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HIGH RISK

A Season On America's Least Chill Weed Farm

10 diggs mensjournal Long Reads Drugs 14h

It was supposed to be a season in Eden, growing God's own herb in the California sunshine. But there's a rifle in the bedroom, bail money buried out back and a boss man getting more psycho by the hour.

YOU'RE TERMINATED

Arnold Schwarzenegger Picks His Next Fight

Arnold Schwarzenegger, who is nearly 70 years old, probably thought his next battle would be against a mutant menace in a dystopian summer tent-pole film or an attempt to talk sense to some fool climate-change denier — and not a Twitter spat with the leader of the free world.

EASY RIDER

A Test Drive In A $293,000 Bentley

6 diggs mensjournal Cars 3w

I’m hurtling 150 mph down the straightaway at the Estoril Circuit in Portugal, but you’d never know it from where I sit.

HOW TO TAKE A LIFE

The 'Killologist' Training America’s Cops

23 diggs mensjournal Long Reads Human Nature Crime 3w

"Cops fight violence. What do they fight it with? Superior violence. Righteous violence."

BULK MERCHANDISING

How Two Gym Rats Conquered The Shadowy World Of Dietary Supplements

22 diggs mensjournal Business 5w

Blackstone Labs has hawked tens of millions of dollars' worth of products promising to make men stronger, bigger, last longer in the sack and even gain a mental edge.

PARKS AND DEGRADATION

Mismanagement And Scandal In The National Park Service

22 diggs mensjournal Politics Culture Long Reads 9 Dec 2016

The year 2016 was supposed to be a happy one for the National Park Service.

NO BLUBBERING WHEN BLUBBERING

The Last Whale Hunt For A Vanishing Alaskan Village

11 diggs mensjournal Nature Animals Long Reads 13 Oct 2016

Above the Arctic Circle in Alaska, a half-day's journey by snowmobile from the nearest paved road or tree, a village called Kivalina sits on a slip of permanently frozen earth bracketed by water

HE'S ON A NEW PANEL

Elon Musk, Lyndon Rive, And The Plan To Put Solar Panels On Every Roof In America

26 diggs mensjournal Technology Business Long Reads 9 Oct 2016

Now head of the embattled SolarCity, Lyndon Rive, Elon Musk's cousin, wants to see panels atop every rooftop in America. But is he flying too close to the sun?

HAVING A BALL

A Front-Row Seat To The Most Hedonistic, Destructive Party In Sports History

4 diggs mensjournal Sports Drugs Long Reads 7 Sep 2016

Once upon a time everything was different about baseball. The best players drank beer at their lockers, chain-smoked after games, and gave belligerent quotes that the beat guys softened so a beanball war wouldn't erupt in the series finale. And the beat writers had a front-row seat.

SUPERHUMANE

The Man Leading The Charge Against SeaWorld, Puppy Mills And Big Agra

9 diggs mensjournal World 1 Jul 2016

In the 12 years since he ascended to the president's seat, Wayne Pacelle has turned the Humane Society of the United States from a polite nonprofit into a Death Star opponent of industry abuses.

ANOTHER KIND OF HYDROPONICS

The Legend Of Dope Lake

50 diggs mensjournal Drugs Long Reads 27 Jun 2016

In December, 1976 a drug-smuggling plane loaded with three tons of weed crashed in Yosemite. It was only a matter of time before the hippies tried to find it.

WIPED OUT

A Bad Break: Two Surfers Murdered In Mexico

37 diggs mensjournal Crime Long Reads World 6 May 2016

Dean Lucas and Adam Coleman traveled to Mexico to surf the waves of their dreams. A roadside robbery brought that to a halt.

HAVANA GOOD TIME

Cuba At 4,000 Revolutions Per Minute

14 diggs mensjournal World Long Reads 6 Apr 2016

The moment I thought I could actually die in Cuba came on the second to last day of my trip.

THEY WATCHED 'POPEYE'

Why UFC's Toughest Fighters Are Going Vegan

20 diggs mensjournal Health Sports 22 Mar 2016

Naysayers notwithstanding, more and more mixed martial arts competitors are either following the [Nate] Diaz clan’s example or speaking out about a lifetime of animal-free consumption.

BOXED IN

Meet Bobby Gunn — Champion Of The Underworld

14 diggs mensjournal Long Reads Sports 8 Mar 2016

At 71-0, Bobby Gunn is the king of illicit bare-knuckle boxing. Now 42, he's fighting for something he's never known: recognition.

FIGHTING BACK

Injustice, Texas-Style

25 diggs mensjournal Long Reads Crime Law 3 Feb 2016

Sentenced to life for a murder he did not commit, Chris Scott lost everything: the love of his life, his two young sons, a promising future. Exonerated in 2009, he and two other ex-cons are back on the street, fighting to win freedom for more victims of the bare-knuckled Texas justice system.

CALL OF THE ELEMENTS

An American Shaman

14 diggs mensjournal Beliefs Human Nature Long Reads World 2 Feb 2016

Lucas Weiss was just another dropout on the gringo trail until he landed among Ecuador's remote Secoya people. Now he's a tribal leader, heir to their revered 103-year-old shaman — and maybe their best hope for survival.

SPIRITED AWAY

The Great Whiskey Heist

27 diggs mensjournal Long Reads Booze Crime 29 Jan 2016

How one distillery worker enlisted friends, family, and a few fellow steroid enthusiasts to liberate hundreds of thousands of dollars' worth of premium bourbon, one barrel at a time.

HAN YOLO

Harrison Ford Flies Again

16 diggs mensjournal Entertainment Movies 10 Dec 2015

With a terrifying plane crash behind him, a wildly anticipated return as "Star Wars'" Han Solo, and Steven Spielberg calling about "Indiana Jones," can Harrison Ford finally admit the force is with him?

SAVING THE BLACK RHINO

How To Mail A Rhino

23 diggs mensjournal Animals Crime Long Reads World 5 Nov 2015

Years of poaching have pushed Africa's Black rhinos to the edge of extinction. A determined conservationist aims to reverse that — one 3,000-pound airmail delivery at a time. Join us tomorrow at 12pm EST for a Dialog with the author on Digg.