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Monday, October 3, 2011 at 4:51 pm

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​Former FBI profiler Dr. Mary Ellen O'Toole explains why good looks aren't necessarily a good thing when you're facing a jury of your peers -- and why that's bad for one infamous American in jail abroad. Seattle Weekly has the story.

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Friday, September 23, 2011 at 12:48 pm
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​Joshua Rendon and Ebony Jackson-Rendon used to be on the MTV reality show. Now they're on the Arkansas Department of Human Services Show after workers found their 2-year-old living in feces, flies and maggots at their Air Force base home. Discuss and be festive!

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Wednesday, September 14, 2011 at 6:44 pm

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​Bedtime reading from the Village Voice Empire: Despite its title, the new graphic novel is only partially about Gary Ridgway, the killer responsible for an estimated 80 murders. It''s also about Jensen's dad, the investigating detective. Seattle Weekly has the exclusive excerpts.

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Wednesday, September 14, 2011 at 2:15 pm
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​Jay Mariotti was best known as a mean-spirited columnist for the Chicago Sun-Times and a yapping dog on ESPN's most irritating show, "Around the Horn." But that all changed in August of 2010, when he decided to stalk his girlfriend in California...

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Wednesday, September 14, 2011 at 6:01 am
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​Breakfast reading from the Village Voice Empire: Actor and mixed-martial arts fighter Joseph Hyungmin Son, who played Dr. Evil's henchman in Austin Powers, has been sentenced to life in prison for torturing a woman. OC Weekly has the story.

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Monday, September 12, 2011 at 7:06 pm

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​Bedtime reading from the Village Voice Empire: Striking longshoremen stormed the Port of Longview, breaking windows, cutting train brake lines, spilling shipments of grain, and holding security guards hostage, according to police. Seattle Weekly has the story.

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Friday, September 9, 2011 at 8:58 am
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​Dearest reader, we have a minor request to make of America: Will everyone who suddenly thinks they're a vampire please shut the fuck up? We offer this plea following the arrest Wednesday of 22-year-old Josephine Smith at a Hooters in St. Petersburg, Florida...

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Thursday, September 8, 2011 at 10:13 am
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​The TV weatherman's job is one of synthetic cheeriness, playing the friendly neighbor who makes half-baked predictions on rain and snow under the thin guise of science. But when he wasn't being plastic, meteorologist Brett Cummins liked to party...
 

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Friday, September 2, 2011 at 1:02 pm
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​It was an innocuous little story buried on the bottom of the first page of the "Metro" section of the Times-Picayune. "Woman is shot in face in Old Metairie parking lot," read the headline, while the subhead read, "Police seek man seen leaving on bicycle." Crime Library has the story.

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Thursday, August 18, 2011 at 5:03 pm
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​Suppertime reading from the Village Voice Empire: Todd White, formerly of the lead animation team that developed SpongeBob Squarepants, hired thugs to rob a gallery operator before forcibly taking over her space, claims a $5.5 million lawsuit against the artist. OC Weekly has the story.

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