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North Charleston -
A North Charleston man is now facing federal charges over an $0.89 drink refill. Christopher Lewis says he was not aware that refills at the VA Medical Center in North Charleston were not free.
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The Church of Flying Spaghetti Monster is now accepted as an official religion in Poland after a 2013 ruling was overturned on Tuesday.
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HBO's political comedy VEEP begins its third season on April 6 at 10:30 PM, and its writers are keeping the show fresh by introducing some new, intriguing (and very funny) plot twists.
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Fairbanks -
Alaska may become the third state to legalize marijuana. I thought it already was, based on former governor Sarah Palin’s stoner-like remarks.
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Could present-day Hollywood produce a satire as bold and subversive as Stanley Kubrick's 1964 masterpiece, “Dr. Strangelove, or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb”? Not bloody likely. And there are several reasons for that.
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I must confess that I have been a big fan of dark, distasteful humor all my life. It is something of a guilty pleasure for me, as it is for many people.
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Los Angeles -
Steve Carell graced the small screen for years in 'The Office.' Now, he's venturing back into the television world with TBS, but this time he'll be behind the camera.
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A slacker marketing graduate conceives a million-dollar idea, but must trust his attractive corporate counterpart to get the concept off the ground.
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A New York elementary school was invaded by a SWAT Team earlier today. The team was working off a tip from the school's administration that one of the students may have had a gun.
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Strasbourg -
In a judgement issued yesterday the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) has over-ruled an earlier decision of a French court which resulted in a man who had mocked former French President Nicolas Sarkozy being given a suspended fine of €30.
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Toronto -
“Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead” is a play in danger of becoming overly familiar, another “modern classic” ruined by time and too many revivals. It takes an energetic cast and vision to make Tom Stoppard's great tragicomedy seem new again.
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Toronto -
It's hard to believe that Max Frisch's darkly comic parable “The Arsonists” has never been staged in Canada before. The Toronto debut of the 1958 play captures Frisch's absurdism nicely – but also adds a rock-and-roll edge that doesn't really fit.
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There's a simple reason why Stephen Colbert – or rather, the blustery, egocentric, reactionary, right-wing pundit character he plays on TV – is so lovable, despite all the reprehensible things he says and believes. The secret: You can't hate a baby.
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Barcelona -
The satirical Spanish magazine, El Jueves, has published a magazine cover, showing a line up of men in Islamic outfits as a parody of recent controversial cartoons. The text of the cover reads, "But how do they know which one is Muhammad?"
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The Onion recently waded into the "Innocence of Muslims" controversy by posting an X-rated satirical cartoon showing Jesus, Moses, Buddha and Ganesha in an orgiastic foursome on a bed of clouds with the headline: "No One Murdered Because of This Image."
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Hamburg -
The Vatican is suing the German satirical magazine, Titanic. Pope Benedict's lawyers claim that the images of the Pope on the magazine's covers violate his personal, legal rights.
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Well thank goodness Mitt Romney explained it to us. Me? I was all confused. But now I see it all as clear as day.
Being a Mom when you have a wealthy hubby? That's work! Being a Mom when you are on welfare? That's NOT work!
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Tonight's new South Park episode skewered Internet fads, also known as memes, by perfectly satirizing our Web generation's obsession with trends such as "Tebowing". The show had their own version - Faith Hilling and Taylor Swifting.
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NEW YORK – Death doesn't always stop great writers from publishing their new material. Not even Kurt Vonnegut. So it goes.
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A conservative writer on another site is bravely and admirably launching a single-handed effort to replace the current "top result" on Google when one searches the word "Santorum." We here at Deep Brain Media (in other words, "me") support this effort.
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Plano -
Ooooh, that crafty Rick Santorum. He's stumbled onto the secret Obama plan for "dealing" with people of faith! We didn't think he was smart enough, but every now and then even a blind pig will sniff out a truffle.
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Toronto -
The Onion and the A.V. Club expand beyond the United States for the first time. And Toronto is the market destination of choice.
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New York -
The Onion, calling itself America’s Finest News Source, is set to move its editorial team to Chicago after making New York City its home for the last decade, and the satirical paper’s decision has left some of its writers “blindsided.”
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Los Angeles -
Ivy Levan is an entertainment triple threat – model, singer, and now actor playing the dual role of aspiring supermodel and the corpse of that deceased model in a “pitch-black comedy” now showing on Showtime. Ivy shares what led to this role.
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BBC Radio 4 is sometimes thought of as a somewhat boring station, and it would be if it didn’t produce such interesting listening, like this two part documentary on politically incorrect songs.
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A letter purported to be from the former James Bond star to one of the pioneers of the personal computer has been making the rounds on the Internet as of late. However, the letter has turned out to not be real.
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Ricardo Cortés, illustrator for the popular 'Go the F*** to Sleep' book featured on The Late Show with David Letterman, speaks to Digital Journal about his work and another up-and-coming project he's working on.
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A satirical book 'Go the F*** to Sleep' by Adam Mansbach and Ricardo Cortés is read live by Samuel L. Jackson on The Late Show with David Letterman, gains attention on the Internet.
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Since the rise of Tea Party favorite Christine O'Donnell of Delaware the press, media and bloggers seem like they can't get enough of her. Is the hype going too far?
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Since the Senate grilling of poor ol' BP honcho Tony Hayward was so one-sided, here's how it might look from BP's angle.
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