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A blogger steals someone else's life story and calls it her own.
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How William Orr's quest for better, cheaper gas became a crime.
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Built for Speed
Gina Arnold
Published on February 05, 1998
The Fastbacks may well be the last, best unsigned band in America. Nineteen years after its formation, the Seattle-based quartet that no less a sage than Greil Marcus has called "the best punk rock band in America" is again shopping for a deal.
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