BBQ Owner, City Divided Over Pig Mural
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SNOHOMISH, Wash. - A mural of pink pigs painted on the side of a barbecue restaurant is apparently too spicy for officials in this city's historic district.
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The question of how to treat wastewater in an exclusive California beachfront community is pitting neighbors, surfers and environmentalists against one another.
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By Paola Iuspa-Abbott, South Florida Sun-Sentinel  Jun. 21--Planners are voicing opposition to a key part of an agreement to eliminate two proposed roadways west of Boca Raton.
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CLARKSVILLE, Tenn. - A museum director in this military town removed an art exhibit featuring several deep-fried American flags.  Art student William Gentry said his piece, "The Fat Is in the Fire," was a commentary on obesity in America.
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By Don Spatz, Reading Eagle, Pa.  Sep. 24--After a three-month battle resolved in court, the question of whether to begin citywide trash hauling finally is on the ballot for voters to decide.
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By Alan Riquelmy, Columbus Ledger-Enquirer, Ga.  Feb. 8--Visions for land surrounding the Columbus Public Library clashed Wednesday night as various speakers expressed their different dreams.
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By Rich Lord, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette  Feb. 6--In another salvo in a battle against blight in Pittsburgh, two  City Council members yesterday proposed regular inspections of all apartments  and rental houses in the city.
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A controversial city ordinance has thrust a small Pennsylvania town into the national debate on illegal immigration
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By Benjamin Alexander-Bloch, The Blade, Toledo, Ohio  Dec. 18--OGDEN CENTER, Mich. -- Residents have put on their fighting gloves, and county officials are warning of problems in the brewing battle over a proposed 5,000-cow megadairy.
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MADISON, Wis. - There's so much graffiti on a Milwaukee bridge it must be legal. That's the argument a man busted for tagging a city bridge made to the 1st District Court of Appeals. The court didn't buy it and upheld his sentence Tuesday.
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A decision to rename a one-mile stretch of road is at the heart of a fierce dispute that, some say, is fracturing the spirit of one of the largest Vietnamese enclaves in the nation.
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By Renee C. Lee and Matt Stiles, Houston Chronicle  Dec. 8--Voters in The Woodlands could decide as early as next year whether to take the first steps toward self-government under a deal that also would remove the possibility of annexation by Houston, local officials announced Thursday.
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ALAPAHA, Ga. - With the local legend of Hogzilla spreading worldwide, residents of this tiny Georgia town have decided to feature the prodigious porker in their annual festival...
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By Ryan Lafontaine, The Sun Herald, Biloxi, Miss.  Feb. 13--BAY ST. LOUIS -- The Bay City Council on Monday formally asked City Hall to freeze construction of a new beachfront bistro on Washington Street and force a pair of investors back through sometimes-brutal public hearings.
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BEIJING -- The outrage started with the discovery that more than 500 migrant laborers had been forced to work in conditions bordering on slavery in out-of-the-way brick kilns. Local Communist Party authorities, state-run media said, had looked the other way.
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By ERICA CORDOVA Journal Staff Writer  After months of negotiations and bickering, the city and county came to a unanimous agreement Thursday over how to pay for operational costs for   one of the largest public works projects in the region's history.
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By Sara Semelka, Columbia Daily Tribune, Mo.  Feb. 11--Soon after residents of Arrow Rock began to network with other activists to try stopping a large pig farm planned two miles outside their historic town, they realized their situation was not unique.