Zach Patton

Recent Articles

• Heads Up: 4.9.08
• Apr 9, 2008
• Louisiana senate nixes state cocktail. NYT Blind people, take heart! Congress takes up bill on silent hybrid cars. Examiner NV Gov. forced to surrender his ...

• Skybusted
• Apr 8, 2008
• When Skybus Airlines, the nation's first ultra-low-cost carrier, announced this week that it was filing for bankruptcy and immediately terminating its service, some surprised passengers were left stranded without notice.
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• Heads Up: 4.8.07
• Apr 8, 2008
• DC Mayor Fenty using city ads to hawk his family's business? DCist CA bill would tax iTunes to ease budget shortfall. San Jose Mercury News ...

• Heads Up: 4.4.08
• Apr 7, 2008
• Telemarketers lose access to TX crash victims' phone numbers. Dallas Morning News Cricket comes to NYC schools. NYT Fossilized poop shows evidence of earliest Americans. ...

• A Murderer in the Manse
• Apr 4, 2008
• A convicted killer serving time "for one of the most heinous murders in Nebraska history" is working in the state governor's mansion, "...

• Jaytalking?
• Apr 4, 2008
• Think you can avoid cellphone bans by walking instead of driving?  Maybe not for long. Illinois lawmakers are considering a bill that would prohibit ...
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• Bringing "Gotham" to Gotham?
• Apr 2, 2008
• New York City has a lot of nicknames, but no official one. But one elected official is trying to change that. Queens Councilman Hiram Monserrate ...

• Heads Up: 4.2.08
• Apr 2, 2008
• Supreme Court to hear Ten Commandments vs. 'Seven Aphorisms.' LA Times Two-time forest fire victims rebuilding house underground. San Diego Union Tribune LA city ...

• Heads Up: 4.1.08
• Apr 1, 2008
• Pittsburgh transit station has museum-worthy Sol LeWitt mural. Tribune-Review Maple syrup producers worry its rising prices will sap demand. Boston Globe Got a Heads Up ...

• Mass Transit Faces Mass Headaches
• Apr 1, 2008
• As this U.S. News story says, "The good news, ridership is up; the bad news, ridership is up." Mass transit systems all ...
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• Fresh Fight
• Mar 31, 2008
• Woodbury County, Iowa, isn't the first place you'd expect people to worry about where their food comes from. The county, which includes Sioux City and...

• Root, Root, Root for the Environment
• Mar 31, 2008
• The Washington Nationals opened their season in their brand spankin' new stadium yesterday. (It's a new era in baseball! The greatest stadium for the bestest ...

• Heads Up: 3.31.08
• Mar 31, 2008
• Toddlers take Manhattan -- and other cities. WaPo Chicago cops told to cut the deep-dish and hot dogs. NYT L.A., in search of density. ...

• Orlando's "Nipplegate"
• Mar 31, 2008
• If it seems like there's something odd about this WrestleMania billboard in Orlando, that's because there is:  The guys don't have nipples. Yep, in ...
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• Heads Up: 3.28.08
• Mar 28, 2008
• How is Eliot Spitzer like Henry VIII? NY Magazine Foreclosed homeowners trash their homes on the way out. WSJ MA gov skipped casino debate to ...