Word: mesa
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...boosters are miffed. "What makes us any different from pants with pockets?" asks Billy Ruff, 36, who co-founded the Costa Mesa, Calif., company that makes the shoes. "Levi's has their little hidden fifth pocket, and nobody's making a big deal about that." Decorated with cartoonish flames, stars and devil's tails, Sha Shas are flashier than most Doc Martens and have a cushier sole. "Besides looking dope, the shoes are really comfortable," says Glenn Innes, 23, the editor of SuperPunk.com in Edmonton, Alta., who adds that he has never stored anything in the G-spot...
...Nauvoo to build their temple. You helped portray the unique challenges a small town faces in dealing with its anticipated explosive growth. The local business owners should be grinning all the way to the bank rather than being upset by the influx of Mormon tourists. KEVIN F. SMITH Mesa, Ariz...
...series on the Food Network, was chosen to represent the U.S. in a special episode that will air June 25 at 10 p.m. E.T., and that marks the Japanese show's trip to America. Things didn't go well for the owner of the Southwestern-influenced Mesa Grill. "You ever see pro wrestling?" he said after the match, accusing the show of being rigged. "It felt like a Don King production." Flay says he was given inferior cooking space and equipment. "I cut my finger five minutes in. I got electrocuted four times, and they didn't stop the show...
DIED. GORDON BENEKE, 86, sax player nicknamed "Tex" who sang Chattanooga Choo Choo with the Glenn Miller Orchestra and became bandleader after Miller's plane disappeared in World War II; in Costa Mesa, Calif...
Critics of such new rules, however, argue that they will only increase irresponsibility. Laurie Larson of Project Cuddle, a counseling service for expecting mothers in Costa Mesa, Calif., says the amnesty laws may encourage girls to abandon their babies. For Gwenn Square, the debate is personal. She has never moved far from the ditch in Houston where her mother abandoned her 40 years ago, hoping she might someday look for her. "I suffered all these years with no identity," she says. "I'm an offspring of nobody." The new laws and programs, she says, condone a crime and excuse...