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Critics ask: is Manchester's U-T just a prop for Holman's Reader?

Connection between papers suggested in wake of weekly's move and sale of its Little Italy headquarters

http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2013/mar/18/42082/ "I first got the notion when I was reading the U-T piece on the Reader's decision to sell its ...

Manchester releases statement on plan to repurpose U-T's Mission Valley headquarters

"Our headquarters is in cyberspace, man!"

http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2013/mar/18/42080/ TAKING THE WORLD IN A LOVE EMBRACE, MISSION VALLEY - "Here's the main thing," says Papa Doug Manchester, real-estate ...

Reader website indulges in gallows humor

Never let it be said that we let good taste stand in the way of a good joke.

Sidebar content can shift more quickly than the sands of the Sahara in a simoom, so if you check us ...

Filner takes on the Portland Loo!

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General Atomics Predator drone receives first-ever "drone medal"

Retired drone is honored for 2005 strike against Al-Qaeda operative Haitham al-Yemeni

STARING BRAVELY AHEAD INTO A FUTURE THAT WILL ABSOLUTELY HOPEFULLY NOT INCLUDE ROGUE DRONES RAINING DEATH FROM ABOVE ON U.S. ...

Crossroads of the West Del Mar gun show reports hugely successful gun buyback event

Over 4,000 guns bought back, no questions asked, and then re-sold to new customers, no questions asked.

"Let's face it," says Crossroads of the West Gun Show director Max Luger, "in this day and age, you have ...

National Pit Bull Association President speaks out following Cornelio sentencing

President Grippe: "If you outlaw pit bulls, then only outlaws will have pit bulls."

http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2013/mar/11/41547/ NPBA anti-regulation ad NERVOUSLY PROFFERING A MILK BONE, PARADISE HILLS - Carla Cornelio was sentenced to four years in ...

Leaked photos reveal scope of Romney's La Jolla remodel

Neighbors complain about height violations; Romney's legal team counters that "While man was given dominion over the earth, the heavens belong to God. And as for me and my house, we will honor the Lord."

Emails obtained by the San Diego Reader give the public its first glimpse of Romney's Rest: http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2013/mar/04/41045/ The ocean is ...

City Attorney Goldsmith attracts ire of convention goers

"Busting a Hotel Circle establishment for allowing prostitutes? Has he forgotten why people come to conventions?"

http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2013/mar/01/40945/ Okay, so maybe calling your establishment "Hard Johnson Prostitute Parlor" is a little much. HOLDING DOWN MY END OF ...

Sinaloa drug cartel names U.S. Attorney Duffy its Woman of the Year

Medical marijuana opponent recognized for her work in ensuring the stability of the cartel's lucrative drug-import business.

http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2013/feb/28/40910/ SITTING IN WHAT I WOULD PROBABLY DESCRIBE AS A BEAUTIFUL AND EXOTIC LOCATION WERE IT NOT FOR THE BAG ...

SPECTRE fails in effort to purchase San Onofre for new headquarters

Famed terrorist organization deemed "just not evil enough" by co-owner SDGE

http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2013/feb/28/40903/ STROLLING ALONG THE BEACH, HOLDING A FLUFFY WHITE CAT, SAN ONOFRE - "It's...disappointing," says Ernst Stavro Blofeld, gazing wistfully ...

Billy Ray Smith undergoes sex change; say hello to Billie Rae Smith!

UT-TV host/hostess says, "I finally feel comfortable in my own skin; plus, we needed more hotness to attract eyeballs to the show."

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Padres launch investigation into players' use of performance-depressing drugs

Multiple players have tested positive.

At least Grandal was trying, you know? Following the news that catcher Yasmani Grandal had juiced up with shots of ...

Fleeing Filner, San Diego hoteliers decamp for Texas

"You know who else has a coastal location and a bay? Corpus Christi!"

For Texas Governor Rick Perry, it was a matter of right place, right time. The Lone Star leader had been ...

UCSD "mastermind" to head up Obama's Thought Police project

"I know! We'll call it 'Mapping the human brain.' That sounds helpful. People love government help."

Ralph Greenspan, the associate director of the Kavli Institute at UC San Diego, has been tapped by the White House ...

San Diego Hospice euthanized

Organization offered untraditional end-of-life care, employed untraditional financial and regulatory practices

A Medicare Audit has forced the closure of San Diego Hospice. The program helped many local souls go gentle into ...

Former mayor Golding calls former mayor O'Connor's gambling losses "piddling"

"Betting with funds from her husband's nonprofit? That's almost like betting with your own money! It's a sucker's game!"

This morning, former San Diego mayor Susan Golding addressed a gathering of the Rancho Santa Fe Wealthy Women's Society at ...

Dave Rolland: "No Maass."

CityBeat reporter, perhaps fearing KO for print organ, calls it quits and heads online. http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2013/feb/13/40070/

"The Kiss" statue gets hot 'n heavy

Crews called in to right supine sailor and naughty nurse "before things get out of hand. This is a public park!"

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Manchester clarifies "I'm buying the LA Times" statement

"What I said was, 'I'm buying an LA Times.'"

"Otherwise, how would I know what's going on in Southern California? From the U-T? Ha, ha, good one." http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2013/feb/13/40051/

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