Notable Stories
Express humorist Alice Kahn claimed to have coined the word "yuppie" in a 1983 column. This claim is disputed, but no definitive origin for the word has been determined.
In 2002, the paper's coverage played a crucial role in uncovering the Your Black Muslim Bakery scandal.
The Express placed actor Gary Coleman on the ballot for governor in the 2003 California recall election as a satirical comment on the recall of Democratic Governor Gray Davis.
In February 2009, the paper uncovered an alleged extortion scam by the user review website Yelp, Inc.. After the story's publication, several lawsuits were filed against the company.
A 2005 profile of the environmentalist Van Jones noted that he had, in his youth, identified as a "communist" and been a member of the activist group Standing Together to Organize a Revolutionary Movement (STORM).
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Famous quotes containing the words notable and/or stories:
“In one notable instance, where the United States Army and a hundred years of persuasion failed, a highway has succeeded. The Seminole Indians surrendered to the Tamiami Trail. From the Everglades the remnants of this race emerged, soon after the trail was built, to set up their palm-thatched villages along the road and to hoist tribal flags as a lure to passing motorists.”
—For the State of Florida, U.S. public relief program (1935-1943)
“Wags try to invent new stories to tell about the legislature, and end by telling the old one about the senator who explained his unaccustomed possession of a large roll of bills by saying that someone pushed it over the transom while he slept. The expression “It came over the transom,” to explain any unusual good fortune, is part of local folklore.”
—For the State of Montana, U.S. public relief program (1935-1943)