"It's not gay bashing! It's more like a big gay pillow fight!"

The U-T San Diego reports that former U-T San Diego reporter-turned-crime author Caitlin Rother spent some time digging dirt on gay Republican mayoral candidate Carl DeMaio (pictured). Included in her investigation was some mention of DeMaio's partner, Johnathan Hale, publisher …

State University students vow not to follow UCSD in adopting 100% smoke-free campus.

"FROM OUR COLD DEAD HANDS." http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2013/mar/26/42589/

Coach Fisher wonders, "How did they find 'em in our boys' size?"

After 15th-seeded Florida Gulf Coast University knocked off 7th-seeded San Diego State University in Sunday's NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament action (and 2nd-seeded Georgetown just two nights before), the Azuls apparently celebrated by doing a little shopping. Today, a crate containing …

"I have no son," says "Disapproving Dad" Doug Manchester in wake of Doug Jr.'s statement in support of same-sex marriage.

The real estate-mogul also denied his son's claim that "Papa" "now regrets the funding he provided to Prop. 8 and has actively worked to make amends with those he has offended." He said that his political views had no bearing …

Following report that Coronado Bridge is "structurally deficient," City announces plan to replace "outdated, crumbling supports"

City Planner Bill Whiteman: "Those murals are great and all, but all the pretty paint in the world can't cover over our responsibility to keep users of the Coronado bridge as safe as possible. Transportation for America rated our bridge …

Videos of abuse at La Jolla Children's Pool selling for $100 on underground websites

http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2013/mar/21/42359/ Scene from Sealpunch III: Pound Puppies, available at internetgloryhole.com "Discover the hot sealpunching action that the government doesn't want you to see!" reads the ad for the red-hot Sealpunch series of videos. The line is a reference to Mayor …

Real estate prices plummet around "drone prone" La Mesa mosque

http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2013/mar/21/42358/ THINKING ABOUT RELOCATING SOMEWHERE LESS "SUBURBAN," LA MESA - If you ask Will Strikefirst, regional director of Drone-Related Operations for National Emergencies (DRONE), he will tell you that there are absolutely no plans to reduce the Al-Rribat Al-Islmai mosque …

Accused BDSM ringleader Perez: "You mean Killgore was her NAME? Oh, man - I thought it was her fetish."

http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2013/mar/20/42251/ Now that the Honorable Judge K. Michael Kirkman has ordered Louis Ray Perez, Jessica Lynn Lopez, and Dorothy "No Middle Name" Maraglino to stand trial for the kidnap, sexual torture, and murder of Brittany Dawn Killgore last year, the …

Visitors: "Being Irish in America is so much more fun than being Irish in Ireland."

http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2013/mar/18/42084/ "Back home," said Dublin resident Miles O'Staggerin as he paused between beers at The Field bar in The Gaslamp Quarter last night, "drinking is a desperate and willfully destructive practice - a mad pursuit of numbed oblivion brought on …

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 little piece of Little Italy and move to Golden Hill," explains former CityBeat rumor-monger Scuttle Butt, who now consults with …

"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 developer and owner of the U-T San Diego newspaper, as he opens a discussion of his proposal to turn the …

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

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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. CITIZENS - Secretary of Defense Charles "Chuck" Hagel today presented the United States military's first Distinguished Warfare Medal to "Palindrone," …

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 to think twice before buying a gun. For one thing, guns have gotten some bad PR lately. But more importantly, …

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 prison today following her conviction for involuntary manslaughter and two counts of owning a mischievous animal that caused a death. …

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 there, but you can't see it because of the massive white building that's blocking your view.

"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 THE BAR, ALBIE'S BEEF INN, MISSION VALLEY - "Honestly, I don't get it," says John Smith, an insurance salesman from …