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THURSDAY, October 28, 2010

Orange County’s famous Crystal Cathedral has declared bankruptcy.  Not that there weren’t plenty of warning signs.  In last year’s Nativity scene, the baby Jesus was a rental.

Forbes Magazine named Michael Jackson the top-earning dead celebrity with $275 million.  For the third consecutive year, Keith Richards edged out Andy Rooney for most profitable almost-dead celebrity.

A new marble sculpture outside Milan’s Stock Exchange by Italy’s most famous living artist, depicts a hand with its middle finger extended.  The sculptor’s model was a New York cabbie.

Preparing for “The Big One,” California earthquake officials staged a practice drill called ‘The Great Shake Out” -- not to be confused with the government’s anti-terrorist drill “The Great Sheik Mohammad.”

The NBA has proposed a blanket reduction in players’ salaries by 33% -- prompting the top earners to draft an irate letter to NBA officials that stated “We’re not giving up a quarter of our income for anybody!”

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