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	<title>Hot Topics &#187; Chris Preovolos</title>
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		<title>Dad teaches kid a lesson via Facebook</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/hottopics/2012/02/10/dad-teaches-kid-a-lesson-via-facebook/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Feb 2012 11:40:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris Preovolos</dc:creator>
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Kid hates parents. Kid posts on Facebook saying so. Dad finds out. Dad records video. Dad empties magazine of .45 caliber hollow points into her laptop.
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		<title>Dude figures out when Ice Cube had ‘Good Day’</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/hottopics/2012/01/27/dude-figures-out-when-ice-cube-had-%e2%80%98good-day%e2%80%99/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Jan 2012 23:58:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris Preovolos</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[January 20, 1992: Was this the day Ice Cube didn’t have to use his AK? In what may be the finest example of forensic hip-hop investigative calculations, some dude figured out the exact date Ice Cube had his famously good day — you know, the one he recorded a hit single about in 1993. Skateboarder [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Steven Tyler’s horrible national anthem</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/hottopics/2012/01/23/steven-tyler%e2%80%99s-horrible-national-anthem/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/hottopics/2012/01/23/steven-tyler%e2%80%99s-horrible-national-anthem/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Jan 2012 14:17:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris Preovolos</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[WATCH Steven Tyler butcher sing the “Star Spangled Banner” at Sunday’s AFC Championship Game. While not quite a Roseanne Barr-sized screw up, I’m not sure the screeching was really necessary.]]></description>
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		<title>Iowan to America: ‘F@#$ you’</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/hottopics/2012/01/03/iowan-to-america-%e2%80%98f-you%e2%80%99/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Jan 2012 13:50:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris Preovolos</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[ABOVE: The semi-clean version of “Iowa Nice.” As we all sit and collectively judge Iowa and their perceived backwards ways on the eve of the GOP caucuses, one proud Iowan sets out to redefine the stereotype. “You think we’re all hillbillies?” You probably do, and Scott Siepker has a few choice words for you, b—-.]]></description>
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		<title>‘Deck the Hall and Oates’</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/hottopics/2011/12/22/%e2%80%98deck-the-hall-and-oates%e2%80%99/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/hottopics/2011/12/22/%e2%80%98deck-the-hall-and-oates%e2%80%99/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Dec 2011 13:27:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris Preovolos</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Just a couple of days after the Hall and Oates emergency help line went viral, the Philadelphia comedy group, Bird Text, and elementary school teacher Chip Chantry, released a hilariously awesome video of original Christmas carols parodying classic Hall and Oates cuts. With songs like King of the Jews! (You Make My Dreams Come True), [...]]]></description>
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		<title>School cop dresses as a gynecologist for Halloween</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/hottopics/2011/12/06/school-cop-dresses-as-a-gynecologist-for-halloween/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/hottopics/2011/12/06/school-cop-dresses-as-a-gynecologist-for-halloween/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Dec 2011 16:06:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris Preovolos</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[So you have this great idea to dress up as Dr. Harry Beaver, gynecologist for Halloween at work. Nothing could go wrong, right? Except that you work as a police officer in a public high school in Altamonte Springs, Florida. Enter Officer Donnie Riggins. But it gets better, Officer Riggins made this stellar judgement call [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Burger King announces new french fries</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/hottopics/2011/11/30/burger-king-announces-new-french-fries/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Nov 2011 15:52:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris Preovolos</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Burger King is shaking up their french fry recipe for the first time since 1998 according to Reuters: Burger King said it made the new fries thicker, reduced sodium and added a coating that makes them crisper and keeps them hotter longer. (Read more) I&#8217;m all for less salt (not really, I love salt), but [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Newt Gingrich: Child labor laws are ‘truly stupid’</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/hottopics/2011/11/22/newt-gingrich-child-labor-laws-are-%e2%80%98truly-stupid%e2%80%99/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/hottopics/2011/11/22/newt-gingrich-child-labor-laws-are-%e2%80%98truly-stupid%e2%80%99/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Nov 2011 00:31:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris Preovolos</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[(photo Lewis Hine via AP, circa 1908) Current GOP presidential front runner Newt Gingrich is taking a shot at Social Security, once considered politically invincible. The former speaker of the House suggests letting younger workers opt their share of Social Security dollars out of the program and invest in the market. Some might consider this [...]]]></description>
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		<title>UC Davis ‘Casual Pepper Spray Everything Cop’ is now a meme</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/hottopics/2011/11/21/uc-davis-%e2%80%98casual-pepper-spray-everything-cop%e2%80%99-is-now-a-meme/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/hottopics/2011/11/21/uc-davis-%e2%80%98casual-pepper-spray-everything-cop%e2%80%99-is-now-a-meme/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Nov 2011 18:38:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris Preovolos</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[(Photo via knowyourmeme.com) We don’t officially* know his name because the chief — who has since been put on leave —won’t release it, but the UC Davis cop who pepper sprayed a bunch of sitting protesters is now a meme. Congratulations, unnamed cop, you now join the ranks of internet lore along with Antoine Dodson, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>OWS news: Newt Gingrich doesn’t like dirty hippies</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/hottopics/2011/11/21/ows-news-newt-gingrich-doesn%e2%80%99t-like-dirty-hippies/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/hottopics/2011/11/21/ows-news-newt-gingrich-doesn%e2%80%99t-like-dirty-hippies/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Nov 2011 15:29:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris Preovolos</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Newt Gingrich, who is riding a wave of conservative support following the surprise resurrection of his presidential campaign, has a few choice words for Occupy Wall Street protesters: “Go get a job right after you take a bath.” Oh yeah, and stop using those public restrooms.]]></description>
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		<title>Benetton’s ‘leaders kissing’ ads raise papal ire</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/hottopics/2011/11/17/benetton%e2%80%99s-%e2%80%98leaders-kissing%e2%80%99-ads-raise-papal-ire/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/hottopics/2011/11/17/benetton%e2%80%99s-%e2%80%98leaders-kissing%e2%80%99-ads-raise-papal-ire/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Nov 2011 15:22:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris Preovolos</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Italian clothing retailer United Colors of Benetton — long-known for its controversial advertising campaigns — has drawn the ire of the Vatican this time. Apparently, Pope Benedict XVI, wasn’t overly thrilled with the Photoshopped image of him locking lips with Sheikh Ahmed Mohamed El-Tayeb, an Egyptian religious leader. Benetton has since pulled the image, according [...]]]></description>
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		<title>PETA takes on fur-wearing Super Mario</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/hottopics/2011/11/15/peta-takes-on-fur-wearing-super-mario/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/hottopics/2011/11/15/peta-takes-on-fur-wearing-super-mario/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Nov 2011 16:55:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris Preovolos</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[ABOVE: That’s not paint thrown by a PETA activist. Mario has been stomping koopas and taking names with his brother Luigi since 1983, but he’s gone too far according to People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals. Now he’s wearing fur. Actually, PETA is 24 years late, since Tanooki Mario appeared first in Super Mario [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Zoo to split up ‘gay’ Canadian penguins</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/hottopics/2011/11/07/zoo-to-split-up-%e2%80%98gay%e2%80%99-canadian-penguins/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/hottopics/2011/11/07/zoo-to-split-up-%e2%80%98gay%e2%80%99-canadian-penguins/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Nov 2011 14:38:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris Preovolos</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Zookeepers in Toronto, while “fascinated” by male African penguins who appear to be a couple, even displaying signs of mating rituals, plan on splitting up the pair for the sake of captive breeding. In case you are getting this confused with an episode of Parks and Recreation, you aren’t, this is real life: Toronto Star: [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Jose Canseco and Lenny Dykstra in cable grudge match</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/hottopics/2011/11/03/jose-canseco-and-lenny-dykstra-in-cable-grudge-match/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/hottopics/2011/11/03/jose-canseco-and-lenny-dykstra-in-cable-grudge-match/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Nov 2011 15:08:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris Preovolos</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Reality television, late-night commercials and celebrity boxing are where washed up former athletes go to fade away.  Sometimes, though, the impending results threaten to shake American popular culture to its core. Enter Jose Canseco. And Lenny Dykstra. In the ring. Boxing. Each other. Canseco, the former A’s slugger, has long been on a roller coaster [...]]]></description>
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		<title>FBI lists Juggalos on gang watch list</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/hottopics/2011/11/03/fbi-lists-juggalos-on-gang-watch-list/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/hottopics/2011/11/03/fbi-lists-juggalos-on-gang-watch-list/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Nov 2011 13:38:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris Preovolos</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[They might look like a bunch of clowns, but the FBI is taking the threat posed by fans of the rap duo Insane Clown Posse seriously. And not just for their assault on the lyrical sensibilities of the hip-hop listening public. Yes, the feds have listed so-called “Juggalos” as a gang, right there in between [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Does Fairfield County have the best trick or treating?</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/hottopics/2011/10/26/does-fairfield-county-have-the-best-trick-or-treating/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/hottopics/2011/10/26/does-fairfield-county-have-the-best-trick-or-treating/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 26 Oct 2011 17:30:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris Preovolos</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Apparently, somebody in Canadian academia wanted to find out where the best trick or treating in the states is. This is probably because the Great White North offers cut-rate brands that can&#8217;t compete the American institutions like, um, candy corn. In any case, The Atlantic reports that for the second year in a row, Lower [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Man gets cut out of kiddie swing after friends leave him hanging</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/hottopics/2011/10/25/man-gets-cut-out-of-kiddie-swing-after-friends-leave-him-hanging/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/hottopics/2011/10/25/man-gets-cut-out-of-kiddie-swing-after-friends-leave-him-hanging/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 25 Oct 2011 11:25:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris Preovolos</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[ABOVE: A dramatic reenactment (well, not really) via Flickr/MelvinSchlubman Vallejo, Calif. authorities had to cut the world’s biggest — and oldest — baby out of a child’s swing at a local park this weekend. An unidentified 21-year-old man allegedly made a $100 bet with his friends that he could fit in a child’s swing at [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Jennifer Lopez breaks down at Mohegan Sun</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/hottopics/2011/10/24/jennifer-lopez-breaks-down-at-mohegan-sun/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/hottopics/2011/10/24/jennifer-lopez-breaks-down-at-mohegan-sun/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 24 Oct 2011 11:33:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris Preovolos</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[ABOVE: Jennifer Lopez&#8217;s before her breakdown at Mohegan Sun MOHEGAN SUN — Jennifer Lopez, who recently went through a very public breakup with husband Marc Anthony reportedly had an emotional moment, crying before her audience before leaving the stage, wiping tears from her face. &#8220;I&#8217;m going to sing you the last song I wrote about [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Busch Stadium squirrel is back…and tweeting</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/hottopics/2011/10/06/busch-stadium-squirrel-is-back%e2%80%a6and-tweeting/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/hottopics/2011/10/06/busch-stadium-squirrel-is-back%e2%80%a6and-tweeting/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 06 Oct 2011 12:26:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris Preovolos</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[An eastern grey squirrel seems to be enjoying the attention after disrupting two straight NLDS games. Or maybe it’s two squirrels — I can’t tell, they all look alike. Either way, he’s taking to the interwebs, tweeting under the handle @BuschSquirrel:]]></description>
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		<title>Sly Stone living out of a van in Los Angeles</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/hottopics/2011/09/27/sly-stone-living-out-of-a-van-in-los-angeles/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/hottopics/2011/09/27/sly-stone-living-out-of-a-van-in-los-angeles/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Sep 2011 14:05:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris Preovolos</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[ABOVE: Sly Stone in 2010. Sly Stone wants to take you higher, but he might need some help himself. The New York Post reported this week that the funk legend is living out of a van on Crenshaw Boulevard in Los Angeles. At his peak, Sly played Woodstock with his band, Sly &#38; the Family [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Accident witness: ‘Reality hits you hard, bro’</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/hottopics/2011/09/16/accident-witness-%e2%80%98reality-hits-you-hard-bro%e2%80%99/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/hottopics/2011/09/16/accident-witness-%e2%80%98reality-hits-you-hard-bro%e2%80%99/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Sep 2011 15:57:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris Preovolos</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Reality hit Phoenix resident George Lindell hard yesterday when he was just trying to buy some groceries and he was rear ended by a man whose out-of-control car knocked down a utility pole. And then things got crazy, dude. With an amazing degree of professional composure, a Fox 10 News reporter managed to keep it [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Abercrombie &amp; Fitch: We’ll pay The Situation to not wear our clothes</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/hottopics/2011/08/17/abercrombie-fitch-we%e2%80%99ll-pay-the-situation-to-not-wear-our-clothes/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/hottopics/2011/08/17/abercrombie-fitch-we%e2%80%99ll-pay-the-situation-to-not-wear-our-clothes/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Aug 2011 11:29:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris Preovolos</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[“The Situation” is too much of a bro even for Abercrombie &#38; Fitch: they literally want to pay him not to wear their clothes. Michael “The Situation” Sorrentino, of Jersey Shore fame, long an embarrassment to Italians, New Jersey, Long Island and the general American male population, is now a target of apparel company Abercrombie [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Mr. Bean crashes McLaren F1</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/hottopics/2011/08/05/mr-bean-crashes-mclaren-f1/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/hottopics/2011/08/05/mr-bean-crashes-mclaren-f1/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Aug 2011 11:34:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris Preovolos</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Rowan Atkinson, better known as Mr. Bean, talks about his personal McLaren F1 — the world’s fastest road car — last month on the BBC’s Top Gear. The British comedian then goes on to drive the fastest lap ever in the shows ‘Star in a Reasonably Priced Car’ segment, recording a 1:40.2 on the Top [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Former Harvard president calls Winklevoss twins ‘a–holes’</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/hottopics/2011/07/21/former-harvard-president-calls-winklevoss-twins-%e2%80%98a%e2%80%93holes%e2%80%99/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/hottopics/2011/07/21/former-harvard-president-calls-winklevoss-twins-%e2%80%98a%e2%80%93holes%e2%80%99/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 21 Jul 2011 17:08:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris Preovolos</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[ABOVE: Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss leave federal court in San Francisco. You know that scene in the Social Network where then-Harvard president Larry Summer summarily dismisses the Winklevoss twins and their father’s connections? Turns out it might have been fairly accurate. Summers, in an interview with Fortune Magazine didn’t speak two highly of his interaction [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Rebecca Black releases new song, ‘My Moment’</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/hottopics/2011/07/19/rebecca-black-releases-new-song-%e2%80%98my-moment%e2%80%99/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/hottopics/2011/07/19/rebecca-black-releases-new-song-%e2%80%98my-moment%e2%80%99/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 19 Jul 2011 11:32:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris Preovolos</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[“I hope you are happy cause I’m ’bout to blow up” is Rebecca Black’s message to haters — at least according the her new music video, “My Moment.” Black, 14, perhaps the most “disliked” (and parodied) person on the Internet thanks to her hit video “Friday,” dropped her second single on an unsuspecting public Monday. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Marine Sgt. asks Betty White to USMC Ball</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/hottopics/2011/07/18/marine-sgt-asks-betty-white-to-usmc-ball/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/hottopics/2011/07/18/marine-sgt-asks-betty-white-to-usmc-ball/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 18 Jul 2011 13:50:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris Preovolos</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[First there was Mila Kunis. Then Justin Timberlake. And now a Marine is asking — yes — Betty White to be his date to the Marine Corps Ball. The annual soiree, a celebration marking the Corps’ founding, usually draws a mainly military crowd (obviously) but is quickly becoming an A-list event — or jumping the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Is North Dakota actually a state?</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/hottopics/2011/07/15/is-north-dakota-actually-a-state/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/hottopics/2011/07/15/is-north-dakota-actually-a-state/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 15 Jul 2011 13:38:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris Preovolos</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[(Photo: Flickr/afiler) North Dakota may not actually be a state. Or so says an 82-year-old Grand Forks resident. While I realize that most people — myself included — can’t conjure up a single thought about North Dakota outside of a Fargo reference (which mostly takes place in Minnesota anyway), I’m sure there are some theoretical [...]]]></description>
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		<title>KFC wine pairings: The answer to a question you never had</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/hottopics/2011/07/06/kfc-wine-pairings-the-answer-to-a-question-you-never-had/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/hottopics/2011/07/06/kfc-wine-pairings-the-answer-to-a-question-you-never-had/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 06 Jul 2011 16:54:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris Preovolos</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[What wine is best for washing down a bucket of fried chicken from KFC? Before before you say ‘a jug of Carlo Rossi,’ you might want to head over to Snooth.com and check out their Fried Chicken Friday wine pairings (not that I necessarily recommend the exercise, being a Popeyes man myself). HINT: They recommend [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Time editor suspended for calling Obama ‘kind of a dick’</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/hottopics/2011/06/30/time-editor-suspended-for-calling-obama-%e2%80%98kind-of-a-dick%e2%80%99/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/hottopics/2011/06/30/time-editor-suspended-for-calling-obama-%e2%80%98kind-of-a-dick%e2%80%99/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 30 Jun 2011 14:55:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris Preovolos</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Time’s Mark Halperin didn’t mince words today when he called President Barack Obama “a dick” on MSNBC’s Morning Joe. Speaking on Obama’s Wednesday press conference, Halperin summed it up saying, “I thought he was kind of a dick yesterday,” which sent host Joe Scarborough scrambling, “Delay that. Delay that. What are you doing? I can’t [...]]]></description>
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		<title>MTV to say ‘arrivederci’ to Jersey Shore cast?</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/hottopics/2011/06/24/mtv-to-say-%e2%80%98arrivederci%e2%80%99-to-jersey-shore-cast/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/hottopics/2011/06/24/mtv-to-say-%e2%80%98arrivederci%e2%80%99-to-jersey-shore-cast/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 24 Jun 2011 16:39:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris Preovolos</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[UPDATE: MTV is denying online reports that Jersey Shore is being recast following their fifth season: HOLLYWOOD REPORTER: &#8220;We love the present cast, and their summer adventures have just begun. We currently have no plans to recast the show,&#8221; a net spokesperson tells The Hollywood Reporter. (Read more) EARLIER: Snooki, Pauly D, J-Woww and the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Osama&#8217;s al-Qaida: Decent employee benefits?</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/hottopics/2011/05/31/osamas-al-qaida-decent-employee-benefits/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/hottopics/2011/05/31/osamas-al-qaida-decent-employee-benefits/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 31 May 2011 15:10:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris Preovolos</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[We all know him as a mass-murdering terrorist, but apparently, working for Osama Bin Laden could get you some decent employee benefits. I mean, we&#8217;re talking 12 weeks of vacation for married members of al-Qaida. No word on the health care copays which — considering the line of work — might be worth looking in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>CDC’s ‘Zombie Apocalypse’ preparedness plan</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/hottopics/2011/05/19/cdc%e2%80%99s-%e2%80%98zombie-apocalypse%e2%80%99-preparedness-plan/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/hottopics/2011/05/19/cdc%e2%80%99s-%e2%80%98zombie-apocalypse%e2%80%99-preparedness-plan/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 19 May 2011 14:18:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris Preovolos</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Yeah, the Centers for Disease Control recommends a utility knife in your &#8220;Zombie Apocalypse&#8221; preparedness kit, but unless you&#8217;re gonna use it to sever the head off of an un-dead attacker, you might be better off with some more appropriate hardware. Like, say, a chainsaw and sawed off 12-gauge, à la Evil Dead. And &#8220;copies [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Obama’s birth certificate: How birthers see it</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/hottopics/2011/04/28/obama%e2%80%99s-birth-certificate-how-birthers-see-it/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/hottopics/2011/04/28/obama%e2%80%99s-birth-certificate-how-birthers-see-it/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 28 Apr 2011 15:56:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris Preovolos</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[
So, Obama trying to put an end to the &#8220;silliness&#8221; that is the birther moment finally released his long-form birth certificate yesterday. Not that most of America really cares.
But for the minority who see Obama&#8217;s American citizenship...]]></description>
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		<title>Taco Bell tests shell made of Doritos</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/hottopics/2011/04/14/taco-bell-tests-shell-made-of-doritos/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/hottopics/2011/04/14/taco-bell-tests-shell-made-of-doritos/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 14 Apr 2011 15:07:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris Preovolos</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Taco Bell is not new to the novelty food game; half the items on their menu are semi-edible objects contrived out of a taco crammed into something else on the menu. Yet they are still relatively tame compared to the infamous KFC Double down or Denny&#8217;s Maple Bacon Sundae. So they might be stepping up [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Tesla takes BBC’s ‘Top Gear’ to court</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/hottopics/2011/04/08/tesla-takes-bbc%e2%80%99s-%e2%80%98top-gear%e2%80%99-to-court/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/hottopics/2011/04/08/tesla-takes-bbc%e2%80%99s-%e2%80%98top-gear%e2%80%99-to-court/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 08 Apr 2011 13:20:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris Preovolos</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;In the real world, it absolutely doesn&#8217;t work,&#8221; concluded Top Gear host Jeremy Clarkson in a 2008 review of the all-electric $109,000 Tesla Roadster. The hit BBC show is known for its quirky, sarcastic tone and when they reviewed the blistering-fast Tesla, the Palo Alto-based car maker didn&#8217;t escape the snark. But what do they [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Bill Cosby: Likes Jell-O, hates The Donald</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/hottopics/2011/04/07/bill-cosby-likes-jell-o-hates-the-donald/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/hottopics/2011/04/07/bill-cosby-likes-jell-o-hates-the-donald/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 07 Apr 2011 16:50:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris Preovolos</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Bill Cosby, following Donald Trump on the Today show, show limited patience for The Donald&#8217;s fake presidential run and birther nonsense.]]></description>
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		<title>Is Serena Williams’ new ad too hot for t.v.?</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/hottopics/2011/03/24/is-serena-williams%e2%80%99-new-ad-too-hot-for-t-v/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/hottopics/2011/03/24/is-serena-williams%e2%80%99-new-ad-too-hot-for-t-v/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Mar 2011 15:06:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris Preovolos</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Is Serena Williams&#8217; new commercial for the video game Top Spin 4 too hot for t.v.? The folks at the game&#8217;s maker, 2k Sports, apparently think so and the ad won&#8217;t air anywhere but YouTube — even then only because it was leaked (allegedly). Joystiq.com: &#8220;The ad was originally posted on YouTube by the actress [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Is Fairfield County one of the &#8216;drunkest&#8217; in America?</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/hottopics/2011/03/17/is-fairfield-county-one-of-the-drunkest-in-america/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/hottopics/2011/03/17/is-fairfield-county-one-of-the-drunkest-in-america/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Mar 2011 15:54:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris Preovolos</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Is lower Fairfield County one of the &#8220;drunkest&#8221; metropolitan areas in America? The website Mainstreet.com has ranked U.S. cities according to their admitted rates of binge drinking in a 2009 Centers for Disease Control survey and the Stamford-Bridgeport metro area comes in at number 7 — just under Milwaukee, the beer capital of America. Places [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Mike Tyson hates Angry Birds, hipsters</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/hottopics/2011/03/17/mike-tyson-hates-angry-birds-hipsters/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/hottopics/2011/03/17/mike-tyson-hates-angry-birds-hipsters/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Mar 2011 15:25:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris Preovolos</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[If you were ever curious about Mike Tyson&#8217;s opinion on the hit iPad app, Angry Birds, this is the video you&#8217;ve been waiting for. The former boxer and bird lover expresses his displeasure for the game in a video promoting his cable television show about pigeon racing on Animal Planet (wait, what?) apparently he doesn&#8217;t [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Crazy downhill ride: Kids, don’t try this at home</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/hottopics/2011/03/04/crazy-downhill-ride-kids-don%e2%80%99t-try-this-at-home/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/hottopics/2011/03/04/crazy-downhill-ride-kids-don%e2%80%99t-try-this-at-home/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Mar 2011 14:24:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris Preovolos</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Helmet-cam from the Valparaiso Cerro Abajo 20011. Insane.

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		<title>Charlie Sheen goes highbrow. Kinda.</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/hottopics/2011/03/03/charlie-sheen-goes-highbrow-kinda/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/hottopics/2011/03/03/charlie-sheen-goes-highbrow-kinda/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Mar 2011 14:30:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris Preovolos</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[(Image via Buzzfeed) It was inevitable given the brief popularity of the Kanye West tweet/New Yorker cartoon mashups last summer that a Charlie Sheen incarnation would be making an appearance. He is — after all — the gift that keeps on giving. This was apparent as soon as New York magazine released its ‘Sheen, Beck, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Disney goes hipster</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/hottopics/2011/02/24/disney-goes-hipster/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/hottopics/2011/02/24/disney-goes-hipster/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Feb 2011 13:51:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris Preovolos</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[All you gotta do is throw some Wayfarers on an animated character these days to start an internet meme. (Take my personal favorite, Hipster Dinosaurs: &#8220;This volcano used to have integrity.&#8221;) But now in an infinite circle-of-Ouroboros-type-deal, the ultimate example of mainstream pop-culture — the Disney character — can now express his or her ambivalence [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Yes, the King’s Speech was filmed on a gay porn set</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/hottopics/2011/02/24/yes-the-king%e2%80%99s-speech-was-filmed-on-a-gay-porn-set/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/hottopics/2011/02/24/yes-the-king%e2%80%99s-speech-was-filmed-on-a-gay-porn-set/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Feb 2011 13:12:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris Preovolos</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[So, you&#8217;re sitting there watching this year&#8217;s Oscar favorite, The King&#8217;s Speech, and thinking to yourself: I&#8217;m pretty sure this looks familiar. Right? That&#8217;s because the set used for Lionel Logue&#8217;s London office was previously used to depict an entirely different kind of male relationship as the set of the gay porn flick Snookered. Ok, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Detroit to get its RoboCop statue, finally.</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/hottopics/2011/02/17/detroit-to-get-its-robocop-statue-finally/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/hottopics/2011/02/17/detroit-to-get-its-robocop-statue-finally/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Feb 2011 18:41:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris Preovolos</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Detroit may finally be getting its RoboCop statue. After a tweet at Mayor Dave Bing and his subsequent dismissal of the actual need for a statue of RoboCop, a group of fans quickly raised over $50,000 for a representation of the bionic crime-fighter. Apparently, Mayor Bing felt the depiction of Detroit as a lawless, crime-ridden [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Alabama shop swaps sex toys for handguns</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/hottopics/2011/02/08/alabama-shop-swaps-sex-toys-for-handguns/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/hottopics/2011/02/08/alabama-shop-swaps-sex-toys-for-handguns/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Feb 2011 19:52:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris Preovolos</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Aiming to make streets safer and bedrooms spicier, an Alabama sex shop is offering a handgun- for-sex-toy promotion for Valentine&#8217;s Day. Sherri Williams, the owner of Pleasures, says it&#8217;s her &#8220;contribution to making love, not war here in Alabama, where guns are legal and adult toys are not,&#8221; so you might need a doctor&#8217;s note [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Super Bowl ads: Best of the commercials</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/hottopics/2011/02/07/super-bowl-ads-best-of-the-commercials/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/hottopics/2011/02/07/super-bowl-ads-best-of-the-commercials/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Feb 2011 14:02:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris Preovolos</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[In case you were in line for the bathroom during the bazillion commercial breaks, here are some of the best ads from the 2011 Super Bowl. What&#8217;s your favorite? Volkswagen: The Force Snickers: Logging Coca Cola: Border NFL: Best fans ever HomeAway: James Bond BMW: Changes Best Buy: Ozzy versus Bieber Chrysler: Imported from Detroit [...]]]></description>
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		<title>O’Reilly explains to pinheads why science doesn’t explain things</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/hottopics/2011/02/03/o%e2%80%99reilly-explains-to-pinheads-why-science-doesn%e2%80%99t-explain-things/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/hottopics/2011/02/03/o%e2%80%99reilly-explains-to-pinheads-why-science-doesn%e2%80%99t-explain-things/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Feb 2011 14:17:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris Preovolos</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Bill O&#8217;Reilly explains why science doesn&#8217;t explain everything. Get it straight pinheads.
Oddly, this video promos the premium BillOreilly.com content, meaning if you want to watch more of these semi-coherent gems, you&#8217;ll have to fork ...]]></description>
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		<title>Ice cream dude, explained</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/hottopics/2011/01/28/ice-cream-dude-explained/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/hottopics/2011/01/28/ice-cream-dude-explained/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 28 Jan 2011 18:57:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris Preovolos</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Zach Burroughs, who was pictured on the front page of Thursday&#8217;s Washington Post dashing across a downtown street in the middle of a snowstorm clutching an ice cream cone, explains his actions in a live interview today. Burroughs started something of a meme when Buzzfeed posted the picture and readers immediately began Photoshopping the image. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Lion tacos complete the circle of life</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/hottopics/2011/01/20/lion-tacos-complete-the-circle-of-life/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/hottopics/2011/01/20/lion-tacos-complete-the-circle-of-life/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 20 Jan 2011 16:43:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris Preovolos</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[ABOVE: Mmm&#8230;tacos. A Tucson taqueria is taking orders for African lion tacos as part of their &#8220;Exotic Taco Shop Wednesdays&#8221; promotion. Having made cow-eye tacos a couple of months ago, I consider myself somewhat adventurous when it comes to Mexican food, but this is kind of ridiculous. Legally, the FDA says this is all kosher [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Rush Limbaugh thinks Chinese people talk funny</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/hottopics/2011/01/20/rush-limbaugh-thinks-chinese-people-talk-funny/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/hottopics/2011/01/20/rush-limbaugh-thinks-chinese-people-talk-funny/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 20 Jan 2011 16:08:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris Preovolos</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Rush Limbaugh thinks Chinese people talk funny. But mostly, he&#8217;s just an idiot.

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		<title>Slater hater destroys Mario Lopez urinal tribute</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/hottopics/2011/01/13/slater-hater-destroys-mario-lopez-urinal-tribute/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/hottopics/2011/01/13/slater-hater-destroys-mario-lopez-urinal-tribute/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 13 Jan 2011 16:23:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris Preovolos</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[ABOVE: A now mullet-less A.C. Slater, aka Mario Lopez. Chicagoland police were summoned to a sports bar named &#8220;Mullets&#8221; after a presumably intoxicated patron destroyed a framed photograph of A.C. Slater from Saved By The Bell. The mullet was just too much. Slater, the Army Brat and school jock at Bayside, played by Mario Lopez [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Black market hooch: Four Loko trading on Craigslist</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/hottopics/2011/01/11/black-market-hooch-four-loko-trading-on-craigslist-2/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/hottopics/2011/01/11/black-market-hooch-four-loko-trading-on-craigslist-2/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 11 Jan 2011 16:14:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris Preovolos</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In a recent example of gotcha-journalism at its finest, a New York television reporter from NBC New York hits the internet in search of Four Loko. The banned caffeine-laden malt beverage has become a cult obsession among the young and drunk — even inspiring DIY concoctions — but apparently, you needn&#8217;t go farther than the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Dude, where’s my house? Pittsburgh demos wrong guy’s house</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/hottopics/2011/01/06/dude-where%e2%80%99s-my-house-pittsburgh-demos-wrong-guy%e2%80%99s-house-2/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/hottopics/2011/01/06/dude-where%e2%80%99s-my-house-pittsburgh-demos-wrong-guy%e2%80%99s-house-2/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 06 Jan 2011 18:41:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris Preovolos</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;This is not the way I wanted to start out my new year,&#8221; says Andre Hall in the understatement of the year — so far. Pittsburgh officials say contractors demolished the wrong house while Hall was away for the holidays. &#8220;Now all I got is an open lot. With nothing,&#8221; said Hall, standing in front [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Perplexing Palin retweet on Don’t Ask Don’t Tell</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/hottopics/2011/01/04/perplexing-palin-retweet-on-don%e2%80%99t-ask-don%e2%80%99t-tell-2/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/hottopics/2011/01/04/perplexing-palin-retweet-on-don%e2%80%99t-ask-don%e2%80%99t-tell-2/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 04 Jan 2011 16:04:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris Preovolos</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sarah Palin&#8217;s recent retweet of a comment from a conservative gay commentator is leaving some on the right (and left) scratching their heads. &#8220;But this hypocrisy is just truly too much. Enuf already–the more someone complains about the homos the more we should look under their bed,” tweeted Tammy Bruce, whose comment was then retweeted [...]]]></description>
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		<title>BREAKING: Sailor swears like a…sailor</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/hottopics/2011/01/03/breaking-sailor-swears-like-a%e2%80%a6sailor-2/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/hottopics/2011/01/03/breaking-sailor-swears-like-a%e2%80%a6sailor-2/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 03 Jan 2011 15:14:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris Preovolos</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The commanding officer of the USS Enterprise, a $4.5 billion dollar aircraft carrier, is in hot water this week as a three-year-old video has emerged of him dropping the f-bomb, filming &#8220;chicks in a shower,&#8221; repeatedly using anti-gay slurs and simulating a rectal exam, among other transgressions. Capt. Owen Honors, then the executive officer (XO) [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Kentucky man shoots a chupacabra, or does he?</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/hottopics/2010/12/29/kentucky-man-shoots-a-chupacabra-or-does-he-2/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/hottopics/2010/12/29/kentucky-man-shoots-a-chupacabra-or-does-he-2/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 29 Dec 2010 15:32:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris Preovolos</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.timesunion.com/hottopics/?p=3039</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[A Kentucky man may hold the secret to one of life&#8217;s greatest mysteries. But then he shot it. Legend has it, the chupacabra, a small, freakish rodent-dog-thing roams free in the Americas, spending its days sucking the blood from goats and eluding the legitimate scientific community. &#8220;It&#8217;s kind of a mystery right now,&#8221; says Mark [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Barney Frank on showering with homosexuals</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/hottopics/2010/12/23/barney-frank-on-showering-with-homosexuals-2/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/hottopics/2010/12/23/barney-frank-on-showering-with-homosexuals-2/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Dec 2010 16:46:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris Preovolos</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.timesunion.com/hottopics/?p=3023</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Barney Frank is unpredictable.
So, if you&#8217;re a reporter from a conservative news outlet and you are trying to corner the congressman about the horrors of the barracks shower room in the post &#8216;Don&#8217;t Ask Don&#8217;t Tell&#8217; environm...]]></description>
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		<title>Gold Coast Christmas wish list</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/hottopics/2010/12/22/gold-coast-christmas-wish-list-2/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/hottopics/2010/12/22/gold-coast-christmas-wish-list-2/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Dec 2010 16:45:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris Preovolos</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[All I want for Christmas is&#8230;well&#8230;everything&#8230; Apparently the recession or whatever we&#8217;re calling it now isn&#8217;t hitting everybody the same way. At least not on Wall Street. &#8220;Velvet in Dupont,&#8221; a rider on the Metro-North railroad (which carries much of the financial industry&#8217;s workforce back to their bedroom communities in Westchester and Fairfield Counties) found [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Festivus for the rest of us…even in jail</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/hottopics/2010/12/16/festivus-for-the-rest-of-us%e2%80%a6even-in-jail/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/hottopics/2010/12/16/festivus-for-the-rest-of-us%e2%80%a6even-in-jail/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Dec 2010 12:35:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris Preovolos</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Extending the traditional Festivus ritual, &#8220;The airing of the grievances,&#8221; beyond December 23rd is just one example of my piety and personal reverence for the holiday created by Seinfeld&#8217;s Frank Costanza. As Frank would say, &#8220;I got a lot of problems with you people.&#8221; But one Orange County inmate has taken it a step further, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Gitcha Goomsba Up: Best low-budget regional tourism ad ever</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/hottopics/2010/12/16/gitcha-goomsba-up-best-low-budget-regional-tourism-ad-ever/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/hottopics/2010/12/16/gitcha-goomsba-up-best-low-budget-regional-tourism-ad-ever/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Dec 2010 12:00:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris Preovolos</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Producers of lowish-budget regional tourism ads, you have been put on notice: there is a new gold standard and his name is Woody Goomsba. (read more)
&#8220;Virginia is for Lovers,&#8221; you got nothing on this:

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		<title>What would Jesus tweet? The Digital Story of the Nativity</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/hottopics/2010/12/15/what-would-jesus-tweet-the-digital-story-of-the-nativity-2/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/hottopics/2010/12/15/what-would-jesus-tweet-the-digital-story-of-the-nativity-2/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Dec 2010 18:19:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris Preovolos</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[If  Jesus was born today, in a time when social media saturates our lives, it might look something like this:

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		<title>Sketchy Santas: And you thought your holiday photos were bad</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/hottopics/2010/12/15/sketchy-santas-and-you-thought-your-holiday-photos-were-bad-2/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/hottopics/2010/12/15/sketchy-santas-and-you-thought-your-holiday-photos-were-bad-2/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Dec 2010 16:17:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris Preovolos</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[
If you thought your holiday photos were weird, wait until you see the gems at the Sketchy Santas Tumblr. Most of them are downright creepy and make me think the reason I can&#8217;t remember a single Santa photo session from my childhood is probably b...]]></description>
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		<title>YouTube top ten videos of 2010</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/hottopics/2010/12/13/youtube-top-ten-videos-of-2010-2/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/hottopics/2010/12/13/youtube-top-ten-videos-of-2010-2/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Dec 2010 18:38:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris Preovolos</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[YouTube has released its list of most-watched videos of 2010 and it&#8217;s no surprise that Bed Intruder comes in at the top.
Take a deep look into the American psyche, it&#8217;s a scary thing:
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		<title>How Obama’s approval ratings stack up with history</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/hottopics/2010/12/09/how-obama%e2%80%99s-approval-ratings-stack-up-with-history/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/hottopics/2010/12/09/how-obama%e2%80%99s-approval-ratings-stack-up-with-history/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Dec 2010 19:30:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris Preovolos</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[President Barack Obama&#8217;s once sky-high approval ratings have been on a steady slide, but how do they stack up to say, Nixon, or Carter? TalkingPointsMemo.com has compiled an interactive graphic from Gallup Poll data that shows you — month by month — just how the current president&#8217;s ratings compare to past chief executives. The graph, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How Obama’s approval ratings stack up with history</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/hottopics/2010/12/09/how-obama%e2%80%99s-approval-ratings-stack-up-with-history-6/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/hottopics/2010/12/09/how-obama%e2%80%99s-approval-ratings-stack-up-with-history-6/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Dec 2010 19:30:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris Preovolos</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[President Barack Obama&#8217;s once sky-high approval ratings have been on a steady slide, but how do they stack up to say, Nixon, or Carter? TalkingPointsMemo.com has compiled an interactive graphic from Gallup Poll data that shows you — month by month — just how the current president&#8217;s ratings compare to past chief executives. The graph, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>President of Botswana: No fat chicks</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/hottopics/2010/12/08/president-of-botswana-no-fat-chicks-2/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/hottopics/2010/12/08/president-of-botswana-no-fat-chicks-2/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Dec 2010 17:22:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris Preovolos</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The next time you&#8217;re updating your Match.com profile, you might want to ignore the advice of Botswana&#8217;s President Ian Khama, who in describing his ideal future wife used a female government official in the audience as an example of what he wasn&#8217;t looking for: &#8220;She may fail to pass through the door, breaking furniture with [...]]]></description>
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		<title>NASA discovers new form of life…in California</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/hottopics/2010/12/02/nasa-discovers-new-form-of-life%e2%80%a6in-california-2/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/hottopics/2010/12/02/nasa-discovers-new-form-of-life%e2%80%a6in-california-2/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Dec 2010 21:05:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris Preovolos</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[NASA researchers announced today they&#8217;ve discovered a totally different type of life form that some go so far as to call  &#8220;alien.&#8221; No, not on Mars, but in California&#8217;s Mono Lake. According to NASA, the discovery of a bacteria made of arsenic, totally throws a wrench into how we think about life on earth and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Video: Leslie Nielsen 1926-2010</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/hottopics/2010/11/29/video-leslie-nielsen-1926-2010-2/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/hottopics/2010/11/29/video-leslie-nielsen-1926-2010-2/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Nov 2010 14:40:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris Preovolos</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;Don&#8217;t call me Shirley.&#8221;

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		<title>Steven Slater, don’t quit your day job. Oh, wait…</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/hottopics/2010/11/18/steven-slater-don%e2%80%99t-quit-your-day-job-oh-wait%e2%80%a6/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/hottopics/2010/11/18/steven-slater-don%e2%80%99t-quit-your-day-job-oh-wait%e2%80%a6/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Nov 2010 18:08:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris Preovolos</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Apparently, the dude who quit his job as a JetBlue flight attendant by telling a passenger to f-off, stealing a couple of beers and exiting via the jet&#8217;s emergency slide, is back. Stephen Slater&#8217;s trying to grab the spotlight once again in an even more pathetic call for attention: He&#8217;s rapping. Poorly. (Actually, it&#8217;s an [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Steven Slater, don’t quit your day job. Oh, wait…</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/hottopics/2010/11/18/steven-slater-don%e2%80%99t-quit-your-day-job-oh-wait%e2%80%a6-2/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/hottopics/2010/11/18/steven-slater-don%e2%80%99t-quit-your-day-job-oh-wait%e2%80%a6-2/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Nov 2010 18:08:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris Preovolos</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Apparently, the dude who quit his job as a JetBlue flight attendant by telling a passenger to f-off, stealing a couple of beers and exiting via the jet&#8217;s emergency slide, is back. Stephen Slater&#8217;s trying to grab the spotlight once again in an even more pathetic call for attention: He&#8217;s rapping. Poorly. (Actually, it&#8217;s an [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Four Loko bans spawn homebrews</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/hottopics/2010/11/17/four-loko-bans-spawn-homebrews-2/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/hottopics/2010/11/17/four-loko-bans-spawn-homebrews-2/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Nov 2010 14:55:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris Preovolos</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[With states quickly moving to ban Four Loko and other caffeinated alcoholic drinks (and the FDA looking into a wider prohibition) the drink&#8217;s producer says they are dropping caffeine from the recipe. I&#8217;ll admit to not fully understanding the phenomenon; in a moment of curiosity last week, I tried the Four Loko &#8220;purple drank&#8221; garbage [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Cee-Lo Green: Fox News, the other F-bomb</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/hottopics/2010/11/10/cee-lo-green-fox-news-the-other-f-bomb-2/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/hottopics/2010/11/10/cee-lo-green-fox-news-the-other-f-bomb-2/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Nov 2010 17:22:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris Preovolos</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Cee-Lo Green, whose runaway hit of the summer, &#8220;F*ck You,&#8221; appeared on the Colbert Report Tuesday, swapping out &#8220;Fox News&#8221; for the f-bomb&#8230;though in some circles there isn&#8217;t much of a difference. Watch it here: The uncensored video (warning: contains adult language): The Colbert Report Mon &#8211; Thurs 11:30pm / 10:30c Cee Lo Green &#8211; [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Traitor: Cleveland’s response to LeBron’s Nike ad</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/hottopics/2010/11/09/traitor-cleveland%e2%80%99s-response-to-lebron%e2%80%99s-nike-ad/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/hottopics/2010/11/09/traitor-cleveland%e2%80%99s-response-to-lebron%e2%80%99s-nike-ad/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Nov 2010 14:36:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris Preovolos</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Apparently they haven&#8217;t forgiven LeBron in Cleveland, as evidenced by this response to Nike&#8217;s &#8220;Rise&#8221; commercial.
Brilliant.

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		<title>Exploding MacBook Air: Hipsters and explosives don’t mix</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/hottopics/2010/10/28/exploding-macbook-air-hipsters-and-explosives-don%e2%80%99t-mix/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/hottopics/2010/10/28/exploding-macbook-air-hipsters-and-explosives-don%e2%80%99t-mix/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 28 Oct 2010 15:58:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris Preovolos</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In case you needed more proof that hipsters and low-grade explosives don&#8217;t mix:
Steve Jobs recently announced the release of two new MacBook Air models, thus rendering older generation Airs completely useless to early adopters around the globe, a...]]></description>
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		<title>Colorado waives medical-marijuana fee for the poor</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/hottopics/2010/10/21/colorado-waives-medical-marijuana-fee-for-the-poor/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/hottopics/2010/10/21/colorado-waives-medical-marijuana-fee-for-the-poor/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 21 Oct 2010 18:01:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris Preovolos</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Medical-marijuana is becoming even more accessible in Colorado, at least for those deemed indigent by state bureaucrats. The Rocky Mountain State is waiving the $90 application fee for the state&#8217;s medical-marijuana registry at the urging of the state legislature. But not everybody is happy, critics argue the program isn&#8217;t as encompassing as they&#8217;d like it. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>On Jimmy McMillan: I don’t know karate, but I know karazy</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/hottopics/2010/10/19/on-jimmy-mcmillan-i-don%e2%80%99t-know-karate-but-i-know-karazy/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/hottopics/2010/10/19/on-jimmy-mcmillan-i-don%e2%80%99t-know-karate-but-i-know-karazy/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 19 Oct 2010 17:42:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris Preovolos</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[New York gubernatorial hopeful Jimmy McMillan, of the Rent is 2 Damn High Party, may not have won Monday night&#8217;s debate, but there&#8217;s no question where he stands on the rent (It&#8217;s 2 damn high). McMillan is the political newcomer among the candidates, but as a self-proclaimed karate expert who speaks in couplets, he&#8217;s definitely [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Mad Men finale: Megan’s teeth take centerstage. Finally.</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/hottopics/2010/10/18/mad-men-finale-megan%e2%80%99s-teeth-take-centerstage-finally/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/hottopics/2010/10/18/mad-men-finale-megan%e2%80%99s-teeth-take-centerstage-finally/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 18 Oct 2010 14:18:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris Preovolos</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[With a stunning turn of events in last night&#8217;s Mad Men finale, series creator Matthew Weiner finally addressed the elephant in the Sterling Cooper Draper Pryce lunch room: Megan&#8217;s teeth. I don&#8217;t want to come off as superficial, but you know it&#8217;s been nagging at you the entire season. I kept my mouth shut when [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Top Gun: Highway to the sequel zone</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/hottopics/2010/10/15/top-gun-highway-to-the-sequel-zone/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/hottopics/2010/10/15/top-gun-highway-to-the-sequel-zone/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 15 Oct 2010 15:06:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris Preovolos</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Just when you thought you were safe from yet another Tom Cruise sequel (though Mission Impossible IV isn&#8217;t even out yet) the internet is abuzz with reports that Top Gun 2 may be in the works. The only good to possibly come of this seeing hipsters everywhere ditch their aviator sunglasses as they recoil at [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Vote for ‘Whitey’</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/hottopics/2010/10/14/vote-for-%e2%80%98whitey%e2%80%99/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/hottopics/2010/10/14/vote-for-%e2%80%98whitey%e2%80%99/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 14 Oct 2010 19:35:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris Preovolos</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[(Photo/Flickr, laverrue) Further proving the American political system&#8217;s fabled &#8216;smoke filled room&#8217; really is controlled by rich white dudes, the Green Party&#8217;s gubernatorial candidate in Illinois is Rich Whitey. Well not really, but some ballots in Chicago feature the unfortunate misspelling of Rich Whitney&#8217;s last name. CHICAGO TRIBUNE: Election officials in Chicago say Green Party [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Tommie Smith to sell Olympic gold medal</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/hottopics/2010/10/14/tommie-smith-to-sell-olympic-gold-medal/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/hottopics/2010/10/14/tommie-smith-to-sell-olympic-gold-medal/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 14 Oct 2010 14:56:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris Preovolos</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[ABOVE: San Jose State&#8217;s Tommie Smith, center, winner of the Olympic gold medal in the 200-meter dash, raises his hand in a black power salute along with teammate and bronze medal winner John Carlos. It was a defining moment in Olympic history. When sprinters Tommie Smith and John Carlos, raised a black power salute on [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Tribune exec suspended for racy email</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/hottopics/2010/10/13/tribune-exec-suspended-for-racy-email/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/hottopics/2010/10/13/tribune-exec-suspended-for-racy-email/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Oct 2010 19:45:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris Preovolos</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[If you thought Dunder Mifflin&#8217;s Michael Scott was bad, wait until you see this. Tribune Co.&#8217;s Lee Abrams is known for sending out, um, wacky emails to company employees in an effort to foster outside-the-box thinking. It&#8217;s all part of his job as the media company&#8217;s &#8216;chief innovation officer,&#8217; but what possesses anyone to fire [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Banksy on The Simpsons: So that’s where I left my unicorn hole punch.</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/hottopics/2010/10/12/banksy-on-the-simpsons-so-that%e2%80%99s-where-i-left-my-unicorn-hole-punch/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/hottopics/2010/10/12/banksy-on-the-simpsons-so-that%e2%80%99s-where-i-left-my-unicorn-hole-punch/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 12 Oct 2010 14:37:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris Preovolos</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[ABOVE: Banksy, a controversial British graffiti artist, created intro to Sunday&#8217;s episode of The Simpsons. Here is some of his more conventional unconventional work. Banksy&#8217;s Simpsons intro created something of a buzz on the internet this week, mostly because nobody actually watches The Simpsons anymore a lot of people thought the whole thing might be [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The cult of the McRib: Celebrating mystery meat</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/hottopics/2010/10/11/the-cult-of-the-mcrib-celebrating-mystery-meat/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/hottopics/2010/10/11/the-cult-of-the-mcrib-celebrating-mystery-meat/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 11 Oct 2010 16:54:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris Preovolos</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;For God so loved the world that he gave his only begotten sandwich, that whosoever believeth in it shall not starve, but have everlasting fullness.&#8221; This is how JaShong King, a photo editor from Toronto, describes his beloved McRib, paraphrasing the Gospel of John. He is not alone. The Wall Street Journal today delves into [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Don’t stop believing, Giants fans</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/hottopics/2010/10/11/don%e2%80%99t-stop-believing-giants-fans/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/hottopics/2010/10/11/don%e2%80%99t-stop-believing-giants-fans/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 11 Oct 2010 14:32:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris Preovolos</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[
Sports tribute videos don&#8217;t get a whole lot better than this and with Sunday&#8217;s Bill Buckner-esque error by Braves second baseman Brooks Conrad, Giants fans shouldn&#8217;t stop believing.
Produced by Whitecollarbrawler.com, the guys that b...]]></description>
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		<title>Hypocrisy, Lou Dobbs’ real illegal immigration problem?</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/hottopics/2010/10/07/hypocrisy-lou-dobbs%e2%80%99-real-illegal-immigration-problem/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/hottopics/2010/10/07/hypocrisy-lou-dobbs%e2%80%99-real-illegal-immigration-problem/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 07 Oct 2010 16:32:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris Preovolos</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[America knows one-trick-pony Lou Dobbs as the country’s self-appointed, self-aggrandizing illegal immigration watchdog, but according to The Nation, we now know him as the employer of the very undocumented workers he railed against. The Nation&#8217;s Isabel Macdonald claims Dobbs employed — either directly or through contractors — undocumented workers to maintain his properties and care [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Congress breaks up with Stephen Colbert</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/hottopics/2010/09/30/congress-breaks-up-with-stephen-colbert/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/hottopics/2010/09/30/congress-breaks-up-with-stephen-colbert/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 30 Sep 2010 17:55:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris Preovolos</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Most of the Jon Stewart/Stephen Colbert chatter these days is about a proposed &#8220;Rally to Restore Sanity&#8221; in Washington D.C. next month — President Obama even seemed to support it yesterday. But not everybody is jumping on the bandwagon as Politico reports on a growing uneasiness in Washington with the Comedy Central show. POLITICO: “Generally, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Barack Obama, Lil Wayne’s newest fan?</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/hottopics/2010/09/29/barack-obama-lil-wayne%e2%80%99s-newest-fan/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/hottopics/2010/09/29/barack-obama-lil-wayne%e2%80%99s-newest-fan/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 29 Sep 2010 15:49:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris Preovolos</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Photo illustration/Chris Preovolos Lil Wayne has been busy. Besides dropping a new album and promoting the new Def Jam Rapstar video game — all while in lock-up at Rikers Island — he&#8217;s managed to infiltrate the president&#8217;s iPod. Obama has recently become a fan of the New Orleans rapper, according to a lengthy interview in an [...]]]></description>
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		<title>John Boehner’s tan is real. Or so he says.</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/hottopics/2010/09/24/john-boehner%e2%80%99s-tan-is-real-or-so-he-says/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/hottopics/2010/09/24/john-boehner%e2%80%99s-tan-is-real-or-so-he-says/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 24 Sep 2010 15:00:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris Preovolos</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[ABOVE: House Minority Leader John Boehner (R-Ohio) attributes his George Hamilton-esque tan to genetics and his love of golf. John Boehner&#8217;s tan is real. Or so he says. Confronting the constant speculation over the Oompa-Loompa-ish hue of his skin, the House Minority Leader finally went on the record in an interview with the Wall Street [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Stephen Hawking, belief in God and the multiverse</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/hottopics/2010/09/03/stephen-hawking-belief-in-god-and-the-multiverse/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/hottopics/2010/09/03/stephen-hawking-belief-in-god-and-the-multiverse/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Sep 2010 16:07:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris Preovolos</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Physicist Stephen Hawking is certainly not the first scientist to dismiss thousands of years of religious belief, but he&#8217;s the latest. And he&#8217;s got a new book. Hawking and Caltech physicist Leonard Mlodinow, in &#8220;The Grand Design,&#8221; tackle questions both scientific and philosophical, exploring man&#8217;s understanding of how life came to be. The authors argue [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Photography expert retracts Ansel Adams claim</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/hottopics/2010/08/31/photography-expert-retracts-ansel-adams-claim/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/hottopics/2010/08/31/photography-expert-retracts-ansel-adams-claim/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 31 Aug 2010 15:59:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris Preovolos</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Courtesy Rick Norsigian When an appraiser and group of photography experts delcared last month a batch of negatives discovered at a California garage sale to be authentic works by Ansel Adams, the debate over their authenticity quickly developed. The Associated Press reported Friday that a planned screening of a documentary about the photographs at California [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Get ready America, Glenn Beck has a dream</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/hottopics/2010/08/27/get-ready-america-glenn-beck-has-a-dream-2/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/hottopics/2010/08/27/get-ready-america-glenn-beck-has-a-dream-2/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Aug 2010 16:59:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris Preovolos</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;I am happy to join with you today in what will go down in history as the greatest demonstration for freedom in the history of our nation.&#8221; With these words, Martin Luther King, standing on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial, opened perhaps the most famous speech in modern times. But Glenn Beck has a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>All those hours watching The Wire might pay off</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/hottopics/2010/08/24/all-those-hours-watching-the-wire-might-pay-off/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/hottopics/2010/08/24/all-those-hours-watching-the-wire-might-pay-off/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Aug 2010 19:52:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris Preovolos</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[ABOVE: Classic lines from The Wire (totally NSFW, unless you have headphones). The DEA needs David Simon. Or maybe they should just collectively watch some reruns of The Wire. According to the Associated Press, the Feds are in need of Ebonics translators to help with drug investigations (no, really): The Drug Enforcement Administration recently sent [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Cee-Lo to Shawhank warden: F*@% you too</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/hottopics/2010/08/24/cee-lo-to-shawhank-warden-f-you-too/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/hottopics/2010/08/24/cee-lo-to-shawhank-warden-f-you-too/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Aug 2010 16:13:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris Preovolos</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[ABOVE: The mashup which is — for obvious reasons — NSFW. Cee-Lo to Shawhank warden: F*@% you too. Well not exactly,  but it didn&#8217;t take long for somebody to create a mashup of Cee-Lo&#8217;s instantly-popular single (that went viral last week) and the opera scene from The Shawshank Redemption. The original scene was nears perfection [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Strippers weigh in on ‘ground zero mosque’</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/hottopics/2010/08/20/strippers-weigh-in-on-%e2%80%98ground-zero-mosque%e2%80%99/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/hottopics/2010/08/20/strippers-weigh-in-on-%e2%80%98ground-zero-mosque%e2%80%99/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Aug 2010 14:25:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris Preovolos</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[File photo: Getty Images We&#8217;ve heard from the president. We&#8217;ve heard from the mayor. We&#8217;ve heard from countless cable news commentators. But in the national debate over the possibility of an Islamic center near ground zero, the voices of one minority have been lost in the noise. What about the strippers? It turns out, they [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Hide yo’ kids, hide yo’ wife, Auto-Tune the News gets a pilot</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/hottopics/2010/08/16/hide-yo%e2%80%99-kids-hide-yo%e2%80%99-wife-auto-tune-the-news-gets-a-pilot/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/hottopics/2010/08/16/hide-yo%e2%80%99-kids-hide-yo%e2%80%99-wife-auto-tune-the-news-gets-a-pilot/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Aug 2010 16:30:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris Preovolos</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[ABOVE: The Gregory Brothers&#8217; Auto-Tuned version of the Antoine Dodson interview. Hide yo&#8217; kids, hide yo&#8217; wife, there is no stopping Antoine Dodson. From marching bands to singer/songwriters, the Gregory Brothers, of Auto-Tune the News fame, have inspired thousands to create their own versions of Dodson&#8217;s ridiculously popular video that first hit the internet as [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Dr. Laura: Still crazy after all these years</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/hottopics/2010/08/13/dr-laura-still-crazy-after-all-these-years/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/hottopics/2010/08/13/dr-laura-still-crazy-after-all-these-years/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Aug 2010 20:33:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris Preovolos</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[ABOVE: Dr. Laura Schlessinger speaks in L.A. earlier this year. Proving she&#8217;s still crazy after all these years, Dr. Laura Schlessinger drops the n-bomb 11 times during a conversation on her radio show with a black female caller whom Schlessinger suggests might be hypersensitive to issues of race. Schlessinger has since issued an apology. Transcript [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Rock [Band] en Español</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/hottopics/2010/08/11/rock-band-en-espanol/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Aug 2010 17:07:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris Preovolos</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Tapping into a massive yet largely ignored gaming audience, the makers of the video game Rock Band have added the Colombian rocker Juanes to its ever-expanding line up of tracks. According to NPR&#8217;s Alt.Latino blog, the Harmonix and MTV Games enterprise added six Spanish-language tracks last month, a small nod to an increasingly important market. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Taco Bell launches ‘street tacos,’ foodies recoil</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/hottopics/2010/08/05/taco-bell-launches-%e2%80%98street-tacos%e2%80%99-foodies-recoil/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/hottopics/2010/08/05/taco-bell-launches-%e2%80%98street-tacos%e2%80%99-foodies-recoil/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Aug 2010 14:05:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris Preovolos</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[ABOVE: Taco Bell&#8217;s new Cantina Tacos are &#8220;based upon authentic-style Mexican street tacos.&#8221; An art form that evolved from hot dog carts, roach coaches — and the king of all mobile food purveyors, the taco truck — American &#8216;street food&#8217; has become wildly popular. From dessert and waffle trucks to mobile pizza ovens and the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Weiner is mad as hell and he’s not going to take it anymore</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/hottopics/2010/07/30/weiner-is-mad-as-hell-and-he%e2%80%99s-not-going-to-take-it-anymore/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/hottopics/2010/07/30/weiner-is-mad-as-hell-and-he%e2%80%99s-not-going-to-take-it-anymore/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Jul 2010 16:38:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris Preovolos</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Congressman Anthony Weiner is pissed off. Last night, House Republicans rallied enough support to defeat a bill that aimed to provide first responders stricken with illness from 9/11 toxins with billions in federal aid. The bill, named for NYPD detective James Zadroga who died years after 9/11 from inhaling the toxic dust at ground zero, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>No more “sh–y deals” for Goldman, at least in emails</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/hottopics/2010/07/29/no-more-%e2%80%9csh%e2%80%93y-deals%e2%80%9d-for-goldman-at-least-in-emails/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Jul 2010 15:40:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris Preovolos</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[ABOVE: Lloyd Blankfein, chairman and CEO of The Goldman Sachs Group, testifies on Capitol Hill in April. If you never thought finance guys could swear like sailors, you obviously haven&#8217;t been to a downtown Manhattan bar after the market close. But Goldman Sachs is following fellow banking giants in formally banning profanity in emails following [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Morning jolt: 20 most caffeine-addled cities</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/hottopics/2010/07/28/morning-jolt-20-most-caffeine-addled-cities/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/hottopics/2010/07/28/morning-jolt-20-most-caffeine-addled-cities/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Jul 2010 14:50:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris Preovolos</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Chances are you&#8217;re probably reading this with your morning cup of coffee — or in my case, a string of double espressos. It&#8217;s true, America loves its coffee, perhaps even more than we love lists. Marrying the two, The Daily Beast crunched the data; coffee shops per capita, average monthly spending on coffee, etc. and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>$200M Ansel Adams garage sale find?</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/hottopics/2010/07/27/200m-ansel-adams-garage-sale-find/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/hottopics/2010/07/27/200m-ansel-adams-garage-sale-find/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Jul 2010 15:00:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris Preovolos</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[CNN reports today that a collector has unearthed $200,000,000 of long-lost Ansel Adams negatives. Rick Norsigian, of Fresno, Calif., reportedly picked up the box of glass negatives for the princely sum of $45 at a garage sale. That was 10 years ago. After spending the next decade searching for answers, a Beverly Hills appraiser working [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Nerds unite, fight religious extremists at Comic-Con</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/hottopics/2010/07/23/nerds-unite-fight-religious-extremists-at-comic-con/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/hottopics/2010/07/23/nerds-unite-fight-religious-extremists-at-comic-con/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Jul 2010 16:28:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris Preovolos</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[ABOVE: A Trekkie satirizes the Fred &#8220;God hates fags&#8221; Phelps mantra. The zealots from the Westboro Baptist Church made an appearance at Comic-Con International in San Diego this week. The Kansas-based church headed by the controversial pastor Fred Phelps, travels nationally to stage pickets, generally pushing an anti-gay agenda. It seems they are branching out. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>“Anybody mind if I take off my pants?” A Mad Men montage</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/hottopics/2010/07/21/%e2%80%9canybody-mind-if-i-take-off-my-pants%e2%80%9d-a-mad-men-montage/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/hottopics/2010/07/21/%e2%80%9canybody-mind-if-i-take-off-my-pants%e2%80%9d-a-mad-men-montage/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Jul 2010 16:00:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris Preovolos</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[ABOVE: Mad Men stars arrive at this week&#8217;s premiere party. The show returns to AMC on Sunday. The season premiere of Mad Men is still days away, but don&#8217;t let that stop you from reveling in their special brand of mid-century sexual innuendo. Fortunately, YouTube has a montage of the Sterling Cooper execs at the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Jobs: I find your lack of faith disturbing</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/hottopics/2010/07/19/jobs-i-find-your-lack-of-faith-disturbing/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/hottopics/2010/07/19/jobs-i-find-your-lack-of-faith-disturbing/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Jul 2010 17:25:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris Preovolos</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The force is strong with Apple CEO Steve Jobs,  according to the Hong Kong-based animators who brought you the infamous Tiger Woods accident reenactment. The folks at Next Media have released another comically-genius animated short that distills the controversy surrounding Apple&#8217;s iPhone 4 into a classic saga of good versus evil — or at least [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Letterman blackmailer up for Emmy</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/hottopics/2010/07/16/letterman-blackmailer-up-for-emmy/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/hottopics/2010/07/16/letterman-blackmailer-up-for-emmy/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Jul 2010 15:16:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris Preovolos</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Television producer Robert Halderman might be serving a six-month stretch at Rikers Island for the attempted extortion of David Letterman, but that didn&#8217;t stop him from picking up an Emmy nomination this week. Ironically, this comes after the late-night host was himself was passed over for a nomination this year. But Halderman, already a star [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Baseball mogul, iconoclast, Seinfeld star</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/hottopics/2010/07/14/baseball-mogul-iconoclast-seinfeld-star/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/hottopics/2010/07/14/baseball-mogul-iconoclast-seinfeld-star/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Jul 2010 11:47:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris Preovolos</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Amid the deluge of inexplicably saccharine George Steinbrenner tributes, a few have cited Larry David&#8217;s parodies of &#8220;The Boss&#8221; on Seinfeld as an example of the late Yankees owner&#8217;s cultural reach. Oddly enough, outside of New York and the sports world, he may be best known for these comedic portrayals. The Bleacher Report, a popular [...]]]></description>
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