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Fast, furious, hungover — and horror remixed!

The budgets have been getting larger and the star power heavier for the long-running "Fast & Furious" franchise. After adding Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson two ...

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Best Bets: Don’t go to sleep

One, two, weekend's coming for you...three, four, better lock your door... Friday OMG: NIGHTMARES @ Inge Theater With everything that we know, and how quickly ...

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This week in music: Marina & the Diamonds, ICP and Oobergeek

Music happened this week: • At The Granada, Marina and the Diamonds performed her 100th show, as covered by I Heart Local Music. And, if ...

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Ground turkey: it’s better than you think

My husband, Mr. Meat and Potatoes, is supportive of my efforts to "reduce" myself. That is, as long he still gets plenty of meat and ...

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Cooking away the CSA, week 6: Salad season

This salad is local in more ways than just my CSA.

It's officially salad season, my friends! Sure, we've been getting greens for weeks, but we're really rolling now. And, if you've been following this space ...

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(Anschutz) streaking through to summer

Clothing details: Shoes, $30, Third Planet; skirt, $4, Arizona Trading Company; tunic, $7, Arizona Trading Company; bag, Peruvian store in San Francisco, $16; leggings, $10, don’t remember where it was purchased; vest, California thrift store, $5;bag, don’t remember where it was purchased, $4.

The weather catapulted summer over spring this week and Lawrence fashions have rushed to keep up. The local fashion blogs are riddled with linens, dresses, ...

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Best Bets: The circus is leaving town

You might need some tissues for this one. Monday physical: Dr. DeVito @ The Jackpot 5/20 Dr. Devito may have been born from a Bakersfield, ...

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Retro Week: ‘Star Trek,’ Cinema A Go-Go, and ‘Dazed and Confused’

In 2009, director J.J. Abrams breathed new life in to "Star Trek," a reboot of a film series which, after the disastrous Next Generation movie ...

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Best Bets: Springing into summer

SCHOOOOOOOL'S OUT FOR SUMMER! SCHOOOOOOOL'S OUT FOREVER!! Thursday is a girl’s best friend: Marina and the Diamonds @ The Granada Marina and the Diamonds are ...

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The nation’s reaction to top recruit Andrew Wiggins choosing Kansas

Huntington Prep basketball player Andrew Wiggins smiles along side his mother Marita Payne-Wiggins, right, as he announces his commitment to Kansas University during a ceremony on Tuesday, May 14, 2013, at St. Joseph High School in Huntington W.Va. The Canadian star, a top prospect, averaged 23.4 points and 11.2 rebounds per game this season for West Virginia's Huntington Prep.

Lots of links to get to after top prospect Andrew Wiggins announced Tuesday that he was coming to Kansas ... • In his ...

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Grilled shrimp makes for super simple supper

I've already made my family tired of my usual grilling suspects, and we've barely even had a week's worth of decent grilling evenings. Usually, we ...

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Cooking away the CSA, week 5: Greens, greens everywhere

Herbs for our container garden.

It is FINALLY 80 degrees. And mid-May. And sunny. And all those things mean summer is right around the corner — as underlined by the ...

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Morels popping up on Lawrence menus

Pizza Bianca with morels, Maggie's Farm purple asparagus, fresh spinach, Crescenza cheese and truffle oil was one of the May 14, 2013, lunch specials at Genovese.

It’s the time of year when morels are popping up in Kansas woods and in the news feeds of those foraging-types you’re friends with on ...

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Best Bets: Finals week distractions

It's finals week, and what better way is there to put off studying than going to: Monday geography lesson: Muncie @ The Jackpot With the ...

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‘Pay Heed’ returns with more KU dancing, locker room footage

The Kansas University athletic department and Jeff Forbes have released the latest installment of the "Pay Heed" video series, and it's definitely worth a look, ...

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What’s on tap for Craft Beer Week? Two new collaborative brews and more

John Dean of Blind Tiger Brewery (left), Bryan "Bucky" Buckingham of 23rd Street Brewery and Geoff Deman of Free State Brewery after a day of brewing in Topeka. Photo from www.facebook.com/TheBlindTigerBreweryandRestaurant

Lawrence brewers are ringing in American Craft Beer Week with two envelope-pushing creations I got to sneak-preview this morning. (Though neither one of these contains ...

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Cooking away the CSA, week 4: Pizza dough can be the kitchen sink of CSA eating

Avocado, pepper and olive pizza with hummus instead of sauce on a dough made with local CSA wheat.

Last week in our CSA, we received whole-wheat flour, pea greens, spinach, salad greens, chives and green onions. You might look at that list and ...

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Taco Surprise!

It's hard to give up Mexican food. It just is. I love everything about it. I could eat it every day. And I'm not ashamed ...

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Making Movies’ Enrique Chi talks about newly released ‘A La Deriva’

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Making Movies are making waves. The Kansas City four-piece has received recent acclaim and exposure for its sophomore album “A La Deriva” (Adrift), which expands ...

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Best Bets: May 9-12

Happy Stop Day, students! Eat, drink and be merry, for tomorrow we cram! Friday around twenty 'til ten: Nine Forty Live @ Lawrence Arts Center ...

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