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September 12, 2007

Growing up in Indiana with his Jehovah's Witness mother, Dax Riggs got used to going door to door inviting people to hear about Armageddon. He believed that there was a God, and that God was good. One night Dax stayed up late, alone, and watched The Elephant Man on HBO, and nothing was the same after. His other band, Deadboy & The Elephant Men, grew from the ashes of a whirlwind romance that involved......

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October 6, 2006

Independent gubernatorial candidate Kinky Friedman recently stopped by the University of Texas, where he told students he would fight to legalize marijuana, add more National Guards to the border, and stand in favor of abortion rights. It seems that independent gubernatorial candidate Carol Cougar Keeton Strayhorn has been giving money to groups who oppose the very existence of Rick Perry and his policies. Libertarian gubernatorial candidate James Warner is planning on suing Belo Corporation......

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