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EVERYTHING SACRED
Heaven and hell, a play
A town in Bethel, Pa., puts on a performance about morality and mortality, asking audiences to think about where they will spend eternity. asap's religion video series by HILLARY RHODES.

THE END
Fare thee well
ROSA SOBRINO and PAUL CHAVEZ look at how we say goodbye.

THE END
Tiny arcs of the tragically unfinished
Gone, but not forgotten, before their time: JOSH L. DICKEY's list of America's 10 -- make that nine -- most tragically truncated things.

THE END
Cooking like it was the end of the world
JOE RAY visits a peculiar chef who has connected to the deep, frigid water below a town that may as well be the edge of the Earth.

THE END
Push away from the table, if you can
AMERICAN STOMACH: Coffee and chocolate cake are just the beginning, friend. HOWIE RUMBERG chews on the meaning of 'the end' as it pertains to a meal.

TALES FROM THE CRIB
Future Britney Spearsketeers?
ANGIE WAGNER struggles to explain Britney Spears to her 4-year-old.

HAUNTINGS
Serving an afterlife sentence
When there's something strange ... in your cell block ... who you gonna call? Not TOM BREEN, for starters.

RELATIONSHIPS
Love and pocket protectors
No revenge here: Nerds unite to find love and 'make the uncool cool.' KAREN HAWKINS investigates.

HALLOWEEN
You don't know Jack
Make your pumpkins scary -- extremely scary. JULIE REED examines some ghoulish gourds.

HYPNOSIS
Hypnotherapist helps you help yourself
In an asap podcast, PAUL CHAVEZ goes under a trance to see if hypnotherapy works.

PLAYTIME
Don't look down, Mom!
asap's HILLARY RHODES brings home a slide show of images from an interactive playground meant for adventurers of all ages.

TONGUE TWISTERS
Say it five times fast!
ANNA JANE GROSSMAN matches mandibles with the directors of a tongue-twister tournament in this asap podcast.

DIY EGGS
One expensive peep show
FRANK BASS tries his hand at raising chickens. The problem? Spendy feed, nasty 'tudes and too darn many roosters.

AMERICAN STOMACH
Eggs & toast is over, if not easy
ROBERT TANNER has moved on to smaller and better breakfasts. That doesn't mean eggs, toast and fried potatoes have lost their appeal.

IDIOT IN THE KITCHEN
What a treat: Pumpkin soup
Kitchen Idiot HOWIE RUMBERG is smashing all notions about what pumpkins are good for.

TO HEALTH AND BACK
Your resident sleepyhead
Come sweet slumber, and shroud me in thy purple scrubs: Sleep deprivation is doing weird things to the brain of pediatrics intern KIMBERLY NOBLE.

EVERYTHING SACRED
Christian toy review
For an unbiased view of the religious-themed toys, games, candy and other spiritual swag she's been sent, HILLARY RHODES asks a Sunday school student to rate it.

SEAFOOD
Chilean seafood sojourn, hold the salmon
Salmon may be king, but a Chilean seafood town's inhabitants still favor the local specialties. JOE RAY dives in for a taste.

AMERICAN STOMACH
The pork sandwich: A personal odyssey
A whole roasted pig sets LAUREL FANTAUZZO on a whole-hog quest to repeat one blissed-out childhood moment.

TALES FROM THE CRIB
The diaper hits the fan
No diaper, no pants, and no desire to use the potty. ANGIE WAGNER struggles with a toddling time-bomb.

RELATIONSHIPS
Altared states
The new movie 'Ira and Abby' makes a rather non-Hollywood assertion: that a marriage can go south while the relationship stays healthy. TED ANTHONY talks to its writer and star.

SPORTS MEDICINE
Herbal remedies for your gym bag
Ankle sprain? Better get some San Huang San on that. LAUREL MAURY checks out traditional Chinese medicine for jocks.

COUNTERCULTURE
San Fran hangouts that can be Beat
ANANDA SHOREY finds the Beat Generation's ghosts still walking at their legendary San Francisco haunts.

AMERICAN STOMACH
The 'secret garden' of Italian delis
ROBERT TANNER makes no claim for this find -- he was led there by fate.

IDIOT IN THE KITCHEN
Let's go fly a slice
HOWIE RUMBERG leaves the pizza wasteland of New York behind for the pizza nirvana of Phoenix ... er, wait -- what?

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