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August 2, 1999
The Church of Euthanasia's modest proposal

July 26, 1999
How Andy Kaufman saved pro wrestling

August 17, 1999
Pastor Steve on Christian polygamy

September 3, 1999
Free speech simply isn't profitable

December 1, 1999
Postering with the posse in London town

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Scope
Let the deadsploitation begin
It seemed the last remnants of Dana Plato's celebrity had finally been picked clean by the scandal-hungry media when she died in May. According to People magazine, "[T]he lovable star of Diff'rent Stokes grew up to be a petty crook, an addict, an alcoholic and, with her death at age 34, a Hollywood casualty." The New York Daily News added that by the early '90s "she was spending most of her time playing the nickel slots in Las Vegas after she was turned down for a $6-an-hour job picking up garbage and cleaning bathrooms." But in the last month of her life, Dana struck an even more unlikely business relationship with Shane Bugbee, a 31-year-old Chicago-based promoter, which ensured her continued infamy after death.
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Dirt
The survival of Soft Cell's Marc Almond
December 6, 1999
Scope
Candy for masochists
October 29, 1999
Whoa!
And you thought Tiny Tim's nuptials were weird
December 22, 1999
Crave
Recipes for juicy jizz
December 2, 1999
Dirt
I think that I shall never see lovely Pavement poetry
August 19, 1999
Scope
Those who can't do, fake it at the Air Guitar Championships
August 27, 1999
Whoa!
U.K. hopes to impress Martians with pop music and dots
October 1, 1999
Crave
A catgirl's guide to doin' it
November 22, 1999
Dirt
You love 'em, you hate 'em: Find out how much
December 17, 1999
Scope
At least his mother knows where he is
January 19, 2000
Whoa!
Ethnic speech translated into 'anglonics'
October 18, 1999
Crave
Erotic comic strip
December 30, 1999