Category: Spoofs
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Unemployment needed at the Unemployment Office
I KNOW THE OFFICIAL NAME is the Employment Security Commission, but everywhere I have ever lived, everyone, without a hint of sarcasm, calls it the Unemployment Office – because that…
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The News in Briefs –The Mass Media Edition
Progressive media in national OCD clinical study BETHESDA, Md. — The National Institute of Mental Health announced today a $7.7 million grant to fund a collaborative study with the University…
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“Banjo for the Complete Ignoramus,” a cautionary tale
ELKINS, WEST VIRGINIA – I really would like to say that it wasn't my fault – but I can't. I really can't. Four years ago on the weekend of the…
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Welcome to Neologismia and other made-up words
ALL MY COLUMNS ARE WRITTEN IN WORDS. Mostly the same old words (e.g., the, be, to, of, and, a, in, that, I). This gets boring for me, so I am…
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Coaches association expels Duke’s Cutcliffe
WACO, Texas — Meeting in emergency session, the executive committee of the American Football Coaches Association voted unanimously to expel Duke University head football coach David Cutcliffe from its ranks…
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The bottom eight news stories from 2009
THE YEAR-END, AND YEAR-EARLY-DECADE-END, lists are rolling in. This is one you haven't seen: the bottom eight news stories from 2009. Some of them aren't completely made up. Ashland passes…
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Gameday notes & other sports-related excretions
Note: Due to recent events near the North Carolina State Fairgrounds, this column's coverage of football has been suspended until bowl season. A new year's resolution For the coming new…
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Re-uniting of the class of 1969, Part II
LAST WEEKEND George Washington High School's class of 1969 held its 40th reunion. So, I went. This is Part II of a two-part series. Part I may come next week.…
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The Reverend Ike dead and gone, but not forgotten
AMERICA'S LEADING "Green Evangelist" died last month. No, Al Gore is doing fine — as far as I know. It was the Reverend Frederick Eikerenkoetter II who passed from this…
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Very Briefly: The News in Briefs
This week's local, state, national and international news pre-digested for your consumptive pleasure. Carrboro to star in network TV series. CARRBORO, N.C. — The mid-season replacement television show The Goode…
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