AltWeeklies Wire
Don't Get Bustednew
Pulled over with a dime bag in your glove compartment? Attorney Roger Scott wants you to know your rights.
Orlando Weekly |
Deanna Sheffield |
11-29-2007 |
Civil Liberties
Tags: civil liberties
Bill McCollum's Reefer Madnessnew
If you believe Florida attorney general Bill McCollum, weed is stronger than ever. But his dire warnings are scarier than what the facts support.
Orlando Weekly |
Deanna Sheffield |
11-29-2007 |
Drugs
Tags: Drugs
I Needed a Job. Hyphire Solutions Was Hiring. That Didn't Work Out So Well.new
Googling the company yielded a weird mix of job ads, vague corporate websites, and pages that implicated Hyphire as a scam connected to the multilevel marketing giant known as DS-Max. I could've taken their word for it. But I figured ... why not find out for myself?
The Portland Mercury |
Christine McCurdy |
11-29-2007 |
Business & Labor
Tags: business & labor
The Times Ignores Real Issues in Stagehand Strikenew
It's curious to me how The New York Times justifies its blatantly frivolous treatment of the striking Broadway stagehands, instead concentrating on the inconveniences the shutdown has caused affluent New Yorkers and tourists who now won't be able to fork over the exorbitant ticket prices that a show like "Jersey Boys" commands.
New York Press |
Russ Smith |
11-29-2007 |
Media
Tags: media
When Plagues Won't Endnew
The South -- and North Carolina in particular -- is the literal and metaphoric epicenter of the 21st century HIV/AIDS epidemic.
Tags: Health & Science
The Assassin's Brothernew
John Larry Ray marks time, still trying to set the record straight.
Illinois Times |
C.D. Stelzer |
11-29-2007 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
Cutting Edgenew
Dr. Kapil Bhalla's checklist for MCG Cancer Center: attract world class research, save lives, make downtown boom.
Metro Spirit |
Tom Grant |
11-29-2007 |
Science
Tags: Health & Science
Friends of Brad Will Denounce Bush's Mexico-Aid Programnew
The plan is aimed at helping Mexico and Central America combat terrorism, international narcotics trafficking, corrupt local political bosses, as well as to disturb the operations of murderous drug cartels.
Illinois Times |
R.L. Nave |
11-29-2007 |
International
Tags: international
Paper Trailnew
Homeland Security officials contradict each other regarding an investigation that may have never occurred.
Tucson Weekly |
Tim Vanderpool |
11-28-2007 |
Immigration
Tags: Immigration
Human Life Speculators Bet on Elder Deathsnew
In an unusual come-on directed toward elderly people in California, Idaho, and perhaps other U.S. states, seniors are offered $1,000 if they'll sign notarized contracts in which they commit to handing over detailed personal medical and financial information.
Tags: Health & Science
Guilt-Free Carbon Unitsnew
Purchasing carbon offsets is an easy and relatively inexpensive way to feel good about what you are doing to make the world a greener place.
Jackson Free Press |
Kelly Bryan Smith |
11-28-2007 |
Environment
Tags: environment
California Abandons the Mentally Illnew
Cuts in state program will severely impact homeless.
East Bay Express |
Anna Belle Peevey |
11-28-2007 |
Policy Issues
Tags: public policy issues
Love Isn't Enough to Heal Reactive Attachment Disordernew
Some traumatized orphans have brain damage that affection alone can't heal. So therapists are seeking new ways to simulate the nurturing they didn't get.
East Bay Express |
Susan Kuchinskas |
11-28-2007 |
Science
Tags: Health & Science
Prison Can be a Walk in the Parknew
Picking up wet leaves in the cold for 5 cents an hour is an opportunity to "develop appropriate work habits," according to the Oregon Department of Corrections and Portland Parks and Recreation. It's also an opportunity for Portland Parks to save $387 a day by hiring state prisoners to do work that city union officials say should be done by its full-time employees.
Willamette Week |
Corey Pein |
11-28-2007 |
Business & Labor
Tags: business & labor
Charleston's Dirty Little Secretnew
Don't breathe deep -- there are killers in our air.
Charleston City Paper |
Stratton Lawrence |
11-28-2007 |
Environment
Tags: environment
