AltWeeklies Wire
Conduct Unbecoming an Officernew
Four Illinois State Police investigators are ripped by a prosecutor, but they dodge indictments. It’s the latest charge of misconduct against state police investigators.
Illinois Times |
Dusty Rhodes |
05-13-2005 |
Crime & Justice
Bad Timesnew
Where are the writings of the liberal media elite? In the pages of its purported flagship, The New York Times, all this critic finds are namby-pamby and naive centrists slumming for cred.
Sister Soldiersnew
For two veterans of the 1544th Maintenance Company, a year in Iraq meant mortars, memorial services and Mary Kay cosmetics. The 1544th had the second-highest casualty rate of Army National Guard units serving in Iraq.
Illinois Times |
Dusty Rhodes |
05-12-2005 |
War
His Problem is Our Problemnew
Keeping our communities safe from sex offenders requires getting past the hysteria to solutions that really work.
Metroland |
Rick Marshall |
05-12-2005 |
Crime & Justice
Life Management Made Quickienew
Folks are starting to get used to the concept of wikis, Web pages that can be edited and added to from within the browser window itself, while you’re viewing the page.
Jackson Free Press |
Todd Stauffer |
05-12-2005 |
Science
Tags: Health & Science
Gas Price Hell: Is the End Drawing Nigh?new
The skyrocketing price of gas may mean worse things than you think.
Jackson Free Press |
Adam Lynch |
05-12-2005 |
Business & Labor
Tags: business & labor
Cable News Networks Love White Chicksnew
This country is crazy about white chicks, especially when they've been kidnapped, ravaged or killed. But what about the black 16-year-old who disappeared on her way to class?
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Doug Monroe |
05-12-2005 |
Media
72-Year-Old Woman Chooses Radical Therapy to Fight Cancernew
At a dead end with mainstream medicine, a woman with inoperable cancer turns to alternative and natural remedies developed by German physician Max Gerson in the late 1920s.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Alyssa Abkowitz |
05-12-2005 |
Science
Tags: Health & Science
The Next Great Indecency Threatnew
The religious right (and a few liberals) already have broadcasters on the run. Coming up: Cable, satellite, and -- just possibly -- the Internet.
Boston Phoenix |
Dan Kennedy |
05-12-2005 |
Media
Tags: media
Bringing Down the Aryan Brotherhoodnew
Until a few years ago, Joseph Principe was a correctional officer at the highest-security prison in the country. Getting ensnared in a federal racketeering case made him an inmate.
Westword |
Alan Prendergast |
05-11-2005 |
Crime & Justice
Strike at SF Chronicle Seems Unlikelynew
With labor contracts up in July, the paper's labor unions face a near-impossible task: maintaining some of the best contracts in the industry in the teeth of one of the worst newspaper slumps anywhere.
New SF Chonicle Publisher Takes On Staffing Issuesnew
Frank Vega has been cast as a villain, but he may be just what the Hearst empire needs to defeat the dark forces of the new economy.
PC Home Theatrenew
Hollywood will soon be rolling out its summer blockbusters to wow us with impressive cinematics and thundering THX sound. But why go to the movies for sensory overload when you can get the same experience at your computer?
Dig Boston |
Seth McM. Donlin |
05-11-2005 |
Science
Tags: Health & Science
Skirmishes in Ohio's War on Natural Healthnew
Ski-masked cops rushed into the office of a man who claims to do mechanotherapy and arrested him for allegedly practicing chiropractic without a license. Such aggressive tactics have pushed natural-health providers underground.
Cleveland Scene |
Chris Maag |
05-11-2005 |
Science
Eating Mr. Ednew
No one in America wants Black Beauty for dinner. The meat of the horses auctioned off in Sugarcreek, Ohio, is nearly all sold to countries like France, Belgium, Italy and Japan, where horse is a delicacy.
Cleveland Scene |
Denise Grollmus |
05-11-2005 |
Animal Issues
