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What We're Really Talking About When We Talk About the Killing of Annie Lenew

As Annie Le's story appeared all over the internet and on 24-hour news updates, blogs, commentaries, Facebook and Twitter posts, the fact that she was an Asian-American female was to become an important part of her narrative, speaking to uniquely American anxieties about sex, violence, gender and race.
New Haven Advocate  |  Pang-Mei Natasha Chang  |  11-17-2009  |  Race Relations

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The Great Rock and Roll Swap Meet, September 17 at the Hexagon

​September 17th at the Hexagon Bar, prepare to be sold shit. A lot of it. The Great Rock And Roll...

Miranda Lambert leads CMA nominations; Carrie Underwood scratches, yawns

This week, The Country Music Association announced the last of its nominations for the 2010 CMA Awards, set to air...

Medical marijuana dispensary review: Pure Medical Dispensary -- where less is more

​In "Mile Highs and Lows," Westword offers a no-holds-barred look at what goes on behind the locked doors of marijuana...

After Getting Out Of Lucrative Parking Lot Biz, City Of L.A. Gets Into Not-So-Lucrative Golf Cart Biz

We're putting this one in our fat "City Hall, W.T.F?" file: We wrote last month about how the City of...
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Dog Beat Dog

To pull off the biggest dogfighting bust in U.S. history, investigators went deep undercover. So did their dogs.
Riverfront Times  |  Keegan Hamilton  |  09-02-2010  |  Animal Issues

Valient Thorr's Stranger

Valient Thorr still finds its distinction by directing its menace at deserving targets via social commentaries charged by precision and power.
Independent Weekly (NC)  |  Spencer Griffith  |  09-01-2010  |  Reviews

Failure to Enforce

The Alberta government fails to enforce its own laws on toxic tailings ponds and the tar sands.
VUE Weekly  |  Mimi Williams  |  09-02-2010  |  Environment