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Headlines for 27 November 2002

New York’s currently: having a great holiday, see you on Monday

 Tarzan’s Tripes Forever, a shaggy dog story archive. Includes extremely good jokes such as the polar bear at a bar and Nick Nolte. [ via ft ]

 Madhouse at the Ocean Spray Cranberry hotline on Thanksgiving.

 Italian doctor claims first cloned baby to be born in January.

 Traveling by air for the holiday? Consult Southwest Airlines’s ‘Travel Tips From The Experts.’

 Kevin Guilfoile and Amy Krouse Rosenthal to read at the ‘Mirth of a Nation Roadshow,’ December 3 in Chicago.

 Ratio of the number of pardons George W. Bush has issued turkeys to those he has issued human beings: 2:1.

 Salman Rushdie on the other Rushdies attacked by Islamic fanatacism.

 How economist Paul Krugman became the most important political columnist in America.

 The history of organized crime: Gang Rule.

 Car wrecked by drive-by-pumpkining.

 ABC wonders if popular site blackpeopleloveus.com is offensive or funny. [ thanks jessa ]

 Texans can visit the unique Chapel of Thanksgiving.

 For rock fans with shoulder bags: The Emo game: silly, cute, strangely involving rape.

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