Xanadu Boutique, an erotica shop in South Florida, has seen an increase in sales of adult toys and leather clothing since the rise in popularity of the book "50 Shades of Grey." Xanadu now sells the book and starting August 3 will sell it with a gift set, which includes items (pictured) such as a leather mask, handcuffs, the climax kit, a leather outfit and Ben Wa balls on a string. (Sarah Dussault/Sun Sentinel/MCT)
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Pop Culture Catchup

While Bobbi Kristina Brown allegedly improves, Pennsylvania parents get 50 shades of angry over explicit word search in this week's Pop Culture Catchup. 


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Fantasy Man: An Artist's Experience In the World of Geek Culture

Flying serpents, ebony-skinned elves and fantastic vistas teeming with foreign life inhabit the covers of our favorite fantasy novels, but it can be easy to forget the artists serving as the gatekeepers to new worlds. You can’t judge a book by its cover, but you can certainly ponder the journey the artwork and its creator took to get it to you. Enter Tracy Flynn, fantasy artist and painter. The middle-aged stepfather of one has a knack for bringing to life imaginative worlds evocative of Dungeons & Dragons, turning his passion for the art into a large part of his identity.



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Playing It By Ear

A bass guitar, piano, banjo and mandolin sit together by the fireplace in the living room; upstairs rests an acoustic guitar and cello.


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Controlled Chaos

Nametags and collared shirts are traded for tattoos and tank tops emblazoned with blood-soaked logos of death metal bands. Lunchboxes become amplifiers, tuned to 11. Two everyday individuals become leading members of the down and dirty punk rock band, Kris Karate.



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Paintings on the Walls

For as long as he has been able to hold a pencil, junior visual communications major Eric Jones said he has been drawing.


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Craning for Art

His folding process didn’t start with a hundred crease lines. Folding the silky, thin papers have been a hobby of Brammer’s since he began folding paper airplanes in his fourth grade class.



Dils flame polishes his glass piece. Dils said he works in the studio for approximately 15 to 20 hours a week.
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Melting the Mold

Just as the glass appeared to harden, Alex Dils dipped it into a nearby oven before returning to his workbench.


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FEATURE: Inside a Pokemon Regional Video Game Championship

From PokeParents with their young competitors, to the adults who have been playing the series since its beginning in 1998, Fort Wayne was home to the 2014 Pokemon VGC Regional Championships on Sunday.The Grand Wayne Convention Center was packed with more than 300 attendees in a room filled with Pokemon banners and plush toys.







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