IT'S OFFICIAL: CIVIL WAR IN IRAQ
That's just great; now we have to suffer through another 10-hour Ken Burns special some day.
YBOR CITY FIRE
We knew they shouldn't have tried to light the World's Largest Cigar.
NO ELF 2
Ferrell worried that a sequel would torpedo his career as a serious actor.
WORM IN McBURGERS?
As McDonald's denies the claim, Burger King scrambles to introduce the Worm Whopper Jr.
RUSSIAN SPY-CRITIC DIES RADIOACTIVELY
We're nostalgic for simpler times, when a poison-tipped umbrella was good enough.
CHAVEZ VOWS TO BEAT THE "DEVIL"
Not the U.S., he clarifies. Beelzebub himself, in a screaming blues guitar throwdown.
MIKE VICK IS NO. 1
Falcons QB salutes the crowd with the better half of a peace sign, swears he was "calling an audible."
BENEDICT XVI IN TURKEY
Draws more Muslim protests after mocking the nation as "named after a large-breasted and delicious holiday fowl."
HONEY-BAKED LISTERIA SCARE
Thousands of pounds of ham recalled over Thanksgiving weekend. And no, that doesn't mean we took time to remember the touring cast of Dancing With the Stars.
—Compiled by Creative Loafing staff.
This article appears in Nov 29 – Dec 5, 2006.