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	<title>Hot Topics &#187; phockaday@sfgate.com (Peter Hockaday)</title>
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		<title>Pizza Hut offers $10K proposal package</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/hottopics/2012/02/09/pizza-hut-offers-10k-proposal-package/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Feb 2012 02:58:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>phockaday@sfgate.com (Peter Hockaday)</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The ring, the limo, the flowers … the pizza? Pizza Hut is offering all the above in its Valentine’s Day proposal package. It may seem like a gag promotion, but the pizza chain is serious. Only 10 couples will be lucky enough to pay $10,010 (plus tax, sorry California) for a package that includes a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Fans ask Oscars to let the Muppets sing</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Feb 2012 22:19:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>phockaday@sfgate.com (Peter Hockaday)</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Oh, the hu-Muppet-y! For only the third time since 1946, producers of the Academy Awards have decided to nix the in-show performances of the Best Original Song nominees. Deadline Hollywood says it’s to make the broadcast shorter. But the timing is terrible: The Academy essentially nixed the Muppets, as the excellent song “Man or Muppet” [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Man who climbed Los Angeles tower lured down by McDonald’s</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Feb 2012 21:35:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>phockaday@sfgate.com (Peter Hockaday)</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The bizarre tale of a man who climbed a tower in Los Angeles as he shed his clothes got even more bizarre Thursday, as the Los Angeles Times reported he was convinced by burgers to end the incident. According to the Times: At one point, police sources said, he asked for hamburgers from McDonald’s. Officials [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ellen DeGeneres in JC Penney flap; Does push-ups with Michelle Obama</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Feb 2012 03:34:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>phockaday@sfgate.com (Peter Hockaday)</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It’s been a big week in Ellen’s world. First came Kristen Bell and her crazy sloth-love, now this. Recently, DeGeneres was hired as a new spokesperson for JC Penney. She worked there as a teen and said “I’m excited to tell everybody about this partnership.” But not everybody was excited: Today, one organization called for [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The best Super Bowl ad you won’t see in the U.S.</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Feb 2012 01:06:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>phockaday@sfgate.com (Peter Hockaday)</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Warning: The following video might contain hockey-like content. For that reason, Budweiser will be showing its heartstring-tugging “Flash Fans” ad on Super Bowl Sunday in Canada only. But that’s too bad, because this is the only good “flash mob” ad ever made. If you’ve ever played rec sports, can you imagine if a massive crowd [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Video of Blake Griffin, LeBron James’ dunk of the year offerings</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 31 Jan 2012 05:46:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Los Angeles Clippers’ Blake Griffin has already gained a reputation for being a big dunker in his young career, but he topped himself Monday night with a far-out jam over the Oklahoma City Thunder’s Kendrick Perkins. See the dunk that sent the announcers and Twitter into a frenzy: The dunk came only one night [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Matthew Broderick teases Ferris Bueller Super Bowl ad</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Jan 2012 00:27:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Bueller? Bueller? The web is abuzz that Ferris himself may return during the Super Bowl, or maybe even to theaters, after a cryptic video was posted on YouTube today. The video shows Matthew Broderick throwing open some curtains and asking, “How can I handle work on a day like today?” The very Bueller “Oh Yeah” [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Paula Deen caught on video chowing down on cheeseburger</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Jan 2012 22:40:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>phockaday@sfgate.com (Peter Hockaday)</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Paula Deen isn’t letting Type 2 diabetes keep her down. Splash has posted a video of the celebrity chef, who has come under fire for promoting a diabetes drug and hiding her disease, enjoying a cheeseburger and fries during her annual Paula Deen Party at Sea cruise. TMZ also has a photo if you want [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Girl collapses after eating mostly chicken nuggets for 15 years</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Jan 2012 20:37:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>phockaday@sfgate.com (Peter Hockaday)</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In a chicken-flavored version of the “Super Size Me” documentary, a British girl is apparently dealing with the consequences of eating nothing but chicken nuggets and french fries for 15 straight years. According to tabloids The Sun and the Daily Mail, 17-year-old Stacey Irvine of Birmingham has been eating chicken nuggets since the age of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Teen asks for boycott of Girl Scout cookies over transgender controversy</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Jan 2012 21:30:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The debate over a transgender youth joining the Girl Scouts has flared up again, and now your Thin Mints are at stake. Back in October, transgender 7-year-old Bobby Montoya was first rejected, then eventually accepted by a Denver Girl Scout troop. Now, a group calling itself Honest Girl Scouts has published a web site and issued statements [...]]]></description>
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