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Jury Finds Photojournalist Guilty of 'Trespassing'new

Jeffrey Sauger faces up to 30 days in jail and fines for shooting a neo-Nazi protest in Toledo.

Metro Times | Staff | 10-09-2007 | Media

Carl's Jr. Takes First Step Away from Factory Farmingnew

Prodded by PETA, the fast-food chain has promised to immediately begin purchasing 15 percent of its pork from suppliers who do not use "gestation crates," increasing that to 25 percent by July 2008.

Santa Barbara Independent | Martha Sadler | 10-09-2007 | Animal Issues

Tags: animal issues

Minorities Remain Underrepresented in Illinois Hiringnew

Members of racial minorities, who make up 35 percent of the state's population, accounted for just 20 percent of state employees in fiscal year 2006, according to an analysis of state hiring data conducted by the Illinois Association of Minorities in Government.

Illinois Times | R.L. Nave | 10-09-2007 | Race & Class

Tags: race relations

U.S. Soldier Refuses to Kill, Takes Refuge in Canadanew

Brad McCall, a U.S. army private, is living in exile in Vancouver because he doesn't want to commit war crimes in Iraq.

The Georgia Straight | Charlie Smith | 10-09-2007 | War

Tags: war in iraq, AWOL, war & peace

Dr. Sherman Silber, the Egg Mannew

From the "mad scientist" who brought you the reversible vasectomy comes the controversial practice of ovarian tissue freezing.

Riverfront Times | Chad Garrison | 10-09-2007 | Science

Tags: Health & Science

Growing Old in Gitmonew

Two years ago the U.S. military recommended Mohamed Mohamed Hassan Odaini for release from Guantanamo prison -- so why is he still there?

Chicago Reader | Tori Marlan | 10-09-2007 | Civil Liberties

Tags: Guantanamo, War on terror, civil liberties

Tusko's Bad Tripnew

LSD experiment at zoo in 1962 killed an elephant.

Oklahoma Gazette | Rob Collins | 10-05-2007 | Animal Issues

Tags: animal issues, LSD

Muslims in Milwaukee Show Many Shades of Faithnew

If you were to render an accurate portrait of Muslims in Milwaukee, you'd have to draw on a very broad palette, one that accommodates diverse ethnic and socioeconomic backgrounds, not to mention different schools of Islamic thought -- from Shiite to Sunni.

Shepherd Express | Aisha Motlani | 10-05-2007 | Religion

Tags: religion

After Exoneration, Billy James Smith Waits for His Pardonnew

Smith was released from prison one year ago after serving 19 years and 11 months for a crime he didn't commit -- today he is a man in purgatory, exonerated by the legal system but not yet pardoned by Gov. Rick Perry.

The Texas Observer | Cynthia Hall Clements | 10-05-2007 | Crime & Justice

Tags: crime & justice

The Border Yields Bones, But Not Answersnew

Sometimes undocumented immigrants who cross the border find work and share the bounty with their families back home -- sometimes they die, leaving their families only questions that will never be answered.

The Texas Observer | Jesse Bogan | 10-05-2007 | Immigration

Tags: illegal immigrant, Immigration, border crossing

Failed State Diarynew

As a member of the House of Representatives' Government Reform Subcommittee on National Security, Emerging Threats and International Relations, I traveled with a couple of my colleagues to Afghanistan, Pakistan and Chad last month.

Artvoice | Rep. Brian Higgins | 10-05-2007 | International

Tags: international

Tyranny for Now in Burmanew

The Burmese are now pinning their hopes on foreign intervention, but that is never going to happen -- sooner or later, though, the extreme corruption of the army's senior officers will destroy its discipline.

NOW Magazine | Gwynne Dyer | 10-05-2007 | International

Tags: international