AltWeeklies Wire
Petro-Giants Will Accept a Carbon Taxnew
Canada's oil industry explicitly backs the introduction of a carbon tax as the best way to reduce greenhouse-gas emissions.
The Georgia Straight |
Matthew Burrows |
12-10-2007 |
Environment
Tags: environment
Go Indirectly to Jailnew
A social worker's seven-hour quest to visit a client at Cook County.
Chicago Reader |
Angela Rogensues |
12-10-2007 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
A Bright Future for U.S. Newspapers, Not the U.S.
The internet isn't the future of newspapers. Print is.
Collecting Stories of War's Atrocitiesnew
Thirty-six years after the original Winter Soldier Investigation into atrocities in Vietnam, a group of Iraq veterans who oppose this war are doing it again.
Portland Phoenix |
Deirdre Fulton |
12-07-2007 |
War
Who Killed Edward Okeny?new
Edward Okeny was found on the street with an empty wallet and a fractured skull. The Portland police hadn't sought help from the public, instead hoping that a grievously injured man would emerge from a coma and explain everything.
Portland Phoenix |
Rick Wormwood |
12-07-2007 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
Riding With the U.S. Border Patrolnew
"This job can be hours of mind-numbing boredom interrupted by moments of sheer terror."
Seven Days |
Ken Picard |
12-07-2007 |
Immigration
Tags: Immigration
Truckers Find Wait Times Shorter at the Bordernew
Since a fall meeting with U.S. Customs and Border Protection honcho Steven Farquharson, many Vermont truckers are reporting shorter waits, more cooperative Customs officers and improved signage directing car traffic away from lanes meant solely for 18-wheelers.
Seven Days |
Patrick Ripley |
12-07-2007 |
Business & Labor
Tags: business & labor
The Downside of Free Drugsnew
Clinics that treat the poor rely on free medical samples, but pharmaceutical companies say there's got to be a better way.
Riverfront Times |
Keegan Hamilton |
12-07-2007 |
Science
Tags: Health & Science
California Fire Whisperersnew
Facing down the region's wildfires by divining where the flames will spread.
L.A. Weekly |
Christine Pelisek |
12-07-2007 |
Disasters
Tags: disasters
Horror Loansnew
Terrified homeowners tell their pain to U.S. Rep. Maxine Waters.
Los Angeles CityBeat |
Hanna Ingber Win |
12-07-2007 |
Economy
Tags: Economic Issues
Bordering on Fearnew
How a misinterpreted gesture may have landed me on the terrorist watch list.
Seven Days |
Matt Scanlon |
12-07-2007 |
Civil Liberties
Tags: civil liberties
Mr. Van Eck's Forestnew
When Arnold Schwarzenegger feels guilty about his carbon footprint, he throws money at a patch of California redwoods.
North Coast Journal |
Heidi Walters |
12-07-2007 |
Environment
Tags: Kyoto, environment
Private Schoolsnew
Maine universities are paying to get student teachers into Halifax schools, while local education students can't find a decent placement.
The Coast, Halifax's Weekly |
Ruth Metechkin |
12-07-2007 |
Education
Tags: Education
City of Angelsnew
Should Halifax be aligning itself with the Guardian Angels?
The Coast, Halifax's Weekly |
Tim Bousquet |
12-07-2007 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
Hot and Coolnew
No one except the radical ear-plugging lunatic fringe denies that we're messing up the world in a potentially cataclysmic fashion. The question is whether we'll have the intelligence and fortitude to do anything about it. And though we're just a tiny little county situated on the unimportant end of California, with not much influence anywhere to speak of, we have reason to be proud.
North Coast Journal |
Hank Sims |
12-07-2007 |
Environment
Tags: Kyoto, environment
