Tag: satire
group name: timetosmile
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August 17, 2008 08:21 PM EDT --
BEIJING. Confronted with a certified copy of her birth certificate by Chinese officials, Olympic silver medalist Dana Torres today admitted that she is not 41 years and that she added . . . more
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October 06, 2007 12:43 PM EDT --
I have been a member of the male sex my entire life, actually longer, since my masculinity--such as it is--was determined when I first acquired one of those dust-bunny like creatures, the Y chromosome, . . . more
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December 19, 2007 09:15 AM EST --
NEW YORK. A study released this week indicating that people who suffer from dyslexia are more likely to rise to the top in the corporate world has business leaders buzzing and headhunters riffling . . . more
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December 20, 2007 04:49 PM EST --
BOSTON. At the Borders Bookstore in downtown Boston, the lines snake around the building with holiday shoppers making last-minute purchases. Sometimes the contrasts are striking, as ramrod-straight . . . more
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March 10, 2008 03:16 PM EDT --
ALBANY, New York. Crusading New York Governor Eliot Spitzer today demanded a complete investigation into his involvement in a prostitution ring, saying he would not rest until he had determined . . . more
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June 21, 2008 10:53 AM EDT --
MAYNARD, Mass. In a darkened room, Rose Alba Mercurio sits in a comfortable chair and repeats the words she hears on a self-hypnosis tape especially prepared for her by a local support group. . . . more
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July 10, 2008 09:29 AM EDT --
Boston--City of Big Shoulders!
No wait--that's Chicago. Boston's the City of Round Shoulders, because of the number of bookish types who live here. That's why I joined . . . more
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August 04, 2008 01:01 PM EDT --
HOUSTON. Biblical scholars have debunked a Houston minister's claim that a Cheeto-brand snack he almost ate was made in the image and likeness of Jesus Christ , saying that the Shroud . . . more
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September 22, 2007 11:05 AM EDT --
LOUISVILLE, Kentucky. The Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) is expected to approve a draft report this weekend that will urge married couples to have sex at least once a year, a departure . . . more
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October 07, 2007 11:48 AM EDT --
LAS VEGAS, Nevada. It is Sunday morning in this desert city and the streets are quiet. Inside the casinos, where there are no clocks, gamblers who have played through the night order breakfast . . . more
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October 21, 2007 01:52 PM EDT --
WELLESLEY FALLS, Mass. In this affluent suburb of Boston, churchgoers at the Wellesley Falls Presbyterian Church tend to look like they stepped out of the pages of a Brooks Brothers catalog, . . . more
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September 25, 2007 06:00 PM EDT --
COLUMBUS, Ohio. On the heels of a national backlash against immigrants that caused a Philadelphia cheesesteak joint to post a sign requiring customers to order in English, Starbucks today announced . . . more
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October 08, 2007 03:26 PM EDT --
"It came with a bang, apparently out of nowhere . . . the world's first and longest-lived art movement. One of the most spectacular developments in the human story unfolded during the Upper Paleolithic, . . . more
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December 27, 2007 09:12 AM EST --
Like many children who grew up in the late 1950's, I was exposed to countless hours of television commercials pushing candy, soft drinks and sugary cereals on my impressionable young stomach. . . . more
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January 07, 2008 09:41 AM EST --
NEWTON UPPER HILLS, Mass. This suburb to the west of Boston boasts a highly-educated population with a love of reading, as well as a large population of dogs. "We're not called the . . . more
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February 14, 2008 09:06 AM EST --
The impending switch from analog to digital television, made necessary by magnetic death rays emanating from the THX 1138 spiral galaxy, has caught many consumers unawares. How can you be sure you . . . more
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March 10, 2008 06:07 AM EDT --
Girl Scouts in Akron, Ohio are taking vigorous steps to collect debts owed by adults who fail to pay for cookies. Associated Press
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March 12, 2008 08:04 AM EDT --
NEW YORK. Embattled New York Governor Eliot Spitzer today named an independent, bi-partisan panel of three babelicious sex industry representatives to investigate charges that threaten to end a . . . more
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March 25, 2008 02:45 PM EDT --
WASHINGTON. Confronted with conflicting claims by eyewitnesses, Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton today admitted she may have misspoken when she claimed to have led Allied forces . . . more
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April 01, 2008 05:19 PM EDT --
Do you have limp, drab-looking hair? It may be because you subscribe to common hair-care myths that styling professionals and hair-care scientists have debunked through careful study. . . . more
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