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- Angels give $6.5 mil to Shea Hillenbrand to play first base. Shea was the fella who wrote "the ship is sinking" on the Blue Jay blackboard before he was traded - ESPN
- LA's richies give more to charity than Frisco's richies - The Merc
- Parents traumatized by trying to get their children into magnet schools, commiserate over drinks - AP
- The new Afghani heroin packs a wee bit more punch than locals are used to - Fox News
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- Fark creates its 2.5 millionth thread. Hilarity ensues - Fark
- Completely unrelated, Gay Rapist on the Loose in Texas - Now Public
- Study proves that coffee does not help in making spider webs - Cannabis.net
- Marilu Henner weds college sweetheart - E! Online
- More US troops have died in Iraq than Americans killed on 9/11 - AP
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