Charles Bill											
										
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										HARRISONBURG, Va. — City officials installed an anti-homeless bench this week that will catapult the sitter into the sky if…									
									
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												Nathan Kamal											
										
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										David Bowie was a true chameleon of rock music. Over the decades, he was able to seamlessly blend wildly different…									
									
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												Doug Kolic											
										
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										SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — Bret Michael’s longtime bandana and cowboy hat launched a heated custody battle of his head this week,…									
									
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												Dan Rice											
										
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										As many Americans know, history started the day they entered this world and everything before that is dogshit that doesn’t…									
									
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												Steve Packosky											
										
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										When you hear mention of extreme metal, what comes to mind? Death? Destruction? Gore? How about conventional medical terminology? If…									
									
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												John Danek											
										
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										NASHVILLE — Notorious guitar collector Joe Bonamassa is being praised for saving a mint 1965 Gibson ES-335 from a lifetime…									
									
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												Ben Friedman											
										
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										With this country basically divided into only two camps, I feel like I’m on crazy pills for having a more…									
									
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												Chris Bowen											
										
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										CHICAGO — Local metalhead Dirk Felton proposed to his girlfriend Jade Oliver at the beginning of “I Cum Blood” during…									
									
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												Mike Maher											
										
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										Portland’s Poison Idea is a scary band. Terrifying, actually. Not in a silly corpse paint, Hail Satan! way, but more…									
									
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												Dan Rice											
										
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										It’s the Halloween season and we at The Hard Times are getting our novelty horror screamo band Suscreamia back together!…									
									
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