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  • Thanks Given
    Get some laughs, grow a ’stache and dash for charity this generous month

    Chris Tucker comes to the Civic Theatre, mustaches raise cancer awareness and Father Joe’s has it’s 10th Annual 5K Walk/Run

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  • Pre-Holiday Sail
    Hotshots on racing yachts invade San Diego bay for the America’s Cup World Series

    How does a 160-year-old sailing contest become an extreme sport? Contenders in the America’s Cup World Series (ACWS), vying for glory in America’s Finest November 12 to 20, have a couple ideas.

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  • Something Fishy
    A USO (unidentified swimming object) spooks San Diego surfers, swimmers

    On August 25, near lifeguard tower 15 in Mission Beach, eyewitnesses described seeing a 15-inch dorsal fin protruding from the ocean about 100 yards off shore…

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  • GORECLOSURE
    ‘Bloody Mary’ further distresses local real estate amid ongoing paranormal activity

    The recent power outage had many of us fumbling in the dark. But there are lots of other things going bump in the night around San Diego this month.

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  • Still Up in Smoke
    The godfathers of ganja bring their chronic comedy to a new generation

    If you notice a cloud hovering over the coast on August 5, it’s not a marine layer—it’s Cheech and Chong and their smokin’ standup routine at Humphreys Concerts by the Bay.

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  • Faux Show
    San Diego-based reality shows, coming to a television near you

    Why import d-bags to America’s Finest for their quarter-hour of fame, when we already have our own supply of Kim Kardashians, Clay Aikens and, yes, even Snookies?

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  • Walk This Way
    Walking the walk and celebrating Pride in San Diego

    Walking the walk and talking the talk with Salt n’ Pepa and Margaret Cho celebrating Pride in San Diego!

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  • Mouse Calls
    San Diego contractor to star in Disney-inspired reality show

    “We turn backyards into mini amusement parks. “I’m, like, a big, 195-pound kid that plays all day on the job.”
    —Tyler Herdklotz

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  • What A Kick
    Beach soccer tourney offers greuling weekend of competition

    Anyone can move a ball on grass, but it takes a tougher player, one with insanely high endurance and leg muscles cut from marble, to score a goal on the sand.

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  • Going Rover-Board
    All paws on deck for a hot-dogging surf event

    Fearless fidos and their beach-bound owners are hitting the water for another summer of the quintessential test of canine dexterity—dog surfing.

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  • On Defense
    The Friars' 2011 season could go either way

    Nobody really knows what to make of the 2011 Padres. Though the franchise is coming off of a strong, 90-win season, the cast of characters has changed dramatically.

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  • Baring Their Souls
    A former stripper and a social worker spread God's love

    By telling strippers that she once stood in their pumps, Theresa Scher says she is able to ease some initial tension and apprehension. Free schwag doesn’t hurt either.

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  • The Bright Side
    Vertical solar panels power up in Downtown San Diego

    The new nine-story wall of solar panels along the south façade of the San Diego City College Career Technology Center is the largest vertical solar fixture operating in the United States.

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  • Take Your Best Shot
    Leading photographers offer seminars for shutterbugs

    Photographer Corey Rich’s career has led him through crocodile-filled rivers in Papua New Guinea, sandstorms in the Saharan desert and below-freezing blizzards in the Andes.

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  • All’s Fair
    Art San Diego brings the contemporary art world to downtown

    Ann Berchtold had seen a lot of San Diego art fairs come and go. Then, a few years ago, she traveled to Miami to check out the city’s annual Art Basel contemporary art fair.

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