AltWeeklies Wire
Man's Story of How His Family Drowned Doesn't Hold Waternew
A freak rainstorm carried away Robert Rogers' minivan, killing his wife, children and a Good Samaritan. Rogers tells church crowds he walked away from a "wall of water" that night, but Kansas rescue workers say his account makes no sense.
Interview With a Warlord: A Deposed Legend Tells His Side of the Storynew
Ismail Khan, the recently deposed warlord-governor of Herat Province in Afghanistan, claims he was removed from office because he wouldn't have allowed drug traffickers to move opium through his district.
L.A. Weekly |
Ann Rachel Marlowe |
10-19-2004 |
International
Mainstream Media Still Can't Cover the Campaignsnew
The major news outfits do a piss-poor job of evaluating the rhetoric and claims of candidates, and the media is generally reluctant to vigorously truth-test the assertions made by candidates (or presidents).
L.A. Weekly |
David Corn |
10-18-2004 |
Media
Public Fiber-Optic Plans Have History of Failurenew
A study on whether San Francisco should go into the business of providing Internet, cable TV, and telephone services to residents is a boondoggle-in-the-making.
Peace Activist Warns Students to Be Afraid...Very Afraidnew
Anti-nuke crusader Helen Caldicott tells Illinois Wesleyan University students that they live in a dangerous area, with a nuclear-power plant just 24 miles away.
Illinois Times |
Todd Spivak |
10-18-2004 |
Environment
Creator of Anti-Kerry Documentary Had Troubled Careernew
Sinclair Broadcast Group is ordering its 62 stations to air an anti-John Kerry documentary next week. The producer, Carlton Sherwood, created another controversial report 20 years ago that resulted in his TV station issuing a retraction.
Illinois Times |
John K. Wilson |
10-15-2004 |
Media
Life Interrupted: Japanese Americans in Arkansas during World War IInew
At a conference in Little Rock, elderly Japanese Americans and political leaders gathered to examine the Japanese-American experience at concentration camps in Arkansas during World War II.
Illinois Times |
Yoshimi Yoshimura Golden |
10-15-2004 |
Policy Issues
Too Fat!new
Arkansas's got perhaps the skinniest governor and the fattest children in America. One wants to help the other -- and their loss could be his gain.
Arkansas Times |
Leslie Newell Peacock |
10-15-2004 |
Science
Child's Death Exposes Workings of a Moms-and-Pop Cultnew
After a 19-month-old boy was brought dead to an emergency room, investigators discovered four women in thrall to a self-styled mystic named Winnfred Wright. Wright appears to have used psychological coercion on the women, who bore him 13 children.
SF Weekly |
Lessley Anderson |
10-15-2004 |
Crime & Justice
Papers Writing About Kobe Bryant's Accuser Wonder What's in a Namenew
Major newspapers and broadcast stations across the country have resisted the urge to name Kobe Bryant's accuser even though the criminal charges against Bryant were dropped last month, leaving only a civil complaint.
Playing the Draft Cardnew
Young people fear a call up. Should they? Brett Potter analyzes the likelihood of a draft.
Jackson Free Press |
Brett Potter |
10-14-2004 |
War
Tags: war & peace
Conflicted Agendasnew
With an initiative banning gay marriage on Montana's November ballot, who's fighting the battle, and why?
Missoula Independent |
Julie Sparrow Carson |
10-14-2004 |
LGBT
The Wreck Next Doornew
A homeowner doing his best to renovate an old house finds out just how much a slumlord next door can get away.
Metroland |
Darryl McGrath |
10-14-2004 |
Policy Issues
Flanking Action: High Court's New Term to Settle 'War on Terror' Issuesnew
A case now before the Supreme Court, Doe vs. Tenet, involves a husband-and-wife team of spies who came in from the Soviet cold a while ago, hoping to make good on a CIA promise to finance their golden years here in the United States.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Bob Barr |
10-14-2004 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
Internal Documents Point to Primate Abuse at Emorynew
Internal documents obtained and released last week by a Cincinnati-based animal advocate group show that Emory University and its Yerkes National Primate Research Center might have violated the federal Animal Welfare Act, resulting in the death of a rhesus monkey.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Alyssa Abkowitz |
10-14-2004 |
Animal Issues
Tags: animal issues
