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Sculpture Of Stereotypical Italian Chef Proof Of Pizzeria’s High Standard Of Excellence

MINNEAPOLIS—According to customers, a fiberglass sculpture of a fat mustachioed Italian stereotype recently placed in front of Gunther's Pizza has provided irrefutable proof of the restaurant's high standard of excellence. more »
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Fleet Of Ambulances On Hand For 41-Year-Olds' Touch Football Game

05.19.12

GOLDSBORO, NC—Anticipating the very likely need for rapid medical evacuation, a fleet of ambulances from several regional hospitals took up positions Saturday at the edge of Fairview Park, where a group of 41-year-old former college friends had gath... more»
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Sweetener Makes You Dumber

05.18.12

“What about the study Pepsi financed? What did that show?” more»
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Dying Chevron Executive Excited To One Day Become Oil

05.18.12

The transportation secretary flips out on a pothole in Baltimore, a man wearing red glasses and pink pants is probably Dutch or something, and an Ohio Film Festival graphic designer decides to go with film reels for the O's. It's the week of May 14th, 2012. more»
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Baseball Officials Concerned As More And More Retired Players Begin To Show Jose Canseco–Like Symptoms

05.18.12

NEW YORK—In response to evidence an increasing number of former players are showing what doctors say can only be described as "Jose Canseco–like symptoms," the MLB announced Friday it was launching an investigation into whether ... more»
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Famous Flops In Sports

05.18.12

Faking outrage or egregious injury in order to draw a penalty, once the purview of soccer players, is becoming more and more common across all sports these days. more»
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That One Kid In High School Who Had A Hearing Aid: We Check And See How Bad His Hearing Is Now

05.18.12
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Alien Still Hasn't Gotten Around To Listening To Whole Voyager Golden Record

05.18.12

47 U. MAJORIS STAR SYSTEM—Roughly 18 months after discovering the collection of common Earth sounds contained on the golden record placed aboard the Voyager probe NASA launched in 1977, extraterrestrial Richard Ellinger, 237, admitted Friday ... more»
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New DVR Can Skip Ads

05.18.12

“Can it skip shows too? I’m a busy woman.” more»
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Heat Lose Chris Bosh Indefinitely To Severe Poetic Justice

05.18.12

MIAMI—After straining his abdominal muscles, Miami power forward Chris Bosh will be out indefinitely in what appears to be a severe case of poetic justice for his arrogant and presumptive team, sources close to the Heat confirmed Tuesday. An MRI per... more»
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Local Man Shot With Girly Pistol

05.18.12