| The Story | Two Northwest students face trouble for bringing German chocolate cupcakes to school laced with marijuana. "[T]he sociology class [was] taking part in a culture day in which students bring food from around the world." |
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| The Spin | The students immediately defended themselves claiming that they thought Amsterdam was in Germany. |
| The Story | Various Paradise residents begin the process to abolish their city government. |
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| The Spin | The slogan of "We're Government Free. We're Paradise" was given consideration. |
| The Story | In this weeks news regarding the Beer War, Estelle Seely of Paradise weighs in with a somewhat confusing argument in her Letter to the Editor: "I don't think the 'bootleggers' would want legalized sales." |
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| The Spin | "Hey Andy, grab the ax. We're going over to Brookhollow to bust up some moonshining stills." |
| The Story | In a story regarding the the Texoma Area Paratransit System (a quasi taxi organization) a photo accompanied the article with this caption: "TAPS driver Don Perkins and a passenger look into the back of the van to see who the next fare will be." The photo was taken from the back of the van. |
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| The Spin | "Hey, I didn't know there was a Messenger photographer back there." |
| The Story | Leonard Denney, constable for Precinct Two, switches from the Democratic Party to the Republican Party. |
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| The Spin | Decatur third grader Jim Bob Bumpkins plans to announce his party switch next week in an effort to capture the Vice President position of his class. "My buddies that I talk to on the playground think that government is too big and we'd like to eliminate some of the free lunches those poor kids get. It ain't fair!," he said. |