AltWeeklies Wire
SEPTA Produces a Train Wreck in Phillynew
Rising costs, contractor disputes and minority-inclusion questions hound El project.
Philadelphia City Paper |
Phillip Tanfield |
09-11-2007 |
Transportation
Tags: transportation
Freedom Fighters Gone Wildnew
Monitoring the Albanian mob has weighty international implications.
Philadelphia City Paper |
Brendan McGarvey |
09-11-2007 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
The Secret Sins of Father Kelly at Our Lady of Guadalupenew
The Catholic Church has been embroiled in sex-abuse scandals for more than a decade, and July's $660 million settlement by the Los Angeles Archdiocese brought legal closure, if not spiritual consolation, to Father Matthew Kelly's victims.
Santa Barbara Independent |
Nick Welsh |
09-11-2007 |
Religion
Surge Protectors: Bush & Co. Are Lying to You Againnew
With the new report from General Petraeus, you can sniff the strong smell of desperation emanating from the administration and its apologists.
Philadelphia City Paper |
David Faris |
09-11-2007 |
War
Nonprofit Hopes its Big Green Building Generates More than Warm Fuzziesnew
Urban Green Partnership's planned eight-story, 80,000-square-foot structure would be one of the most sustainable and self-sufficient multiuse buildings ever constructed in a city.
Philadelphia City Paper |
Will Dean |
09-11-2007 |
Housing & Development
Erotic Story Obscenity Case Goes to a Jurynew
Karen Fletcher's text-only website included six stories depicting the rape, torture and murder of young children -- her attorneys say she's being charged with a thought crime.
Pittsburgh City Paper |
Charlie Deitch |
09-11-2007 |
Civil Liberties
Tags: civil liberties
Sloppy Record Keeping Causes Headaches in Criminal Appealsnew
A missing court reporter's stenographic notes and tape of testimony in a 1994 criminal trial shed light on the haphazard and antiquated way that Dallas County court records are handled and stored.
Dallas Observer |
Glenna Whitley |
09-10-2007 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
More Undersea Explosions Coming to Washington?new
Environmentalists -- some already mulling a lawsuit for underwater tests -- say a new Navy plan poses a broader risk to Puget Sound and its marine life.
Seattle Weekly |
Rick Anderson |
09-10-2007 |
Environment
Tags: environment
Vodou Childnew
A vodou ceremony in the Florida 'burbs? Who'da thunk it?
Miami New Times |
Tamara Lush |
09-10-2007 |
Religion
Tags: religion
Getting Schooled on the Nasty Politics of Dirty Airnew
Clean air advocates in North Texas think they can win merely because they're on the side of the facts and the angels -- but they don't know how to fight the Austin way.
Dallas Observer |
Matt Pulle |
09-10-2007 |
Environment
Tags: environment
The Inanity of a DHS Fence in South Texasnew
A proposed Rio Grande fence will separate families, wreck economies, and threaten wildlife, but it won't stop illegal immigrants.
The Texas Observer |
Mary Jo McConahay |
09-10-2007 |
Immigration
What the Hedgehog Knowsnew
Former Illinois Governor George Ryan's legacy is complicated -- John Kass and the dailies' editorial boards prefer to keep it simple.
Chicago Reader |
Michael Miner |
09-10-2007 |
Media
Tags: media
A New Chicago School is a Crash Course in Digital Medianew
Faster than Chicago's Columbia College, more artsy than DeVry, Flashpoint Academy is offering training in four areas: filmmaking, game development, sound recording, and visual effects and animation.
Chicago Reader |
Deanna Isaacs |
09-10-2007 |
Education
Tags: Education
Wisconsin Goes Nuclearnew
State Republicans relax nuclear power restrictions in their budget plan.
Shepherd Express |
Lisa Kaiser |
09-10-2007 |
Environment
