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Dude, I'm So Waffled!

Posted on Apr 25, 2003, Source: Las Vegas Weekly

The DEA wants to crack down on hemp foods. One writer puts her digestive tract on the line to investigate.

A 'Safe Room' of One's Own

Posted on Feb 27, 2003, Source: Las Vegas Weekly

When disaster strikes, why not just tie a plastic bag over our heads?

Imitating Elvis

Posted on Aug 9, 2002, Source: Las Vegas Weekly

Tribute artists reflect on the 25th death anniversary of The King.

Long Live The King

Posted on Aug 9, 2002, Source: Las Vegas Weekly

Elvis' former bodyguard and co-author of "Elvis, What Happened?" reflects on peanut butter and banana fried sandwiches and how The King liked beating on him.

The Northern Snakehead: Can a Bad Fish Taste Good?

Posted on Jul 31, 2002, Source: Las Vegas Weekly

A predatory fish that has invaded a nine-acre Maryland pond attacks humans, has the head of a snake and the body of a fish -- and tastes like chicken.

The Electric Christian Rapture Test

Posted on Feb 21, 2002, Source: Las Vegas Weekly

Inventor and Christian evangelist Dennis Lee has gotten thousands of people to buy $10,000 "dealerships" that sell "free electricty machines." Scam artist, cult hero or savior?

Rural Cow Mutilations Baffle Authorities

Posted on Jan 23, 2002, Source: Las Vegas Weekly

After the mutilation of 12 to 15 (depending on who you talk to) cows and steer in about seven months, folks in sleepy Pondera County are baffled.

A 40-ounce Flavor Finder

Posted on Jan 15, 2002, Source: Las Vegas Weekly

I'm sacrificing my time, liver, taste buds and, quite likely, a bit of stomach acid to bring you a taste test of 40-ounce malt liquors.

One Toke Over the Line

Posted on Dec 6, 2001, Source: Las Vegas Weekly

The arrest of Dennis Peron, drafter of California's Prop. 215, on a recent trip to Utah raises concerns about medical marijuana patients who might choose to attend the Winter Olympics.

Fetus Friends

Posted on Dec 4, 2001, Source: Las Vegas Weekly

These sand-filled critters come in ecru, flesh, tan, toast, camel and bark colors-they give us the willies.

Jesus Loves Polygamy, This I Know

Posted on Nov 26, 2001, Source: Las Vegas Weekly

Polygamy was once thought to be the exclusvie domain of Mormons. But a growing group of Christians is showing that it's up to the task of multiple wives.

Pol Pot: Money and Politics Keep Pot Illegal in America

Posted on Nov 13, 2001, Source: Las Vegas Weekly

The United Kingdom has now joined the ranks of other

industrialized countries to decriminalize the use of

marijuana. And with their Oct. 23 conversion, the American

cheese stands alone.

Bin Laden Merchandisers Cash In

Posted on Nov 9, 2001, Source: Las Vegas Weekly

Bin Laden products, from Al Qaeda condoms to the Osama pinata, are selling like hotcakes. Are the merchants of these terrorist trinkets patriots or profiteers?

Alien Worshippers Blame Monotheism for Terrorist Attacks

Posted on Oct 24, 2001, Source: Las Vegas Weekly

The Raelians -- an international religious sect that believes human life was created by aliens and holds science as its highest religion -- rage against "religious fanatics."

A Visit to a Government Germ Factory

Posted on Oct 12, 2001, Source: Las Vegas Weekly

Building 12-7 of the Nevada Test Site, some 100 miles north

of Las Vegas, was a government test site for making

biological weapons. Can it teach us anything about terrorism?

The Scourge of Scrapbooking

Posted on Sep 4, 2001, Source: Las Vegas Weekly

When they started using the word scrapbook as a verb -- "I scrapbooked this weekend!" -- I knew we were doomed.

Footing the Bill

Posted on Aug 27, 2001, Source: Las Vegas Weekly

Lacking insurance, sufficient wealth and a helping hand from Medicaid or Medicare, Paul Morgan will amputate his injured feet himself. Watch it on the Web for $19.99!

Cows Mutilated? Who Ya Gonna Call?

Posted on Aug 21, 2001, Source: Las Vegas Weekly

The National Institute for Discovery Science (NIDS) hit the trails in Montana to investigate some very strange murders.

Alien Worshipers May Sue FDA Over Cloning Freeze

Posted on Jul 31, 2001, Source: Las Vegas Weekly

A group of Raëlians (folks who believe we were created by nearby aliens), may sue the FDA for putting "an illegal freeze on the cloning process." This planet is friggin weird.

Drug Trafficking on the Information Highway

Posted on Jul 10, 2001, Source: Las Vegas Weekly

Want your Viagra, Soma, Valium, Steroids, Propecia or Zyban? Then get on the Web. But do it quickly before new cyber laws are passed.

Dirty, Dirty Clown

Posted on May 30, 2001, Source: Las Vegas Weekly

Tracing the history of the clown: from fun, to fear, to -- gasp! -- fetish? Yup, online clown porn is here to stay.

Serving Up the McDictionary

Posted on May 22, 2001, Source: Las Vegas Weekly

McDonald's is buying the world, one word at a time. It now owns the trademark to 131 different words and phrases, and you'd be surprised what's on the list.

Screw You U

Posted on Mar 6, 2001, Source: Las Vegas Weekly

Why waste time and money on college? For about $300, you can buy yourself a degree -- or three, if you want, from hundreds of Internet sites dedicated to fattening your status. And their wallets.
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