AltWeeklies Wire
More Michigan Prisoners Seek Clemencynew
Since its formation in February, the Executive Clemency Advisory Council has helped inspire an unprecedented number of requests for clemency.
Metro Times |
Sandra Svoboda |
08-28-2007 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: clemency, crime & justice
Lou Golden, the King of Weirdnew
The former Weekly World News editor talks about the birth -- and death -- of a supermarket tabloid.
New Haven Advocate |
Christopher Arnott |
08-28-2007 |
Media
Support the Union, Go to Jailnew
Carmen Mayorga, president of the Aldine (Texas) Federation of Teachers, was trying to pass out information (and KFC chicken coupons!) to returning teachers -- she ended up spending the night in Harris County jail.
Houston Press |
Richard Connelly |
08-28-2007 |
Business & Labor
Tags: business & labor
Authorities Jumped the Gun in Declaring K.C. Fire Safenew
Kansas City Fire Chief Smokey Dyer suggested that downtown workers and residents shouldn't worry about debris falling from the sky or the ominous cloud now drifting among the high rises -- but internal EPA and Kansas City Fire Department documents suggest otherwise.
Tags: chemcentral, disasters
Final Exit Volunteers Call it Assisted Suicidenew
But prosecutors in Arizona may call it manslaughter.
Phoenix New Times |
Paul Rubin |
08-28-2007 |
Crime & Justice
Ferret Lovenew
They poop, they steal, they smell, they (sometimes) bite -- and they are adored.
Houston Press |
Richard Connelly |
08-28-2007 |
Animal Issues
Tags: animal issues
Mumbai, the Hard Waynew
Monsoons, shacks and nine percent growth: Reports from a subcontinent on the verge.
Philadelphia City Paper |
Michael Ryan |
08-28-2007 |
International
Tags: international
Sinking Subnew
The dust is settling in the dust-up over allegations against Quiznos.
Westword |
Jessica Centers |
08-27-2007 |
Business & Labor
Tags: Quiznos, business & labor
Weed Killersnew
DEA agents see Mexican cartels behind huge pot farms here.
Dallas Observer |
Jesse Hyde |
08-27-2007 |
Drugs
Tags: Drugs
Ramadi Madnessnew
When every member of Florida's 124th Infantry returned from Iraq alive, it seemed too good to be true -- it was.
Miami New Times |
Isaiah Thompson |
08-27-2007 |
War
Throwing Away the Key in Wisconsinnew
Gov. Jim Doyle's parole chief defends tough tack on releases.
Isthmus |
Jason Shepard |
08-27-2007 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
'The Smart Set' is All Setnew
Drexel University's new online publication experiments with audaciously long stories.
Philadelphia Weekly |
Cassidy Hartmann |
08-27-2007 |
Media
Tags: media
New Law Causes Real Problems for Wisconsin Immigrantsnew
The state's Real ID law took effect in April, presaging changes in federal law that will mandate that motor vehicle authorities verify immigration status.
Isthmus |
Mary Ellen Bell |
08-27-2007 |
Immigration
University of Memphis Biodiesel Hits Highwaynew
The school recently won a $99,000 state grant to make a mobile biodiesel mini-manufacturing unit, which will be taken to area high schools and events to demonstrate how biodiesel is made.
The Memphis Flyer |
Bianca Phillips |
08-27-2007 |
Environment
Tags: environment, biodiesel
Jet Propulsion Laboratory Scientists vs. the Fedsnew
Scientists resist a Homeland Security directive that could allow intense government scrutiny of their private lives.
Pasadena Weekly |
Joe Piasecki |
08-27-2007 |
Civil Liberties
Tags: civil liberties
