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Pennsylvania's Sprawl = More Greenhouse Gasesnew

A new report, Growing Cooler: The Evidence on Urban Development and Climate Change, details how rampant sprawling development has changed how we travel and how that adds up to more greenhouse gases.

Philadelphia City Paper | Will Dean | 10-02-2007 | Environment

Tags: environment

Organ Harvesting: A Thorn in Beijing's Olympic Crown?new

Falun Gong and others claim the Chinese government has targeted members of dissident groups for arrest and, in some cases, execution, after which their organs allegedly have been harvested for transplants.

Philadelphia City Paper | Aisha Sattar | 10-02-2007 | International

Tags: international

Pittsburgh Reaches Settlement with Antiwar Demonstratorsnew

The agreement will keep the 24-hour antiwar protesters within two marked sections of sidewalk along Forbes Avenue, and will keep city police officers from citing any more protesters for "obstructing passageways" while sitting or lying there during the rest of their nearly month-long fast and picket.

Pittsburgh City Paper | Marty Levine | 10-01-2007 | War

Tags: war & peace

Post-Gazette Breaks Judicial Seal in Scaife Divorce Casenew

Despite his best efforts, some of the most sensitive documents filed in Pittsburgh Tribune-Review publisher Richard Mellon Scaife's divorce are now a matter of public record -- but Scaife is fighting to have those documents hidden again, with a legal petition that is itself sealed.

Pittsburgh City Paper | Charlie Deitch | 10-01-2007 | Media

Tags: media

Why'd an All-Woman Variety Show Ban a Trans Magician?new

Jessi Seams expected everyone to embrace her identity as a transwoman, but she didn't expect this.

Pittsburgh City Paper | Melissa Meinzer | 10-01-2007 | Sex

Tags: sex & reproductive issues

Feds Target Santa Barbara's Medical Marijuana Shopsnew

In recent days, more than a dozen local property owners have received word from the DEA that they could face the potential seizure of their property and assets if they continue to rent space to cannabis companies -- a threat that has dispensary operators and building owners alike waiting to exhale.

Santa Barbara Independent | Staff | 10-01-2007 | Drugs

Tags: Drugs

Why Doesn't Philly Just Hire 10,000 More Cops?new

Instead, the city's latest crime-fighting initiative asks for 10,000 men -- particularly black men -- to voluntarily patrol crime-ridden neighborhoods.

Philadelphia Weekly | Kia Gregory | 10-01-2007 | Crime & Justice

Tags: crime & justice

To Have, But Not To Holdnew

How the grisly murder and dismemberment of a young man led a well-off pilot to wed a woman serving life for the crime.

Nashville Scene | Sarah Kelley | 10-01-2007 | Crime & Justice

Tags: crime & justice

Blue Whale Requiemnew

Mystery reigns as sonar tests pit military training against beloved Southland pods.

L.A. Weekly | Judith Lewis | 10-01-2007 | Animal Issues

Tags: animal issues

CleanScapes Hopes to Monitor Your Recyclingnew

The company's founder wants to bring the equivalent of the red-light camera to your front curb. Just as the traffic camera captures you running through a stoplight, CleanScapes' incriminating photos would catch you improperly disposing of a milk carton.

Seattle Weekly | Nina Shapiro | 10-01-2007 | Environment

Tags: environment

Larry Flynt Gives Seattle University an Earfulnew

These days, while the Hustler publisher is more quaint than edgy, he's still making a pitch for the acceptance of graphic material in a world where the internet has made the pages of his magazine look tame.

Seattle Weekly | Laura Onstot | 10-01-2007 | Media

Tags: media