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    Slideshow • ISSUE 47•34 • Aug 30, 2011
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    • PayPal Founder To Create Island

      Peter Thiel, the founder of PayPal and an early investor in Facebook, is putting $1.25 million of his own money toward the creation of artificial libertarian island-nations. 
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    • Novelist Has Whole Shitty World Plotted Out

      GLOUCESTER, MA—As he neared completion this week on his latest novel, By The Water's Edge, author Edward Milligan marveled aloud to reporters how he was able to flesh out, in meticulous detail, every single corner of his book's vast and stunn...
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    • New Apple CEO Tim Cook: 'I'm Thinking Printers'

      SAN FRANCISCO—Following the resignation of Apple founder Steve Jobs, incoming CEO Tim Cook called a meeting of shareholders and members of the press Thursday morning to announce that he envisioned printers as the company’s future.
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    • What Are We Bringing With Us To College?

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    • Frolicking Deer Actually Being Driven Mad By Ticks

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    • Small Town's UFO Scare Revealed To Be Alien Hoax (Season 1: Ep 8 on IFC)

      In local news, repeated "UFO" sightings in Pennington, IL have turned out to be nothing more than a silly prank perpetrated by visitors from another world.
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    • What Was Your First Concert? Ours Was Queensrÿche In '89 

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    • America Gets Set To Enjoy Month Or So Of Libya Seeming Like Symbol Of Freedom

      GRAND RAPIDS, MI—Americans across the nation told reporters Wednesday that with the collapse of Muammar Qaddafi’s despotic regime, they were preparing to savor the next month or so of Libya seeming like an inspirational symbol of freedom.
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    • Congress To Bet The Farm On One Last Big Bill

      'We're Going All In, Boys,' Congressmen Say

      WASHINGTON—In a stunning emergency session Wednesday, all 535 members of Congress unanimously agreed to pool what remained of their political capital and bet the farm on one final bill: H.R.
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    • White-Hot GOP Race Down To Two Mentally Ill People, Person Who Lost Nomination Last Time

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    • Peyton Manning Says He Will Play In Colts Opener After Performing Neck Surgery On Self

      Get Out Of My Face has the latest on the Colts' All-Pro quarterback, who took matters into his own hands and surgically repaired his own neck injury with a mirror and steak knife.
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    • Steve Jobs Resigns After Realizing Technology Has Gone As Far As It Can

      Congress bets the farm on one last big bill, publicists agree that the nation's celebrities are in dire need of more fame, and Jesus Christ informs Tim Tebow that he isn't talented enough to start in the NFL.
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