AltWeeklies Wire
Smurf Filmsnew
If UNICEF can use the Smurfs to warn people about war, there’s no reason you can’t use other cartoons to warn them about other evils.
Dig Boston |
Chris Haire |
10-26-2005 |
Media
Tags: media
'Painting With a Broad Brush'
An Oklahoma judge attacked the credibility and experience of federal judges. Three requests by Oklahoma Gazette to copy or review a videotape made of the hearing were denied.
Oklahoma Gazette |
Scott Cooper |
10-26-2005 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
2,000 Troops Dead -- and No End in Sightnew
The number of American service members who died in the Iraq war is more than five times larger than the number of dead in the Persian Gulf War. The names of those lost are listed here.
The Village Voice |
Jarrett Murphy |
10-26-2005 |
War
TV Editor Takes New Gig With Al-Jazeera Internationalnew
Gabriel Elizondo of KMGH-TV/Channel 7 in Denver has taken a job with a spinoff of the controversial Arabic network.
Open Space Disappearing North of Denvernew
As retail projects continue gobbling prairie north of Denver, they leave behind aging malls that were once considered economic boons, and have now become economic bombs.
Alternate Realitiesnew
The matriarch alternative weekly of Seattle and the patriarch of Phoenix meet again.
Seattle Weekly |
Knute Berger |
10-26-2005 |
Media
Tags: media
Leaping Lizardsnew
Here's how a Seattle tech company created the entire archive of the country's best magazine -- with the eight-DVD package selling for $100.
Seattle Weekly |
Michaelangelo Matos |
10-26-2005 |
Science
Tags: Health & Science
Horses: The Other Red Meatnew
Activists want to save them; Europeans and Asians want to eat them; but Congress is putting the slaughter of horses for human consumption on the chopping block.
Boulder Weekly |
Daniel Boniface |
10-25-2005 |
Animal Issues
Tags: animal issues
Father of Murdered Woman Keeps After Public Officialsnew
A compliance manager for the Internal Revenue Service pursued evidence in his daughter's case, then turned his energies toward making sure officials comply with Missouri's open-meetings and open-records laws.
The Pitch |
Kendrick Blackwood |
10-25-2005 |
Crime & Justice
Celebrated Capital Murder Case Reconsiderednew
Questions remain about whether a death row prisoner acted alone in the 1988 murder of heiress Jeanne Tovrea.
Phoenix New Times |
Paul Rubin |
10-25-2005 |
Crime & Justice
Postcards from the U.S.-Mexican Bordernew
Three friends passed out a few hundred disposable cameras and persuaded migrants to take pictures of their adventure crossing the desert. They hope to exhibit the results in art galleries.
Phoenix New Times |
Jimmy Magahern |
10-25-2005 |
Immigration
Stop Ends in Officer's Tragic Deathnew
A Fort Lauderdale police officer fell to his death during a stop of a private investigator.
New Times Broward-Palm Beach |
Bob Norman |
10-25-2005 |
Crime & Justice
His Drug Supply Gone, a Smuggler Deals in Informationnew
Longtime drug smuggler Michael Ray Roberts has avoided serious prison time by ratting out his partners. So far.
New Times Broward-Palm Beach |
Eric Alan Barton |
10-25-2005 |
Crime & Justice
Terrorist or Tricksternew
Did a career criminal foil a potentially catastrophic attack on Miami? A reporter checks out the claims of a caller who says he has the suicide tape of 9/11 ringleader Mohammed Atta.
Miami New Times |
Tristram Korten |
10-24-2005 |
Crime & Justice
Alt-Weeklies' Ownership in Fluxnew
It's official: Seattle Weekly parent Village Voice Media and the New Times chain of urban weeklies propose to merge.
Seattle Weekly |
Chuck Taylor |
10-24-2005 |
Media
Tags: media
