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This Just In!

Current headlines:
Shoot-out at Hooters
Pizza driver shoots and kills robber, Black Santa smiles
"Mean" diner leaves $50,000 tip

I saw Mitt Romney eating dog food with a prostitute on Christmas morning.

In the alley behind a mosque in San Francisco, even.

Of course, it depends on what the definition of "saw" is.

Best new bands of 2008

Spaceship Challenger
Lice
Radiobread
Whole Wheat Buns
Singer
The Michael Balzary Experience
Apespit
Sold Out
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