| SPECIAL EDITION:
THE DECADE IN IRONY, 2000-2009 |
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China Drops
Mao From School Textbooks
Replaces him with Yao. |
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North Korea Explodes Nuclear Weapon
Claims it's only intended for peaceful
purposes. |
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Survey: U.S. Most Unfriendly
Country to Visit
Nearly one in three say that on arrival
they were bound, gagged, renditioned to
Egypt and tortured for months on end. |
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Analysis: Bush Tax Cuts
Don't Only Benefit Rich
Also benefit super-rich, ultra-rich,
filthy rich. |
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Internet Reaches 100 Million
Sites
One hundred million channels and nothing
on. |
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37% of U.S. Births Out of
Wedlock
Experts credit government's
Abstinence Only program. |
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House, Senate
Agree on Immigration Bill
Fifty more immigrant
crossing signs will be posted
in border states. |
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Only 13% of Congressional
Republicans Believe Global
Warming Manmade
Vast majority cite other reasons. |
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750,000 Homeless in U.S.
And 7.5 million unsold homes. |
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One Five-Story Building in
Cayman Islands Headquarters
For 5,000 U.S. Corporations
Location, location, location. |
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U.S. Divorce Rate Lowest
Since 1970
Experts credit Viagra, Botox, Prozac. |
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Mullah Omar Says He Hasn't
Seen Bin Laden in 5 Years
What's more, “he never writes, he
never calls.” |
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BUSH SURPRISED TO LEARN
OF HIGH GAS PRICES
“When I was elected eight
years ago it was only a buck!” |
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McCain Cites His Experience
Over Obama's
Says opponent's never napalmed a village,
married a beer heiress or been caught up
in a savings and loan scandal. |
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World Future Society Predicts
1 Billion Millionaires in 2033
And eight billion beggars. |
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Probe Finds Variety of
Pharmaceuticals in U.S. Water Supply
Ask your doctor if you should drink water. |
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IMF: Credit Crisis Will Cost $1 Trillion
Which we'll have to borrow. |
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McCain: Election Loss is Bittersweet
Bet all his wife's money on Obama. |
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Obama, Presidents Meet
Privately in Oval Office
They tell him who shot Kennedy. |
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Iran Says It's Building 10 Nuclear Facilities
Will sell bombs online. |
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Obama Proposes Huge Stimulus
Plan
To get Americans borrowing again. |
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Republicans: No Reason to
Probe Bush Administration Use of Torture
There was no oral sex involved. |
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Geithner Says Recession is
Easing
Cites new, bigger bonuses for execs at
AIG, Goldman Sachs. |
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Congress Approval Rating
Drops to 2%
Reelection rate remains at 98%. |
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 SARAH PALIN'S
400-PAGE MEMOIR DUE IN NOVEMBER
She says she “can't wait”
to read it. |
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