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Freedom is Confusing For Artistic Foreigners

If you’ve ever visited a former Communist republic, you know that graffiti can be a problem. It’s as if, after all those years of stifled creative expression, it explodes all over the place from the...

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It’s Always the Broken Headlight: Dotty Pothead Nabbed on Road

One mistake crooks frequently make is that they attract unnecessary attention to themselves. They get pulled over for something preventable, such as running a red light, and then when the cop searches...

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It’s Always the Broken Headlight: Dotty Pothead Nabbed on Road

One mistake crooks frequently make is that they attract unnecessary attention to themselves. They get pulled over for something preventable, such as running a red light, and then when the cop searches...

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Not the Watergate Break-In, But a Plumber All the Same

It’s bad enough when workmen enter your apartment, don’t fix your problem and leave behind a mess. But what’s really irritating is when they also burglarize the place. That’s what happened to one...

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Not the Watergate Break-In, But a Plumber All the Same

It’s bad enough when workmen enter your apartment, don’t fix your problem and leave behind a mess. But what’s really irritating is when they also burglarize the place. That’s what happened to one...

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Hillary’s Would-Be Assassin Tries Bank Robbery Instead

Some people excel at journalism or poetry but strike out when they try their hand at fiction. Others are talented shoplifters but quickly find themselves behind bars when they turn to armed robbery....

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Hillary’s Would-Be Assassin Tries Bank Robbery Instead

Some people excel at journalism or poetry but strike out when they try their hand at fiction. Others are talented shoplifters but quickly find themselves behind bars when they turn to armed robbery....

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Don’t Change the Channel! When Alone at a Bar, That Is

There are some risks attached to changing the TV channel at your local bar—not all of them involving some drunk cracking a bottle over your head because he objects to your choice of programming—as one...

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Don’t Change the Channel! When Alone at a Bar, That Is

There are some risks attached to changing the TV channel at your local bar—not all of them involving some drunk cracking a bottle over your head because he objects to your choice of programming—as one...

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Murder on the 34th Floor

The murderer was very good-looking. As he walked into the lobby of the InterContinental Hotel around 6 p.m. that Friday night, he was freshly showered and wore a dark suit and a purple tie. Though by...

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