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Black Daysnew

First the Waldo Canyon fire, now the Black Forest fire. Should Colorado just expect huge wildfires from now on?

Colorado Springs Independent | J. Adrian Stanley | 06-19-2013 | Environment

Tags: climate change, Black Forest fire

Marriage Equality Is Great And All, But...new

Cleveland's LGBT community is focused on more important things right now.

Cleveland Scene | Eric Sandy | 06-19-2013 | LGBT

Portrait of a Shattered Familynew

Murder destroyed Charity Lee's family, forever altered her concept of justice.

San Antonio Current | Michael Barajas | 06-13-2013 | Crime & Justice

Hood: Google Pushing Illegal Drugsnew

Mississippi Attorney General Jim Hood says Google is an “accessory before the fact” to online sales of illegal pharmaceuticals.

Jackson Free Press | Tyler Cleveland | 06-13-2013 | Business & Labor

The messengers have been killednew

The country could use more reporters like Gary Webb and Kathy Scruggs.

Creative Loafing (Atlanta) | John F. Sugg | 06-13-2013 | Media

Tags: Glenn Greenwald, Gary Webb

More Trouble at Colorado's Toxicology Labnew

Defense attorneys in Colorado are raising the specter of thousands of DUI cases having been compromised.

Colorado Springs Independent | Chet Hardin and Kirk Woundy | 06-13-2013 | Crime & Justice

Tags: El Paso County Sheriff's Office, Colorado Springs Police Department

Sean Parker's Big Sur Vanity Wedding Falloutnew

Facebook co-founder Sean Parker spent millions on his recent Big Sur wedding, but when he rented a campground from the upscale Ventana Inn & Spa, he rented "an ongoing California Coastal Act" violation. Turns out, that campground should have been opened to the public years ago under Ventana's permit.

Monterey County Weekly | Kera Abraham | 06-13-2013 | Environment

Against medical advice, Corbett poised to sign another restrictive women's healthcare billnew

Pennsylvania Governor Corbett is expected to sign into law a bill that would mandate that private insurers participating in the state exchange not cover abortion, even when it threatens the health of the mother.

Philadelphia Weekly | Tara Murtha | 06-13-2013 | Health

Nuclear Islandnew

As the world abandons nuclear plans, South Carolina digs in.

Columbia Free Times | Corey Hutchins | 06-12-2013 | Energy

Tags: nuclear energy

The Somerville Filesnew

The first installment in a multi-part series about the intersection of politics, development, and power in the City of Somerville.

Dig Boston | Chris Faraone, Tom Nash and Adam Vaccaro | 06-12-2013 | Crime & Justice

Dow Chemical Tries to Avoid Hot Water in Worker’s Deathnew

Brian Johns suffered chemical burns over 65 percent of his body in a Deer Park plant explosion. A representative of his company, a subsidiary of Dow Chemical, tried to tell doctors Johns had just encountered some really hot water.

Houston Press | Dianna Wray | 06-12-2013 | Business & Labor

From Motown to Coketownnew

The petroleum byproduct known as "petcoke," which is derived from an extraction process involving tar-like bitumen from the oil sands of Alberta, Canada, and is turned into gasoline and other fuels sits, exposed, along the bank of the Detroit River. Everyone agrees it is unsightly, but is it unsafe, too?

Metro Times | Curt Guyette | 06-12-2013 | Environment