AltWeeklies Wire
'No Bar in My Backyard!'new
Neighbors fight neighborhood bar.
The Portland Mercury |
Amy J. Ruiz |
05-17-2007 |
Business & Labor
Tags: business & labor
Refer Madnessnew
Gay rights on the ballot?
The Portland Mercury |
Amy J. Ruiz and Dan Savickas |
05-17-2007 |
LGBT
Tags: gay & lesbian issues
Improbable Causenew
Homeowners furious over cops' dawn raid.
The Portland Mercury |
Matt Davis |
05-17-2007 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
Border Patrol Battlenew
Agents express a lack of confidence in their chief.
Tucson Weekly |
Tim Vanderpool |
05-17-2007 |
Immigration
Tags: Immigration
Latest Setback for Paschal's Revival Could Be Finalnew
A historic building competes against own community for funding.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Scott Henry |
05-17-2007 |
Housing & Development
Tags: housing & development
Matthew Hodes, Peacemakernew
The Carter Center's conflict resolution director flies into places most people want to escape.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
John Sugg |
05-17-2007 |
International
Tags: international, Metropolis
John McCormick, the Missing Attorney That Never Should Have Gotten Awaynew
How did a kind and hard-working man get himself into such trouble and infect so many others along the way? And why didn't the state stop him when they had the chance?
INDY Week |
Jeff Stern |
05-17-2007 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
Students Want Textbook Publishers to Slow Down on the Updatesnew
The frequent "updating" of textbooks, often for seemingly trivial reasons, prevents college students from being able to sell back those expensive texts -- and means the next round of students will have to buy the new, not the cheaper used, version of the book.
Fort Worth Weekly |
I'sha Gaines |
05-17-2007 |
Education
Tags: Education
Budget Plan Cuts Farm Money; Gov. Says Funds Have Better Usesnew
Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's revised $145 billion state spending plan eliminates state funding for a program used to protect farmland and prevent urban sprawl.
Monterey County Weekly |
Jessica Lyons |
05-17-2007 |
Policy Issues
Tags: public policy issues
One Marine, After the Warnew
Adrian Jimenez, a recovering alcoholic medicated on anti-depressants living at a VA hospital is fighting to make it the rest of the way home.
Monterey County Weekly |
Zachary Stahl |
05-17-2007 |
War
Sports Media Whiffs Againnew
From Josh Hancock's death to Barry Bond's 'roids to Roger Clemens' "class," the sports press proves itself inane.
New York Press |
Russ Smith |
05-17-2007 |
Media
Tags: media
A Green Investment Diarynew
One writer's attempt to discover the ways of sustainable investing.
Sacramento News & Review |
Jennifer Davidson |
05-17-2007 |
Economy
Tags: Economic Issues
The Real World: Graduating Seniors Reflect on Lives That Await Themnew
Students donning caps and gowns in 2007 are entering a world that's less a romantic march than it is a tense goose step -- but few public celebrations encompass hope and promise more than a graduation.
Santa Fe Reporter |
Nathan Dinsdale |
05-17-2007 |
Education
Tags: Education
It's a CalPERS Worldnew
Can the investment behemoth pursue social goals, as well as mind the bottom line for California's retirees?
Sacramento News & Review |
Ralph Brave |
05-17-2007 |
Economy
Tags: Economic Issues
Selling the Status Symbol?new
In spite of record gas prices, SUVs are still popular with Sacramento drivers.
Sacramento News & Review |
Luke Gianni |
05-17-2007 |
Transportation
Tags: transportation
