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<rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" version="2.0" xml:base="http://www.theonion.com/content"><channel><title>The Onion</title><link>http://www.theonion.com/content</link><description>Content updated daily from The Onion -- America's Finest News Source</description><language>en-us</language><copyright>2010</copyright><item><title>In Focus: Man Who's 116th Irish Proud Of His Irish Heritage</title><link>http://www.theonion.com/content/node/27838?utm_source=onion_rss_daily</link><description><![CDATA[KENOSHA, WI--Despite being just 1/16th Irish, Dennis Kroeger, a 27-year-old marketing manager whose great-great grandmother hailed from County Cork, is fiercely proud of his Irish ancestry.]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 17 Mar 2010 11:33:15 -0400</pubDate><guid>http://www.theonion.com/content/node/27838?utm_source=onion_rss_daily</guid><dc:subject>News</dc:subject></item><item><title> What's Our Spring Cleaning Project?</title><link>http://www.theonion.com/content/statshot/whats_our_spring_cleaning?utm_source=onion_rss_daily</link><description><![CDATA[]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 17 Mar 2010 11:11:42 -0400</pubDate><guid>http://www.theonion.com/content/statshot/whats_our_spring_cleaning?utm_source=onion_rss_daily</guid><dc:subject>Statshot</dc:subject><enclosure url="http://www.theonion.com/content/files/images/Spring.jpg" length="122441" type="image/jpeg"/></item><item><title>Sports: Musher Claims Free Agency Destroyed Chemistry Of Sled-Dog Team</title><link>http://www.theonion.com/content/news_briefs/musher_claims_free_agency?utm_source=onion_rss_daily</link><description><![CDATA[WILLOW, AK&mdash;Though originally favored to win the 2010 Iditarod by a large margin, musher Stefan Anderson's team has put in a mediocre performance up to this point, a result Anderson blames on flashy high-priced acquisitions on the sled-dog free-agent market.]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 17 Mar 2010 10:53:43 -0400</pubDate><guid>http://www.theonion.com/content/news_briefs/musher_claims_free_agency?utm_source=onion_rss_daily</guid><dc:subject>Sports NIB</dc:subject><enclosure url="http://www.theonion.com/content/files/images/Mucker.thumbnail.jpg" length="1947" type="image/jpeg"/></item><item><title> Growing Number Of Americans Distrust Census</title><link>http://www.theonion.com/content/infograph/growing_number_of_americans?utm_source=onion_rss_daily</link><description><![CDATA[<b>Despite the fact that the 2010 Census form is the shortest in recent history, some anti-government activists are refusing to answer any...</b>]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 17 Mar 2010 10:30:51 -0400</pubDate><guid>http://www.theonion.com/content/infograph/growing_number_of_americans?utm_source=onion_rss_daily</guid><dc:subject>Infographic</dc:subject><enclosure url="http://www.theonion.com/content/files/images/Infographic-Census-R.thumbnail.jpg" length="971" type="image/jpeg"/></item><item><title> Obama To Revamp 'No Child Left Behind'</title><link>http://www.theonion.com/content/amvo/obama_to_revamp_no_child_left?utm_source=onion_rss_daily</link><description><![CDATA[In his weekly radio address, President Obama announced plans to overhaul the previous administration's education policy. 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McCullough cannot even fathom the amount of contempt you'd have to hold for Congress, the American people to do something so inconsiderate.]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 16 Mar 2010 11:32:39 -0400</pubDate><guid>http://www.theonion.com/content/video/congressman_demands_to_know_who?utm_source=onion_rss_daily</guid><enclosure url="http://www.theonion.com/content/files/images/FISH_SANDWICH_article.thumbnail.jpg" length="1443" type="image/jpeg"/></item><item><title>Opinion: I Wasn't Going To Buy This House Until I Saw The Realtor's Headshot On The Sign (by Sam Cone)</title><link>http://www.theonion.com/content/opinion/i_wasnt_going_to_buy_this_house?utm_source=onion_rss_daily</link><description><![CDATA[Buying a house is one of the biggest decisions a person can make, so when I set out to purchase my first home, I didn't take the matter lightly....]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 16 Mar 2010 11:00:30 -0400</pubDate><guid>http://www.theonion.com/content/opinion/i_wasnt_going_to_buy_this_house?utm_source=onion_rss_daily</guid><dc:subject>Commentary</dc:subject><enclosure url="http://www.theonion.com/content/files/images/I-Wasnt-R.thumbnail.jpg" length="1233" type="image/jpeg"/></item><item><title>Sports: Lazy Free Agent Wants To Try Out Over Phone</title><link>http://www.theonion.com/content/news_briefs/lazy_free_agent_wants_to?utm_source=onion_rss_daily</link><description><![CDATA[CHARLOTTE, NC&mdash;In an effort to avoid physical exertion, strenuous activity, and standing up, slothful free agent Hollis Thomas told several NFL general managers Friday that he would prefer to try out for their teams over the phone.]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 16 Mar 2010 10:52:09 -0400</pubDate><guid>http://www.theonion.com/content/news_briefs/lazy_free_agent_wants_to?utm_source=onion_rss_daily</guid><dc:subject>Sports NIB</dc:subject><enclosure url="http://www.theonion.com/content/files/images/Hollis.thumbnail.jpg" length="1280" type="image/jpeg"/></item><item><title> Obama Visits Kindergarten To Read Class 200-Page Memorandum On Health Care</title><link>http://www.theonion.com/content/news_briefs/obama_visits_kindergarten?utm_source=onion_rss_daily</link><description><![CDATA[MIAMI&mdash;As part of a new program designed to encourage reading, President Barack Obama visited a kindergarten class Monday to read the...]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 16 Mar 2010 10:04:50 -0400</pubDate><guid>http://www.theonion.com/content/news_briefs/obama_visits_kindergarten?utm_source=onion_rss_daily</guid><dc:subject>News In Brief</dc:subject></item><item><title> California Restaurant Busted For Serving Whale</title><link>http://www.theonion.com/content/amvo/california_restaurant_busted_for?utm_source=onion_rss_daily</link><description><![CDATA[The head chef of a Santa Monica sushi restaurant was charged with serving the meat of the endangered sei whale. 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Our disgusting, dehumanizing slurs simply must reflect the terrifying new global society we now live in," said American Racists and Bigots Council chairman Tom Branson.]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 13 Mar 2010 09:00:03 -0500</pubDate><guid>http://www.theonion.com/content/news/racial_slur_development_not?utm_source=onion_rss_daily</guid><dc:subject>News</dc:subject><enclosure url="http://www.theonion.com/content/files/images/Racial-Slur-Jump.thumbnail.jpg" length="2849" type="image/jpeg"/></item><item><title> Bandai Recalls Lady Gaga</title><link>http://www.theonion.com/content/from_print/bandai_recalls_lady_gaga?utm_source=onion_rss_daily</link><description><![CDATA[News In Photos]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 12 Mar 2010 14:32:53 -0500</pubDate><guid>http://www.theonion.com/content/from_print/bandai_recalls_lady_gaga?utm_source=onion_rss_daily</guid><dc:subject>News In Photos</dc:subject><enclosure url="http://www.theonion.com/content/files/images/Bandai-Recalls-R.thumbnail.jpg" length="2479" type="image/jpeg"/></item><item><title>Sports: 'She's Probably A Money-Hungry Liar,' Extremely Nervous Steelers Fans Report</title><link>http://www.theonion.com/content/news_briefs/shes_probably_a_money?utm_source=onion_rss_daily</link><description><![CDATA[PITTSBURGH&mdash;In the wake of sexual assault allegations made against Ben Roethlisberger by a Georgia college student, nervous Steelers fans across the nation speculated that the supposed victim was most likely a conniving harpy...]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 12 Mar 2010 14:00:25 -0500</pubDate><guid>http://www.theonion.com/content/news_briefs/shes_probably_a_money?utm_source=onion_rss_daily</guid><dc:subject>Sports NIB</dc:subject><enclosure url="http://www.theonion.com/content/files/images/Steelers.thumbnail.jpg" length="1258" type="image/jpeg"/></item></channel></rss>