WESTWOOD – A college crowd that gathered to watch a late-night comedy film said the show included two appearances by the deceased writer Kurt Vonnegut, one of which greatly exceeded expectations. Students present at the University of California Los Angeles… Read More ›
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‘No gas taxation without representation,’ say Eco-Socialists
SAN FRANCISCO – Rush hour traffic into the city came to a standstill longer than usual Monday morning thanks to a giant disembodied head of the Statue of Liberty and protesters shackled to it who demanded change to United States’… Read More ›
Black ‘superhero’ mistaken for public nuisance
LOS ANGELES – A masked vigilante who some said has exceptional abilities escaped police custody yesterday after being accused of committing a robbery he claimed he stopped. An African-American male, identified as Dwight D. Jacobs, 38, engaged a robbery suspect… Read More ›
‘Sexual reproduction’ activists seek ban on artificial womb
WASHINGTON – Thousands of protesters gathered outside the Capitol today demanding a ban on an artificial womb that allows embryos to grow without a female body, allowing stem cell tissue, organs and perhaps human beings to be cloned in a lab. For years,… Read More ›
Nasty spray keeps the creeps away
LOS ANGELES – A repugnant stench designed to ward off bullies, lurk balls, prowlers and other societal detritus is making its mark on the $30-billion fragrance industry. When a person sprays Get Off My Ass! around unwanted company, the noxious… Read More ›
‘Fountain of youth,’ other wonders explored in new novel
Review: Stay Younger Longer Ryan Hyatt, 282 pages With its trendy boutiques and restaurants firmly entrenched in upscale society — and a plethora of disheveled vagrants wandering the sidewalks firmly detached from it — Rose Avenue may not seem like the… Read More ›