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THE PEOPLES REPUBLIC CUT FOUR SONGS SCHEDULED TO BE PERFORMED BY THE ROLLING STONES IN SHANGHAI. (Associated Press 4/8)

"Brown Sugar"... "Let's Spend the Night Together"... "Rough Justice"... and "How Can I Say I Love You When You Keep Quoting Chairman Mao?"

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PARIS HILTON'S FIRST CD WILL DEBUT THIS SUMMER WITH LYRICS LIKE "EVERY TIME I TURN AROUND, BOYS ARE FIGHTIN' OVER ME ---- MAYBE 'CUZ I'M HOT TO DEATH AND SO, SO SEX-EE." (Los Angeles Times 4/9)

Look for it on the Pia Zadora label.

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EVIDENCE SHOWS THAT BIRDS LEARNED TO FLY FROM THE GROUND UP RATHER THAN FROM THE TREES DOWN. (Smithsonian Magazine 2/06)

Chickens tried it both ways and decided to stick to the egg business.

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POPE BENEDICT XVI HAS DROPPED "PATRIARCH OF THE WEST" FROM HIS OFFICIAL TITLE, BUT RETAINS "SUCCESSOR OF PETER," "PRINCE OF APOSTLES" AND "BISHOP OF ROME." (USA Today 4/9)

His most recent appellation "Protector of Pedophiles" wasn't mentioned.

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A U.S. AIRWAYS PILOT WAS DETAINED AT LAX ON SUSPICION OF D.U.I. BUT WAS RELEASED AFTER HE PASSED SOBRIETY TESTS. (Los Angeles Daily News 4/8)

Air controllers became suspicious when they noticed he was flying on a cold night with his window down.

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TWO NEW YORK CITY COPS HAVE BEEN CONVICTED OF MOONLIGHTING AS HIT MEN FOR THE LUCHESE CRIME FAMILY. (USA Today 4/7)

Their mistake was hiring John Gotti's tailor.

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MARTHA STEWART WILL OFFER HIGH-END HOME DECOR PRODUCTS FROM HER "MARTHA STEWART COLLECTION" IN SELECTED K-MART STORES. (USA Today 4/7)

She'll soon follow up with gourmet grocery products sold under her new label, "Inside Trader Joes."

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JUDAS GOSPEL FOUND IN EGYPT IN 1978 AND NOW ON DISPLAY AT THE NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC MUSEUM CLAIMS THAT JUDAS RECEIVED "SECRET KNOWLEDGE" FROM JESUS TO TURN HIM IN. (USA Today 4/7)

Most convincing evidence in the manuscript? Indications that Jesus had started referring to Judas as "Scooter."

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SENATE FAILS TO REACH A DEAL ON A SWEEPING IMMIGRATION BILL. (USA Today 4/7)

Maybe a little too sweeping. It promised to give Paul Rodriguez a sitcom.

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FOUR NEW JERSEY STUDENTS STAND CHARGED UNDER A POST 9-11 STATE "TERRORISM" LAW WITH PLANNING TO MASSACRE 25 STUDENTS AND TEACHERS AT WINSLOW TOWNSHIP HIGH. (USA Today 4/7)

By crashing their skateboards into the campanile.

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THE F.D.A. HAS APPROVED A SKIN PATCH TO TREAT ATTENTION DEFICIT HYPERACTIVITY DISORDER IN CHILDREN. (USA Today 4/7)

Field tests lasted five years----three just to get the patches stuck on the kids.

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NASCAR IS MARKETING LOGOED PRODUCTS FOR WOMEN INCLUDING JACKETS, SHOES, HANDBAGS AND BIKINIS. (USA Today 4/7)

And soon a specially designed NASCAR fragrance: "Essence of Pits."

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STEVEN SPEILBERG AND MARK BURNETT WILL TEAM UP TO PRODUCE "ON THE LOT" IN WHICH 16 WOULD-BE FILMMAKERS VIE FOR A DEVELOPMENT DEAL AT DREAMWORKS. (USA Today 4/7)

Last place finisher will get a development deal at Disney.

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LOS ANGELES GANG MEMBER SHOOTS FELLOW-GANG MEMBER BY MISTAKE. (Los Angeles Times 4/7)

He'll be prosecuted under California's new "Cheney Law."

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MASSACHUSETTS BECOMES THE FIRST STATE TO ADOPT A UNIVERSAL HEALTH CARE SYSTEM. (CBS News 4/5)

Well, almost universal. It covers everything but Teddy Kennedy's liver.

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DUKE'S LACROSSE COACH RESIGNS IN WAKE OF EXOTIC DANCERS' RAPE ALLEGATIONS WHILE UNIVERSITY'S PRESIDENT CANCELS REMAINDER OF THE SEASON. (Cable News Network 4/5)

May be a coincidence, but there are reports that Kobe Bryant has taken up lacrosse.

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KATIE COURIC FORMALLY ANNOUNCES THAT SHE'S LEAVING THE "TODAY SHOW" TO ANCHOR THE "CBS EVENING NEWS." (Cable News Network 4/5)

That rumble you hear is Edward R. Morrow shifting positions.

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A SIXTH CENTURY INDIAN PYRAMID HAS BEEN DISCOVERED IN MEXICO CITY BUT ONLY HALF WILL BE EXCAVATED SINCE THE OTHER HALF HAS MODERN BUILDINGS ON IT. (USA Today 4/6)

Dominated by the "Pueblo of the Vestal Virgins Hilton."

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CHENEY IS SCHEDULED TO THROW OUT THE FIRST BALL AT THE WASHINGTON NATIONAL'S OPENER AGAINST THE METS. (USA Today 4/6)

Fans in the first fifteen rows will be issued complementary team logo-imprinted flack jackets.

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A SCIENTIST AT SOUTH AFRICA'S WITWATERSTRAND UNIVERSITY HAS FOUND SOLID EVIDENCE THAT BIRDS HUNTED AND KILLED EARLY HUMANS. (Smithsonian Magazine 4/06)

The evidence includes beak-torn skull fragments, imbedded talons and several Alfred Hitchcock films.

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AN ARTICLE IN JOURNAL PALEOLIMNOLOGY CLAIMS THAT JESUS MAY HAVE WALKED ON WATER IN THE SEA OF GALILEE FROZEN BY A SUDDEN DROP IN TEMPERATURE. (Los Angeles Times 4/6)

Biblical scholars vehemently challenge the findings, pointing out that ice was not intelligently designed until much later.

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THE JOURNAL NATURE REPORTS THAT DENTAL DRILLING DATES BACK TO 5500 B.C. PERFORMED WITH FLINT DRILL HEADS AND A SMALL BOW. (USA Today 4/6)

Fossils found in a Pakistan graveyard include repaired molars, flint chips and a stone sign with a crudely-carved inscription: "Painless Og."

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PRISON OFFICIALS IN TENNESSEE BANNED PEANUT BUTTER AFTER DISCOVERING THE JARS WERE BEING USED TO STORE DRUGS. (Time Magazine 4/10)

Alert guards got wise when they noticed a line of cocaine stuck to the roof of an inmate's nose.

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"REAL HEROES" IS A LINE OF ARMY-AUTHORIZED 6-INCH TOY SOLDIERS MODELED AFTER FOUR REAL G.I.'S WHO HAVE WON BRONZE OR SILVER STARS IN IRAQ AND AFGHANISTAN. (Time Magazine 4/10)

They come with optional prosthetic limbs in case the kids' war games get a little too realistic.

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RON KESSLER, AUTHOR OF "LAURA BUSH: AN INTIMATE PORTRAIT," CLAIMS THAT SHE WAS "APPALLED" AT HOW HILLARY CLINTON HAD DECORATED THE LIVING QUARTERS. (Fox News 4/4)

Luckily, quick-thinking aides didn't let her see what Monica had done to the Oval Office.

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BRIAN DOYLE, PUBLIC RELATIONS OFFICER FOR THE HOMELAND SECURITY DEPARTMENT, WAS ARRESTED AND CHARGED WITH USING A COMPUTER IN AN ATTEMPT TO SEDUCE A CHILD. (Cable News Network 4/4)

Bush called him up and said, "Good job, Doylie!"

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MISSISSIPPI, ALABAMA,TENNESSEE, GEORGIA AND SOUTH CAROLINA ARE CRACKING DOWN ON "HOG-DOG RODEOS," IN WHICH PIT BULLS ARE UNLEASHED ON WILD HOGS. (USA Today 4/5)

And just when polo was beginning to catch on in Sleepy Holler.

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WISCONSIN VOTERS WENT TO THE POLLS TO DECIDE WHETHER THE U.S. SHOULD KEEP TROOPS IN IRAQ. (USA Today 4/4)

The Pentagon is so furious, they're threatening a cheese boycott.

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A STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY STUDY SHOWS THAT SWEDEN COOPERATED WITH THE NAZIS BY BANNING MARRIAGE BETWEEN "ARYAN GERMANS" AND SWEDISH JEWS. (USA Today 4/5)

And they weren't too pleased with Ingrid Bergman, either.

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NINETY-FIVE PERCENT OF DELTA PILOTS VOTED TO AUTHORIZE A STRIKE. (USA Today 4/5)

The other 5% favors one too, but they were stacked up over Chicago.

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BASEBALL PITCHER DWIGHT GOODEN FACES 5 YEARS IN PRISON FOR COCAINE USE WHILE ON PROBATION... AND WASHINGTON REDSKIN SEAN TAYLOR FACES UP TO 45 YEARS ON AGGRIVATED ASSAULT CHARGES. (USA Today 4/5)

They probably won't share the same cell, though. Prison officials have found that housing pro baseball and football players in the same unit promotes gang tension.

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