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The Devil Wears Wal-Martnew

America's favorite welfare queen cranks up the PR.
Cleveland Scene  |  Pete Kotz  |  03-02-2007  |  Business & Labor

Must Work for Freenew

By not paying their interns, some Bay Area publications may be violating the state labor code.
SF Weekly  |  Martin Kuz  |  03-02-2007  |  Media

Wired 4 Wirelessnew

How did AT&T manage to be the only company bidding on the contract to bring Wi-Fi to St. Louis?
Riverfront Times  |  Chad Garrison  |  03-02-2007  |  Business & Labor

Valley Park to Mexican Immigrants: 'Adios, Illegals!'new

A small-town mayor's plan creates one big controversy.
Riverfront Times  |  Kristen Hinman  |  03-02-2007  |  Immigration

Billy Cottrell: A Terrible Thing to Wastenew

Convicted as an ecoterrorist, a brilliant young scholar nose-dives in prison.
L.A. Weekly  |  Judith Lewis  |  03-02-2007  |  Crime & Justice

Bald Eagles in the Clear -- What About Their Homes?new

The bald eagle may no longer be endangered, but some wildlife conservationists believe its habitat could be.
Port Folio Weekly  |  Jennifer C. O'Donnell  |  03-01-2007  |  Environment

New Hate-Crimes Bill Introducednew

An uphill battle is expected in Georgia's Republican Legislature.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta)  |  Max Pizarro  |  03-01-2007  |  Crime & Justice

Shooting Aftermath Reaches City Hallnew

Council committee bucks mayor; Pennington under fire from within police department.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta)  |  Alyssa Abkowitz and John Sugg  |  03-01-2007  |  Crime & Justice

A Kinder, Gentler Racismnew

Stormfront.org strives to make extremism mainstream.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta)  |  John Sugg  |  03-01-2007  |  Race & Class

Empty Promisesnew

People may be visiting Richmond's convention center, but there's little evidence that the region’s $170 million investment is paying off.
Style Weekly  |  Scott Bass  |  03-01-2007  |  Economy

Alt-Culture Warnew

Last year's New Times–Village Voice Media merger pitted two kinds of journalism against each other. Guess who won?
Boston Phoenix  |  Adam Reilly  |  03-01-2007  |  Media

Climate Change -- Not!new

Global warming deniers throw everything under the sun -- and the sun itself -- at Al Gore.
Boston Phoenix  |  David S. Bernstein  |  03-01-2007  |  Environment

Wheels of Justicenew

State penalties for drunken bicyling are the same as for drunken driving, but local arrest rates aren't.
Willamette Week  |  Julie Sabatier  |  03-01-2007  |  Transportation

Pro-Life Truckin' for the Center for Bio-Ethical Reformnew

Without a warning label or NC-17 rating, the side of Darius Hardwick's trailer features a gigantic, high-resolution image of a bloody heap of dismembered body parts from a mutilated 10-week-old aborted fetus.
Willamette Week  |  Kyle Cassidy  |  03-01-2007  |  Sex

Criminalizing Walking While Black?new

A Minneapolis ordinance makes it a crime to "lurk, lie in wait or be concealed" with the intent to commit a crime -- but Guy Gambill, a criminal justice advocate, has a simpler explanation: "It's standing on a corner after ten o'clock at night when you're black."
City Pages (Twin Cities)  |  Mike Mosedale  |  03-01-2007  |  Crime & Justice

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