AltWeeklies Wire
Somebody Please Snitch!new
New Haven's no-snitch culture left 138 shootings unsolved last year. One suspect's trial exposes the intel gap hampering local cops.
New Haven Advocate |
Betsy Yagla |
01-22-2008 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
One Newspaper Is Like One Horsenew
Can a town without competing dailies really be a global city?
Chicago Reader |
Michael Miner |
01-22-2008 |
Media
Tags: media
Pennsylvania's Death Row Inmates Have Cause for Hopenew
Developments in neighboring New Jersey and nationwide have those on death row hoping for the best.
Philadelphia Weekly |
Frank Rubino |
01-22-2008 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
Death in the House of Broken Heartsnew
A small Pennsylvania town revisits the grisly four-decade-old torture and slaying case of a teenage girl.
Philadelphia Weekly |
Martha Shaak and Kevin Uhrich |
01-22-2008 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
Surviving AIDS: A Day in the Lifenew
For Devondia Roseborough, living with the virus isn't easy, but she's not giving up.
Creative Loafing (Charlotte) |
Cheris Hodges |
01-18-2008 |
Science
Tags: Health & Science
Torture-tapes Templatenew
Bush-administration lawyers could be nailed for their role in destroying evidence in the CIA scandal, thanks to a quiet Connecticut child-porn case.
Boston Phoenix |
Harvey Silverglate |
01-18-2008 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
How I Put My Back into Chiropracticnew
A chiropractor? I'd never been to one, but I thought, I guess they're the docs to help with back trouble, right?
Seven Days |
Meghan Dewald |
01-18-2008 |
Science
Tags: Health & Science
Smeltervillenew
Crystal City, Missouri, forges one hell of a deal.
Riverfront Times |
Chad Garrison |
01-18-2008 |
Business & Labor
Tags: business & labor
Memphis Hospital Employees Sue for Unpaid Wagesnew
Nurse James Allen Frye and security guard Clarence Moore held two very different positions at Baptist Memorial Health Care until their terminations, but both allege the health-care system denied them wages for off-the-clock work.
The Memphis Flyer |
Bianca Phillips |
01-18-2008 |
Business & Labor
Tags: business & labor
Salvaging MLK's Legacynew
The spat between the competing Democratic camps of Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama has managed to bring Dr. King's legacy itself into controversy.
The Memphis Flyer |
Staff |
01-18-2008 |
Race & Class
Sacred Garbage?new
Native Americans trash plans to expand a sprawling Illinois landfill.
Riverfront Times |
Keegan Hamilton |
01-18-2008 |
Environment
Tags: environment
The Other Volznew
Eric Volz's little sister scuffled with her illegal boyfriend and his brother. Now she's having them deported.
Nashville Scene |
P.J. Tobia |
01-18-2008 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
Homeland Security Offers 'Pre-Written' Articles to Pressnew
DHS is paying a Pennsylvania ad firm to pitch "pre-written" winter-weather-preparedness articles to the national press -- including Seven Days and other Vermont newspapers.
Seven Days |
Mike Ives |
01-18-2008 |
Media
Tags: media
Pot Prince Takes the Rapnew
Weed disciples gasp as Marc Emery cops to five-year prison deal.
NOW Magazine |
Matt Mernagh |
01-18-2008 |
Drugs
Tags: Drugs
Is it Time for Toronto to Ban Styrofoam Packaging?new
The new year did not commence well for Canadian recycling, especially right here in Toronto. In late December, 10 months before the city was poised to start adding styrofoam and plastic bags to its blue bins, Canada's only dedicated styrofoam recycler sent out a closure notice, effective immediately.
NOW Magazine |
Adria Vasil |
01-18-2008 |
Environment
Tags: environment
