Milestones

Harvey Milk Bust to be Unveiled Tonight at SF City Hall

Andy Towle May 22, 2008

Today, at 6pm, on what would have been Harvey Milk's 78th birthday, a bust (model pictured, below) in his honor will be unveiled at City Hall by San … [Read more...] about Harvey Milk Bust to be Unveiled Tonight at SF City Hall

Andy Towle April 7, 2008

A judge in Baltimore placed a lien on the properties owned by Fred Phelps' Westboro Baptist Church in Topeka, KAnsas and ordered his daughters to post … [Read more...] about Judge Places Lien, Bond Order on Westboro Baptist Church

Andy Towle March 31, 2008

Well, their numbers didn't reach a million, but approximately 400 people gathered Sunday in Topeka's Gage Park, near Fred Phelps' Westboro Baptist … [Read more...] about Million Fag March Targets Fred Phelps’ Westboro Baptist Church

Andy Towle February 4, 2008

The $10.9 million Westboro Baptist Church was ordered to pay to the father of a soldier slain in Iraq was halved by a judge today: "In a 52-page … [Read more...] about Judge Halves Damages In Westboro Baptist Church Soldier Case

Andy Towle January 14, 2008

Researchers today report that methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA), which has up till now been confined mainly to hospitals, according … [Read more...] about Officials: Staph ‘Superbug’ Spreading in Gay Community

Andy Towle December 28, 2007

Some sad, graphic, and arresting images from yesterday's rally where Bhutto's assassination took place, along with the simultaneous and subsequent … [Read more...] about The Final Moments of Benazir Bhutto

Andy Towle November 15, 2007

In response to the nearly $11 million awarded to the father of a slain U.S. Marine in a case brought against Fred Phelps' Westboro Baptist Church and … [Read more...] about Court Unseals Financial Records of Westboro Baptist Church

Andy Towle November 2, 2007

Fred Phelps' Westboro Baptist Church will resume picketing the funerals of dead soldiers today despite the nearly $11 million judgment against them on … [Read more...] about Westboro Baptist Church Thumbs Nose at $11 Million Judgment

Andy Towle October 17, 2007

Lesbian mom says daughter now goes to school with bodyguard because of bullying: "Virginia Gaffey says that her 9-year-old daughter was physically … [Read more...] about New: Staph Threat, George Lucas, Lance Bass, New York City Taxis

Andy Towle September 24, 2007

Deaths: Legendary mime Marcel Marceau dies at 84. Stage actress and Bewitched star Alice Ghostley dies at 81. Scientists develop see-through … [Read more...] about News: Ian Somerhalder, Frog, Marcel Marceau, Todd Oldham