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America's promise to protect asylum-seekers gets lost in the paperworkBy Lisa RabThursday, October 09Eleven years ago, Peter arrived in America, desperate for a place to hide. In his native Uganda, he had been a rebel, a human-rights activist... More >> -
Drop Boards Not BombsLlewellyn Werner thinks skateparks could get Iraq's economy rollingBy Jared Jacang MaherThursday, October 02Aspen is about as far as you can get from Baghdad. There are no suicide bombings, no power outages, food shortages or military checkpoints in... More >> -
Planned Parenthood's scheme to bust abortion protestersBy Sean CroninThursday, September 25They were fed up. It wasn't just the giant posters of mangled, aborted fetuses that steeled their determination. It wasn't the taunting, the... More >> -
With help from the feds, a Denver scientist helps Second Life go nuclearBy Joel WarnerThursday, September 18Lilith Forzane is looking for steamy geek love. She's just popped in (having materialized out of thin air) at the entrance of the Science... More >> -
It takes more than a break-in and a stabbing to get arrested in Cherry HillsBy Lisa RabThursday, September 11Barbara Siemann woke to the sound of footsteps in her hallway just after 3:30 a.m. on June 1. Judging by the blurred digital clock on her cell... More >>
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Roller Jam: Every night is '80s night at South Florida roller rinks
By Amy Guthrie
“Spring Love” by Stevie B:
Miguel Carver looks devilishly happy as he rounds the... More >>
Dallas
DISD In the Hole
Teachers get axed and parents fret as Dallas' school leaders scramble to cover a budget hole
By Robert Wilonsky
A greeting, passed along in a coffee shop:
"Hey, I haven't seen you in a long time."
"How are... More >>
Houston
Ronald Taylor Is One of Perhaps Hundreds of Innocent People Harris County Has Sent to Prison
Our local justice system would prefer to leave them there
By Randall Patterson
Ronald Gene Taylor's long night began one morning 15 years ago when he was awakened by the... More >>
Kansas City
The Ghosts of St. Elizabeth: For Kansas City's Catholic sex-abuse victims, this was a parish of pain.
By Peter Rugg
The cold face of the St. Elizabeth rectory gives no indication of comfort within. Inside, its... More >>
Miami
Every Night Is Eighties Night at South Florida Skating Rinks
Remember couples skate? Suede rentals? Cheap pizza? They all live on at the roller rink.
By Amy Guthrie
Miguel Carver looks devilishly happy as he rounds a corner of the roller rink. Bent slightly... More >>
Minneapolis
Skate or die: Life with the MN Roller Girls
The rough-and-tumble Roller Girls punch, smack, and kick their way to victory at the rink
By Beth Walton
Before we get too far ahead of ourselves, there's something you need to know about me: I'm a... More >>
Phoenix
A Mormon Widower Wasn’t Counting on a Murder Rap When He Followed His Late Wife’s Instruction to Marry His Ex-Lover
By Paul Rubin
On September 23, 2001, Faylene Grant wrote a letter to her husband Doug and his ex-girlfriend,... More >>
San Francisco
Building Overtime
Off-duty police officers making time and a half are swarming over construction sites, handing out tickets. Only in S.F.
By Joe Eskenazi
Six hundred and twenty-two dollars and eighty-one cents. This is a figure virtually every... More >>
St. Louis
Abracadabra: St. Louis has become a flourishing place for magicians
By Matt Kasper
It is a Friday afternoon in August and Keith Jozsef is shuffling cards at Tucker's Place in... More >>
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Josephine and the Mousepeople stand tall. We've got so damn much new content today that as soon as I finish writing this blog, I'm taking the rest of the day off. Backbeat Online brings you live reviews of Nick... More >>
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Were Democrats dumb enough to write this "idiot" memo?
Thursday, October 09A purported 2006 memo from the Colorado Democracy Alliance, an organization that funnels money to liberal candidates and causes, looks benign at... More>>
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Adam Cayton-Holland, bagman for the city
Thursday, October 09When I found my house, part of what sold me on the property was the xeriscaping. While the back yard is a fecund mecca of non-nativity, bursting... More>>
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From the week of October 9, 2008
Thursday, October 09"Save Obama!," Patricia Calhoun, October 2 Barack to Basics Were this mural of Barack Obama to depict the same sentiment about John McCain,... More>>
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Why does the Mexican call us gabachos?
Thursday, October 09Dear Readers: I don't like to rerun columns, 'cause it makes me look like a lazy Mexican, but as my column invades foreign terrain (Steamboat... More>>
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