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Funny story: EU voting turnout disturbing

EU voting turnout disturbing

EUROPE -- Voters in the European Union (EU) have sent disturbing messages of apathy, mistrust and...

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Funny story: Burl Ives ancestor true father of our country, say historians

Burl Ives ancestor true father of our country, say historians

WINDMILL, Va. -- Historians here at the Historian Center say new evidence reveals that an ancestor of the late celebrity Burl Ives was the true "father of our country."...

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Funny story: Ronnie admits he liked Newhart better

Ronnie admits he liked Newhart better

LOS ANGELES, Calif. -- Ron Reagan, son of former President Ronald Reagan, showed up at a local comedy club only a few days after his father's burial and began to perform telephone-conversation comedy routines made popular once by Bob Newhart.

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Funny story: Supreme Court tells atheist to go to hell

Supreme Court tells atheist to go to hell

WASHINGTON, D.C. - The Supreme Court has ruled to preserve the phrase "one nation, under God," in the Pledge of Allegiance, saying that a California atheist who challenged the phrase should accept it or go to hell.

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Funny story: Official Clinton portrait does nothing for his image

Official Clinton portrait does nothing for his image

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Most people were shocked when President Bush revealed the newly painted portrait of former President Clinton and it looked nothing like him (see photo).

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Funny story: A strange substance found underground in a heretofore unknown place called Oscoda

A strange substance found underground in a heretofore unknown place called Oscoda

GRANTVILLE, Pa. -- I love scientists. These are people who devote their lives to the tiny things that usually become monstrously large things in all of our lives. Scientists are devoted, dedicated, destined for greatness, dolled up for dinner and delicately deliberate in their discoveries. So imagine how excited I was when I learned that scientists revealed that they have identified a micro...

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Funny story: Bush's birthday will end with free fall to earth

Bush's birthday will end with free fall to earth

COLLEGE STATION, Texas -- Former president George Bush used a parachute jump to celebrate his 75th birthday. For his 80th birthday, on June 13, Bush will jump from an airplane flying 13,000 feet over his presidential library without a parachute.

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Funny story: The great stock climb controversy

The great stock climb controversy

NEW YORK CITY -- It's an old Wall Street saying: "Stocks must climb a wall of worry in order to peak at the high point of investor concern. And then, when it is the best time to buy, everybody's nervous and things look the bleakest.

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Funny story: Simpson beard revealed

Simpson beard revealed

MIAMI, Fla. -- In an interview marking the tenth anniversary of the O.J. Simpson trial, O.J. decided it was time for more revelations.

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Funny story: Mongolians go name hunting

Mongolians go name hunting

ULAN BATOR, Mongolia - After years of living with just one name by order of the Soviet Union, Mongolians have been ordered to invent their own surnames. But, lacking the talent and experience of having more than a single name, most Mongolians are com...

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Funny story: What celebs say about Ray Charles

What celebs say about Ray Charles

LOS ANGELES, Calif. -- Many famous people had statements prepared just after the death of music great Ray Charles.

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Funny story: Bush lookalikes scheme foiled

Bush lookalikes scheme foiled

PARIS -- In an effort to pump President Bush's popularity home and abroad, the White House has been sending George W. Bush look-alikes on the campaign trail.

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Funny story: Nader bores himself sick

Nader bores himself sick

BUCKWORTHY, Md. -- Presidential candidate and consumer advocate Ralph Nader was rushed to a hospital during a campaign speech.

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Funny story: Donald Duck dead at 70

Donald Duck dead at 70

ORLANDO, Fla. -- Donald Duck, world-famous cartoon duck and stalwart of the Disney animation empire, is dead at 70.

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Funny story: Britney claims she is 'queen' of show biz

Britney claims she is 'queen' of show biz

NUSSBAUM, La. -- Britney Spears has announced she is the queen of show business and will reign until her death.

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Funny story: Angry voices about music going to Saturn

Angry voices about music going to Saturn

HOUSTON, Texas -- Music will debut in deep space when four French tracks arrive at Saturn's largest moon Titan next year. But the project is not without controversy.

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Funny story: Greenspan forecasts doom if he dies

Greenspan forecasts doom if he dies

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Alan Greenspan said that the Federal Reserve will run out of money and the world will fall into financial despair when he dies.

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