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Is that a Spicey Sausage in Your Pants?

thanotopsis — Tue, 09 Sep 2008 09:07:49 -0800

The victims told deputies they awoke Saturday morning to the stranger applying spices to one of them and striking the other with an 8-inch sausage. Bill McEwen gives us the skinny on the pun fallout from such an event, along with an historical analysis of other sausage related assaults. Don't forget your Pappy's!

Californian Heritage Photos

peacay — Sat, 11 Jun 2005 09:59:41 -0800

San Joaquin Valley & Sierra Foothills Photo Heritage

Includes (among other things): portraits, workers, railways, disasters, group shots, parades , native Americans and some curios.
(nearly 3000 images accessible)

What I had come looking for were the secrets to my father's murder.

kirkaracha — Mon, 13 Dec 2004 17:03:53 -0800

What I had come looking for were the secrets to my father's murder. [LA Times link] In 1972, when Mark Arax was 15, his father was killed by two unknown gunmen. He spent nearly three decades trying to solve the crime, and wrote a book about his investigation. Then a break in the case led to some suprising discoveries.

owillis — Sat, 16 Feb 2002 20:07:03 -0800

Discarding evidence because of a possible Miranda violation. Sure, Miranda serves a (good) purpose but are the scales of justice tipped a little too much in favor of the accused when the entire chain of evidence can be discarded because of a confession of a possibly dubious nature?