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    August 1, 2002

    Clean Water, Hot Fire, Lost Cat

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    March 23, 2006

    The French Really Like Us

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    September 22, 2005

    !Ask a Mexican!

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    March 28, 2002

    Oscar, Oscar, Oscar

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    January 17, 2002

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    The NY Times Deep Throat

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    April 1, 1999

    Tip-Toe Thru the Bureau

    Paranoid FBI chief ordered Tiny Tim probe

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    August 18, 2009

    UPDATE: Eat It! Michael Jackson To Get Butter Statue

    If you didn't manage to get tickets to the MJ memorial at Staples Center tomorrow, fear not: you can probably still book a flight to Des Moines for the Iowa State Fair in August, when Jackson will be immortalized in butter. For ten days, the dairy King of Pop will stand next to the fair's traditiona ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 1, 2009

    Please Recycle, Pre-cycle, Free-cycle, Up-cycle, Down-cycle, E-cycle

    ​Just when you finally figured out that the three point-chasing-the-tail arrows means "recycle" along comes a whole bunch more terms without the helpful arrows. They are (drum roll):  pre-cycle, free-cycle, up-cycle, down-cycle and e-cycle.What does it all mean? California News Service's Lori ... More >>

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    January 7, 2010

    Today, Medical Marijuana. Tomorrow, Legalize It!

    ​Just when you finally figured out that the three point-chasing-the-tail arrows means "recycle" along comes a whole bunch more terms without the helpful arrows. They are (drum roll):  pre-cycle, free-cycle, up-cycle, down-cycle and e-cycle.What does it all mean? California News Service's Lori ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 10, 2010

    Will It Dishwasher?

    Dave Lieberman​"I made beer can chicken last night," said Guy #1. "I rammed the chicken down onto an open can of beer and threw that sucker on the grill. Best chicken ever.""No way, dude," said Guy #2. "I once made beef stew on the manifold while I drove from Des Moines to Minneapolis. Got there, ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 24, 2010

    Slipknot Bassist Found Dead

    www.slipknot1.com​ The bassist of nu-metal band Slipknot was found dead in a hotel room in Urbandale Iowa today. The Associated Press reports that a hotel employee found 38-year-old Paul Gray, and no foul play is suspected. An autopsy is scheduled for tomorrow.

  • Blogs

    May 28, 2010

    No U2 Means No Interpol: Interpol Tour Built Around U2 Dates Postponed

    Lilledeshan Bose​[Via Consequence of Sound]Since U2 canceled their North American tour due to Bono's back injury, Interpol also had to postpone a few headlining shows originally scheduled around the band's opening dates for U2.

  • Blogs

    June 22, 2010

    Slipknot Bassist Died Of Morphine Overdose

    www.slipknot1.com​[via Yahoo News]Paul Gray's autopsy results, released Monday, show that Slipknot's heavy metal bassist died of an accidental overdose of morphine and fentanyl, a synthetic morphine substitute, police said Monday.

  • Blogs

    May 24, 2011

    Five People Who Plan to Buy the New Limp Bizkit Record

    ​Limp Bizkit announced that their first record in eight years, Gold Cobra, will be released on June 28 (coinciding with a tour of Europe, where they inexplicably maintain a fan base). Here in the US, it's a different story, with Fred Durst and company derided for the last decade as everything fr ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 12, 2011

    Carmageddon 2011: A Soundtrack by Ken Elkinson

    ​When Venice musician Ken Elkinson released the 6-CD box set of ambient music called Music For Commuting last January, we're pretty sure he didn't intend for it to keep SoCal residents in a state of zen for a 53-hour period of freeway construction.While it wasn't intended just for commuting throug ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 1, 2011

    Rick Perry to Bring His Anti-Social Security Message to Orange County's GOP Social Security Recipients

    ​The day after the Sept. 7 Republican presidential debate at the Reagan Library in Simi Valley, Texas Governor Rick Perry will navigate the Southern California freeway system (or probably fly over it) for private meetings with fat-cat donors in San Diego and Newport Beach.But worry not, mortgaged ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 28, 2011

    8 Epic Freeway Food Spills

    WWMT via TruckSpills.com​It's never good news when a tanker overturns, but when the spilt shipment is edible, the situation seems all the more tragic. A foodastrophe happened last week in Riverside when a truck unloaded 100 gallons of olive oil onto the 91 Freeway. All those poor salads! &nbs ... More >>

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