News from The Smoking Gun

[email protected] Mon, 22 Aug 2005 23:15:36 -0400
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Dear Friends:


Geez, what's happened to 50 Cent? The rapper, who formerly made
his living selling heroin and cocaine, once settled beefs with a 
sidearm.
Now he relies on trademark lawyers to put a sucker in his place. 
Details at:

http://www.thesmokinggun.com/archive/0822051dodge1.html


A sleeping pill addiction isn't the only thing Eminem is battling these
days. After squaring off with his moms and ex-wife, the performer's
familial docket sheet has recently expanded to include his aunt and 
uncle.
Story at:

http://www.thesmokinggun.com/archive/0818051eminem1.html


Menacing fowl playing heavy metal in a bid to sell newfangled "chicken 
fries"
for Burger King. That will somehow land you in court every time:

http://www.thesmokinggun.com/archive/0817052slipknot1.html


Wedgies. Toilet dunkings. Getting lashed to a tether ball pole. Those 
are
just a few of the indignities allegedly heaped upon an 11-year-old boy
attending a "Christian-based" summer camp in Michigan. The kid's 
parents,
of course, have made a federal case of it:

http://www.thesmokinggun.com/archive/0817051camp1.html


From the archives, here's one for the newbies: Match wits (if you dare)
with the Unabomber in an interactive quiz that will analyze your 
propensity
for deviant behavior. Play now:

http://www.thesmokinggun.com/unabomber/unabomber.html


New prize contest has started, so just tell us what was said by the 
Wal-Mart
crank caller and you might win some fine loot, including the 
first-season
DVDs of "The Office," both the UK and U.S. versions of the comedy show.
Enter here:

http://www.thesmokinggun.com/contest/contest.html


Regards,

Your pals at TSG



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