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From CNN:
Anna Nicole Smith loses $88.5 million ruling
Status lowered from golddigger to cheap whore
From AJC:
Perdue’s prudence or pork?
Is Governor’s loveless marriage one of convenience or just raw sex?
From CNN International:
Russia to scrap communist holiday
Lining Up For Toilet Paper Day not as popular as it once was
From BBC:
British-born astronaut given CBE
Alphabet collection nearly complete
From BBC:
Cassini targets [...]

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I mentioned the other day about eating pizza at the Sphinx. That’s not the only Wonder of the World where I’ve had pizza. I also ate pizza at the Grand Canyon. Yes, I realize that the Sphinx isn’t one of the Ancient Wonders of the World. It’s the Great Pyramid, which is, like, several yards [...]

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From ABC News:
Restaurant for Anorexics Offers Food for Thought
Today’s Special: Chicken Soup for the Soul
From ABC News:
Patients Upset Over End of Parkinson’s Drug Trial
Hung Jury Leaves All Frustrated
From ABC News:
The Year of the Boob
Man of the Year: Michael Moore
From CNN:
It’s Ken Jennings vs. old champs
George Forman wins with knockout in first minute
From CNN:
Family files lawsuit [...]

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One of the things about old people is that they always talk about what’s wrong with them. How their foot hurts and that means it will rain. Or they need new shoes. Or something. Or how they have this spot but it went away but now it’s back and they have an appointment Tuesday to [...]

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From AJC:
Between all the giggling, a lesson in baby-sitting
The Michael Jackson Story
From CNN money:
McDonald’s eyes PETA-friendly option
Squash McNuggets
From CNN money:
Toy maker equips toy train with condom
O’Jays re-release “Love Train”
From The New York Times:
More Oil Is Thought Spilled From Freighter Off Alaska
It’s too cold to actually go out and look
From The Washington Post:
Two Missing, Four Hurt [...]

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So, anyway, we were in Egypt. If you don’t know what I’m talking about, read yesterday’s post. You with me now? Good. We were in Egypt, and like I said, I had no clue where anything was in relationship to anything else. We had toured the Cairo Museum (it was great; I’ll tell you about [...]

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From AJC:
Mayor fines Druid Hills club over gay policy
Mayor: “I mean, that policy is just SO gay, we had to do something.”
From CNN:
Late Tupac Shakur back at No. 1
Critics agree: If he have died earlier, he’d be bigger than the Beatles
From CNN:
Lopez sued by ex for breach of contract
Couple had agreed to not try to [...]

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So I was saying yesterday that I had a story or two to tell about the Pyramids. This is as good a time as any to tell one of them. I mean, you’ve got a couple of minutes, right? Good.
When I was in the Army, I got sent to places I otherwise never would have [...]

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As promised, the latest Headline News from around what’s left of the planet.
From The Hawaii Channel:
Airline Accuses DOT Of Corruption, Mismanagement
Sister of Yakko and Wakko denies the charges
From The Bakersfield Channel:
NASA Retires Mothership After Nearly 50 Years
Ceremony at Area 51 closed to public
From The Iowa Channel:
Christmas Standoff Rattles Clive; Suspect At Large
Barker said to be [...]

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So my vacation gets moved up one week from the week after Christmas to the week before Christmas. And I up and get sick that weekend and spend all of Christmas week in bed eating Total cereal. Gotta keep my strength up, you know.
Anyway, yesterday afternoon I went to Burger King and got a Double-Whopper [...]

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