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Eagles clinging to final playoff spot
With one more slip, the Elliot Christian boys basketball team will fall on the wrong side of the playoff bubble. More of this story...No comments posted.
Moderately good fishing between storms
The weather has been the biggest factor for the past three weeks for all fishing. The next few days still call for rain and we expect the fishing reports to not be in great numbers. More of this story...No comments posted.
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I'm betting in favor of Kim Kardashian overexposure at Sunday's Super Bowl
According to a rumor floating around Pittsburgh, a Super Bowl will be played this weekend. More of this story...10 comment(s)
Why psychotherapists are not perfect — and shouldn't be
Are psychotherapists nuts? Some people seem to think so. Maybe there's good reason. Let me explain. More of this story...2 comment(s)
These Web sites will help all of us figure out who to support in upcoming elections
We were told that global warming wasn't just real, it was something that would've ended humanity as we knew it. The local weatherman couldn't accurately predict the forecast a week out, but Al Gore was able to claim prophecy a century out. More of this story...4 comment(s)
Old jail's thin blue line provided drunk tank entertainment
I took the elevator to the second floor of the empty building. More of this story...2 comment(s)
Time to shed the convenient sham of 'Don't ask, don't tell' policy
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Gantt's Way
Only a few years ago, Mark Gantt was working as a manager at a Lodi market. Today, he is starring as Sony's bad boy in a new Web series "The Bannen Way"
Mark Gantt has always been a smooth talker. In high school, he could get out of almost any situation. Speeding. Underage drinking. Smoking weed in his '74 Chevy Camaro in the Lincoln High School parking lot. More of this story...2 comment(s)
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