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Brett Favre apparently really liked those masseuses : A third masseuse (and fourth woman) has come out of the woodwork claiming the ( former? ) NFL quarterback sent her lewd text messages. Stephanie Dusenberry, who worked with the Minnesota Vikings while Favre was with them, tells Deadspin (via, initially, a typo-laden…

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The US recession is over—at least, for businesses. US workers are still mired in it. Unlike its economic competitors, America’s profits have bounced back to above 2007 levels, but the unemployment rate is higher than in Britain or Russia and much higher than in Germany, Japan, or China, notes…

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ABC, NBC Fret Over Gun Show in Tucson, ABC Surprised Crowds ‘Aren’t Protesters, They’re Customers’
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Alabama’s newly sworn in Republican governor doesn’t care if you’re black or white, but if you haven’t been saved, you’re not his brother. “If we don’t have the same daddy, we’re not brothers and sisters. So anybody here today who has not accepted Jesus Christ as their savior, I’m telling…

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With a royal wedding on the way, the British government is considering a move to bring the monarchy into at least the 20th century. Ministers are debating changing the law on royal succession to give females the same rights as males, the Telegraph reports. As the law stands, any son…

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Caffeinated booze enthusiasts trying to get their hands on America’s dwindling supply of original-recipe Four Loko shouldn’t bother looking on Craigslist. The site has pulled ads selling Four Loko nationwide, according to a New York state senator who wrote to Craigslist to complain. Ebay says listings for Four Loko aren’t…

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Furious audience members killed two members of a band in Mexico after being told the music had to stop. The band—faced with demands for more from a group of drunk, aggressive audience members—had already played one encore at the Guadalajara bar before the owner pulled the plug long…

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A video showing a Russian woman bending and swinging a baby in such a disturbing way that it’s been banned from YouTube turns out to be real—and the baby has apparently suffered no life-threatening or permanent injuries. Lena Fokina, who twists and turns a two-week-old infant like a blob…

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A pair of ingenious hackers have been arrested for busting into AT&T servers to steal information on 120,000 iPad users, including New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg, former White House chief of staff Rahm Emanuel and Defense Department staffers. Daniel Spitler, 26, of San Francisco and Andrew Auernheimer, 25,…

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Police in Colombia busted a pigeon narco-trafficker after it was caught trying to fly into a prison with too heavy a load. The bird, which is now being cared for by authorities, was found struggling to fly with 40 grams of marijuana and 5 grams of cocaine paste strapped to…

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