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Afterlife

Christopher Wallace is dead, murdered in the early hours of March 9, 1997, one block from my childhood home in Los Angeles. But exactly two weeks after his death, Wallace’s alter ego, the…
PUBLISHED: April 16, 2013
LENGTH: 10 minutes (2638 words)

David Lee Roth Will Not Go Quietly

There are many things to admire about David Lee Roth's home. There's the lushly landscaped property, three football fields' worth by his estimation, hidden behind a 9-foot ivy-covered wall on an…
SOURCE:BuzzFeed
PUBLISHED: April 12, 2013
LENGTH: 26 minutes (6514 words)

The Week’s Best Longreads for April 13, 2013

What really happened after Raymond Davis killed two men in the street in Lahore. Two years after Jon Krakauer revealed that Greg Mortenson’s book Three Cups of Tea was riddled with lies and…
PUBLISHED: April 12, 2013

I'm For Sale

When I was 26, my then roommate was a great scavenger of furniture. One day, she came home with a daybed frame: a twin-size wooden box with only three legs, which is likely why someone had left it on…
LENGTH: 8 minutes (2103 words)

The Week’s Best Longreads for April 6, 2013

Big Veg Mark Bittman, The New York Times Magazine Yes, healthy fast food is possible. But is it edible?
PUBLISHED: April 6, 2013

Inside Apple's Plans for Its Futuristic, $5 Billion Headquarters

At what turned out to be his last public appearance, Steve Jobs stood before the Cupertino City Council on June 7, 2011, to present plans for a new corporate campus for Apple (AAPL). Scarecrow thin…
PUBLISHED: April 4, 2013
LENGTH: 10 minutes (2715 words)

Long Night at Today

The knife springs open with a satisfying snap. Matt Lauer, the co-host of the Today show, turns it over in his hand, marveling at the blade. “Come to papa!” he says. Sitting at his…
AUTHOR:Joe Hagan
PUBLISHED: March 24, 2013
LENGTH: 3 minutes (838 words)

The Prison Problem

When Jerry enters the pizza place next to Boston’s Government Center, he shakes Bruce Western’s hand heartily. Jerry, who has served 25 years for armed robbery and aggravated rape, was…
LENGTH: 17 minutes (4332 words)

Flynt Family Values

The bruising legal battle that has torn Jimmy Flynt’s relationship with his famous brother asunder has also transformed him into a quiet, community-friendly retailer. Now Jimmy and his sons…
LENGTH: 19 minutes (4819 words)
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