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Sunday, March 23, 2014

9 Feature Stories We're Reading This Week

This week for BuzzReads, Joshua Wheeler heads to the tiny town of Truth or Consequences, New Mexican to investigate the future of space tourism. Read that and these other stories from around BuzzFeed and the web.


Failure To Launch: How New Mexico Is Paying For Richard Branson’s Space Tourism Fantasy — BuzzFeed


Failure To Launch: How New Mexico Is Paying For Richard Branson’s Space Tourism Fantasy — BuzzFeed


One of the poorest states in the nation has invested nearly a quarter of a billion dollars and 10 years in creating a hub for Richard Branson’s space tourism company, Virgin Galactic. Some see it as the crown jewel of a new space age while others call it a carnival for the 1 percent — but with persistent delays and mounting financial strain, Spaceport America is just trying to avoid becoming New Mexico’s costliest, most futuristic ghost town. Read it at BuzzFeed.


The Murders at the LakeTexas Monthly


The Murders at the Lake — Texas Monthly


This five-part serialized story by Michael Hall examines a gristly triple homicide shocked Waco, Texas in 1982. Four men were eventually found guilty of the crime, two of whom were sent to death row. When one of them was found not guilty a decade letter, the question became: did Texas murder an innocent man? Read it at Texas Monthly .


Collage by Robin Finlay and Adam Voorhes


Pixel and Dimed: On Not Getting By in the Gig EconomyFast Company


Pixel and Dimed: On Not Getting By in the Gig Economy — Fast Company


Sarah Kessler spends a month hustling on websites like TaskRabbit and Postmates. "My experiences in the gig economy raise troubling issues about what it means to be an employee today and what rights a worker, even on a assignment-by-assignment basis, are entitled to." Read it at Fast Company .


Photograph by Andrew B. Myers for Fast Company


The Game That Saved March MadnessSports Illustrated


The Game That Saved March Madness — Sports Illustrated


A 16-seed has never beaten a 1-seed in NCAA Tournament history. But in 1989, Princeton came a shot away — and helped launch the modern age of March Madness in the process. Read it at Sports Illustrated.


NCAA / Via youtube.com




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