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    Featured Section: Family

    Suburban Dad Cracks Wise In Church Parking Lot

    News • ISSUE 38•13 • Apr 10, 2002
    STEVENS POINT, WI—Flashing his trademark wit, dermatologist and father of three Gil Schlerek amused onlookers in the parking lot of Christ Presbyterian Church by ...

    Father Bitter That Son Has Everything He Never Had

    News • ISSUE 38•04 • Feb 6, 2002
    WICHITA, KS—Local pharmacist Ed Raschi, 52, admitted Monday that he is occasionally bitter that his son Brandon has everything he never had growing up.

    Krispy Kreme Doughnuts Described To Sioux City Relatives

    News in Brief • ISSUE 38•03 • Jan 30, 2002
    FL, attempted to convey the taste, texture, and general deliciousness of Krispy Kreme doughnuts to their Sioux City relatives. "They're doughnuts, but not, like ...

    Parent Mad 6-Year-Old Didn't Like Peanuts Special

    News in Brief • ISSUE 47•47 ISSUE 37•46 • Dec 19, 2001
    ROSE HILL, VA—Bruce Pillard, 34, was angered Tuesday over his 6-year-old daughter's indifferent reaction to A Charlie Brown Christmas. "That show is a ...

    Family Now Openly Wondering When Grandma Will Die

    News in Brief • ISSUE 37•39 • Oct 31, 2001
    ATHENS, GA—After years of silent speculation, Trotter family members openly wondered Monday when ailing family matriarch Helen Trotter would die. "I'd say sometime ...

    Mom Uses Full Name To Refer To Bisquick Impossibly Easy Cheeseburger Pie™

    News in Brief • ISSUE 37•38 • Oct 24, 2001
    HICKORY, NC— Inviting her family to dig in to dinner Monday, Donna Furness, 41, referred to the meal by its full, trademarked name. "Who's ...

    Privileged Children Of Millionaires Square Off On World Stage

    News • ISSUE 37•38 • Oct 24, 2001
    WASHINGTON, DC—After nearly two weeks of heavy, sustained air strikes, President Bush made final preparations Monday for a full-scale U.S. ground assault against ...

    Dad Immediately Hands Phone To Mom

    News in Brief • ISSUE 37•37 • Oct 17, 2001
    SAGINAW, MI—Emotionally distant father Bill Wolk, 55, immediately handed the phone to his wife Monday upon identifying the caller as his daughter. "Oh, hello ...

    Closeted Father Lives Vicariously Through Gay Son

    News • ISSUE 44•26 ISSUE 37•35 • Oct 3, 2001
    BOSTON—Having hidden in the closet his entire life, homosexual Neil Pivarnik, 47, lives vicariously through his openly gay son Jeff.

    Mary-Kate Olsen Is Dragging Ashley Down

    Commentary • ISSUE 37•29 • Aug 22, 2001
    By Kathie Kelleher, Television Viewer

    Nepotism Passed Off As Synergy

    News in Brief • ISSUE 37•23 • Jun 20, 2001
    WHITEHOUSE STATION, NJ–The hiring of Adam Dwyer by Merck Pharmaceutical was described Monday by CEO James Dwyer as "tremendously synergistic." "With his impressive range ...

    Bush Picks Up 20 Copies Of Washington Post He's In

    News in Brief • ISSUE 37•21 • Jun 6, 2001
    WASHINGTON, DC–President Bush made a special trip to his local newsstand Monday to purchase 20 copies of that day's Washington Post, the cover ...

    Mom Brought To Tears By Thing Picked Up At Airport

    News • ISSUE 47•47 ISSUE 37•19 • May 9, 2001
    COLUMBIA, MO—Joan Hadler wept tears of joy over a cheap, last-minute present bought at an airport gift shop.

    Area Father Must Have Read Some Drug-Slang Brochure Or Something

    News • ISSUE 37•15 • Apr 25, 2001
    DECATUR, GA–Rodney Dunbar, a 46-year-old civil engineer and father of two, "must have read some drug-slang pamphlet or something," his children reported Monday.

    Navy Admiral Considers Death Of Son Within Acceptable Loss Range

    News • ISSUE 37•13 • Apr 11, 2001
    SAN DIEGO–At a Monday press conference from the steps of his home, Navy Admiral William McManus categorized the death of his son in a ...

    Fifth Level Of Video Game Reached During Phone Call To Mom

    News in Brief • ISSUE 47•47 ISSUE 37•13 • Apr 11, 2001
    LONGMONT, CO–While speaking on the phone with his mother Monday, Sega Dreamcast enthusiast Jon Grebe, 22, defeated Sarge to reach the fifth level of ...

    Repressed Molestation Memory Not What It Was Built Up To Be

    News in Brief • ISSUE 37•11 • Mar 28, 2001
    WEEHAWKEN, NJ–After 22 months of therapy, Kathy Stebbins' long-repressed childhood memory of sexual abuse at the hands of her uncle finally surfaced Tuesday in ...

    Everything A Goddamn Ordeal In Area Family

    News in Brief • ISSUE 47•47 ISSUE 37•12 • Mar 4, 2001
    HUNTINGTON, WV–Absolutely everything, from ordering a pizza to going out to the movies, has to be a huge goddamn ordeal for the Flemings, father ...

    New Parents Desperately Seeking Other New Parents For Socializing

    News • ISSUE 37•07 • Feb 28, 2001
    BETHESDA, MD–New parents David and Diane Huber, both 28, remain locked in a desperate search for other parents with whom they can talk exclusively ...

    You And Me And Baby Minus Me Makes Two

    Commentary • ISSUE 37•06 • Feb 21, 2001
    By Len Datillo, Expectant Father
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