Cardboard Cassava Crushes Christina Applegate
Hollywood, Calif. - Actress Christina Applegate was critically injured today by a freak accident on the set of "Paper Moon," a remake of the 1973 classic that is being shot in Wichita, Kansas. Accord Ms. Applegate's publicist, the accident occurred...
Read full storyPope Breaks with Tradition; Names Successor
THE VATICAN -- Before being rushed to the hospital, Pope John Paul II didn't think he was going to make it through the night and, upsetting centuries of Papal tradition, named his own successor. The 84-year-old leader of the Catholic Church was havin...
Read full storyApril 1: President Bush admits he 'punked' press, public with WMD prank
President Bush today responded to a new report investigating the bogus pre-war intelligence scam that led to war in Iraq by admitting that the whole thing was nothing more than a big prank.
Read full storyFrank Perdue Goes to Big Hen House in the Sky
SALISBURY, Md.-- Frank Perdue, a man who made chicken choking into a multi-million dollar empire, died today at the age of 84. Purdue revolutionized the poultry processing industry by introducing the use of asphyxiation as a means for slaughtering l...
Read full storyVatican Vexed by "Schiavo Show"
Vatican City - Vatican officials expressed frustration with the relative lack of attention the given the Papal death-watch in light of the ongoing media attention dedicated to the just completed Terri Schiavo death-watch. They expressed hope that Sc...
Read full storyU2 'Vertigo' tour canceled by Department of Homeland Security
Washington-Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security Michael Chertoff announced today the cancelation of the 'Vertigo' Tour by the band U2. "Credible evidence, from classified sources, leads us to believe that these four foreign...
Read full storyGeorge W. Bush Nominates Paul Wolfowitz To Succeed Pope John Paul II
President George W. Bush has indicated that he will nominate former Assistant Secretary of Defense and current nominee to head the World Bank Paul Wolfowitz to succeed Pope John Paul II in the event that the ailing Pontiff succumbs to the various ill...
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