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• Don't Be an Ass Tonight

  Published: July 4, 2007, 11:00 am

  Tags: True Story

  This is the (pictorial) story of one such dumbass, who decided to launch a fireworks rocket ...from between his butt cheeks. May it serve as a good lesson for the kids out there.... Note: the photos can be considered "PG-13", but even fairly young kids can learn something

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• Preachers of Doom

  Published: July 22, 2007, 5:40 pm

  Tags: Main Story

  Christians who proclaim the coming apocalypse have failed to mobilize ordinary Americans but their views are shaping Washington's debate about Iran. By Jeff Sharlet Why are we so obsessed with the apocalypse? By "we", I don't mean those of us who actually believe in the imminent end of the world, as foretold by a literalist reading of the Bible

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• Fundamentalism's Colonial Drag

  Published: June 26, 2007, 1:35 pm

  Tags: Main Story

  -- but Kathryn tells the story calmly, neither relegating the event to the fringe nor declaring it a sign of the democratic end times. I have only one criticism -- how could she have missed Chuck Norris? Read the whole story. Read event organizer Doug Phillips' blog. Visit Doug Phillips' Vision Forum store to outfit your son as a Christian

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• Creationism in Canada

  Published: June 9, 2007, 11:45 am

  Tags: Main Story

  Homegrown anxieties for Canada's secular media By Alexandra Boutros Canada is getting its first Creation Science Museum in the small town of Big Valley, Alberta. The Big Valley Creation Science Museum opens its doors to the general public this week, offering displays of fossils, DNA strands and, the big draw, dinosaurs. These displays are meant

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• Web 2.no: Salon Wants To Be MySpace For Old People

  Published: July 26, 2007, 11:51 am

  Tags: Glenn Greenwald, Homegrown Story Ideas, Salon, The Well, Top, Web 2 No

  The other day, we were poking around various job sites (purely for educational purposes! Really!) when we came across an interesting listing on our own site. "Manager, Social Networking Site," the...

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• A political gaffe, served up Belgian style

  Published: July 24, 2007, 7:27 am

  Tags: Europe, Times Story, Video

  So let's now turn to Belgian politics. But only for a laugh because as political gaffes go, this one is pretty serious:Yves Leterme (the new Prime Minister of Belgium) has not yet been officially sworn in but has already...

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• Teenager Struck By Lightning While Playing Mortal Kombat

  Published: July 28, 2007, 1:22 am

  Tags: Gamer Life, 18 Year Old, Apparently, Bedroom Wall, Controller, Gamer, Gamers, Gizmodo, Guess, Hospitalized, Internet Story, Ipods, Joystick, Lesson To Be Learned, Mortal Kombat, Mother Nature, Rundown, Sao Paulo, Storms, Struck By Lightning

  another fabricated internet story, but apparently it really did happen. There was a quick mention of it on the television earlier. I guess now it’s time to rally together some anti-gamers and get the message out there that video games cause lightning. Maybe we could get JT on board for this one, but not really sure who we could sue.

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• That's My Patch! -- American Story with Bob Dotson

  Published: July 30, 2007, 1:30 pm

  Tags: American Story With Bob Dotson

  that's why I got into the storytelling business. One day when I was 18, Grandpa Bailey told me how he impressed girls at my age. "I would put on my oldest pair of pants," he said. "The ones with pieces of cloth stitched at the knees to cover the wear." Grandpa drove his dates out into the country, pointing at prosperous farms as they passed.

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• Jenny Elfman Gives Birth To Baby Boy

  Published: July 30, 2007, 5:19 pm

  Tags: Baby News, Baby Boy, Jenna Elfman, Story Elias Elfman

  Jenna Elfman, of “Dharma and Greg” fame, gave birth to a baby boy on July 23rd. Story Elias was 7 pounds, 2 ounces. This is the first child for Jenna and her husband, Bodhi Elfman. baby+boy, Jenna+Elfman, story+Elias+Elfman

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• Command & Conquer 3 Producer Acknowledges Plot Problems

  Published: July 30, 2007, 11:26 pm

  Tags: Command Amp Amp Conquer, Electronic Arts, Games, Game Companies, Command And Conquer 3, Plot Inconsistencies, Story Problems

  The year isn’t 2028, it’s 2030. At least, that’s the main point of disparity in the time line of the Command & Conquer series. Mike Verdu, Executive Producer of Command and Conquer 3, hopped on the forums and sent out a message to the masses of fans who pointed out the plot inconsistencies in the game: “While most of

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• Worldwide PSP releases for the week of July 29

  Published: July 31, 2007, 1:26 am

  Tags: Sony, American Games, Asia, Boredom, Brave Story, Cards, Games World, Greatest Hits, Harvest Moon, Homebrew, Interesting Games, Look Forward, Moon Boy, Sony Psp, Terribly, Traveler

  Cards * Brave Story: New Traveler * Harvest Moon: Boy & Girl EU Games * Practical IQ * Silverfall * Surf’s Up * World Championship Poker 2 Asian Games * Goku Makai-Mura Kai * Gundam Battle Royale (Best) * Minna no Golf Jou Vol. 2 * Tekken Dark Resurrection (Best) * SD Gundam G

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• Man Sells Over $4000 In Consoles He Never Had

  Published: July 31, 2007, 12:54 am

  Tags: Gamer Life, Auction Sites, Consoles, County Prosecutor, Ebay Sellers, Electronic Game, Game Rush, Game Systems, Grand Jury Report, Nintendo Wii, Pennsylvania Illinois, Playstation 3, Selling Systems, Sparks, Story States, Story Traces, Tabloids, Warren County Ohio

  eBay. The source of the story traces back to a tabloid, so who knows if it’s even true, but tabloids have been known to publish a few true stories in their publications. The story states that the individual known as Jeremy Sparks was indicted but unsure whether or not he had been arrested on charges yet. Whether it’s true or

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• Writing Blogs as Entertainment and Bonus Story

  Published: July 31, 2007, 11:28 am

  Tags: Blog, Blogging, Editing, Entertainment, Journal, Poetry, Story, Writing

  to write about any scrap of story idea or image that comes to mind throughout my day. Many people use their blogs as a kind of personal journal, blabbing on about their lives, who they're going out with, and how much their boss has it out for them. Stuff like that. But why do you care? You don't know me, just as I don't know you. I'd never

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• True Story: Man Goes Through Vasectomy to Get iPhone

  Published: August 3, 2007, 8:30 am

  Tags: Apple, Iphone, Nuts, Reader Participation, Top, True Story, Vasectomy

  guessed, here's where our story turns awry. The bad news were that he already had his budget spent. Yes, even before the iPhone was announced in January, he spent his whole budget for the whole year. The JesusPhone was arriving in six months and he wasn't going to be able to get it. And that, my friends, was dramatic, to say the least. He

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• Starcraft II - Information and Screens

  Published: August 3, 2007, 4:50 pm

  Tags: Starcraft, Gamer Life, Blizzard, Computer, Games, Blizzard Games, Ebgames, Gameplay Experience, Gameplay Mechanics, Player Campaign, Protoss, Rts, Sci Fi Story, Scripting Tools, Single Player, Starcraft Brood War, Starcraft Ii, Starcraft2

  faces in an edgy sci-fi story filled with adventure and intrigue. In addition, Blizzard will again offer online play through Battle.net, the company’s gaming service, with several enhancements and new features. FEATURES: Fast-paced, hard-hitting, tightly balanced competitive real-time strategy gameplay that recaptures and improves on

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