Saint Jack's bar and restaurant has withdrawn its ad in the Philadelphia City Paper depicting the king of Thailand (a demi-God to his people) as a "bling-bling hipster," but the letters and e-mails continue to roll in, Howard Altman writes. "One man explained. 'It's like if I dig your beloved parents body from the grave. And I kick them like toys then I drag them through the very long road. Finally, I leave your parent's body for dogs and the dogs might not eat them cuz they are so terrible ... can you take it if it's just my 'Joke' ha?!'"
Ever wonder what it would be like to live without byproducts of animals? That's what vegans do. That means no meat, no dairy products, and for one New York couple, no breast milk for their newborn child. Caryn B. Brooks of Willamette Week entered the wacky and misunderstood world of vegans for two weeks. "No eggs, no butter, no cheese, no meat: one carnivore's journey," is how she describes it. How she felt afterward surprised her.
Animal research is big business for medical researchers, but animal rights groups are hoping scientists will find alternative methods of research besides testing and euthanizing animals. The Animal Protection Institute and In Defense of Animals recently sued the California National Primate Research Center at the University of California - Davis to prevent the animal testing facility from expanding a project that will increase the number of primates used for testing. Dr. Jeff Roberts, associate director of the Primate Center, tells Rashida Smith of the Sacramento News & Review, “I don’t want to use animals in research. But if we have to use animals to help understand biological phenomenon, then we’re going to.”
The Nashville Scene’s series “Grading the Daily,” by Willy Stern, has won first prize for press criticism (single entry) in the 2002 National Press Club journalism awards competition. The series dissects The Tennessean’s slow decline from a crusading daily newspaper during the Civil Rights era to mediocrity under Gannett's ownership.
Are Muslims being unfairly singled out in every aspect of American life? Minister Rodney Muhammad, leader of the Nation of Islam in Philadelphia, thinks so, especially converted Muslims, such as accused "dirty bomb" terrorist, Abdullah al Muhajir, now held in American prisons. "Every religion should have their radar up when one religion is targeted," he tells Daryl Gale of the Philadelphia City Paper. "If it's as easy as a few administration officials saying that this religion or that religion is incompatible with American values, what happens on the day they have a problem with your religion?"
In a special LA Weekly investigation, Sara Cantania examines the cases of 10 L.A. County death-row inmates who might be spared by the U.S. Supreme Court's abolition of the ultimate punishment for the mentally retarded. In half of the cases, the killers had accomplices who cut deals and told stories to avoid death sentences of their own. Now, many years later, the question lingers: Who was telling the truth?
A Charlotte charter school has obtained a gag order against Creative Loafing Charlotte, prohibiting it from publishing individual student grades and test scores. The rift between Creative Loafing and Crossroads Charter School started after the publication published test scores obtained from former teachers showing that grades may have been overlooked or changed to allow students to graduate. Individual student names were not published. "We're talking about the absolute bedrock core of the First Amendment -- the right of the newspaper to print factually truthful information that the newspaper came to lawfully," said Creative Loafing attorney John Hasty, who filed Friday to overturn the temporary restraining order.
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