Letters: Student Loans, Subsidies, Poverty And Obesity Trouble Ahead For Stafford Loans The debt ceiling deal recently reached by the White House and Congress has some negative consequences for current and future college students who [...] Alibi \ Aug 18, 2011 Read More
Indoor Surfing? Knot Those Shorts Tight. Indoor Surfing? Yeah, Dude, It’s A Trip. Just Remember To Knot Those Shorts Tight. The water is only waist-deep, but already I’m in over my head.“Desperate” describes my first effort to stay afloat in the FlowRider, a [...] Toby Smith \ Aug 18, 2011 Read More
Miss Diagnosis: Free Birth Control And Other Big Bonuses Free Birth Control And Other Big Bonuses Back in the good ol’ days, Congress somehow managed to pass a little piece legislation called the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act [...] Whitny Doyle R.N. \ Aug 11, 2011 Read More
Odds & Ends: Nuclear Kitchen Meltdown, No Kit-Kat For Fishes, Doll Rescue, Don’t Sleep In The Road, Batman’s Helper Odds & Ends: Nuclear Kitchen Meltdown, No Kit-Kat For Fishes, Doll Rescue, Don’t Sleep In The Road, Batman’s Helper Dateline: Sweden— An amateur scientist was arrested after causing a small nuclear meltdown in his kitchen. Richard Handl admits he had radioactive elements [...] Devin D. O'Leary \ Aug 11, 2011 Read More
Native Youth Group Bikes 200 Miles On The Trail Of The Ancients Circles are everywhere. In nature. In art. On bikes.That’s how Jake Foreman sees it. Cycles of Life is a nonprofit he created to [...] Elise Kaplan \ Aug 11, 2011 Read More
Answer Me This: Tracking Burque, Drunk Mayor, Tornado, Mesa Murders 1) What could police be using to track Burqueños, according to the American Civil Liberties Union? a. Subdermal computer chipsb. Cell phone datac. [...] Marisa Demarco \ Aug 11, 2011 Read More
Letters: Boo El Machete, Tiny Toons, “Breaking Bad” Makes Us Look Bad, Parents Raise Fat Kids, Game Of Thrones, The Credit Downgrade Hurts Troubled Toons I would like to object to the recent [Aug. 4-10] "El Machete" cartoon depicting four countries that use "blood money" from the U.S. [...] Alibi \ Aug 11, 2011 Read More
News Profile: Where Babies Come From Midwife-Run Nonprofit Births Alternative For Expectant Mothers Dar a Luz Birth & Health Center sits on a lush plot of land in the North Valley, set back from the road [...] Christie Chisholm \ Aug 04, 2011 Read More
Travelog: A Damn Grand Canyon And Flagstaff, Where The Craft Brew Flows Freely When I started planning this trip, not a lot of nearby travel options were left on the table. It was about 15 minutes [...] Elizabeth W. Hughes \ Aug 04, 2011 Read More
Odds & Ends: Dog Poop = Gold, Wine In The Docks, Playing Favorites ... With A Gun, Truck Testicles Odds & Ends: Dog Poop = Gold, Wine In The Docks, Playing Favorites ... With A Gun, Truck Testicles Dateline: Taiwan— A city in northern Taiwan is planning to turn dog poop into gold—offering residents a chance to win gold bars by [...] Devin D. O'Leary \ Aug 04, 2011 Read More
