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guns Gun Violence Isn't a Problem — it's actually 5 Problems, with Different Solutions Thom Dunn

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tabloids Aretha Franklin murdered, Kevin Spacey in slaying scandal, and Obama’s secret lover, in this week’s dubious tabloids Peter Sheridan

Corey Haim's rapist named as Charlie Sheen Rob Beschizza

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obits Mandy Johnson, 1953-2015 Rob Beschizza

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fiction The Man Who Sold The Moon Cory Doctorow

happy mutants Fiction: Someone to Watch Over Me Angus McIntyre

trump Donald Trump: the poor little rich boy Jeffrey Kluger

rats The Rat King: On the Fascinations (and Revulsions) of Rattus Mark Dery

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