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Porn Actress Uses Former Schoolmate's Namenew
Courtney Cummz, call your lawyer -- well, only if you're not the Courtney Cummz who stars in Young Cheerleader Swap 'n' Swallow 2.
Houston Press |
Richard Connelly |
07-24-2007 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
Five Easy Steps to a Hefty Paycheck from a Troubled School Districtnew
Will it be curtains for Kansas City School District Superintendent Anthony Amato? Or will he turn things around?
Tags: Education
Don't Fall Victim to Identity-theft Protection Scamnew

Dozens of firms offering anti-identity-theft services have built a multimillion-dollar industry in the past few years -- consumer advocates say they're a rip-off.
Phoenix New Times |
Ray Stern |
07-24-2007 |
Business & Labor
Tags: business & labor
The 'Good Seed' is a White Supremacist?new
Defense: Death penalty would be unfair to convicted murderer who loves baseball and his brothers.
OC Weekly |
R. Scott Moxley |
07-24-2007 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
Playing With Firenew
Only one man is set to stand trial for a grisly murder seven years ago -- but if he's guilty, did he really act alone?
New Times Broward-Palm Beach |
Kelly Cramer |
07-24-2007 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
Mission: Implausiblenew
The CIA has disavowed any knowledge of the alleged plot against Laos by Vang Pao and others -- at least one defense attorney doesn't buy it.
OC Weekly |
Nick Schou |
07-24-2007 |
International
Tags: international
Texas Coin Companies Target Elderly Investorsnew
Rare-coin dealers are making a mint -- and flipping off their customers.
Houston Press |
Todd Spivak |
07-24-2007 |
Business & Labor
Tags: business & labor
Where's the 'Decent Health Care' We Voted For?new
Throughout the nation, the scandalous health care situation results in much pain, suffering and unnecessary loss of life, but seems to be accepted as another unfortunate aspect of 21st-century life.
Philadelphia City Paper |
Robert Sigmond |
07-24-2007 |
Science
Tags: Health & Science
Using Years Inside to Help Ex-cons Stay Outsidenew

Hakim Ali is the office manager and program coordinator of Reconstruction Incorporated, a small nonprofit that helps ex-offenders get through the difficult transition from prison to the outside world.
Philadelphia City Paper |
Mary Wilson |
07-24-2007 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
Innocence Institute to Become a Victim?new
Point Park University's widely touted Innocence Institute -- which has helped free nearly a dozen wrongfully convicted Pennsylvanians from prison -- is in jeopardy, and the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette may have signed its death warrant.
Pittsburgh City Paper |
Charlie Deitch |
07-24-2007 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
Out of Jail ... Then What?new
Back on the block, Detroit's ex-felons have few options.
Metro Times |
Larry Gabriel |
07-24-2007 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
A Cure for What Ails Pennsylvania?new

Breaking down Gov. Rendell's ambitious health-coverage plan.
Philadelphia City Paper |
Tom Namako and Doron Taussig |
07-24-2007 |
Policy Issues
Tags: public policy issues
Women in a Hostile Nation: Part 1new
The horrifying downward spiral of women's rights in Iraq.
New Haven Advocate |
Daniel Smith |
07-24-2007 |
International
Ad Stickers Invade Daily Papers' Front Pagesnew
The Connecticut Post and the Hartford Courant are already running the ads -- and now the Advocate is considering it.
New Haven Advocate |
Evan Brown |
07-24-2007 |
Media
Tags: media
Witness for the Prosecutionnew
Did lack of manpower leave a felon on bail free to kill? Maybe. Sort of.
Dallas Observer |
Matt Pulle |
07-23-2007 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice