Steppin' in it.
Woof! Who breaks a Chihuahua on the wheel? Wall Street Journal gets medieval.
(11/06/99)

Update on randy Mandy and debauched David, who met and boffed like wolverines on a flight to England
Never underestimate the effectiveness of blasphemy as a marketing strategy. Plus: Good news! You can join the Mile High Club with a stranger and stay married.
(10/23/99)

Lawsuits, flamingos and the spin doctor bombs
No "cheesy, sleazy, one-night stand behavior" for Sharon Stone; PR from the Unabomber: I may be a killer, but I'm no kook!
(10/16/99)

Hangover at the Mile High Club
Post boom-boom gloom. The heartbreak of taco theft -- what's next, kidnapping chimichangas? Plus: A helicopter you can park in your nostril.
(10/09/99)

To spy is human, to plagiarize divine
Cicciolina, Fembot fer real; John Mackay: I have not yet begun to write! Plus: Mark Twain, eyewitness to a hanging. Gulp.
(09/30/99)

Men in dresses behaving badly
"The RuPaul of Robbers" busted in Baton Rouge; scandal! Boozed-up Amish renegade flips buggy while blotto. Plus: Rupert Pupkin lives!
(09/23/99)

The little old lady from the KGB
Grannies will be spies and spies will be grannies. It's a mixed-up, muddled-up, shook-up world except for Hola! H-0-L-A, Hola!
(09/16/99)

Corporate dark stars
The top 100 Bad companies: Payin' the price for not bein' nice. Plus: The sad tale of Sotheby's fake furniture scam and the porno prince who ate his own fortune.
(09/09/99)

The poetry of rural roguery
The extra-urban misadventures of "very large for his age" and his ilk.
(09/02/99)

Blow me down! It's the Rime of the Ancient Unabomber
Move over, James Cameron -- Ted Kaczynski has a boat story to tell! Plus: What's that moose doing in my pool? The backstroke!
(08/26/99)

Tony: Portrait of a cereal killer
When hot tubs are outlawed; what if God was a doper? Son of Sam killer not lookin' back; and the importance of knowing where your wallet is at all times.
(08/19/99)

Last roundup at the Mustang Ranch
Bordellos R Us: In the Nevada desert, a new management style is coming to the world's oldest profession.
(08/12/99)

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"Mexican Madonna" on the run from sex charges; did singer include secret satanic messages on her records? And how do you play a CD backward?
(08/05/99)

Is the Mafia going the way of the great auk?
Pas de deux in dreamland with a working-class hero. Extinction alert: Goodfellas now an endangered species.
(07/29/99)

The Kevlar dictator
Bullets can't touch him. He's impervious to poison. And bombs -- Ha! He laughs at your bombs!
(07/22/99)

Busted! Speed-shopping while black
Armed with an AmEx card designed to function silently, a scalawag aliased Raydog pulls a fast one.
(07/15/99)

The muddle people
Hey, knuckleheads! Ya wanta live in our kountry, learn to speak our langkwage; Hitler's paintings: No wonder he went into the dictator business. Plus: Woman hurtles off cliff, hangs onto cell phone, rescuer gripes about audio quality.
(07/08/99)

Flash: Bond bandit bites baguette!
And other information you don't need, but the Times of London insists on giving you.
(07/01/99)

Other than that, Mrs. Oswald, how did you enjoy Minsk?
From the mixed-up files of Mr. Lee Harvey Oswald; plus a sad story about a bull who fatefully lost his way on the road to Pamplona, and a touching Wittgensteinian lesson about backing up our work on the computer.
(06/24/99)

Feds deny wiring wise guy's wazoo
Like great art, masterful crime writing can move our souls and thrill our hearts while conveying a timeless, yet utterly human, story.
(06/17/99)

Vegas' splitting headache
Jeepers creepers, voters follow bouncing peepers! New goodfella-in-chief has never been accused of engaging in oral sex, or giving "Leaves of Grass" to young women. In other words, he's squeaky clean by today's standards.
(06/10/99)

The FBI's new secret weapon:snide prose
In the bureau's wanted-poster department, a budding poet blooms.
(06/03/99)

The teachings of Bill Bonanno: A wise-guy way of knowledge
What is the sound of one hit man pontificating? Ex-mafiosi Bill Bonanno offers up New Age wisdom, made man-style.
(05/27/99)

Naked came the burglar; or, the cruel winds of fate
There are a thousand stories in the Naked City -- but almost none of them involve the Lord of Flatulence.
(05/20/99)

The man who mistook a breast for a $50 bill
Vegas' mob past rises up and bites its neon butt; Marla's shoe-loving man convicted.
(05/13/99)

The CIA's purple haze
TV stars run amok; geriatric criminals terrorize nation.
(05/06/99)

Amy Fisher, magical mistress of multitasking
Lecherous judges, Marla's spurned shoes and Exxon's exxcellent adventure in non-payment.
(04/29/99)

The continuing saga of the beast with two soles
Darryl Strawberry out-torques Torquemada; the Great Buddha of crime reporting catches a cab.
(04/22/99)

Killer, Ellroy and Marla's pumps
What do the Osaka mafia, Snoop Dogg, Chuck Jones and Charles Keating Jr. have in common?
(04/15/99)

Want crime with that?
One gets a powerful hunger when covering the dark side.
(04/08/99)

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