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dark horse comics Four celebrated comics creators gather for a haunting Christmas Eve anthology Gareth Branwyn
tabloids Scientology's secrets, Kardashian brain damage, and Chinese bioweapons in last week's dubious tabloids Peter Sheridan
politics According to Pizzagate conspiracy theorists, the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles on Pizza Hut boxes are encouraging Satanic ritual abuse Jennifer Sandlin
Trader Joe's Sarah and Nam Soon Ahn, of "Ahnest Kitchen," review Trader Joe's new ready-to-eat kimbap Jennifer Sandlin
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