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The Straight Dope by Cecil Adams, crossword by Matt Jones, News of The Weird
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You don’t say
Lead Story The Other “Fight Clubs” Are for Sissies: At the August Dog Brothers “Gathering of the Pack” in Southern California, it was “(A)nything goes,” according to one warrior (looking […]
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Rum, sodomy, and the lash
One often hears references to rampant buggery among sailors in the glory days of the Royal Navy. Sometimes, its said, young boys called peg boys were on board solely for […]
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How to fight the undead
I’m reading World War Z by Max Brooks, a fictional account of the world’s response to a zombie outbreak. In the book the U.S. military fails miserably in its first […]
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No way. Way.
Lead Story “What was once a gentleman’s hobby among a few dozen enthusiasts at the turn of the 20th century,” wrote The New York Times in July, “has evolved into […]
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“Hit the Bricks”
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Gender games
If a man has a sex change, can he compete in the Olympics as a woman? —Stephanie Ketchum In our enlightened age, when science has made it possible to be […]
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Unbelievable
Lead Story Great Moments in Capital Punishment: Prosecutors in Portland, Ore., took the death penalty off the table for Tremayne Durham in July, accepting a minimum-30-year prison term for an […]
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“Report Card”
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Blood in the water
We’ve all seen it in a movie: A small group of people are swimming. Someone gets hurt, blood touches water, and instantly sharks appear who then devour the party. But […]
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Un. Believable.
Lead Story Martha Padgett gave birth to quadruplets in Riverside, Calif., in July, but she only did half the work. The other two babies were born to her partner, Karen […]
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Who flew first?
What’s the straight dope on the world’s first powered flight? Sources claim people from New Zealand, Scotland, and France flew earlier than the Wrights, and one claims John Stringfellow from […]