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Rap brawl at City Hall

Mayor Bob "Big Boy" Filner to take on Jan "Mayor Slayer" Goldsmith in Epic Rap Election this Fall

Filner on Feud: "It's time to settle this like adults - adults who wish they could rap." http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2013/jun/19/47790/ Popular vote ...

Mickelson: two for the record books

Local golf legend and U.S. Open runner-up is the undisputed #1 at being #2!

Andy Murray's three fruitless trips to the finals of the Australian Open? Child's play. The Buffalo Bills' four straight losses ...

NAB Coronado Training Chief: "Female SEALs are the military's solution to sexual assault crisis."

"I mean, you're not likely to screw with a lady soldier if you think she might have SEAL training."

Shoulder Your Rifle; Holster Your Gun http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2013/jun/18/47734/ According to a damning report from the Department of Defense, the greatest danger ...

Maxed out?

City Attorney Opens Impeachment Proceedings Against Filner Following Mayor's On-Camera Remarks

Goldsmith: "Mayor Filner believes he is above the law. I aim to show him otherwise." http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2013/jun/12/47324/ On June 9th, Mayor ...

Meta Fair Fare

This year's deep-fried specialty? Deep-fried deep-fried. Batter Up!

INJECTING PAINT THINNER IN AN EFFORT TO CLEAR THE ARTERIES, SAN DIEGO FAIR - It started, ironically enough, with an ...

Historical Friction

Groups Clash Over La Jolla Beach Cottage's Historical Importance

Jack and Karen Visin want to tear down their La Jolla cottages and build a duplex. San Diego's Save Our ...

What's in a nickname?

Newly released Randy "Duchess" Cunningham promises to return to Congress and pass "meaningful prison reform bill" that addresses "the human atrocity of prison rape."

http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2013/jun/07/47040/ Congressman Cunningham: "I'm leaving prison a changed man."

    Schooled!

    High Tech High Students Expose Flaws in Obama’s Long Form Birth Certificate, Rescind Invitation for President to Speak at Commencement

    TAKING A LONG WALK OFF A SHORT PIER, POINT LOMA — It wasn’t supposed to go down like this. When San Diego’s High Tech High International was named as one of six candidates nationwide to ...

    Christmas Is Magic for So Many Reasons

    The Heart Wants What the Heart Wants

    A LITTLE OLD-SCHOOL GLAMOUR “What does he do, this man you seek?…He covets…And how do we begin to covet, Clarice?…We begin by coveting what we see every day.” — Dr. Hannibal Lecter, The Silence of ...

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