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Hilarious Irreverence: Fark's Headline of the Year Winners

One thing you find out pretty fast working at Fark is that any news story -- no matter how grim -- can be turned into a joke. For those of you not familiar with Fark.com, it's a deeply irreverent social-media news site run by Drew Curtis, where even the most dreary headlines are churned into comedy. Each day, members of...

The Lighter Side of WikiLeaks

(Dec. 7) -- When it comes to WikiLeaks, not every news story about the whistle-blower group has to be so doom and gloom. As the general public clings to each new development in the ongoing Julian Assange saga, the lighthearted among us can't help but poke a little fun at the recent WikiLeaks uproar. What better than...

Lou Dobbs Picked Up by Fox Business Network

(Nov. 10) -- Will it be a better fit? When Lou Dobbs abruptly resigned from CNN in November 2009, media pundits speculated that the outspoken anchor, who hosted shows on the network for more than 20 years, had his eye on the presidency. But it seems Dobbs is moving in another direction: Fox Business Network announced...

Author's Obsession With European Guys Goes Viral

(Oct. 25) -- Writing instructors commonly encourage students to write about what they know. For Katherine Chloe Cahoon, that meant writing about how to pick up the European guys she met while studying abroad during her summers off from Vanderbilt University. "I spent every single summer in Europe from the time I was 17...

Comedians' Top 11 Funniest Election Tweets

(Oct. 18) -- Comedians are taking to the Twitterverse as the 2010 midterm elections heat up. Surge Desk rounds up our top 11 favorites so far:.bbpBox27238440722 {background:url(http://a1.twimg.com/profile_background_images/105728410/onion_twitter_plain.gif) #ffffff;padding:20px;} p.bbpTweet{background:#fff;padding:10px...

Background on The Onion

The Onion is an American news satire organization. It is an entertainment newspaper and a website featuring satirical articles reporting on international, national, and local news, in addition to a non-satirical entertainment section known as The A.V.

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