AltWeeklies Wire
Pulling the Plugnew
Telecom law revisions in Nevada could lead the way for the nation to get rid of community access television.
Reno News & Review |
Deidre Pike |
08-08-2005 |
Media
Tags: media
If Terrorists Target Springfield...new
Springfield is no London or New York City, but that’s no reason not to have an $800,000 anti-terrorism drill.
Illinois Times |
R.L. Nave |
08-05-2005 |
Policy Issues
Growing Grassroots in Beirutnew
Even after the U.S. and France forced Syria to withdraw from Lebanon, many Lebanese are skeptical of or reject Western interference in Lebanese internal affairs.
Montreal Mirror |
Stefan Christoff |
08-05-2005 |
International
Flipping Out on Real Estatenew
The housing boom in Baltimore and other hot spots is creating millionaires and drawing would-be investors into a complex and often murky business.
Baltimore City Paper |
Edward Ericson Jr. |
08-05-2005 |
Business & Labor
Christian Jihadnew
Members of the anti-gay, anti-abortion, anti-Islam group Operation Save America justify the protest tactics that some find unsettling.
Boulder Weekly |
Grace Hood |
08-05-2005 |
Religion
Tags: religion
Was Arson Eco-Terror?new
As many as 16 nearly complete houses have been torched in or near a posh golf-course development in Coweta County, according to the state Insurance and Safety Fire Commission. At least one of them was destroyed by fire three times.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Michael Wall |
08-04-2005 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
Losing Hanna: Lost in a Bureaucratic Mazenew
In spite of her family's pleas, 15-year-old Hanna Montessori never had her profile entered in the national missing children's database. When her photo finally appeared on the Internet, it was marked "Deceased." Second of two parts; see Part 1.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Mara Shalhoup |
08-04-2005 |
Children & Families
Tags: children & families
Busted in Boomtownnew
Once a desperately poor region populated by hardscrabble mountain-dwellers, Northwest Arkansas is now one of the fastest-growing areas in the country, fueled by a hub of home-grown Fortune 500 companies.
Arkansas Times |
Warwick Sabin |
08-04-2005 |
Economy
Let Your Monkey Do It!new
What's so scary about natural childbirth? The author and his wife found the answer -- not much -- and discovered much more by experiencing it firsthand.
Missoula Independent |
Skylar Browning |
08-04-2005 |
Science
Coulter: Plagio, Ergo Sum?new
Bloggers keep digging up more and more evidence that conservative diva Ann Coulter is a plagiarist.
Tucson Weekly |
Walt Nett |
08-04-2005 |
Media
Tags: media
Stolen Statusnew
The federal government is considering legislation that would water down some states' identity theft-protection laws.
Tucson Weekly |
Dave Devine |
08-04-2005 |
Policy Issues
Tags: public policy issues
The Mexican-American Dreamnew
There are so many Mexicans living in the U.S., the Mexican government elects officials to represent them. Meet the Columbus man who wants to be the midwest’s rep.
Columbus Alive |
J. Caleb Mozzocco |
08-04-2005 |
International
Hacker's Delight: Ten Ways to Soup Up Your iPodnew
The only difference between a hacker and a programmer is that the latter's getting paid. All good-natured admonishments not to mess with your iPod are, in other words, political and merely so.
Boston Phoenix |
Nick Sylvester |
08-04-2005 |
Science
Tags: Health & Science
Infamous Manhunt Leads to Struggle for Justicenew
Twelve years after a dragnet for a rapist targeted blacks in Oneonta, N.Y., a class action lawsuit is going to trial.
The Village Voice |
Chisun Lee |
08-04-2005 |
Race & Class
Keep Both Hands on the Newspapernew
Filmmakers Dana Garbo and Eric Snyder are interviewing pastors and punks, housewives and businessmen, about their thoughts and actions concerning masturbation for a documentary tentatively entitled Wank!
City Pages (Twin Cities) |
Jim Walsh |
08-03-2005 |
Sex
