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  • Vince Young has caught a lot of flack for hiring Major Adams, a family friend, to be his agent.
  • One of the few cool people paying attention to the Stanley Cup Playoffs? There have been a couple surprising wins in round two of this series. We hope it stays this exciting.
  • A flea market in East Austin, popular among Mexican immigrants, erupted in chaos when it was thought that the Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS) were raiding the place.
  • A Los Angeles television show is tactlessly profiting from the late John Lennon's death. The show wants to contact the former Beatle in the afterlife in this tacky televised ceremony.
  • Over 80,000 people rallied in Brussels to participate in an anti-violence protest this weekend. The protest was in response to the stabbing of a teenager who refused to give his Mp3 player to a couple of robbers.
  • In Sacramento, a man was literally swallowed by the ground while he was just chilling out in his home. A giant sinkhole opened up spontaneously underneath his home. Lesson learned: If it can happen, it will happen in California.
  • In the future, soldiers and other gear-donning agressives could be using their tongues to help them achieve superhero-like traits. We really shouldn't say anything else about superheroes and tongues...
  • A couple in England got married while participating in the London Marathon. They wed at the half-way point and finished the race in their wedding clothes.
  • But what's rap without the bling? Some rap artists want their fans to be smarter about their finances.
  • Myspace.com has been banned from Del Mar College in Corpus Christi in an effort to free up bandwidth for more productive students.

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What do you mean you really shouldn't say anything else about superheroes and tongues...that is the whole reason I come to this site.

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