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The Daily Word in nearby planets, your sucky job and the Bruce endorsement

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Bruce Springsteen endorses Obama.

Ex-senator George McGovern is "no longer responsive."

Newsweek to end print edition by 2013.

Who is the biggest asshole on the internet?

2C-I (pronounced "2-C-eye") is the new synthetic drug all the cool kids are talking about

Twitter officially censors an account for the first time. It's cool because it was an account for a neo-Nazi group, right?

Does your job make the world a worse place?

Nearby Earth-sized planet discovered.

Judge rules DC Comics will retain the rights to Superman.

Sound like a tough guy by incorporating more prison slang into your vocabulary.

Replace your fancy cutlery with these stone age tools.

Giant Panda, it's finger-ling-linging good!

Stephen Colbert's "Alpha Dog of the Week" is my favorite kind of hypocrite.

Orlando couple in trouble for letting their freak-flag fly on the a restaurant patio.

Happy Birthday Pam Dawber!!!

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The Daily Word in debate hangovers

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Consensus is that President Obama and KitchenAid lost last night's debate, leaving Neil deGrasse Tyson and Big Bird the clear winners.

Facebook has a billion daily users and none of them will like the picture of your kid doing that thing you posted.

White college kids from Texas do the craziest things.

Food prices rising at Balloon Fiesta.

Chicago police find 1,000 pot plants growing in a field.

Arrests made following this weekends shooting at Fantasy World.

Miguel Cabrera wins baseball's first Triple Crown since 1967.

Cheese smugglers busted in Canada.

What if everyone on earth pointed a laser pointer at the moon at the same time?

Chevy dealer totally sorry he had you arrested over pricing error.

Can a new font help dyslexic readers?

Happy Birthday Charlton Heston!!!

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Hey, watch this video I've been obsessing over

I saw South Korean rapper PSY's new video for the first time last night and have watched it at least a dozen times since then. It is quite possibly the greatest video ever made. What the hell is wrong with me?

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The Daily Word in ebola outbreak and no power in India

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Billboard in Idaho compares President Obama to the Aurora shooting suspect.

Ebola outbreak in Uganda.

200,000 flee as government troops advance on Aleppo, Syria.

La Cienaga man acquitted of cockfighting charges sues the county.

#NBCfail

370 million without power in India.

How do the 1986 Summer Olympics compare to the modern games?

Oh no, Lumpy's!

Six people shot in Brooklyn drive-by.

Pussy Riot in Russia, but not the good kind.

You can't make a proper breakfastini without coffee and bacon infused vodka.

The nine most elusive meals in America.

This Arrested Development thing might actually be happening.

Happy Birthday Dick Wilson!!!

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The Daily Word in Olympic fonts and shrunken heads

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Food prices set to rise as a result of drought.

Jon Stewart breaks down Obama's "you didn't build that" controversy.

Los Angeles city council bans marijuana dispensaries.

USDA apologizes for suggesting that maybe one day a week you cool it with the meat.

What's going on at Michael Jackson's house?

Police standoff in Mountainair.

How to deal with your terrible editorial department coworkers.

Cal Ripken's mom safe at home after kidnapping.

Man sued for downloading porn countersues for defamation.

Designers reveal the Rio 2016 Olympics typeface.

Please tell me you didn't buy one of those tortilla bowl pans.

Scientists prove shrunken heads are real, with science.

Happy Birthday Vivian Vance!!!

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The Daily Word with a chat with George Zimmerman, bee attack and Fred Willard

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Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia talks to Piers Morgan.

Suicide bombing in Bulgaria targeting Israeli vacationers.

George Zimmerman gives his first interview, has no soul regrets.

Man attacked by swarm of bees in Las Cruces.

Attempted kidnapping in Philadelphia caught on tape.

US Olympic Committee = dicks.

Emmys!

Rockstar astrophysicist Neil Degrasse Tyson explains why the original Star Trek Enterprise is the best ship ever.

Chick-Fil-A President Dan Cathy is totally not gay.

There is a town called Bikinis, TX and I want to go there.

Maybe you should just shut up and make some peach cobbler this weekend?

It's The Wire in Legos.

78-year-old actor Fred Willard arrested at Los Angeles adult movie theater.

Star Wars "Call Me Maybe" supercut.

Happy Birthday to the Rock 'n Roll Express' Robert Gibson!!!

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The Daily Word in dead turtles and a missing Congressman

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Former FBI Director Louis Freeh releases his report on the investigation into the coverup at Penn State.

House Republicans vote for the 30th time to repeal the Affordable Health Care Act.

The Las Cruces doctor who wrote more prescriptions than the entire UNM medical school has had his license suspended.

The Bosque will reopen on Friday.

Workers in Trinadad are totally sorry about crushing thousands of endangered leatherback turtle eggs.

Mississippians will still be able to get abortions, for now.

Pantone chart of all human skin colors.

Scientists finally discover a new moon orbiting Pluto.

Netflix is your new babysitter.

Who drinks the most soda? USA! USA! USA!

Congressman Jesse Jackson Jr has been missing since June.

Five classic movies you'll never get to see because they were never made.

If you want to eat french fries at Olympic Park in London head to McDonald's.

Happy Birthday Curly Joe DeRita!!!

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The Daily Word in depraved penguin sex and Gordon Ramsay self-destruction

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Military suicide rate at highest level in ten years.

Is the Obama administration using leaks to bolster the President's image?

Small town murder rates are climbing.

It's not gonna happen, Jeb Bush.

Fire at the the downtown Hyatt overnight.

How prepared is the military for the eventual alien invasion?

Georgia widow wins $3 million lawsuit after husband dies during three-way.

"We're not racists, we just want to be with white people." said racist KKK member while defending the group's Adopt-A-Highway application.

Self-destruct with Gordon Ramsay.

Dead toddler comes back to life, then doesn't

The most shoplifted items are …

Trees reveal mysterious 1,200 year old radiation burst.

ATTN sinners: Introvale birth control pills recalled.

Depraved penguin sex scandalized uptight polar explorers.

Don't worry Israel, those weird lights in the sky are just the Russians testing their ICBs.

115 years together is enough for these tortoises.

Fiona Apple has a new album.

Pizza Hut getting into the gross sandwich business.

Happy Birthday, Peter Dinklage!!!

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The Daily Word in Zimmerman, Sarkozy, Gibb, Majors and urine.

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George Zimmerman was released on bail.

Robin Gibb woke up from his coma-a-a.

Sarkozy faces a run-off election.

Windy City L tracks vanquished a urinating Hoosier.

What would you pay for a female gladiator statue?

Prince of Persia’s source code was rescued. Whew.

Viva Wal-Mart.

Learn why even male politicians don’t have beards.

I simply must watch Ghostwatch.

Babies. How quickly they grow.

The lost fairytale of the Turnip Princess was discovered just not in time for my childhood.

Bigfoot walked by while I was jumping my scooter over a skateboard. Dude.

A 95-year-old driver smashed his car into the Los Alamos McDonald’s.

Albuquerque kids Valoree Davis and Dennis Pelier are missing.

Happy birthday, Lee Majors.