyers argued that the Council of State, a body of statewide elected officials, should not be required to have a public hearing to consider how the state executes prisoners.
INDY Week |
Mosi Secret |
02-14-2008 |
Crime & Justice
Professor Recalls 'Nightmare' Corruption in Iraqnew
St. Cloud State teacher Abbas Mehdi saw the realities of the occupation as a member of Iraq's government.
City Pages (Twin Cities) |
Jeff Severns Guntzel |
02-14-2008 |
International
Praise the Lord and Pass the Ammunitionnew
Dueling gun bills in Georgia show legislative sausage-making at its worst.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Scott Henry |
02-13-2008 |
Policy Issues
Tags: public policy issues
From Baghdad to Georgianew
An Iraqi refugee finds safety in America.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Andisheh Nouraee |
02-13-2008 |
Immigration
Get Ecoerotic With Green Sex Toysnew
Your vibrator could be the reason for someone else's unnaturally tiny penis. Really.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Molly Freedenberg |
02-13-2008 |
Environment
Tags: environment
The Shelter Shufflenew
Inside San Francisco's confounding system of housing the homeless.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Amanda Witherell |
02-13-2008 |
Housing & Development
Tags: housing & development
Beaten to the Pulpnew
The Blue Heron Paper Company is a model of sustainability -- but it's struggling to survive.
Willamette Week |
Nigel Jaquiss |
02-13-2008 |
Business & Labor
Tags: business & labor
FBI Agent Uses His Daughter's Pic to Lure Accused Predatornew
It's a case straight out of crime TV. A high-powered Seattle lawyer finds a 14-year-old girl in an internet chat room and talks her into meeting him for some kinky sex in a hotel. But when he shows up at a Portland MAX stop for the promised spanking session, he gets handcuffed by FBI agents, who were posing as the girl online to snare sexual predators.
Willamette Week |
James Pitkin |
02-13-2008 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
Why Are Some Catholics Wearing Burlap This Lent?new
The answer: sex abuse by priests.
Willamette Week |
Shefali Kulkarni |
02-13-2008 |
Religion
The BMI Numbers Gamenew
"BMI isn't a tool for the general public. It's a tool for nutritionists," says Marion McGavran, program director of the eating disorders unit at River Oaks Hospital.
Tags: Health & Science
New Orleans Homeless Encampment Has a Survival Culture All Its Ownnew
The 200 or so homeless people who live in makeshift shelters under an overpass in the shadow of downtown have formed a community in which they look out for each other and work together to find homes for their members.
Gambit |
Greg Thomas |
02-13-2008 |
Housing & Development
Tags: housing & development
In San Antonio, There's No Such Thing as a Free Kittennew
Animal Care Services' "No Kill" march hasn't spared the city's cat ladies (or their cats).
San Antonio Current |
Greg Harman |
02-13-2008 |
Animal Issues
Tags: animal issues
Biz Leaders Want to Kill Connecticut's Business Entity Taxnew
Rethinking the tax to help struggling small businesses might make sense, but as proposed the deal is a corporate giveaway that shifts the tax burden from businesses to families, says Shelley Geballe, president of Connecticut Voices for Children.
New Haven Advocate |
Andy Bromage |
02-12-2008 |
Economy
Tags: Economic Issues
SOS: Save Our Snownew
As powder melts and ice disappears, winter athletes start to fight global warming.
Colorado Springs Independent |
Brita Belli |
02-12-2008 |
Environment
When There is a Peace That I Agree Withnew
Fatima Haroun's delicate handshake reveals nothing of her tormented life back in Darfur. Today she is a social worker for the City of Philadelphia, a mother, and the vice president of the Darfur Alert Coalition, a nonprofit based in Philadelphia.
Philadelphia City Paper |
Sarah Mason |
02-12-2008 |
International
