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    • 08.19.2008

    • 08.19.2008

    • Stockwatch

      Pikes

      Unfortunately for this pole-weapon manufacturing company, guns, missiles, and bombs continue to dominate modern military culture.

      08.19.2008

    • 08.18.2008

    • Shiprock Quakertown Ann Arbor

      National News Highlights

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      • SHIPROCK, NM—Police officials held a press conference to ask the public’s help in catching the robber of the Union Street Wells Fargo Bank, a man whom they have dubbed the "Needed Money Bandit."
      • QUAKERTOWN, PA—To this day, local resident Herb Lampley still claims to have invented putting potato chips in a sandwich.
      • ANN ARBOR, MI—Despite several minutes of back-and-forth sniffing, Walgreens patron Andrew Goodman-Bacon is no closer to deciding between the Arctic Force– and the Arctic Blast–scented deodorants.

      08.18.2008

    • Corrections

      On a positive note, The Onion would like to point out that it accurately identified the third deputy mayor of Peoria, IL as Bevin Decker, which was a tough little piece of information to track down.

      08.16.2008

    • TV Listings

      Shit That'll Make You Puke!

      DISC

      9:00 p.m. EDT/8:00 p.m. CDT

      This fat lady gets that stomach-belt thing, but first, the doctors have to cut through a ton of nasty fat layers.

      08.15.2008

    • Sunday Magazine

      We Overcome Our Fears And Publish This Photo Of A Scary Spider

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      08.15.2008

    • TV Listings

      Mad Men

      AMC

      10:00 p.m. EDT/9:00 p.m. CDT

      Don is late to a meeting after chasing a $100 bill on a string down Madison Avenue.

      08.14.2008

    • 08.14.2008

    • Letters to the Editor

      Dear The Onion,

      I really like that Peggy Noonan. I know you don't carry her column, but could you print this so she knows how I feel?

      —Camille Winer, Chicago

      08.13.2008

    • 08.13.2008

    • Stockwatch

      Panera

      Stocks dipped after the company's open Wi-Fi connections were slammed by refugees from the recent closure of 200 Starbucks locations.

      08.12.2008

    • 08.12.2008

    • TV Listings

      My Dad, The Cactus

      ABC Family

      8 p.m. EDT/7 p.m. CDT

      This week, Molly's dad embarrasses her once again when she brings him along on a father-daughter camping trip and he accidentally pokes a hole in their raft.

      08.08.2008

    • TV Listings

      Ridicule It Yourself

      VH1

      7 p.m. EDT/6 p.m. CDT

      Outrageous, embarrassing, and absurd pop-culture video clips are followed by several seconds of silence, allowing viewers to make their own snarky comments about what they have just seen.

      08.07.2008

    • Obituaries

      Melinda

      Though she fought bravely, Melinda Banks, 62, finally lost her battle with a lion yesterday at 8:04 p.m.

      08.02.2008

    • TV Listings

      Miss An Episode And You're Fucked

      HBO

      11 p.m. EDT/10 p.m. CDT

      A daring new HBO drama which follows the lives of 94 characters as they interact in subtle and important ways each week.

      08.01.2008

    Issue Highlights

    • Dial-Up Internet Stolen From Next-Door Neighbor

    • Weak, Easily Confused Synapse Tasked With Remembering Names Of Girlfriend’s Nieces

    • Scrabulous Creators Introduce Monopolonia, Yahtzig

    • Local Man Built Like A Gay Tank

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