Thousands of Mid-Eastern Men Stone Selves.
November 30, 2007: "A shocking realization," is what Mohamed Salihovich said yesterday upon hearing about the Teddy Bear Teacher's plight in Sudan. He was one of many Mid-Easterners who had received a sudden and mind-opening revelation: "My first name is Mohamed. I am an infidel. I must stone myself"
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Scientist Invents World’s Smallest Cell Phone, Loses It.
March 10, 2006: After struggling through bureaucracy, bankruptcy, and a finally a divorce, tech prodigy Huang Schortz has lost hope of ever recovering his brainchild.
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Cyber Televangelist: "Robot Prostitution Not Immoral."
March 9, 2006: As times change, so does technology. But with technology, one must wonder if ancient teachings still hold their meaningfulness in modern times. full story...
President's New Plan: "Find a Flag and Salute It."
March 8, 2006: Concerned about the possibility that America's less than enthusiastic support of the Iraq war is a signal of possible "diminished patriotism," the president has suggested that citizens engage in a process that he feels "would realign the nation in the War Against Terror."
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Arsonists Feel the Pinch: Gas Prices "Too High."
"We gonta have to resort to some ancient techniques and methods of burning peoples houses down from now on if these prices keep goin' up."
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Al Qaeda Declares "No Contest" in Terror War Against US. Says Victory "Too Easy." full story...
Angry Steelworker Shouts at President
“No
more!" shouted Marjorie Shiatsu. "I ain't gonna take it no
more!"
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BB
King: "I Never really Had the Blues."
Legendary Blues singer, BB King looked somber as we sat together in his dressing room in Las Vegas. He watched me in the mirror as he spoke. “I've never actually had the Blues, you know,” he confided. He seemed to be waiting for a reaction from me, some kind of emotional micro-eruption. I gave him none. full
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Taliban Secretly
Issues Credit Cards to American Soldiers in Hopes of Crushing U.S. Economy.
August
28, 2004: A Taliban plot designed to undermine the American economic
infrastructure was recently foiled when FBI agents traced a customer
service 800 number to a remote region of Pakistan. full
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Judge
Rules: "Frog" Song Not Offensive.
A Huntington Beach, California Judge ruled Thursday that the act of
simply singing a song about a frog cannot be interpreted slanderous
or libelous by a listener regardless of the intensity of the listener's
neurosis. full
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"Too
Few Latino Names," Schwarzenegger Says.
California
Governor, Arnold Schwarzenegger, told legislators this week in Sacramento
that "the problem with California is that too many Latinos have the
same last names."
Schwarzenegger
told reporters that the solution to many of California's woes was to
add new surnames to existing Latino names, thus expanding the limited
array of last names associated with the Spanish, Latinos or Hispanics.
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Frustrated
Man Undergoes Sex Change So He Can Multitask
Looking
for the way to get an edge on the competition has always been the quest
of many an aspiring entrepreneur or business leader. How do you do to
keep ahead of the competition... the guy chasing you down the field
when you’re running for the goal line? Many feel that the ability to
multitask is the key. full
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Performance Artist Donates Body to Medical School to be Used as Crash Test Dummy.
When Ronny Alvin Rigby wrote his last will and testament, his attorney wasn’t prepared for the unusual request scribbled by his client onto a scrap of cardboard. full story...
Hillary Clinton “Genuinely Sorry” About Ghandi Joke.
Hillary Rodham Clinton’s self-proclaimed “lame attempt at humor” during a comedy fund-raiser on Saturday "is an offense to the memory of Gandhi," said David Robertson, a political science professor at University of Missouri - St. Louis. full story...
Jack
Daniels Unveils New Line of Baby Food
Always
trying to stay ahead of the pack with new additions to their product
line, Brown-Forman Corporation, parent company of Jack Daniel's Tennessee
Whiskey, has decided to offer a new line of baby foods. Tentatively
labeled Junior Jack, the product will include recipes like Jalapeno
Caliente Puree with Carrots and Tennessee Tuna.
"Like
any good parent, we're always looking out for our little ones."
said one company spokesperson. "We know these precious children
will be brought up properly in the Daniel's family. We're nourishing
them now as we'll nourish them later when they're adults."
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FBI Uncovers Disgruntled Anti-Abortionists' Plot to Bomb Walmart
“ It was a cause in search of a cause. Hundreds of disgruntled anti-abortionists, frustrated by the lack of "bomb-able" abortion clinics in the town of Albion, PA, instead, converge on the local Walmart in protest !"
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Unattractive One Armed Woman with 196 Cats Found Guilty of Animal Cruelty
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Dwarf CEO's Micro-Management
Irks Corporate Staff
"Talk about minutia. I can't do anything without this person crawling
up my pantleg." Those are the words of Tad Nguyen-Ibsen, Controller
and CPA of the fledgling inflatable toy manufacturer, Whoopee Industries
(PFFT). Nguyen-Ibsen takes issue
with Whoopee CEO, Fredrica Nguyen-Guzmanova's sometimes manic attention
to detail. full
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The Death of an Inner
City Icon
...It was that incident that made people nod in agreement as they passed
one another in the street, that even though Shaft was a bad mother,
he was a good father. full
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Man
Turns Gay Watching TV.
An Alabama man was shocked to find that he had spontaneously turned
gay after watching six back-to-back episodes of Queer Eye for the Straight
Guy on the Bravo cable TV channel. full
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"Insane
Customers" Blamed for Checkout Scanner Discrepancies at Grocery Store.
Grocery chain, Albertsons, who is accused of overcharging customers
at checkout scanners, plans to defend itself in court by proving that
a great many of their customers are simply insane. "Those who aren't
are just whiners," according to company executives.
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Wannabe Rock
Star Stalks Self
An aspiring, out of work rock singer, despondent over an unfulfilling
and unsuccessful 35-year career in the music business recently took
an unusual tack to jump-start his quest for fame. full
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More Siameze Twins Demand to be Reunited
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Psychic
Wins Lottery Again: Authorities Baffled
Lottery officials are baffled at how a Mahoning Furnace, Pennsylvania
psychic has managed to win the Pennsylvania State Lottery for the sixth
time in as many months.full
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Sources Say: Bush to Attack SARS
According
to Pentagon sources, President Bush plans to deploy microscopic smart
bombs from tiny smart bombers aboard little-bitty smart aircraft carriers
off the coast of China in an attempt to halt the spread of SARS.
"We'll
use the latest smart weapons to show SARS that anyone who thinks of
threatening the American people will pay a heavy price." He said
Friday in a news conference. "This is really gonna smart."
He said.
Bush
also plans to install an interim government after he is satisfied that
there has been what military analysts consider to be a complete victory.
"The people of SARS have been oppressed for too long." He
said.
Fertility
Clinic Offers Free Sperm
An Irvine, California based fertility clinic has decided to take on
the struggling US economy in its own innovative way. Biotech newcomer,
Vitrolab has announced that it plans to offer "free" sperm to new clients.
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Uncanny
Coincidences Cause Eyebrows to Rise April
10, 2002:
An unusual coincidence finds the Space Shuttle wet up to its wingtips.
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Paula
Jones vs. Tania Harding: The Revival of an Ancient Art. Some
thought the debate was unresolvable, but Jones and Harding teach the
world a lesson in conflict management using a tried and proven technique.
And... once and for all, we finally learn whether "In the Bedroom" is
actually a good movie... or whether it isn't. full
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NYPD
Lowers Height Requirement
Visiting New York police officers displayed an example of the NYPD's
new height policy at the 2002 Rose Parade in Pasadena on New Year's
Day. full
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Fearful
Vigilante Citizens Inspect Own, Others' Shoes.
A surprising trend is spreading among air travelers these days. In the
wake of the capture of exploding-shoe suspect, Richard Reid, travelers
are stopping one another to examine each others' shoes for explosives.
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