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Fishman: Sleepless in Pittsburgh

Away from the weeds, the worry, the inventory of things that need doing, we are different people, the world is a different place, the ordinary takes on a different meaning.

News of the Weird

Dying to Eat In a May dispatch from Atlanta on Southerners’ notoriously unnutritious, fat-laden cuisine, a Chicago Tribune reporter watered readers’ mouths with descriptions of the “hamdog” and the “Luther” (prized dishes of Mulligan’s restaurant in Decatur, Ga.), which are, respectively, “a half-pound of hamburger meat wrapped around a hot dog, which is deep-fried and…

The Blotter

Tybee Island police are investigating the theft of a public art statue, and the Tybee Turtle Tour has organized a reward of $1,000 for information leading to arrest of the perpetrators. Early on June 7, someone stole a fiberglass statue of a sea turtle that stood in front of the Tybee Island Marine Science Center.…

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CARS Admit it: Ever since Pixar Animation Studios began its incredible run with Toy Story back in 1995 (followed by five more toon blockbusters, the last being The Incredibles), haven’t most observers been wondering when the company will hit a critical and/or commercial roadblock and watch its latest effort crash and burn? Newsflash: It’s hasn’t…


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