The Onion: Politics
- American Voices: Study Logs 2,000 Wrongful Convictions
Monday - 05/21/2012 - 02:15 PMA new database assembled by two universities has identified more than 2,000 wrongful convictions overturned in the last 23 years, at an average of 11 years each.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Pau Gasol Blamed For Making Kobe Bryant Sound Like Asshole
Monday - 05/21/2012 - 06:30 PMPau Gasol Blamed For Making Kobe Bryant Sound Like Asshole
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Editorial Cartoon: Deadly Imports
Monday - 05/21/2012 - 10:30 AMDeadly Imports
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Every NBC Program To End With Character Straight Up Asking Viewers What Kind Of New TV Shows They Would Like To See
Monday - 05/21/2012 - 12:15 PMNEW YORK—The struggling NBC network announced a new programming initiative last week that involves characters in each scripted series ending episodes by breaking the fourth wall and asking viewers point blank what sort of television shows they would...
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - TV Listings: The Skeet Shooter
Sunday - 05/20/2012 - 06:00 PMNBC 9:00 p.m. EST/8:00 p.m. CST Davy Anthony must protect his happily unaware family from a rogue skeet that could fly out from any direction at any time.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Yankees To Rest Pitching Mound After 8 Innings Of CC Sabathia
Sunday - 05/20/2012 - 10:30 AMNEW YORK— Yankees manager Joe Girardi announced at a press conference Tuesday his plans to give the pitching mound a few days of rest to fully recover from enduring eight grueling innings of hurler CC Sabathia.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
- JOPLIN, MO—If Trevor Mahoney had reserved the U-Haul like he said he would, we wouldn't even be having this conversation in the
Sunday - 05/20/2012 - 01:30 PMJOPLIN, MO—If Trevor Mahoney had reserved the U-Haul like he said he would, we wouldn't even be having this conversation in the first place, dick.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Pushy Hermit Crab Girlfriend Wants To Move In
Saturday - 05/19/2012 - 04:45 PMPushy Hermit Crab Girlfriend Wants To Move In
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Ohio Film Festival Graphic Designer To Go With Film Reels For The O's
Saturday - 05/19/2012 - 11:45 AMOhio Film Festival Graphic Designer To Go With Film Reels For The O's
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - SMU Adds "Do Not Resuscitate" To Larry Brown's Contract
Friday - 05/18/2012 - 03:30 PMSMU Adds "Do Not Resuscitate" To Larry Brown's Contract
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- ATLANTA—Knowing her penchant for forgetfulness, Alice Colvin, 51, just took her entire month's supply of estrogen all at once to
Monday - 05/21/2012 - 05:00 PMATLANTA—Knowing her penchant for forgetfulness, Alice Colvin, 51, just took her entire month's supply of estrogen all at once to be done with it.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - [audio] Meth Lab Tests Confirm Dealer's Hypothesis
Monday - 05/21/2012 - 09:30 AMMeth Lab Tests Confirm Dealer's Hypothesis
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - American Voices: Donna Summer Dead
Monday - 05/21/2012 - 11:30 AMDonna Summer, singer of such disco anthems as "Last Dance" and "Love To Love You Baby," died at the age of 63.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Alabama School System's Lone Textbook Falling Apart
Monday - 05/21/2012 - 01:00 PMMONTGOMERY, AL—The Alabama Department of Education reported Wednesday that its sole textbook has begun to seriously show its age after more than a decade of heavy daily use at the state’s 1,500 public schools.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - WEDDINGS: Jessica Tanley and Rodney Holl
Sunday - 05/20/2012 - 04:30 PMJessica Tanley married Rodney Holl beneath a beautiful evening sky, hoping for a shooting star at the moment of their “I Do’s,” but of course that didn’t happen because Rodney always screws everything up.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Never-Used Bike Still In Pretty Good Shape
Sunday - 05/20/2012 - 11:30 AMNever-Used Bike Still In Pretty Good Shape
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Letters To The Editor: One More Like
Saturday - 05/19/2012 - 03:00 PMDear The Onion, I don’t have a Facebook account, but I just wanted you to know that I enjoy your publication. Please add one to whatever number of likes you currently have online.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Jubilant Rangers Throw Skates Into Stands
Saturday - 05/19/2012 - 05:30 PMJubilant Rangers Throw Skates Into Stands
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - [video] Dying Chevron Executive Excited To One Day Become Oil
Friday - 05/18/2012 - 02:30 PMThe transportation secretary flips out on a pothole in Baltimore, a man wearing red glasses and pink pants is probably Dutch or something, and an Ohio Film Festival graphic designer decides to go with film reels for the O's.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - HARRISBURG, PA—Josh Newton, 32, wouldn't say that Thursday was a complete waste, since he did watch nearly every video about Jef
Friday - 05/18/2012 - 04:00 PMHARRISBURG, PA—Josh Newton, 32, wouldn't say that Thursday was a complete waste, since he did watch nearly every video about Jeffrey Dahmer on YouTube.
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- Cool Basketball Fan Calls Sport 'B-Ball'
Monday - 05/21/2012 - 03:00 PMHOBBS, NM—According to friends of the man, area cool basketball fan Kip Conroy calls the sport "b-ball," even though that is not the sport’s official name. "Kip's always like, 'Want to play some b-ball?' or 'Did you se...
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - [Video] Behind The Pen: The Chinese Threat
Monday - 05/21/2012 - 10:30 AMThorsberg-Bronze-Quill-Award-winning cartoonist Stan Kelly takes you behind the scenes of his latest editorial cartoon, which explores a hidden threat from overseas.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Slideshow: The Week In Pictures
Monday - 05/21/2012 - 11:00 AMThe Week In Pictures
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - TV Listings: News Team 9 Adventures
Monday - 05/21/2012 - 01:45 PMCartoon 3:00 p.m. EST/2:00 p.m.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Bryce Harper Asks Manager Where Bats Come From
Sunday - 05/20/2012 - 03:00 PMBryce Harper Asks Manager Where Bats Come From
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Independent Baking Scene Apparently Worth A Documentary
Sunday - 05/20/2012 - 12:30 PMSEATTLE—A string of independent bakeries in the Seattle area apparently provided enough material to warrant a 73-minute documentary titled Rise: The Resurgence Of The Artisanal Bakery, 27-year-old Netflix browser Cyrus Wall observed Sunday.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Sculpture Of Stereotypical Italian Chef Proof Of Pizzeria’s High Standard Of Excellence
Saturday - 05/19/2012 - 01:30 PMMINNEAPOLIS—According to customers, a fiberglass sculpture of a fat mustachioed Italian stereotype recently placed in front of Gunther's Pizza has provided irrefutable proof of the restaurant's high standard of excellence.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Fleet Of Ambulances On Hand For 41-Year-Olds' Touch Football Game
Saturday - 05/19/2012 - 10:30 AMGOLDSBORO, NC—Anticipating the very likely need for rapid medical evacuation, a fleet of ambulances from several regional hospitals took up positions Saturday at the edge of Fairview Park, where a group of 41-year-old former college friends had gath...
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Sportsgraphic: Metta World Peace
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More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - American Voices: Sweetener Makes You Dumber
Friday - 05/18/2012 - 05:00 PMA study published in The Journal of Physiology demonstrated that rats given substantial amounts of high fructose corn syrup learned and remembered less than a control group.
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