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		<title>American Apparel refuses to give prize to woman who won their photo contest</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Feb 2012 23:31:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jules Siegel</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Gavon Laessig (BuzzFeed) Nancy Upton, the gorgeous prankster who satirized American Apparel&#8217;s condescending search for a plus-sized model with smutty and silly overindulgence photos, actually won the online contest! Then American Apparel acted all American Apparel and wouldn&#8217;t recognize her victory, even though she had far and away the most votes. Here are some <a href='http://moronia.us/front/2012/02/american-apparel-refuses-to-give-prize-to-woman-who-won-their-photo-contest/'>[...]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Teach your child how to survive being arrested at school</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 31 Jan 2012 13:02:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jules Siegel</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Noddy (DailyKos) The chances are increasing that your child will be arrested for being a child and behaving in a childish fashion at school. Behavior that once got a child a trip to the principal’s office or detention will now get them booked at the police station. Doubt me? Look it up: a 5 <a href='http://moronia.us/front/2012/01/teach-your-child-how-to-survive-being-arrested-at-school/'>[...]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Woman’s face catches fire during routine surgery &#8211; ABC News</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Dec 2011 23:54:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jules Siegel</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Katie Moisse (ABC News) A Florida woman was rushed by helicopter to an Alabama burn center after her face caught fire during routine surgery. Kim Grice, a 29-year-old mother of three, was having cysts removed from her head at an outpatient surgery center in Crestview, Fla., when the flash fire erupted. The cause of <a href='http://moronia.us/front/2011/12/woman%e2%80%99s-face-catches-fire-during-routine-surgery-abc-news/'>[...]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Researchers find poop-throwing by chimps is a sign of intelligence</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Dec 2011 12:55:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jules Siegel</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Animals]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[(PhysOrg.com) A lot of people who have gone to the zoo have become the targets of feces thrown by apes or monkeys, and left no doubt wondering about the so-called intellectual capacity of a beast that would resort to such foul play. Now however, researchers studying such behavior have come to the conclusion that throwing <a href='http://moronia.us/front/2011/12/researchers-find-poop-throwing-by-chimps-is-a-sign-of-intelligence/'>[...]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Woman pepper-sprays other Wal-Mart shoppers to get a Black Friday edge</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Nov 2011 12:11:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jules Siegel</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[(LA Times) A woman who pepper-sprayed other shoppers Thursday night at the Wal-Mart in Porter Ranch had armed herself with the caustic spray to gain an advantage in the fight for merchandise at the Black Friday sale, a fire captain said. Twenty customers, including children, were hurt in the 10:10 p.m. incident. Shoppers complained of <a href='http://moronia.us/front/2011/11/woman-pepper-sprays-other-wal-mart-shoppers-to-get-a-black-friday-edge/'>[...]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>&#8216;Mini Piglet&#8217; is Costco&#8217;s most horrid meat abomination</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Nov 2011 15:10:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jules Siegel</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#160; By Curtis Cartier (Seattle Weekly) Feast your eyes on the Mini Piglet! This pressure-formed pig-shaped pork monstrosity is a revolution in culinary alliteration (looks and tastes like the animal it began as). And it&#8217;s on sale at Costco right now! via &#8216;Mini Piglet&#8217; Is Costco&#8217;s Most Horrid Meat Abomination &#8211; Seattle News &#8211; The <a href='http://moronia.us/front/2011/11/mini-piglet-is-costcos-most-horrid-meat-abomination/'>[...]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>$1.1M German museum piece falls victim to cleaning lady</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Nov 2011 21:45:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jules Siegel</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[BERLIN (AFP) &#8211; A cleaning woman at a German museum who mistook a sculpture for an unsightly mess has destroyed the valuable artwork beyond recognition, a spokeswoman for the western city of Dortmund said Thursday. The cleaner at the city&#8217;s Ostwall Museum went to work on the Martin Kippenberger installation titled When It Starts Dripping <a href='http://moronia.us/front/2011/11/1-1m-german-museum-piece-falls-victim-to-cleaning-lady/'>[...]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Hallmark unveils &#039;layoff cards&#039; for the unemployed</title>
		<link>http://moronia.us/front/2011/09/hallmark-unveils-layoff-cards-for-the-unemployed/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Sep 2011 02:22:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jules Siegel</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[(MSNBC) Hallmark recently rolled out a new line of layoff greeting cards. Stores have a specific section for job loss and recession humor, offering words of support and encouragement. With the unemployment rate at nine percent, the company says customers called-in the need. One card reads &#8220;Don&#8217;t think of it as losing your job. Think <a href='http://moronia.us/front/2011/09/hallmark-unveils-layoff-cards-for-the-unemployed/'>[...]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Kellogg’s threatens nonprofit for using toucan image in logo</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Sep 2011 22:44:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jules Siegel</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[(Press Release) Kellogg’s, the maker of Froot Loops and other sugary breakfast products, is taking legal action against the Maya Archaeology Initiative (MAI), a nonprofit that defends indigenous Maya culture, claiming that the use of a toucan in its logo infringes on Kellogg’s Toucan Sam character and games. The MAI logo can be viewed at <a href='http://moronia.us/front/2011/09/kellogg%e2%80%99s-threatens-nonprofit-on-use-of-toucan-image-in-logo/'>[...]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>‘Bomb’ that shut down bridge was a city traffic counter</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Aug 2011 13:08:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jules Siegel</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Tamsin McMahon (National Post) The City of Saskatoon issued an apology this week to residents after police shut down one of the community’s main bridges for three hours so a bomb squad could probe a mysterious box chained to a lamp post that turned out to be a city-owned traffic counter. The hard plastic <a href='http://moronia.us/front/2011/08/%e2%80%98bomb%e2%80%99-that-shut-down-bridge-was-a-city-traffic-counter/'>[...]</a>]]></description>
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