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The Slice archive for Aug. 8, 2013

THURSDAY, AUG. 8, 2013

2013: A lull in picnic-table stacking

The last S-R story on such antics that I can find in our electronic archives appears to have been published in late 2012. Care to explain this apparent suspension of stacking activity? A) The perpetrators got bored. B) They went on to become contributing members…

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If you enjoy despising journalists

"Broadchurch" could be just the show for you. This British import began its U.S. run last night. And in that first episode, two different newspaper journalists demonstrated what it's like to operate without worries about ethics. www.bbcamerica.com

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Editor's note 

If you are new to The Slice Blog and decide you are going to check out all 5,790 archived blog posts in one marathon sitting, you will discover something. In a fair number of "No. 1 song on this date" posts, the image of the…

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Remembering the 1964 Phillies

It seems like a statistical certainty, given the population of the Inland Northwest and American mobility, that someone in our midst was a fan of the Philadelphia Phillies during 1964. Baseball fans of a certain age will remember that 1964 was the year of the…

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