I’m sure you’ve heard the term “concrete shoes,” mobsters’ choice of swimwear for fellas with rodent traits and other individuals that ran afoul of them. Is there any truth to […]
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The Straight Dope by Cecil Adams, crossword by Matt Jones, News of The Weird
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Stop pulling my leg, dude
Lead Story Dutch designer Eric Klarenbeek, 29, has developed jewelry consisting of tiny crystals or flowers that hang directly from the eye via micro-thin medical wire attached to either prescription […]
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“‘Tis the Season”
“‘Tis the Season”–for once, I hope you don’t catch on. by Matt Jones You need Java enabled to view the crossword applet. If you do not have Java installed you […]
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Diary of the planet
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Babies on doorsteps: What’s the deal?
Having grown up on Looney Tunes, Tom & Jerry and similar cartoons, I can’t tell you how many I’ve watched involving a baby left on a doorstep. Was there a […]
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Were there black slave owners?
Some time ago, I heard an African-American author talk on NPR about what inspired him to write his book: During the 1800s, some slave owners in the U.S. were black. […]
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No way. Way.
Lead Story Donna and Joel Brinkle of Deltona, Fla., raised a family and held respectable jobs until, in the 1990s, they declared themselves a sovereign nation and stopped paying taxes. […]
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Diary of the planet
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You gotta be kidding
Lead Story Legendary banjo player Eddie Adcock, age 70 and suffering hand tremors that failed to respond to medication, volunteered for a revolutionary neurosurgery in August in which he finger-picked […]
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When does human life begin?
At a forum last August at his megachurch, preacher Rick Warren asked John McCain and Barack Obama when human life begins. McCain replied, “At conception,” a response that went over […]