Unpublished Memoir: Ben Laitin's Real-Life 'Mad Men' Memories

Apr 27th 2011 – 8:45 AM |AOL News

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The late Ben Laitin was a high-flying Madison Avenue executive in the 1960s. He lived the life that inspired AMC's "Mad Men" and worked alongside Draper Daniels, a legendary copy writer and executive...

Bombshell Tapes May Reveal New Marilyn Monroe Mystery

Apr 26th 2011 – 8:38 AM |AOL News

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Did Marilyn Monroe take a mystery trip aboard Frank Sinatra's private jet the very weekend she died? A trip during which she spent an intense night at the singer's retreat with mobster Sam...

The Real Life Mad Men: Man Finds His Grandfather in Don Draper's Show

Apr 25th 2011 – 9:31 AM |AOL News

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Over the past four seasons, "Mad Men" has become a pop culture phenomenon, putting viewers in a martini-soaked time machine back to the golden age of the advertising industry. But for one viewer,...

In Death Valley Heat, Salt Creek Pupfish Find a Way to Survive

Apr 22nd 2011 – 8:52 AM |AOL News

It's springtime, Earth Day, which means that one of nature's weirdest events is in high gear. But you have to take the heat to experience it. And you sort of have to live in a place called Devil's...

For Rocker Jackson Browne, Every Day is Earth Day

Apr 22nd 2011 – 7:58 AM |AOL News

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"I hope this doesn't mess up the bar," said Dennis Scrimo, as he ran a hose from the sink in the lower lobby bar at the Terrace Theater in Long Beach, Calif. Snaking it across the lobby, he then...

UFO Motel Soon to Be Landing in California Desert

Apr 12th 2011 – 7:35 AM |AOL News

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How do you stand out in a tiny desert town that boasts the World's Largest Thermometer? Easy. Open a UFO-themed beef jerky store. "The Gateway to Death Valley" -- as blistering Baker, Calif., is...

Barack O'Llama Visits Nixon Library and Museum

Apr 8th 2011 – 7:42 AM |AOL News

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The slow-moving procession crossing the busy intersection next to the Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum in Yorba Linda, Calif., was truly a traffic stopper. After all, how often is it...

Rocker Sammy Hagar Believes He May Have Been Abducted by ETs

Mar 22nd 2011 – 1:13 PM |AOL News

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Famed rocker Sammy Hagar has been on the road talking about his new, rip-roaring rock 'n' roll memoir, "Red: My Uncensored Life in Rock." He's had a lot of onstage and backstage encounters in his...

Naked Pianist Proud of His Organ

Mar 16th 2011 – 6:25 PM |AOL News

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On a dusty stretch of I-10 in Arizona, near the California border, sits the tiny town of Quartzsite. It's a mecca for RV snowbirds along with gem and mineral rock hounders. But there's another...

The Salton Sea: A 'Dead' Sea Ready to Rise?

Mar 13th 2011 – 9:14 AM |AOL News

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Half a century ago, the Salton Sea was called the "French Riviera of California" -- and that claim really held water as celebrities and many others seeking a spectacular getaway escaped to the...

Bizarre Bird Maimings in Huntington Beach: A Vast 'Right Wing' Conspiracy?

Mar 9th 2011 – 7:15 AM |AOL News

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It's a weird, gruesome mystery that has all the local wildlife experts in "Surf City, USA" scratching their heads. In the past three weeks, almost 30 birds have been found in Huntington Beach,...

Rocker Duff McKagan Fights on for the Troops

Mar 1st 2011 – 5:36 AM |AOL News

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Seattle native Duff McKagan, the legendary bassist who helped form Guns N' Roses in 1985 and now performs in Velvet Revolver while also fronting his own band, Loaded, recently started donating...

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