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Poll: Majority of Americans Hope Decade Turns Out to Be Dream Sequence

Andy Borowitz | Posted 05.25.2011 | Comedy
Andy Borowitz

The professor who supervised the survey said that the proliferation of hoaxes, such as Balloon Boy and the Salahis, may have contributed to the sense that the decade was just a bad dream.

Congressmen Admit They No Longer Remember Which Health Care Bill They Are Voting On

Andy Borowitz | Posted 05.25.2011 | Comedy
Andy Borowitz

"Maybe I'm not the sharpest tool in the shed, but I can't for the life of me remember whether this is the bill I liked or the bill I despised," said Rep. Rand DeVane (D-OH). "I'm only human."

Lou Dobbs Leaves CNN for Cartoon Network

Andy Borowitz | Posted 05.25.2011 | Comedy
Andy Borowitz

Mr. Dobbs will be joining a schedule that includes such programs as Tom and Jerry and What's New, Scooby-Doo?

Fatalistic Teens Increase Risk of HIV Infection

Youth Radio -- Youth Media International | Posted 11.17.2011 | Healthy Living
Youth Radio -- Youth Media International

A study this summer reports 1 in 7 teenagers in the U.S. thinks he or she only has a 50-50 shot of making it past 35. What stands out are the consequences of low life-expectancy.

Poll: Majority of Americans Just Pretending to Know Why Mad Men Is So Awesome

Andy Borowitz | Posted 05.25.2011 | Comedy
Andy Borowitz

Over 50% of those surveyed "strongly agree" with the statement, "I have no idea what all of the excitement about 'Mad Men' is all about, but I'm terrified that if I admit it I'll look like an idiot."

Palin-Prejean Alliance Predicted in Book of Revelations

Andy Borowitz | Posted 05.25.2011 | Comedy
Andy Borowitz

According to Dr. Logsdon, in 1555 Nostradamus predicted the alliance between the two right-wing beauties when he wrote, "The slayer of beasts shall meet the barer of breasts."

Report: Still Hard Out Here For A Pimp

Andy Borowitz | Posted 05.25.2011 | Comedy
Andy Borowitz

The study, commissioned by the University of Minnesota's Pimp Research Institute, is the result of interviews with the pimps themselves, who paint a bleak picture of the state of pimping in 2009 America.

Green Business: Saving Money Vs. Making Money

GreenBiz | Matt Alderton | Posted 05.25.2011 | Green

When University of Minnesota graduate Osman Rashid and Iowa State University graduate Aayush Phumbhra decided to start a business, their objective was...