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By Tony Powers 2 April 2016 Today, at the most prestigious wine tasting event of the year, VinItaly, the largest wine trade show in the world, which features over 150,000 annual visitors from 210 countries, 4,000 exhibitors, 2,600 journalists from 46 countries... More »
Speaking at CPAC in Washington D.C. on February 10, 2011. (Photo credit: Wikipedia) By Tony Powers 10 January 2016 Donald Trump announced today that he will be moderating an upcoming Republican candidates debate on the Fox network. When reporters asked if this... More »
Many people agree that the United States dollar is the ugliest looking money in the world. That is soon going to change. U.S. Treasury Secretary Jack Lew recently announced: “A woman will be featured on the redesigned $10 bill” (Wattles 1). There have been... More »
By Dan Geddes 21 November 2015 NEW YORK – Fox News issued a statement today proclaiming that “yellow journalism is now a thing of the past.” Wikipedia defines yellow journalism as “a type of journalism that presents little or no legitimate wel... More »
By Derek Langston 20 November 2015 In what physicians are calling one of the most irrational medical decisions they have ever seen, David Avocado Wolfe has refused all traditional medical care for the highly treatable yet potentially fatal disease chickenpox. ... More »
By Juliet Kaufman LOS ANGELES – Jason Segel’s reps released a statement last Friday, asking the press to refrain from questions on whether or not Segel has read David Foster Wallace’s behemoth Infinite Jest. Segel stars as the critically acclaimed ... More »
WASHINGTON – Congressman James Bath took advantage of his proximity to Pope Francis during his address to Congress to steal the Pope’s water glass and gulp some of the sacred (if chlorinated) Washington, DC tap water. Luckily when the Pope’... More »
WOLFSBURG – German Chancellor Angela Merkel asserted that the Volkswagen emission debacle, including years of cover-up, was “no conspiracy.” Merkel stated: “Already there are crazy Volkswagen conspiracy theorists on the Internet who believe... More »
By Dan Geddes 20 September 2015 WASHINGTON – Faith that the Federal Reserve Bank will finally raise interest rates, after years of broken promises, is now at an all-time high. “The Fed is really going to raise rates after our next meeting,” said Norm... More »
Ahmen Muhamed, a 14 year old student from Irving, Texas, has been arrested for bringing a homemade clock, i.e., a large circuit board, with extruding wires, to his school, Irving McDonald High. According to its mission statement, Irving McDonald High School pr... More »
By Haley Mistler A local NRA member in Lafayette, Louisiana says that he would have been able to stop the shooter at a showing of Trainwreck on Thursday. “If I’d had my gun, I definitely could have stopped it,” says Tim Walkins, card-carryi... More »
by Krista Genevieve Farris Photo credit: Andrew Geddes WHISPERING PINES – The following letter was sent from the Superintendent of schools to local parents: From: The Office of John Hale Merry, Superintendent of Whispering Pines Public School System To: ... More »