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    The Week In Pictures

    Slideshow • News • ISSUE 48•15 • Apr 16, 2012
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    • Christie 2016 Comes From Nowhere To Win Republican Nomination

      WASHINGTON—Though most observers believed Mitt Romney had the 2012 Republican presidential nomination wrapped up, the 2016 campaign of New Jersey governor Chris Christie came out of nowhere Wednesday to convince delegates that the future candidate d...
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    • Coroner Excited For First Asian

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    • Reporter Helps Starving Dogs By Personally Shooting Them

      After an earthquake renders hundreds of dogs homeless, reporter O'Brady Shaw pledges to put down every last animal himself.
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    • Fun Toy Banned Because Of Three Stupid Dead Kids

      WASHINGTON, DC—Wizco Toys recalled 245,000 Aqua Assault RoboFighters after three dumb kids managed to kill themselves with it.
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    • U.N. Acquires Nuclear Weapon

      NEW YORK—"Tremble before the might of this cooperative assembly of appointed representatives," said Ban Ki-moon, clutching a stack of diplomatic resolutions.
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    • Democrats: Obama Has Dicked Us Around For Four Years, Now It's Our Turn

      While most Democrats plan to vote for Obama in November, they continue to tell pollsters they're "undecided" just for the fun of messing with the president's head.
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    • Man Finally Put In Charge Of Struggling Feminist Movement

      WASHINGTON—"All the feminist movement needed to do was hire someone who had the balls to do something about this glass ceiling business," new head feminist Peter "Buck" McGowan said.
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    • Toronto Raptors Think Of Really Good Comeback 10 Minutes After Losing Game

      TORONTO—Despite losing their home matchup against Philadelphia 75-93 Wednesday, the Toronto Raptors told reporters later they had an easy path to a victory, but their "really good" idea for a comeback only came to them 10 minutes afte...
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    • Difficult To Tell If T.J. Maxx Hit Hard By Recession

      CHICAGO—Economists couldn't decide whether Chicago's Fullerton Avenue branch, where more than half the fluorescent lights are flickering, has been affected.
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    • Every Team, Fan Base, Front Office Panicking

      With the regular season either finally underway or almost over, the playoffs beginning, and preparations for the draft about to wrap up, every individual associated with a professional North American sports team in any way entered a deep state of panic th...
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