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Swine Flu Linked to Industrial Hog Farm in Mexican Press

April 27, 2009 Like 0 Lacy Boggs

According to Tom Philpott, food editor on Grist.org, the Mexican press has reports linking industrial hog producer Smithfield factory farms to the outbreak in swine flu. The U.S. mainstream media is so far not reporting any such link. Read the…

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More of the Best

April 23, 2009 Like 0 Lacy Boggs

In our effort to create an expansive Best Of, Yellow Scene regretfully left out a few categories. Listed here are the omitted winners:

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Death of the Daily?

April 20, 2009 Like 0 Lacy Boggs

Newspapers might be killing themselves. The signs were there long ago—but they refused to change. Their biggest problem is they focus on the shareholders and not content. I don’t need to know that pirates seized the captain from my local…

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The Amateur Anthropologist Says:

April 15, 2009 Like 0 Lacy Boggs

There are some things that deserve more than plain old derision and public scorn—actions so heinous and loathsome that incredulous ridicule just isn’t quite enough. Like mixing 30-year-old Scotch with 7-Up.

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Did You Miss AmazonFail 2009?

April 14, 2009 Like 0 Lacy Boggs

Something interesting happened this weekend, but you’ll be forgiven if you didn’t notice. Sometime this weekend, Amazon began pulling the sales rankings from hundreds of gay and lesbian books on the grounds that the books are “adult” and should be…

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Who Killed the Rocky?

April 13, 2009 Like 0 Lacy Boggs

We had a death in the family this winter. She was a beautiful, gracefully aged gem, the matriarch of our entire populace. She had guided us through tragedy, triumph and turbulence with a steely resolve, steady hand and strong leadership.…

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Lost and Found

April 11, 2009 Like 0 Lacy Boggs

Hello, my name is Andra, and I’m new.

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Spring Storm Snarls Boulder County

March 27, 2009 Like 0 Lacy Boggs

Everybody digging out OK from the snow? Parts of Boulder County received more than 16 inches, making this the biggest snowfall since the blizzard in December of 2006. Got a story to tell? Let us know. Got cool snow photos? …

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Makeover Update: New Glasses

March 19, 2009 Like 0 Lacy Boggs

Morgan wears glasses to improve her distance vision. Breaking her existing pair meant quick work to find a replacement. First order of business when looking for new frames is to find a shop that has a huge inventory from which…

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Makeover Update: Nutrition

March 18, 2009 Like 0 Lacy Boggs

A quick update from the nutrition front… The big news is that Morgan and I were able to do a grocery store tour, which usually has a big impact, as it is the “in-the-trenches” hands-on training that makes a difference.…