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Hot love

Taste the flames inside Boston's secret world of fire artists
For once, a scantily clad goth woman swinging chains of neon-orange fireballs over her head isn’t doing so because I’ve pissed her off.  
By: SARA FAITH ALTERMAN  |  October 08, 2008

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Old trickster

At age 78, able-bodied Alan Abel’s life is still one big joke
On New Year’s Day 1980, telegrams sent from Utah arrived at the New York Times and the Daily News announcing that 50-year-old media hoaxter Alan Abel had suffered a heart attack at a ski resort near Orem, Utah. He left behind a wife, Jeanne, and daughter, Jennifer.  
By: IAN SANDS  |  October 09, 2008

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Scars & stripes

American vets discover that their military uniforms — like their service — look better on paper
“Dude, that shit right there? That’s Iraq.”
By: JULIA RAPPAPORT  |  September 25, 2008

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Photos: Boston Fashion Week 2008

Lingerie on the runway and more
Photos from the La Perla's fashion show, and YourBeautyIndustry.com Launch Party and Fashion Show, at Boston's Fashion Week 2008.
By: JOHN NIKOLAI  |  September 18, 2008

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Fallopian follies

While celebrity sages salivate over Hollywood babies, Beltway pundits are spinning the latest wave of ovarian escapades. Have girls really gone wild?
Speculating on celebrity baby “bumps” is Hollywood blood sport.
By: KARA BASKIN  |  September 10, 2008

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Night of the living geeks

Romancing the nerds
I’ve never dated a geek. Nor have I ever envisioned myself doing so.
By: NEELY STEINBERG  |  September 10, 2008

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A Bathroom Tour of Boston

Stall-by-stall through 33 of the city's most distinctive restrooms
By: K BONAMI AND GUSTAVO TURNER  |  September 05, 2008

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Ask me anything

A  free instant answer to any question is just a text away. But what do ChaCha’s guides have that , say, librarians don’t?
It used to be that, if you had a burning question, you had to a) ask your mom; b) consult a Magic 8 Ball; or c) trek to the top of a mountain to seek out a sagacious, all-knowing guru.
By: CAITLIN E. CURRAN  |  September 03, 2008

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Unhinging the binge

Some drinks are just too good to chug
I have a possible solution for the binge-drinking quandary: be more discerning about what you pour down your throat.
By: CAITLIN E. CURRAN  |  September 02, 2008

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Get over it

What every freshman should know about going to college in Boston
Okay, you survived the college-application process; you filled out the miserable FAFSA forms; you sweated out the wait for acceptance letters; and cut your best financial-aid deal.
By: CLIF GARBODEN  |  September 02, 2008

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Love us, don't leave us

Advice from sadder but wiser Bostonians
Let’s skip the sugarcoating. Boston can be a tricky place.
By: NINA MACLAUGHLIN  |  September 02, 2008

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Dated advice

Old-school words of wisdom for a better college sex life
To boink a lot or not to boink a lot?
By: NEELY STEINBERG  |  September 04, 2008

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Photos: Bread and Puppet Theater

Photographs from Bread and Puppet performances in Vermont
By: GREG COOK  |  August 31, 2008

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The Gadfly

Bread and Puppet Theater founder Peter Schumann is a national treasure. Maybe that’s why George W. Bush wants to bury him.
Nestled in the verdant mountain valley of Glover, Vermont, way up in the northern part of the state, is a farm of rolling meadows, pine forests, and gray barns, all under vast skies.
By: GREG COOK  |  August 28, 2008

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What? This old thing?

A guide to Boston's secret trove of peculiar artifacts
Glossy guidebooks often extol Boston as one of America’s most “European” cities, a euphemism that means that we’re . . . you know, wicked old.
By: JACQUELINE HOUTON  |  August 27, 2008

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Slideshow: Cloud life

Cameraphone sky shots from around town
By: K BONAMI  |  August 21, 2008

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Pick what you eat

Fans of organic food: Stop talking, start weeding
In just a few hours, go beyond the agri-tourism of picking berries or apples, and actually learn something about the land.
By: DEIRDRE FULTON  |  August 20, 2008

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The truth is up there

Clouds, sun dogs, and the dream of an atmospheric education . . . How one former TV reporter brought his sky gospel to the people
The sky’s on the move again, he can feel it.
By: JAMES PARKER  |  August 22, 2008

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MEFA madness

No need to panic over student loans. Just pay more.
On July 28, news broke that the Massachusetts Educational Financing Authority had fallen on hard times.
By: KARA BASKIN  |  August 13, 2008

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Mound wisdom

Cartoons of pitchers and catchers talking are a New Yorker staple. What is so funny about rubbers?
The first pitcher/catcher cartoon in the New Yorker was also the simplest.
By: MIKE MILIARD  |  August 19, 2008
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