AltWeeklies Wire
Murder of Ex-Boxing Trainer's Estranged Wife Goes Unsolvednew
The financial spoils in the divorce case Carbajal v. Carbajal were hundreds of thousands of dollars in property and retirement accounts. Sally Carbajal was the odds-on favorite to win by a knockout -- until she was killed.
Phoenix New Times |
Paul Rubin |
06-28-2005 |
Crime & Justice
Reminiscences of a White Pimpnew
After enduring a rough-and-tumble phase with poverty, Robert Kramer was drawn to his profession as if fulfilling his destiny.
Miami New Times |
Courtney Hambright |
06-28-2005 |
Sex
Die, Weed, Dienew
An alien moth munches an invasive fern -- one that is threatening Florida's Everglades -- into extinction.
Miami New Times |
Wyatt Olson |
06-27-2005 |
Environment
Border Statenew
The support network struggles to catch up with Arkansas’s status as a prime destination for Latino immigrants.
Arkansas Times |
Warwick Sabin |
06-27-2005 |
Immigration
Tags: Immigration
Seabiscuit Should Be So Luckynew
Just call them the Horse Pressurers: This new breed of equine healer does acupressure, massage, the holistic works, and often runs on ambiguous legal turf.
East Bay Express |
Kara Platoni |
06-27-2005 |
Science
Protecting the Birds from the Beesnew
Sex ed presents a conundrum in cities where sheltered kids sit alongside those with too much life experience
East Bay Express |
Chris Thompson |
06-27-2005 |
Sex
Free the Pill!new
It's highly effective and "safer than aspirin." Selling it over the counter could prevent hundreds of thousands of abortions annually. So why on earth can't women get their birth control without a prescription?
East Bay Express |
Kara Platoni |
06-27-2005 |
Sex
The Case Against the Plutonium Space Race
Even though the use of plutonium-238 in space could endanger the lives of people on earth, the United States has greatly expanded its nuclear space program.
Boise Weekly |
Karl Grossman |
06-26-2005 |
Environment
From Potatoes to Plutonium
The document manager for a project to bring all of the country's plutonium-238 production to Idaho says the project will actually make the process safer. But residents near the facility have their doubts.
Boise Weekly |
Leslie Fuger |
06-26-2005 |
Policy Issues
Tags: plutonium
Idaho Xenophobe Wants National Powernew
Canyon County Commissioner Robert Vasquez only speaks about a single issue: illegal aliens. But can someone intending to run for a seat in Congress have a campaign based solely on an issue as divisive and difficult as immigration reform?
Boise Weekly |
Nicholas Collias |
06-26-2005 |
Immigration
Group Accuses Grocer of Selling Info to Drug Companiesnew
Albertsons is heading to court on allegations that the grocer is selling confidential medical information to several pharmaceutical companies.
Boise Weekly |
Mike Belle |
06-26-2005 |
Business & Labor
Tags: business & labor
Touring Monsanto's Secret GMO Farmnew
Monsanto is one of the world's most powerful producers of Genetically Modified foods. At a tour of one of its Hawaii seed farms, friendly company officials and scientists offer rhetoric that doesn't come close to matching reality.
Fort Carsondadnew
To prepare its soldiers for war, the U.S. Army is building mock Iraqi villages on a military base near you -- complete with anti-Bush graffiti and Iraqi-American villagers.
Boulder Weekly |
Joel Warner |
06-24-2005 |
War
Tags: war & peace
Woodward's Debt to Deep Throatnew
If a story turns out to be a career maker, shouldn't the source share in the rewards?
The Village Voice |
Sydney H. Schanberg |
06-24-2005 |
Media
Public Displays of Affection: Gays, Parks, & Misdemeanorsnew
Men who seek sex from other men in parks may be at risk for physical harm, sexually transmitted diseases and arrest. Even worse is how one moment of indiscretion can inflict intense feelings of shame and self-hate.
City Newspaper |
Tim Louis Macaluso |
06-24-2005 |
LGBT
Tags: Cruising, gay arrests
