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    November 9, 2011
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    September 9, 2011

    Wisconsin middle schooler sues over "I Heart Boobies!" bracelets

    Schools across the country have banned the bracelets.​A Wisconsin eighth-grader is suing her principal and school district for the right to wear a somewhat silly bracelet that deals with a deadly serious topic. Kaisey Jenkins, a student at Sauk Prairie Middle School in central Wisconsin, says the ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 20, 2011

    Top 5 most annoying food abbreviations

    diymusician.cdbaby.comJust say no to EVOO!​With life seeming to move at an ever-quickening pace, we often resort to abbreviations--'breves, if you will--to keep up. But when it comes to food writing, here are five words that should never, ever be shortened because they are just. so. annoying ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 19, 2011

    East Bound and Down: On this day in country music history

    ​The boys are thirsty in Atlanta, but that's okay; there's beer in Texarkana. "Atlanta to Texarkana and back in twenty-eight hours? That ain't never been done before!" That may be a long way to go, and you may only have a short time to get there, but when you got a sumbitch like Burt Reynold ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 9, 2011

    "Boobies" banned in Wisconsin middle school, ACLU alerted

    Banned in Wisconsin.​The "I Heart Boobies" breast cancer awareness bracelets that made Fairmont High School officials blush last September have now been banned at Wisconsin's Sauk Prairie Middle School. And thanks to seventh-grader Kaisey Jenkins' older sister, the American Civil Liberties U ... More >>

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    August 18, 2010

    Jawaahir Dance Company: The Dark Nightingale

    Banned in Wisconsin.​The "I Heart Boobies" breast cancer awareness bracelets that made Fairmont High School officials blush last September have now been banned at Wisconsin's Sauk Prairie Middle School. And thanks to seventh-grader Kaisey Jenkins' older sister, the American Civil Liberties U ... More >>

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    July 14, 2010

    The Gaslight Anthem

    Banned in Wisconsin.​The "I Heart Boobies" breast cancer awareness bracelets that made Fairmont High School officials blush last September have now been banned at Wisconsin's Sauk Prairie Middle School. And thanks to seventh-grader Kaisey Jenkins' older sister, the American Civil Liberties U ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 10, 2009

    Top Five Most Hummable Indie-Rock Smash Hits of the '00s

    The aughts saw indie rock go mainstream. Here's the top 5 indie songs we couldn't escape this decade.

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    October 7, 2009

    Crocodiles

    The aughts saw indie rock go mainstream. Here's the top 5 indie songs we couldn't escape this decade.

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    August 29, 2007

    Chamillionaire

    The aughts saw indie rock go mainstream. Here's the top 5 indie songs we couldn't escape this decade.

  • Books

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    You Have Neither The Wits Nor The Patience To Read This Book

    John Barth's Excruciatingly Self-Conscious Novel Finds Metafiction Slipping Into Monstrosity

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    Crime Pays in Pounds

    John Barth's Excruciatingly Self-Conscious Novel Finds Metafiction Slipping Into Monstrosity

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    November 19, 1997

    Court TV

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  • Arts

    May 14, 1997

    Shakespearean Tabloid

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    October 9, 1996

    Lost & Found

    Desdemona: a play about a handkerchief

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