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    Slideshow • News • ISSUE 48•02 • Jan 16, 2012
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    • Capitol Building Haunted By Spirit Of Killed Piece Of Legislation

      WASHINGTON—Beltway sources confirmed rumors this week that the U.S. Capitol is haunted by the ghost of H.R. 4591
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    • Witch Who Granted Beyoncé Beauty And Fame Takes Singer's First-Born Child

      Moments after Beyoncé gave birth, a witch appeared in a cloud of smoke to claim the child as her payment for giving the singer fame, beauty, and talent.
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    • Fish At Pretty Good Place In Its Life Right Now

      GULF OF MEXICO—Pausing a moment from swimming around its shallow coastal habitat to speak with reporters, a 14-month-old Atlantic thread herring admitted Tuesday that it was currently at a "pretty good place in [its] life" and "couldn...
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    • Obama Spends Wednesday Doing Some Urgings, Some Callings On

      WASHINGTON—During a routine briefing at the White House Thursday, Press Secretary Jay Carney told reporters President Obama would be occupied throughout the day with numerous urgings and callings on.
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    • Scandalous Photos Reveal Grover Norquist Carried On Secret Affair With Taxes For Years

      Is a history of infidelity to blame for the Republicans' split from Grover Norquist?
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    • Unpopular BCS Crowns Alabama National Champions, Endorses Rick Santorum, Spits On World War II Veteran, Pushes Elderly Woman Down Flight Of Stairs, Wishes Osama Bin Laden Were Still Alive

      NEW ORLEANS—During a postgame ceremony Monday in which the Bowl Championship Series controversially awarded the Alabama Crimson Tide the 2012 NCAA championship trophy...
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    • Philip Morris Introduces New Marlboro Sinus PM Cigarettes

      RICHMOND, VA—At a press conference Tuesday, tobacco giant Philip Morris introduced its new medicinal cigarette, Marlboro Sinus PM, a smokable nighttime cough suppressant and analgesic designed to ease cold symptoms.
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    • Study Finds Hearing Loved One's Voice Induces Excruciating Pain In Coma Patients

      BALTIMORE—According to a study published Monday in The New England Journal Of Medicine, people in comas experience excruciating, indescribable levels of pain whenever they hear the sound of a loved one's voice. The Johns Hopkins University st...
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    • Ndamukong Suh Fined $75,000, Just To Wrap Things Up

      NEW YORK—In what it is calling "the only fitting way" to end a season marked by continual unsportsmanlike conduct and accompanying disciplinary action, the NFL announced Friday it had fined Ndamukong Suh an additional $75,000 just to finis...
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    • Attending ‘Price Is Right’ Taping Apparently Sailors’ Best Idea For Shore Leave

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