AltWeeklies Wire
Moneyopolynew
Who are the Orange County players who contributed to the 2008 presidential candidates?
The Meat of the Matternew
The quality and nature of food should not be parsed and bogged down in semantics and technicalities.
Baltimore City Paper |
Vincent Williams |
01-29-2008 |
Food+Drink
Tags: cloning
Maryland Takes Another Look At Video-Interrogations Billnew
A bill sponsored by Del. Curt Anderson that would require police to videotape confessions of violent-crime suspects is getting a third shot in the house of delegates this session.
Baltimore City Paper |
Van Smith |
01-29-2008 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
Soft Sellnew
Chris Foster's vending machine makes visual art affordable and fun.
The Coast, Halifax's Weekly |
Laura Kenins |
01-29-2008 |
Art
Tags: visual arts
Gonzo Pong: My 10 Minutes as an Olympic Hopefulnew
I fully understand that table tennis activities involve risks and dangers of serious bodily injury, including permanent disability, paralysis and death. That's what the USA Table Tennis waiver required me to say. I signed it anyway.
Philadelphia City Paper |
Nick Norlen |
01-29-2008 |
Sports
Tags: sports & fitness
In-Flight Solonew
Danny Ledwell of the band In-Flight Safety brings his own material to a new album.
The Coast, Halifax's Weekly |
Ian Gormely |
01-29-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Danny Ledwell, Two Over Seven
Ban the Bag Bannew
I'm back on plastic shopping sacks. These days, the lowly plastic bag has become so vilified, so universally derided as a symbol of our environmental ho-humism that I can't find a plastic bag anywhere.
The Coast, Halifax's Weekly |
Lezlie Lowe |
01-29-2008 |
Commentary
CREEMednew
Tempers flare in the wake of a new CREEM anthology and Lester Bangs rolls in his grave in this piece by a former CREEM editor that puts it all in historical context.
Metro Times |
Bill Holdship |
01-29-2008 |
Music
Can Anything Be Done to Bring Baltimore's Homicide Rate Down?new
Ray Alston, Michael Simms, and John Morris were just three of 282 people murdered in Baltimore in 2007, making it the most murderous year the city has seen since 1999. How does a city get to the point where mothers lose multiple sons to street crime, and how can it change?
Baltimore City Paper |
Anna Ditkoff |
01-29-2008 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
Bettye LaVette's Aching Heartnew
Forty-six years after her recording debut, the soul singer is finally getting the attention she deserves.
New Haven Advocate |
Art Tipaldi |
01-29-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Bettye LaVette
The Waiting Blamenew
Hollywood types aren't the only people feeling the pain of the Writers Guild of America strike that's crippling the entertainment industry.
Philadelphia City Paper |
Mary F. Patel |
01-29-2008 |
Movies
A Gaggle of Republicans Vie to Reclaim Tom DeLay's Seatnew
During the 20 years DeLay held the seat, the 22nd Congressional District glimmered like a Republican Death Star, an impenetrable seat of power from which he unleashed his noxiously partisan agenda on Texas and the country. But since the former House majority leader imploded, the once impregnable GOP fortress has fallen into disrepair.
The Texas Observer |
Emily DePrang |
01-29-2008 |
Politics
Vets Find a Way Homenew
Suicidal, shell-shocked and homeless veterans find help through the VA.
Pasadena Weekly |
Carl Kozlowski |
01-29-2008 |
War
The Bradley Effectnew
Despite Obama's success, it seems white America still won't vote black.
Metro Times |
Jack Lessenberry |
01-29-2008 |
Commentary
Guilty Until Proven Innocentnew
A private investigator has uncovered new evidence that could exonerate two men doing time for a 1993 New Haven murder. His work's so persuasive, the state has reopened the case.
New Haven Advocate |
Freda Moon |
01-29-2008 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
