Lead Story In February, the Minnesota Board of Chiropractic Examiners relicensed Scott Fredin even though he is still registered as a sex offender following a 2003 conviction for fondling two […]
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The Straight Dope by Cecil Adams, crossword by Matt Jones, News of The Weird
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The truth about Bohemian Grove
A friend recently told me about something called the Bohemian Grove where supposedly the leaders of our country meet annually to hold bizarre satanic rituals including burning things in front […]
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More Texas justice
Lead Story • More Texas Justice: In March, juries in Smith County and Matagorda County sentenced Henry Wooten and Melvin Johnson III to 35 years and 60 years in prison, […]
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Peak phosporus worse than peak oil?
Is peak phosphorus the next global crisis? I’ve read claims that world reserves of phosphates, a mined resource essential in the production of agricultural fertilizer, are running out. The implications […]
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Everyone loves breast cheese
Lead Story It’s a simple recipe, said A-List New York City chef Daniel Angerer: a cheese derived from the breast milk of his wife, who is nursing the couple’s 3-month-old […]
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Is a little radiation actually good for you?
What’s the Straight Dope on radiation hormesis? From what I understand, this hypothesis rejects the current wisdom that if a lot of radiation is very bad, a little bit of […]
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Anthropomorphizing Little Muffy
Lead Story Anthropomorphizing Little Muffy: (1) A February St. Petersburg Times report found several local people who regularly cook gourmet meals for their dogs and who revealed their dogs’ (or […]