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Every year since early in the 20th century some of the wealthiest men in the world retreat to the lavish Bohemian Grove in California for a secret weekend of what? Fun and frolic? Human sacrifice? Illuminati meditations? Romping in their true reptilian alien forms? No one knows, but theories abound. R.V. Scheide of Sacramento News & Review looks into both the tin-foil hat conspiracy theories and more down-to-earth protests.

David Horvath hanged himself in an Arizona juvenile corrections facility earlier this month, the second youth to kill himself in the state facility this year. Now, two juvenile corrections officials -- both of whom quit in disgust after Horvath's death -- tell Phoenix New Times writer Amy Silverman the agency is hiding evidence of suicidal behavior by youths in their custody to shield the agency from bad press and insurance claims by families.These deaths come in the midst of a broad investigation into the agency by the federal Justice Department, an inquiry sparked by earlier New Times stories on the state corrections department.