AltWeeklies Wire
Air Wars in Los Angelesnew
Some victories, some defeats in the city's battle against pollution.
Los Angeles CityBeat |
Abigail Palmer |
10-12-2007 |
Environment
Tags: environment
Burma Callingnew
Should we boycott China for propping up brutal regime? Activists can't decide.
NOW Magazine |
Andrew Cash |
10-12-2007 |
International
Tags: Burma, international
The Collapse of an Offshore Internet Gambling Empirenew
Gary Kaplan put all of his chips on BETonSPORTS and drew the worst hand of his life -- now he's making tuna casserole in a St. Louis jail.
Riverfront Times |
Kristen Hinman |
10-12-2007 |
Business & Labor
Tags: business & labor
Law and Anarchynew
St. Louis Police Chief Joe Mokwa and his officers may stand trial for violating the civil rights of "anarchists" in 2003.
Riverfront Times |
Chad Garrison |
10-12-2007 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
Death Penalty Study in Tenn. is Set to Beginnew
Despite the findings of many previous studies, critics say the state has failed to make any meaningful changes to its capital justice system -- but advocates of the latest effort to study Tennessee's death penalty assure this time will be different.
Nashville Scene |
Sarah Kelley |
10-12-2007 |
Crime & Justice
Burma's Pent-up Demandsnew
A first-hand view of the rebellion's infancy.
Los Angeles CityBeat |
Hanna Ingber Win |
10-12-2007 |
International
Tags: Burma, international
The Battle Against the Bio-Labnew
The battle against the National Bio and Agro Defense Facility will test the strength of Granville County residents' activism.
Tags: Health & Science
The Trouble with Heroesnew
The troubling autopsy results of Boston firefighters Paul Cahill and Warren Payne raises equally disturbing issues about the press's collusion in our quest for heroes.
Boston Phoenix |
Adam Reilly |
10-11-2007 |
Media
Tags: media
Archaic Laws: Often Funny, But No Laughing Matternew
There's a law against spitting on the sidewalk, but nobody enforces it ... or do they?
Boston Phoenix |
Harvey Silverglate and Jan Wolfe |
10-11-2007 |
Civil Liberties
Tags: civil liberties
Thornburg Investment Management: Profiting Off Sudan?new
As the fifth largest institutional holder of stock in a subsidiary of a Chinese oil company operating in Sudan, the company is on the radar of a group that lobbies state governments to divest from companies supporting the Sudanese government, due to the human rights violations in that country.
Santa Fe Reporter |
Dave Maass |
10-11-2007 |
Economy
Tags: Economic Issues
Asperger's Advocacy Groups Just Can't Get Alongnew
Two different Massachusetts groups that want to raise awareness about Asperger's syndrome, a disorder characterized by chronic social awkwardness, are backing two different bills, promoted by two different legislators, that would do almost exactly the same thing.
Dig Boston |
Julia Reischel |
10-11-2007 |
Science
Tags: Health & Science
26 Years: Bill Dillon's Dubious Imprisonmentnew
Convicted of a gruesome beachside murder in 1981 and sentenced to life in prison, Dillon has largely been forgotten -- but the legal proceedings that put him away can only generously be termed a "trial."
Orlando Weekly |
Deanna Sheffield |
10-11-2007 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
Extreme Makeover Planned for Buford Highwaynew
As Buford Highway continues to grow, pedestrians -- not cars -- will get priority.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Thomas Wheatley |
10-11-2007 |
Housing & Development
Tags: housing & development
Media Madnessnew
Burma Strikes Back: Authorities Cull Published Photos in Search for Protesters. Also: RIAA Wins First File-Sharing Jury Trial; Microsoft Scores Rare PR Victory; Zipskinny.com Gives Lowdown on Your Neighbors.
Columbia Free Times |
Dan Cook |
10-11-2007 |
Media
Tags: media
Secession!new
Georgia's top politicians don't see eye-to-eye with inside-the-Perimeter Atlantans and don't seem to much care about it, either. Maybe it's time for us to turn the tables; maybe it's time to declare our independence.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
John Sugg |
10-11-2007 |
Policy Issues
Tags: public policy issues
