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Comedy fodder
Comedy fodder It looks like Rep. Michelle Bachmann, Republican of Minnesota, plans to run for president. Although Bachmann’s…
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No upsell on the tankers
179 tankers, no frills: James Bell, Boeing’s chief financial officer, said that Boeing will stick very close to…
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Plucked duck
Waiting for the gecko’s gig: Having fired comedian Gilbert Gottfried, the Aflac insurance company is looking for someone…
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Less filling
On this day in 1933, with Prohibition in its death throes, President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed a measure…
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Nasty Hobbits
We wants it, must have the precious: Cameras have started rolling on Peter Jackson’s production of “The Hobbit,”…
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Don’t forget where we parked
Don’t have to wipe the chalk marks of the tires, either: The Boeing Co. is paying Snohomish County…
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Sheen watch issued
Damn the torpedoes. And Charlie, too: Actor, warlock, duh-winner and center of the known universe, Charlie Sheen, is…
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Changing Times
All the news that’s fit to post: The New York Times announced it will begin charging for use…
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Extra credit
Extra credit Listen up, career college students: It might be time to start applying for internships, because a…
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Excellent. Not!
Excellent How bad is today’s job market? So bad that even seasoned mid-career professionals are taking unpaid internships…
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C’mon, baby, light my fire
Throw another mastodon on the barbie: A new study says that ancient humans may not have started regularly…
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Must have forgotten to wind my iPhone
There’s a nap for that: Apple iPhone users posted complaints on Twitter and on blogs that their smartphones…
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On with the show, this is it
On with the show Overture, curtains, lights: Vatican assassin warlock and winner Charlie Sheen, following his firing from…
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Pledge drive time
Pledge drive time Should have called Click and Clack: Conservative activist and snappy dresser James O’Keefe released a…
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Place your bets
Turns out I can drive 55: Allegiant Air, a Las Vegas-based airline, will allow its passengers to place…
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Alternate version
Alternate version After you’ve posted an account of what you ate for dinner on your Facebook wall, you’ll…
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In the dark
In the dark Despite long-running campaigns to promote compact fluorescent light bulbs, the energy-saving lamps are used in…
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More Kirk Douglas couldn’t hurt
How about bringing back Billy Crystal? After the latest Academy Awards broadcast was roundly panned, there have been…
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Howdy, pardner
Home, home on the range: American Cowboy magazine has picked the Eastern Washington city of Kennewick as one…
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Spider-bit
Songs and lyrics by Men at Work: A federal workplace safety watchdog issued citations to the Broadway musical…