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Crazy Hypenew

College kids stock up on FDA-disapproved malt liquor Four Loko.
Colorado Springs Independent |
Chet Hardin |
11-29-2010 |
Culture
Tags: The Youngs, Four Loko
Why Do East Tennesseans Love Their Guns?new

Few issues in America, aside from war and abortion, are as polarizing as guns. But why are we so obsessed by them in the first place?
Metro Pulse |
Jesse Fox Mayshark |
11-08-2010 |
Culture
Tags: Guns
Self Storage and the World of Hoardersnew

In the Seventies, self storage was all about relocation. Now it's a lifestyle -- even for some homeless people.
East Bay Express |
Rachel Swan |
10-27-2010 |
Culture
Lit-Snobs, Hot Librarians, and the Rise of the Literary Tattoonew

Lit-professionals and enthusiasts discuss their affinity for literature-inspired tattoos.
Boston Phoenix |
Eugenia Williamson |
10-08-2010 |
Culture
Tags: Tattoos, Grub Street
Deer Huntnew
I didn't see his face till he was right there, frozen for an instant where I was expecting to see more road.
Tags: Hunting
Hookednew

Blood, masochism and the shocking thrill of human suspension.
North Coast Journal |
Ryan Burns |
09-09-2010 |
Culture
Tags: Suspension
Geeknicnew

At Dragon*Con, everybody's a star
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
J. Winter |
09-09-2010 |
Culture
Tags: Dragon*Con
Burners in Fluxnew

Why would anyone spend four months and $180,000 building something that will only last a week? The answer says a lot about Burning Man culture.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Steven T. Jones |
09-08-2010 |
Culture
Tags: Burning Man
The Wizard of Oddnew

Ecomodder squeezes 20 extra miles per gallon from truck.
Planet Jackson Hole |
Benjamin R. Bombard |
09-01-2010 |
Culture
Tags: Conor Miller
World of Streetcolornew

An anonymous knitter bombs the streets of Berkeley.
East Bay Express |
Rachel Swan |
08-26-2010 |
Culture
Freeze the gamenew
Summer is an assemblage of unscripted experiences, and there's generally still daylight when it's all over. Or so I'd hoped.
Tags: Columns
Garden Guerrillasnew

An new breed of unlikely rebels is giving ‘flower power’ a whole new meaning.
San Diego CityBeat |
Enrique Limon |
08-25-2010 |
Culture
Tags: guerrillagardening.org
D.C.: Where Reality TV Comes to Dienew

Think the new Real Housewives season stinks? Blame Washington.
Washington City Paper |
Mike Riggs |
08-05-2010 |
Culture
Tags: Real Housewives of DC
Robert Ashley's Life Well Wastednew

A Life Well Wasted, by podcaster Robert Ashley, is hardly the only internet radio show devoted to video games. But it must be the only one regularly compared by fans to the beloved radio program This American Life.
East Bay Express |
Neal Soldofsky |
07-28-2010 |
Culture