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The Ethics AdviceLine, a service for journalists created six years ago by the Chicago Headline Club and Loyola University's Center for Ethics has now fielded over 500 calls. Plus: The Chicago Sun-Times takes on the Cubs.

Chicago Reader | Michael Miner | 09-17-2007 | Media

Tags: media

The Scooter Schismnew

For true scooter cred, you need a Vespa -- an old Vespa.

The Other Paper | Richard Ades | 09-14-2007 | Transportation

Tags: transportation, scooters, vespas

Cyberbullies a New Problem for School Districtsnew

They use cell-phone cameras and sites like MySpace and YouTube to taunt their victims, and Orange County is cracking down on their behavior, even if it happens off campus.

Orlando Weekly | Deanna Sheffield | 09-14-2007 | Education

Tags: Education

Calm & Collected in Germanynew

Terrorist plot in cool-headed Germany shows that hysteria at borders does not pave road to security.

NOW Magazine | Gwynne Dyer | 09-14-2007 | International

Tags: international

John Norquist on Urban Living, Sprawl & Transitnew

Norquist took the skills he learned as Milwaukee mayor from 1988 to 2003 and uses them to provide a model for other cities in his role as president of the Congress for the New Urbanism, based in Chicago.

Shepherd Express | Dennis A. Shook | 09-14-2007 | Housing & Development

Tags: housing & development

Tax Plan Has Many Hurdles, Even More Questionsnew

When Glenn Richardson took the stage at the state Republican convention in May to unveil his plan to eliminate property taxes, it had the ring of a "lottery speech" -- the kind of grand, populist proposal that could be used to propel a guy into the governor's office.

Creative Loafing (Atlanta) | Scott Henry | 09-13-2007 | Policy Issues

Tags: public policy issues

Scandal, Fraud and Abusenew

While researchers may disagree on some details, one thing is alarmingly evident: The federal government has broken its promises to Hurricane Katrina victims.

Jackson Free Press | Ronni Mott | 09-13-2007 | Civil Liberties

Tags: civil liberties

A Recovery For the Rich?new

Thanks to Gov. Haley Barbour, federal Hurricane Katrina recovery money is benefiting the rich on the Mississippi Gulf Coast more than the poor, advocates for low and moderate-income housing say.

Jackson Free Press | Adam Lynch | 09-13-2007 | Disasters

Tags: Hurricane Katrina, recovery, disasters

Beware of 'Liar's Loans'new

A significant majority of homeowners paying off high-interest loans are minorities.

Jackson Free Press | Adam Lynch | 09-13-2007 | Civil Liberties

Tags: civil liberties

Where's the Beefnew

Border-fence monitors pose the critical question, after government officials make false promises.

Tucson Weekly | Tim Vanderpool | 09-13-2007 | Immigration

Tags: Immigration

Stabbed in the Backnew

Maine prison officials reward a samaritan inmate by endangering his life.

Portland Phoenix | Lance Tapley | 09-13-2007 | Crime & Justice

Tags: crime & justice

Enjoy the Air Show -- You Paid For Itnew

Let's move beyond the $320 million in aircraft you have bought, and the roughly $12 million in annual salaries you're paying for the people whose entire, year-round, full-time jobs are to use those aircraft to show off the military prowess of the United States by, um, flying really really fast very close to the ground.

Portland Phoenix | Jeff Inglis | 09-13-2007 | War

Tags: war & peace