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Published 12:01 am Wednesday, September 21, 2011

When you care enough to fire the very best: Hallmark has added to its line of birthday, sympathy and get well cards. Now you can send a specialized card to those who have been laid off.

Hallmark hasn’t included greeting cards for the laid-o

ff to send to old bosses, but we’ll give it a shot:

Roses are red; my slip was pink; I hope you’re next; you goldbricking fink.

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The return of Elmo: Toys ‘R’ Us has released its list of 15 toys that it expects will be big sellers for the upcoming holiday season. Among the toys are a bright yellow robot blob that dances to music, a dancing and singing Elmo doll, inflatable radio-controlled shark balloons, radio-controlled racing cars and a $99 iPadlike tablet for kids.

And to haul it all away when it breaks 10 minutes after it’s unwrapped, you can get Moose Toy’s Trash Pack Garbage Truck. Union contract not included.

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Wear a hat on Thursday: NASA scientists are trying to predict where chunks of a 6-ton satellite will land when the research probe falls from orbit and re-enters the atmosphere Thursday.

Apparently NASA isn’t any better at keeping its toys in working condition than your kids are.

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