For the video above, we called people across the country to ask them a few of Vaux's questions, then layered the answers with maps based on Katz's. You'll hear what Philadelphians call a group of people, the many ways of pronouncing "pecan," and what Southerners mean when they say "the devil is beating his wife."

Electronic cigarettes are becoming more popular with today's youth. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, high school students' use of e-cigarettes grew 2.8 percent in 2012. Arizona legislators, law enforcement officials and anti e-cigarette advocates recently worked to pass legislation limiting sales of the surrogate smokes to ages 18 and over. They're hoping the Arizona law might become a national model.

Dr. Sara Bode, a member of Arizona’s chapter of the American Academy of Pediatrics, said the law that took effect in Arizona in September sends an important message that e-cigarettes still deliver nicotine that impairs memory and can lead to cigarette smoking and other addictions.

In September, Arizona Attorney General Tom Horne and 39 other attorneys general sent a letter asking the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to expand to e-cigarettes the current prohibition on advertising and marketing tobacco products to youth.

Do you often find yourself daydreaming and bored to tears while on the clock? Researchers at the University of Central Lancashire in England have found that boredom helps with creativity and it gives us the time to daydream. Earl Nightingale once said, "You'll find boredom where there is the absence of a good idea."

Yesterday President Obama was interrupted by a heckler during his speech on immigration reform in San Francisco. The young man started shouting at the president, "You have a power to stop all deportations." The protester asked the President to use his executive order to stop all deportations to prevent thousands of families from being separated.

The Humane Society of Southern Arizona presents Hero, a male, 5-month-old, pit bull mix
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Why is Hero all smiles? Because he’s safe and pampered after being saved from a life of fighting (story here). Hero is moving on and looking forward to starting a beautiful new life right here in Tucson. He’s always ready to play, eager to explore and elated to make new friends wherever he goes. If you could offer Hero a life of love and promise, please visit the Humane Society of Southern Arizona and ask to meet Hero and his friends. They’ve already come a long way on their journey from being victims of abhorrent brutality to victorious ambassadors enjoying a life free from harm and full of joy. All that’s missing is you! Visit HSSA at 3450 N. Kelvin Blvd., or call 327-6088 for info.

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• The wildcat family is spray-painted with ASU. Photo taken Monday, Nov. 25.

It's about that time, again everybody. And as you probably know very well, Arizona's biggest rivalry, the game between Sun Devil and Wildcat football, is only days away now. As is tradition, the two schools have taken to showing their spirit by bringing their colors to their opponent's doorstep.

Except this year ASU got their entire 'A', of their 'A' mountain painted— and UA got away with a failed attempt at a first-grade handwriting assignment. In response to a new red coat of paint for ASU's famous 'A', the Devils took to the iconic Wildcat Family Statue on the University of Arizona mall, and sprayed a lackluster ASU on its side.

Since I've apparently included "People Making Fun of Kanye West" on my regular Tucson Weekly beat (along with beer news and wanting to self-immolate whenever I see something new about Amy's Baking Company, of course), I feel it's only proper that we take a look at one of the few YouTube videos to make me startle myself with laughter: James Franco and Seth Rogen's reinterpretation of Kanye West's "Bound 2" music video.

"Bound 2" features West riding a motorcycle in front of a greenscreen through scenic locations while his fiance/heir-to-his-spawn Kim Kardashian straddles him, topless. (For the record, the video reaches Peak Awkward when West rhetorically asks the listener "have you ever asked your bitch for other bitches?" as the mother of his child looks into his eyes. Love!)

Even if you don't generally dig Franco or Rogen, their video's version features far less "Actin' Hard An' Shit While Rapping" and more "Seth Rogen's Bedroom Eyes/Hairy Back," which is a welcome change.

Tired of crawling under the Christmas tree to check and fill the water? You should consider backing Thomas West's "dipstick" Kickstarter campaign. West is trying to raise $1,500 to build a Macgyver-like device that will measure the water levels and refill without having to get on your hands and knees.

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The Arizona Cardinals whooped the Indiana Colts 40-11 yesterday afternoon. After four straight wins, the Cards are firmly seeded in the NFC playoff picture.

Nothing about Sunday's game was close. The Cardinals dominated a first place team in every way that mattered, taking a 27-3 lead into the halftime break and extending it to 34-3 before the Colts finally reached the end zone. The game was out of hand pretty much from the beginning, which allowed some fans to apparently leave as the third quarter came to an end.