AltWeeklies Wire
Beware! Google is Watching Younew
The company everyone loves knows more about you than you might realize. And that’s just for starters.
Boston Phoenix |
Dan Kennedy |
01-21-2005 |
Science
Colorado Cash Flownew
Draining the Colorado River Delta costs billions of dollars each year in lost services and habitat for fish.
Tucson Weekly |
Tim Vanderpool |
01-20-2005 |
Environment
Tags: environment
Veteran Stars of Bush's Inauguration Have Scarsnew
More than 15,000 soldiers have been medically evacuated from Iraq. Some of the injured, like Chris Bain, will be sitting a few tables away from George W. Bush at one of the inaugural balls.
The Village Voice |
Kareem Fahim |
01-20-2005 |
War
Brothers' Biking Deaths Show Need for Policy Reformnew
Both Jace and Christian LaFore were killed in motorcycle accidents. Now Colorado State senator Lois Tochtrop is proposing legislation that would stiffen penalties against careless drivers who injure or kill bikers.
Westword |
Luke Turf |
01-19-2005 |
Policy Issues
Tags: public policy issues
Split Decisionnew
San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom and his wife, Kimberly Guilfoyle Newsom, former lingerie model and prosecutor, are splitting. Take this quiz to find out if you're a teary-eyed apologist for the breakup.
SF Weekly |
Matt Palmquist |
01-19-2005 |
Children & Families
Tags: children & families
'They Can't Fool Me'new
A delegation that includes family members of soldiers killed in Iraq reaches out to the occupied country.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Camille T. Taiara |
01-19-2005 |
War
Tags: war & peace
U.S. Regulators Ignore Massive Parmalat Fraudnew
The roar of U.S. silence in regard to the bankruptcy of the Parma, Italy-based food conglomerate gives the impression that it was a foreign affair. But evidence shows it was a largely American job.
SF Weekly |
Matt Smith |
01-19-2005 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
Abie Babynew
Don't ever call anyone gay. Look at the trouble it got C.A. Tripp into. The author of the The Intimate World of Abraham Lincoln died in 2003 and now has to lie in the cold, cold ground while fellow historians kick at his dirt. Tripp claims in his book that Honest Abe was honestly a poofter.
Seattle Weekly |
Steve Wiecking |
01-19-2005 |
LGBT
Tags: gay & lesbian issues
The Tattoo Artist as Perfect Canvasnew
At age 12, Brad Fink was struck with a rare genetic malfunction that caused all his hair to fall out. Today he's St. Louis' pre-eminent tattoo artist, nationally acclaimed for his parlor magic -- his hairless skin an inker's dream.
Riverfront Times |
Randall Roberts |
01-19-2005 |
Business & Labor
Tags: business & labor
The Neighborhood Death Tollnew
Five of Terrell Fowlkes' friends were murdered in 2004 -- his best friend was shot in front of him and died at his feet. He's just one of many young men in East Baltimore trying to find meaning in a neighborhood where homicide is part of everyday life.
Baltimore City Paper |
Anna Ditkoff |
01-19-2005 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
How Two Tempe Women Found Scott Peterson's Missing Cementnew
A photo Genna McCallie took of a bag of cement in Scott Peterson's driveway drew her and her friend Kathy Monkman into a murder case they'd only intended to comment on online.
Phoenix New Times |
Sarah Fenske |
01-18-2005 |
Crime & Justice
Scorched-Earth Philosophy Sucks Life From Wetlandsnew
Wetlands are vanishing from the Houston region faster than from any other urban area in the nation, biologists say. The area's drain-fill-and-pave approach to wetlands management could soon become standard practice nationwide.
Houston Press |
Josh Harkinson |
01-18-2005 |
Environment
Athletes Driven to Drink Have a Field of Choicesnew
Forty years after the invention of Gatorade, athletes have dozens of sports and energy drinks, along with the newest "fitness" waters, to choose from. What's all the buzz about?
The Georgia Straight |
Gail Johnson |
01-17-2005 |
Science
Anti-Evolutionary Teachings Reenter Schools in New Formnew
Creationists have changed their strategy in order to gain acceptance from the scientific community and to get their materials into public schools. Gone is talk of God and the Bible. Anti-evolutionary advocates instead speak of "intelligent design."
Reno News & Review |
Deidre Pike |
01-17-2005 |
Education
Homemade Wine, Hillbillies and Fireworks Don't Mixnew
The fireworks exhibitors at the catastrophic Founder's Day Fair in Hubbard, Ohio, have been arraigned in federal court in Cleveland on several counts of felony conspiracy.
Cleveland Scene |
James Renner |
01-17-2005 |
Crime & Justice
