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    PBS can merchandise kids shows without selling out  Nov 15, 2009
    SpongeBob appears on every sort of product imaginable, so kids know who he is, so they want to watch the show, so they ask for those SpongeBob boxer shorts at Target. PBS characters have the same potential for coolness; Rotenberg s research has shown that school-age kids like educational shows that let them show off newfound knowledge. (Boston Globe)

    * If Valuev cant stay in the ring, put him on the silver screen  Nov 11, 2009
    Daniel Craig in a giant pair of union flag boxer shorts X and padded gloves. But it would be wrong to typecast Valuev as a mere movie monster. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)

    Oh, to spend your life in Disneyland delusion  Nov 9, 2009
    I won a pair of boxer shorts in a Valentine's Day competition once, so I've had a pretty good run. I rushed home to tell my six-year-old son Amos of the windfall. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Opinion)

    Is Dr. Drew's sexual healing bad for you?  Nov 8, 2009
    And while it's still unnerving to observe the casual arrogance of a gaggle of young men in their prime -- their baseball caps molded into the perfect C shape, their boxer shorts peeking out above their low-slung jeans, the almost prissily self-aggrandizing set of their broad, hairless shoulders -- watching that same smug spirit butt stubbornly from within the cramped confines of adult life can be surprisingly poignant. Because even as the older guy's guy accepts the responsibilities and burdens... (Salon)

    Brief history of men's underwear  Oct 28, 2009
    Boxer shorts weren't an immediate success as underwear, though ... It really wasn't until after World War II that boxer shorts took off to challenge their younger siblings, the briefs. (CNN)

    Lil Wayne pleads guilty to weapons charge  Oct 23, 2009
    After ordering roughly a dozen or so other people off the bus, police found a freshly showered Lil Wayne in his boxer shorts in a bedroom at the back of the bus. Police said that as an officer approached, the rapper tossed away a Louis Vuitton bag containing the gun. (MSNBC -- News)

    Hannity's America  Oct 21, 2009
    The owner of the story told Reuters that he's looking forward to the release of his next product line: Obama-Mao boxer shorts. I can hardly wait. (Fox News)

    Seniors protest racism at Chicago bar  Oct 20, 2009
    Sagging all the way down so you could see a significant amount of boxer shorts underneath. What clothing was paired with the jeans in question. (Washington University Student Life, MO)

    Line drying works even in cloudy Pittsburgh  Oct 7, 2009
    I spare the neighborhood, and myself, the undies, except for boxer shorts, which, judging from pedestrian traffic at the local mall, offend no one anyway. "The Clothesline" details how women used to hide personal items in pillowcases, and pin them only on lines that were then hidden by other laundry. (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA)

    Editorial Notebook: Saggin' at the mall: What's up with that?  Oct 7, 2009
    I could see a good 12 inches of his blue plaid boxer shorts. I gave him my business card, told him what I was after, and he graciously consented to be interviewed. (Sacramento Bee -- Opinion)

    Caught in the dark of ‘Little Black Dress’  Oct 7, 2009
    As Charly, Olson is the picture of breezy self-assurance, even when tricked out in nothing more than boxer shorts and Hudson-like fake chest hair. It takes a while for Pollock to fully inhabit the role of Jimmy Jr., but when he does, he makes the character a poignant commentary on our need for celebrity, whatever form it takes. (Boston Globe)

    Shahids bums need help!  Oct 5, 2009
    They are like boxer shorts or panties, which one wears to accentuate the hip area. Models and actors usually use them. (India Times, India)

    Hard earned cash  Oct 2, 2009
    In the mean time, John sold custom-made boxer shorts to raise money for the senior class of Corcoran High School. A late '80s fad, boxer shorts were not readily available in stores and he had to work with an independent company to have them specially printed. (Daily Orange, NY)

    Man charged with violent rape  Sep 30, 2009
    Troopers searched Brattain s home, Vik wrote, and found the battered cell phone and a pair of boxer shorts the woman said Brattain was wearing at the time. Brattain was jailed at the Mat-Su Pre-Trial Facility on 10,000 bail, charged with sexual assault, criminal mischief and three counts of assault. (Wasilla Frontiersman, AK)

    Naval rating drowns while saving holiday maker  Sep 24, 2009
    He took off his clothing and dived into the sea with only his "boxer shorts" but has since not surfaced. The Ghana Armed Forces Public Relations Directorate said the incident had been reported to the Osu Police Station while navy personnel were also patrolling the beach in search of the body. (Ghana Web, Ghana)

    Homeless numbers difficult to estimate  Sep 21, 2009
    A pair of boxer shorts can be seen in a heap of bottles. A cell phone was left in the dirt and is soaking wet. (The Herald-Mail Online)

    Las Vegas clubs slapped for bad behavior  Sep 20, 2009
    In the last two years, Clark County has warned clubs about a wet boxer shorts contest and women shedding shirts at events named "Lose the Tan Lines" and "Boobs or Bust." Some clubs launched stripping contests; others tried to sneak around no-nudity ordinances by slathering women in body paint. "It seemed our position that body paint was nudity was not completely understood," said Clark County spokesman Dan Kulin. (AZCentral -- News)

    Muslim teen alleges discrimination by ABERCROMBIE & FITCH...  Sep 19, 2009
    And baggy pants with boxer shorts. I don't want to see your thong either. (The Drudge Report)

    Lost in Suburbia: Underwear thats fun to wear  Sep 17, 2009
    Our dog wears boxer shorts ... Our dog Riley does not wear boxer shorts because we think they are fashionable or because we think he should be more modest or because he prefers boxers to briefs ... The vet said we could either get one of those lampshade things to go around the dog s head or a pair of boxer shorts to go around his bottom. (Belmont Citizen Herald, MA)

    Fan pokes fun at Clooney in Italy  Sep 13, 2009
    A fan of actor George Clooney stripped to his boxer shorts in front of the Hollywood star and asked if he could "kiss him, just once." ... A fan of actor George Clooney stripped to his boxer shorts in front of the Hollywood star and asked if he could "kiss him, just once.". (Hanford Sentinal, CA)

    PAJAMAS IN DR. OFFICE  Sep 13, 2009
    joejoe wrote on Sep 11, 2009 1:44 PM:" not to beat the dead horse or anything, but I thought this was a little to far with the pajama thing.... I went to Wal Mart to pick up some milk at around midnight and a woman was in line wearing a robe (and not tied together.) What was even more bizare, she had on mens boxer shorts and a wife beater underneath. The best thing I can say about this is that she had on shoes and not slippers....and yes it was a robe, not an overcoat ". Amen. (New Iberia, LA)

    Financial heat's on photog  Sep 9, 2009
    A fan of George Clooney stripped to his boxer shorts in front of the Hollywood star and asked if he could "kiss him, just once.". "I am gay, George," the unidentified man said during a news conference at the Venice Film Festival Tuesday. (Albany Times Union)

    Toast of the Coast: Merritt Island Chick-fil-A kicks off football season  Sep 3, 2009
    Eligible attire includes all visible articles of clothing that contain a sports team logo, so while a little league uniform will qualify, the Gators boxer shorts won't, unless you're brave enough to wear them as outer apparel. Michael Sexton, franchise operator for the restaurant, is pumped for the Labor Day promotion. (Florida Today)

    Jury gets case in student's killing  Aug 28, 2009
    After cutting off the victim s dreadlocks, the group stripped Walker to his boxer shorts and dumped gasoline on him, threatening to set him on fire, Allen said in a taped interview with police. Allen and his friends then bound and gagged Walker. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Metro)

    de LArbre tells of capsized boat, rescue  Aug 28, 2009
    While de L Arbre wore her bathing suit top and shorts, Maclean who had been wearing jeans was now down to his boxer shorts and T-shirt. I m sure we looked ridiculous, she said. (Marshfield Mariner, MA)

    Critics call Arpaio aggressive, intimidating  Aug 23, 2009
    Hendershott saw Tarr campaigning in downtown Phoenix in a ridiculous outfit of pink boxer shorts, a ranger-style hat, an unbuttoned khaki shirt with state Department of Public Safety patches and a T-shirt reading "I (heart) Arizona" and directed deputies to investigate. Tarr was not prosecuted but alleged his acting career was damaged. (AZCentral -- News)

    My Woodstock at the Shore  Aug 20, 2009
    Similarly, ours were confiscated by the Coast Guard on Day One and replaced by a seabag full of new duds, including: giant-size boxer shorts (these fit only the 250-pound Green); blue jeans (which came in only one length, intended to be hemmed by each recruit to suit his stature); dress whites reminiscent of the Chilly-Willy man; and dress blues, including trousers with 13 buttons in front (you guessed it: one for each of the original states) instead of a zipper. (I believe this last item of... (NJ.com -- Times)

    I am married to 'Mr. Clean'  Aug 17, 2009
    I choose not to discuss his boxer shorts. And yet when my cleaning isn't up to his meticulous standards -- he notices a dog hair on the rug I've just vacuumed -- he reacts to my efforts with outrage and has even been known to wrest a vacuum cleaner from my hands to complete the task the "right" way. (CNN)

    Search for backpacker in WA scaled down  Aug 9, 2009
    At the time he disappeared he was wearing a brown hooded jumper, a dark brown peak cap, black boxer shorts and black socks. Police say he may now be wearing cargo pants and a pair of Dunlop Volley shoes, which were missing from his baggage. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Opinion)

    Missing tourist's parents plead for help  Aug 7, 2009
    At the time he vanished he was wearing a brown hooded jumper, a dark-brown peaked cap, black boxer shorts and black socks. Police say he may now be wearing pair of cargo pants and a pair of Dunlop Volley shoes, which were missing from his baggage. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Australia)

    Police deal with naked people  Jul 22, 2009
    Officers found the 53-year-old man, who admitted to washing himself under a faucet but claimed to have been wearing boxer shorts at the time. The man, who is homeless, was not arrested, Ziegler said. (Bismarck Tribune, ND)

    Soldier who fought in pink boxers home for the 4th  Jul 5, 2009
    FORT WORTH, Texas -- The soldier who was photographed fighting the Taliban in his pink boxer shorts said Saturday he was glad to be back home in Texas after his yearlong deployment to Afghanistan - especially for the Fourth of July ... Zachary Boyd of Fort Worth, Texas, far left was wearing "I love NY" boxer shorts after rushing from his sleeping quarters to join his fellow platoon members ... Boyd was photographed wearing pink boxer shorts and a red T-shirt while fighting in Afghanistan. (Fresno Bee -- Nation)

    Operator of private NM prison sued by 7 inmates  Jun 18, 2009
    It said two of the men were naked, while the others wore boxer shorts or had small towels. A female guard filmed the men with a video recorder and "giggled and danced" while doing so, the lawsuit alleges. (Fresno Bee -- Nation)

    Nuggets' golden fan »  May 30, 2009
    He quotes Billups instead, and says, "Forget this loss; tomorrow's a new day." If they're home watching a game on TV and Marianne growls at the team or the refs, he'll say "Go'' -- and boot her out of the room. He wants no negativity, and he's superstitious, as well. He'll wear lucky boxer shorts, until the team loses, at which time he won't wear them again. Right now, since they're playing the Lakers, he won't talk to Kobe Bryant in the Pepsi Center hallway -- even though Kobe knows him and... (ESPN -- Golf News)

    'Buy American' Easier Said Than Done  May 28, 2009
    We came out with eight items total: sports jacket (made in China), pants (China), necktie (China), belt (China), boxer shorts (Mexico), undershirt (Honduras), dress shirt (Bangladesh) and suitcase (China). 1. (ABC News -- Business)

    Gitmo Terrorists: One Town Says Bring 'em OnHardin, Mont., has empty high security prison; council wants detainees there.  May 25, 2009
    The prison is fully stocked with towels, blankets, shelves of orange jumpsuits, shoes and even boxer shorts. It was built with private dollars and with the support of Montana's former governor, Judy Martz. (ABC News)

    * World News Quick Take  May 23, 2009
    Defense Secretary Robert Gates on Thursday praised an Army soldier in eastern Afghanistan who drew media attention this month after rushing to defend his post from attack while wearing pink boxer shorts and flip-flops. In fact, Gates said he wanted to meet the soldier and shake his hand the next time he visits Afghanistan. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World Business)

    Much rain, few long balls at Turner Field  May 23, 2009
    The catcher is wearing long boxer shorts with red polka dots ... The catcher is wearing long boxer shorts with red polka dots ... The catcher is wearing long boxer shorts with red polka dots raindawg. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Sports)

    Disney sets out to make 'The Passion for kids'  May 23, 2009
    Bras, briefs and boxer shorts to be used in display of how to grow your own fruit and vegetables in unwanted underwear. Male wallaby which escaped from a petting zoo two years ago found a female mate in the wild and has been spotted carrying their baby. (Yahoo News -- 'The Passion of the Christ')

    • Spring? We don't need no stinking spring  May 13, 2009
    When I arrived home later that morning, covered with mud and wearing only my shirt, jacket and boxer shorts, my mother asked what had happened. "Oh, nothing much," I replied. (Burley South Idaho Press, ID)

    Naked woman asks for cigarettes  May 11, 2009
    Deputies found her a short time later walking through a mobile home park wearing only boxer shorts. Wood was charged with disorderly conduct. (The Palm Beach Post)

    Curley's Sorrow  May 10, 2009
    Two days later, Bobby Curley Jr. and his friend Elvis Gonzalez rang the doorbell for Salvatore Sicari, a neighbor known as "Salvi." The sound woke Sicari, who, rubbing his eyes, answered the door dressed only in boxer shorts. "Where were you last night?" Gonzalez asked. (Boston Globe)

    Officials 'certain' Troy Klug's body found  May 6, 2009
    Oswald said investigators uncovered boxer shorts, a belt, shoes and a wallet consistent with descriptions of Klug s possessions and what he was last seen wearing. They also found duct tape and barn lye, an alkaline cleaner. (Rapid City Journal, SD)

    In Defense of ... baggy pants  May 4, 2009
    I like the no-belt, no-problem look, with the pants hanging down low and the boxer shorts hanging out. I even like that thing 1990s rappers Kris Kross did, wearing their baggy clothes backward. (San Francisco Chronicle)

    POLICE LOG / April 20 to April 26  May 1, 2009
    8:10 a.m. Brook St., animal complaint, officer reports an animal at this location that needs to be removed ASAP. It s a dead raccoon with a tie put on it, boxer shorts and a cigar placed in its mouth and a sign in the back that says party animal. ACO has been notified and will remove the animal. (Cohasset Mariner, MA)

    Get the Best Results Using Outdoor ...  Apr 18, 2009
    Hang shorts, underwear and boxer shorts by the waistband. Taking the time to hang clothes out to dry properly will help clothes look as neat as if they came out of the dryer. (Suite101.com)

    Teen Killed In Love Triangle With Teacher  Apr 16, 2009
    Sixto Balbuena, a Navy sailor on leave from California, found his girlfriend naked and the 18-year-old student in his boxer shorts in the woman's bedroom around 2:40 a.m. Friday, according to police reports and court documents. Balbuena told police that Samuel Valdivia apologized to him before Balbuena began kicking, punching and throwing things at him, according to a police pro 00004000 bable cause statement. (CBS News -- US)

    More on teacher-student love triangle  Apr 15, 2009
    Balbuena finding Hofmann, his former teacher when he was at Marcos de Niza High School, naked with Valdivia, who was wearing his boxer shorts, reportedly prompted the fatal stabbing, according to a probable cause statement. Last Friday didn't mark the first time Balbuena and Hofmann had a run in with Chandler police. (AZCentral -- News)

    Hail To The Ch-Ch-Ch Chia Obama  Apr 10, 2009
    And then there's the other Obama goods, everything from boxer shorts to shoes. "I don't think it's over the top," said one man. (W-USA News, DC)

    Man with 'addictions' lured boys for sexual gratification, say police  Apr 9, 2009
    Shortly after, the teen received more than 100 text messages from a stranger purporting to be a female named "Nikki" who communicated that, if he wanted his backpack returned, he should send photos of himself bending over while wearing boxer shorts. The teen found a personal profile on the social networking Web site Facebook, on which "Nikki" claimed to be a Winnacunnet High School student, but police allege it was Slye who created the phony Web page and persona to procure photos from boys. (Seacoast New Hampshire)

    Lonely job in desolate depot a punitive one, T worker says  Apr 3, 2009
    "When you get home, don't take those shoes in the house," he said, using a flashlight to pick his way through the abandoned MBTA garage in Roxbury littered with torn sofas, strewn decks of playing cards, mounds of insulation, a moldy pair of blue boxer shorts, and excrement. For 16 months, Ward has arrived for work at this bus yard at 6 a.m., using bleach and mice poison to maintain the one clean office in the building, where he sits at a desk with a phone that does not work. (Boston Globe)

    $300M for Alpen-garb  Apr 2, 2009
    Now if I could only find a pair of leather boxer shorts Ill be set for the rest of the year. . (Gaylord Herald Times, MI)

    Roy, Coach K take a turn as 'Guitar Heroes'  Apr 1, 2009
    In a takeoff of Tom Cruise's scene in the movie "Risky Business," the four coaches slide into a living room wearing pink dress shirts, white boxer shorts (they said no to briefs) and athletic socks to the opening bars of Bob Seger's "Old Time Rock " With Duke's Krzyzewski and UNC's Williams on guitar, Louisville's Pitino on drums and ESPN's Knight, naturally, as lead vocalist, the faux band launches into the song. Related Content. (News & Observer -- Sports)

    CA notebook: Stenson strips to play from mud  Mar 13, 2009
    Well, that isnt entirely true, unless he was born wearing boxer shorts and a golf glove, along with having a wedge in his hands. Stenson hacked the ball out of the muck, got dressed standing in the rough off the left side of the fairway, and wound up making perhaps the most entertaining bogey of his life. (MSNBC -- Sports)

    HONEYWELL: Things I just don’t understand  Mar 11, 2009
    When did boxer shorts become something to show off. I suppose this is one that I;m destined to not understand, and eventually this craze will fade away as all fashion crazes do. (DeKalb Daily Chronicle, IL)

    Dogs fan is undisputed champ  Mar 7, 2009
    His red, white and blue-striped boxer shorts give away that on gameday, Fell is Stegeman's "Rocky kid.". In what started as a spur-of-the-moment joke last season, Fell's "Rocky" routine has developed into a tradition at Georgia's men's home basketball games. (Athens Banner-Herald)

    Crazy for Kitty  Mar 4, 2009
    American cosmetics company M.A.C (Make-up Art Cosmetics) has teamed up with the pop culture princess, so Japans famous icon which has endorsed almost everything from lingerie and boxer shorts to digital cameras is now the face for the brands latest collection. Cute icon Hello Kitty is the new face of M.A.C.. (The Star Online, Malaysia)

    Man strips, grabs sports bra in womens sauna in Cambridge  Mar 3, 2009
    She walked back into the ladies locker room and allegedly found the suspicious man in the sauna wearing nothing but his boxer shorts, according to police reports ... Police said they recovered a pair of boxer shorts and a bottle the man was carrying from the women s locker room. (Cambridge Chronicle, MA)

    Well, It Beats Noogies And Purple Nurples  Feb 18, 2009
    Morris eventually grabbed the man's boxer shorts and pulled. Salt Lake City police said she then she put a headlock on the man until help could arrive. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Weird News)

    Simpson pleads guilty, sentenced to 21 years  Feb 18, 2009
    Pugh said it had snowed and Simpson was dressed only in boxer shorts and was taken to the interview room with Brown and Jones. They started interviewing him about 2:06 a.m.. (Yanceyville Caswell Messenger, NC)

    On the Jewish Street Patrol  Feb 16, 2009
    But it's not just the grimy clothes that make him unwelcome: His pants are inexplicably torn open, exposing his boxer shorts to the frightened Hasidic patrons he's been begging for money. With bushy beards and black yarmulkes, the four Jews entreating the vagabond do so with an air of authority. (ABC News)

    Age doesn't dull Cupid's arrow  Feb 15, 2009
    Royce Weber recalls a Valentine s Day present from his late wife, Judith, who bought him a pair of boxer shorts with hearts all over them. When I opened the box, there was a heart inside that began to beat. (Park Hills Daily Journal, MO)

    Pals pack alleged stabber's hearing  Feb 12, 2009
    Tanaka said the only clothing Davis was wearing when he attacked him was boxer shorts ... Tanaka said the only clothing Davis was wearing when he attacked him was boxer shorts. (Honolulu Star-Bulletin)

    Man who once spent 11 years in prison for killing on trial in death of ex-officer  Feb 11, 2009
    He then entered the living room wearing only a pair of boxer shorts and a shirt. The two friends then smoked a couple of "coolies," cocaine-laced cigarettes, Conner said. (Orangeburg Times and Democrat, SC)

    The iafrica.com debate  Feb 11, 2009
    Then there's the plight of the unattached, having their often already depleted self-esteems beaten to a pulp with teddy bears and three-packs of heart-adorned boxer shorts. Another thing our ol' buddy Valentine has ensured is that the social pariahs of the world frequently experience a short but dangerous spike of courage come mid-February, only for their often-creepy advances to be rejected by their choice of unattainable targets. (iAfrica.com)

    Classroom party game: Dress-up relay race  Feb 10, 2009
    Pack each suitcase with a pair of ridiculous red tube socks, huge boxer shorts with red hearts, a feather boa, a tiara and sunglasses. The boa and boxers make kids laugh, so we always include them, but you can use any variation of clothing. (Fresno Bee -- Lifestyle)

    Witness appeal over man's death  Feb 8, 2009
    "We believe a couple may have been having a heated argument and at one point the man came out of the house barefoot and wearing a t-shirt and boxer shorts," he said. "The house is close to the junction with the old Birmingham Road and close to Mount School.". (BBC News)

    Northbridge rocks to a Laneway beat  Feb 8, 2009
    Still Flyin put on a crazy, hilarious show that included a foam pigs head, questionable fashion (Union Jack boxer shorts anyone. and maracas. (The West Australian)

    In France, it's time to get into the pool  Feb 8, 2009
    The reason most often given is hygiene: There should be nothing worn into the pool that could conceivably have been worn elsewhere, like boxer shorts or Bermudas. No matter the genesis, the Speedo is de rigueur for men - and, to add insult to injury, so is a bathing cap. (International Herald Tribune -- At Home)

    Oscar shows us his shorts  Feb 7, 2009
    We've got accidental electrocution, unintentional public display of boxer shorts, a grand piano falling from a great height, a mousetrap snapped on fingers and various other acts of violence great and small, all played for laughs. "Presto" is hands-down going to be the popular favorite here, and on this weak list could cop the big prize. (Salon)


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