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    The Week In Review

    Slideshow • ISSUE 46•36 • Sep 15, 2010
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    • Department Of Interior To Clean Nation's Filter

      40 Million Tons Of Gunk Clogging Up Country

      WASHINGTON—Interior Secretary Ken Salazar announced Tuesday that a maintenance crew would begin work this week cleaning the nation's filter in order to remove the estimated 40 million tons of gunk, crud, and muck currently clogging up the country.
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    • Obama Blasted By Cool, Refreshing Air

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    • Today Now!: How To Thrust Your Fat Into A More Appealing Shape

      Author Nina Davis says you don't have to diet to look slimmer, just mash your flab into a more flattering silhouette.
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    • Construction Complete On 9/11 Truther Memorial

      UNDISCLOSED—On a remote patch of Kansas prairie believed to fall outside the range of U.N. spy satellites, construction is finally complete on the long- awaited 9/11 Truther Memorial, sources confirmed Wednesday.
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    • 16,000 Diamondbacks Fans Killed On Complimentary Rattlesnake Night

      PHOENIX—The Arizona Diamondbacks organization apologized to fans, their families, and the community at large Thursday after more than 16,000 people attending the previous night's game were killed by the poisonous Western diamondback rattlesnakes given out as part of Complimentary Rattlesnake Night.
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    • Archaeologists Unearth Lousiest Civilization Ever

      'What A Bunch Of Losers,' Researchers Say

      MANAUS, BRAZIL— Archaeologists working in a remote section of the Amazon Rainforest announced Tuesday that they have discovered the ancient remnants of what they claimed may be the lousiest civilization in human history.
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    • O-SPAN Classic: CIA Accidentally Overthrows Costa Rica

      In this O-SPAN clip from 1963, the CIA explains that the accidental overthrow was due to "a little miscommunication" while overthrowing some nearby Central American countries.
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    • NASA Inadvertently Launches Unmanned Space Shuttle

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    • Guy Carrying Guitar Case On Elevator Envied By Everyone On Elevator, Imagines Guy

      NEW YORK—A guy carrying a guitar case on a midtown Manhattan elevator was envied and admired by fellow passengers during the entirety of his 14-floor ride, the guitar-case- carrying man imagined Monday.
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    • The Microfridge: An Essay On This Timeless Dorm Room Appliance By Pulitzer Prize Winning Author Philip Roth

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