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Almost Factual News Entries for February, 2013

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

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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 OVER MY HEAD, MEXICO - Last night at its annual Awards Gala and Nosy Journalist Slaughter, the Sinaloa drug cartel …

SPECTRE fails in effort to purchase San Onofre for new headquarters

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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 at the twin domes of the San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station. "For a minute there, when I first saw those …

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

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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

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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 Man Rage-brand hormone sauce, and that shortstop Everth Cabrera and relief pitcher Fautino De Los Santos had links to the …

Fleeing Filner, San Diego hoteliers decamp for Texas

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"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 on a big-game hunting expedition in California, his sights set on the state's trophy businesses: Apple, Facebook, eBay, and more. …

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

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"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 to help engineer government oversight of brain function among United States citizens. "Government and science had a long and proud …

San Diego Hospice euthanized

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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 that good night through palliative health care, often administered within the comfort of their own homes. But the increasing popularity …

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

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"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 a caviar tasting. She took the occasion to offer comment on the news that former San Diego Mayor Maureen O'Connor …

Dave Rolland: "No Maass."

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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

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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

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"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/

San Diego tourism ad found among ex-LAPD officer Christopher Dorner's effects

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Ad included coupon for 50% off steak and eggs at The Waffle Spot in Hotel Circle; alleged cop killer may have filled up before heading south.

Tourism Board President: "In hindsight, the ad represents an error in judgment. We were trying to make use of San Diego's proximity to the border, which has represented freedom for so many outlaws, from Joe in Jimi Hendrix's classic 'Hey …

Bob Filner, stand-up guy

Filner v. the San Diego Downtown Partnership - BONUS CODA

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The hits keep coming!

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Bob Filner, stand-up guy

Filner takes on the Downtown San Diego Partnership

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EXCLUSIVE!

The transcript's not out yet, but here's a taste of the Filner act that had San Diego's greederati kicking up a twitstorm! http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2013/feb/08/39772/ http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2013/feb/08/39773/ http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2013/feb/08/39774/ http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2013/feb/08/39775/ http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2013/feb/08/39776/

A closer look at the lighting at Bob Filner's speech to the Downtown Business Partnership

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Irwin Jacobs donates $3 million for Plaza de Panama Speed Circuit

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"If the people of San Diego want cars in the Plaza de Panama, by God, I will give them cars in the Plaza de Panama. Very fast cars."

"From here on out, the only way anybody is going to see the Museum of Man is by whizzing past it at 160 mph, baby." http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2013/feb/07/39714/

Horton Plaza announces new free parking plan

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"4S Parking Pass" seeks to maintain GHQ

http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2013/feb/07/39711/ Won't somebody please think of the hotties? SAFELY INSIDE THE VELVET ROPE, FLUXX NIGHTCLUB - San Diego's Gaslamp has been in an uproar ever since Westfield Horton Plaza announced yesterday that it would no longer provide free validated parking …

Irwin Jacobs seeks consolation after Balboa Park debacle

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The billionaire has had it up to here with people complaining that he has both things he wants to do and the money to get them done.

Sometimes, a kind word can come from the unlikeliest of places.... http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2013/feb/06/39658/

UCSD responds to its critics

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"Somewhere along the line, you people seem to have confused "non-profit" with "non-wealthy."

Statement from University President Morris "Mo" Munni: "The University of California at San Diego has always prided itself as one of the foremost educational institutions in the nation when it comes to research. Specifically, research into effective moneymaking initiatives. We …

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