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Netflix Sends Message To Check If Area Man Okay After Watching Entire Season Of ‘Sons Of Anarchy’ In Single Sitting

Onion News - Fri, 03/01/2013 - 14:25
CLARKSBURG, WV—Video-streaming service Netflix reportedly checked in on local customer Shane Fowler late Tuesday after a marathon viewing session in which the 31-year-old watched the entire third season of the TV series Sons Of Anarchy in one...
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Final Police Report: Only 20,000 Killed During Ravens' Super Bowl Parade

Onion News - Fri, 03/01/2013 - 14:00
BALTIMORE—After taking under a month to sort through the carnage from the Ravens’ Super Bowl victory parade, Baltimore police issued an encouraging report Friday, revealing that the festivities had resulted in just 20,278 fatalities. According...
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[Video] God: At Times It Felt Like The Pope Had One Foot Out The Door

Onion News - Fri, 03/01/2013 - 13:37
The Divine Creator of All Things addressed a throng of dedicated fans on his troubled working relationship with the former Pope.
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Barber Just Latest In String Of Humans To Feign Interest In What Area Man Says

Onion News - Fri, 03/01/2013 - 13:10
BLANCHESTER, OH—Sources confirmed Friday that the person currently cutting local man Russell Elko’s hair is merely the latest in a long line of hundreds, perhaps thousands, of human beings who over the course of the 30-year-old’s lifetim...
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Loyal Driveway Patiently Waiting For Owner To Return From Work

Onion News - Fri, 03/01/2013 - 12:00
Loyal Driveway Patiently Waiting For Owner To Return From Work
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American Voices: Millionaire To Send Married Couple To Mars

Onion News - Fri, 03/01/2013 - 11:10
American multimillionaire Dennis Tito, famous for being the first space tourist in 2001, announced plans to finance a 500-day mission that would send a spacecraft carrying a married civilian couple to fly by Mars and then return to Earth.
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[Video] Transportation Secretary LaHood Hoarding Traffic Cones, Stop Signs In Advance Of Looming Sequester

Onion News - Thu, 02/28/2013 - 22:20
Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood is being proactive in the face of his department's potential budget cuts by scouring the country for road signs, traffic lights, and other unattended resources before Friday's sequester hits.
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Pope Benedict Stops By Prayer Writers' Room To Say Goodbye

Onion News - Thu, 02/28/2013 - 18:31
VATICAN CITY—Making the rounds at Vatican City Thursday as he said a final goodbye to colleagues on his last day as pontiff, Pope Benedict XVI reportedly took a few moments in the early afternoon to stop by the prayer writers’ room and wish hi...
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American Voices: IBM Supercomputer Becomes Chef

Onion News - Thu, 02/28/2013 - 16:20
At a meeting with investors this morning, IBM demonstrated its advanced artificial intelligence system Watson, which famously beat two champions at Jeopardy! in 2011, by serving a pastry dish that was created by the supercomputer as part of the com...

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Anonymous Source Informs Bob Woodward He Hasn't Been Relevant In 40 Years

Onion News - Thu, 02/28/2013 - 15:30
WASHINGTON—Investigative journalist Bob Woodward announced Thursday that he’s received credible information from an anonymous source confirming that Woodward hasn’t been a relevant force in American journalism in 40 years.

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Danica Patrick Flooded With Fan Mail From Nation's Inspired Little Girl

Onion News - Thu, 02/28/2013 - 15:25
PHOENIX—Following her historic 8th-place finish at the Daytona 500 last weekend, NASCAR driver Danica Patrick confirmed Thursday that she has been inundated with thousands of letters from the country’s inspired little girl.

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Pope Benedict Leaves Church In Helicopter With LeBron James, Paul Feig For Some Reason

Onion News - Thu, 02/28/2013 - 14:25
Pope Benedict Leaves Church In Helicopter With LeBron James, Paul Feig For Some Reason

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Community Mourns Death Of Beloved Drunk Driver

Onion News - Thu, 02/28/2013 - 14:00
JUNCTION, TX—A senseless tragedy has left this small, close-knit community in the hill country of Texas reeling as they struggle to absorb the devastating news that beloved local drunk driver Chris Dehaene, 41, died in a head-on highway collision Tu...

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Arianna Huffington Unveils New 'Huffington Man' Aggregated From 84 Different Humans

Onion News - Thu, 02/28/2013 - 13:30
NEW YORK—Declaring the creation a worthy follow-up to her widely successful news aggregation website, media magnate Arianna Huffington unveiled today her latest project known as the Huffington Man, an enormous creature aggregated from the body parts...

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Unsung Heroes: Rob Todd

Onion News - Thu, 02/28/2013 - 12:40
Rob Todd, 42, has always fantasized about walking in on a woman using the bathroom, but he’s never acted on it and he never will.

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Statshot: What Does Our X-Ray Show?

Onion News - Thu, 02/28/2013 - 12:16
What Does Our X-Ray Show?

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American Voices: Benedict XVI's Last Day As Pope

Onion News - Thu, 02/28/2013 - 11:15
After nearly eight years as head of the Catholic Church, Pope Benedict XVI will step down from the papacy today at 8 p.m.

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