AltWeeklies Wire
Comet Crashernew
In an interview, Deep Impact scientist Jay Melosh talks history -- 4 1/2 billion years of it.
Tucson Weekly |
Saxon Burns |
07-07-2005 |
Science
Tags: Health & Science
Endangered Actnew
Conservatives smell blood among endangered species.
Tucson Weekly |
Tim Vanderpool |
07-07-2005 |
Animal Issues
Tags: animal issues
The Killen Verdict, Explainednew
The Edgar Ray Killen trial ended in his conviction for manslaughter in the deaths of three civil rights workers, not murder. A historian looks at why that happened.
Jackson Free Press |
Howard Ball |
07-07-2005 |
Race & Class
Tags: race relations
The Fate of Georgia's Fortsnew
The seemingly losing battle to save four Georgia military bases -- and 6,000 military and civilian jobs -- has state and local officials debating what to do with the properties, should the bases close.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Alyssa Abkowitz |
07-07-2005 |
War
Tags: war & peace
Saying Yes to Pot in Rhode Islandnew
A small, heavily Catholic state is poised to legalize medical marijuana -- a move that could that could influence attitudes toward the legislation in other states.
Boston Phoenix |
Ian Donnis |
07-07-2005 |
Science
Shenzhen Surprisenew
General Mills got a crash course in global spin when an obscure newspaper in the southern Chinese city of Shenzhen announced that Häagen-Dazs had been busted for running an ice-cream sweatshop in a three-bedroom apartment.
City Pages (Twin Cities) |
Adam Minter |
07-07-2005 |
Business & Labor
Tags: business & labor
Syphilis Reemerges, Deadlier Than Evernew
Syphilis followed crack cocaine into St. Louis a decade ago, and now the methamphetamine epidemic has caused a surge among gays.
Riverfront Times |
Malcolm Gay |
07-06-2005 |
Science
Blogger Charged With Cyberstalkingnew
Online paeans to a Kansas City newscaster's breasts landed a registered sex offender in jail.
Riverfront Times |
Ben Westhoff |
07-06-2005 |
Media
Oops, Some Fell for Paper's Hoaxnew
Some readers were convinced that Kansas City's new downtown arena would be redesigned as a memorial to Confederate war dead, but the bloggers figured it out.
Airplane Is Gone, and So Is the 'Prophet'new
This June 2005 report on Warren Jeffs' disappearance was just one of many by Phoenix New Times on the FDLS prophet, who yesterday was found guilty of being an accomplice to the rape of a 14-year-old church member.
Phoenix New Times |
John Dougherty |
07-06-2005 |
Religion
Floods of Raw Sewage Plague Homeownernew
Twice since 2001, Donna Hesketh's Phoenix home has been flooded with raw sewage.
Phoenix New Times |
Bruce Rushton |
07-06-2005 |
Environment
Tags: Park, Sunnyslope
Phoenix's Sewer Crisis: A Real S#&t Stormnew
The quick corrosion of the city's concrete sewer pipes has gone unnoticed by most toilet users, but it's been the talk of the sewage world, with civil engineers from across the country looking to Phoenix as an object lesson.
Phoenix New Times |
Bruce Rushton |
07-06-2005 |
Environment
Woman Suing for Palimony Made Other Chargesnew
Nancy "Coco" Johnsen, who has sued political comedian Bill Maher for financial support, had earlier accused a wealthy playboy of assaulting her.
Miami New Times |
Tristram Korten |
07-06-2005 |
Crime & Justice
Readership Drops for Miami's Black Papernew
The once-vibrant Miami Times has been withering ever since Rachel Reeves took over the publication from her father.
Miami New Times |
Rebecca Wakefield |
07-06-2005 |
Media
Tags: Miami Herald, Jr., after Miami police officer William Lozano, and Garth Reeves, black motorist Arthur McDuffie, Clement Lloyd, Former Miami Times reporter Wilson Louis Bahamian-born publisher Garth Reeves and his Indo-Guyanese managing editor, Garth Reeves, Garth Reeves and his daughter Rachel Reeves, Henry E. S. Reeves, Jonathan Postal, Mohamed Hamaludin, race riots, Sr. (left)
Cantineras Risk Alcoholism to Earn Good Moneynew
In Houston's cantinas, women are paid to entice men to buy them drinks. Some took up the line of work to pay off the coyote who helped them cross the border.
Houston Press |
Keith Plocek |
07-06-2005 |
The War on Women
