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Extra, Extra, it was a Con test all Along?
- The Simpsons have their Tire Fire, LA has its Tire Store Fire - LAFD blog
- Some Hollywood women too Busy to shave their armpits? Say it ain't so! - Reuters
- Martini Republic asks "who's the bigger idiot, Instapundit or Bill Kristol?" Which makes us finally understand that IT WAS A CONTEST ALL ALONG! - Martini Republic
- Mom calls cops on her 12-year-old son for opening his videogame before Christmas - Smoking Gun
- Andy Dick is the latest to say "You're all a bunch of niggers" - Defamer
- Lane Garrison, manslaughterer, hires Rebecca Gayheart's successful manslaughter lawyer - M & C
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- "Hollywood's sneer at Christianity has been amazingly successful". Yep they're just shuttering churches left and right around the USA - Baltimore Sun
- Portsmouth (UK) wants their own Hollywood Blvd. Hear that, second-rate Elvis? - Portsmouth Today
- Rolling Stone puts Madonna at the top of their Top 25 Women in Rock. This is why no one reads RS for it's music commentary anymore - RS
- Prince Andrew came to Courtney Love's house looking for "chicks". Poor Frances Bean - Daily Telegraph
- Electric, infrared garbage can makes the list of coolest gadgets of 2006 - Crunch Gear
- JD Drew goes to the Red Sox, Maddux goes to Diego - LA Times
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