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George W. Bush Photo Quiz Redux

WASHINGTON, D.C. – A recently published photo of President George W. Bush has Washington insiders wagging their heads and shaking their tongues in agitated speculation. The photo, published for the first time here in the pages of Postcards from the Pug Bus, shows a facet of the presidential profile not

Celebrities

Tom Cruise Sues Life & Style over Split Story

HOLLYWOOD – Tom Cruise has filed a $10-million lawsuit against Life & Style magazine for reporting that he and fiancée, Katie Holmes, called off their engagement sometime before Valentine’s Day. Branding the article willfully false and inaccurate, Mr. Cruise declared, “This will be the most expensive trash that rag has ever printed.”

Pug Bus Pop Quiz

Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie Quiz

LOS ANGELES – The feeding frenzy for the latest dish about Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie is threatening to overwhelm the golden couple. Although it may be impossible to be too thin or too rich, the Brangelina phenomenon, which is now bigger than the sum of its parts, may prove

Religion

Jesus Distraught over Book of Daniel Cancellation

HEAVEN – Those who know him say Jesus Christ is distraught over the cancellation of NBC’s controversial religious drama The Book of Daniel, which was pulled after four of its scheduled eight episodes had been aired. “He hasn’t been this upset since he drove the money changers from the temple,” said

News

FEMA Workers Search for Relatives of Trapped Miners

TALLMANSVILLE, W.Va.- Hundreds of Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) workers arrived in this mining town late last night and began going door to door in a search for relatives of the thirteen miners who have been trapped below the surface of the Sago Mine since early yesterday morning. FEMA, determined

Celebrities

Tara Reid Breast Implants Threaten Her Life

MIAMI – Tara Reid, the once promising star of American Pie, is rumored to be at risk for Soy Oil Lachrymosis (SOL), a potentially life threatening condition that affects women who have had breast augmentation surgery. While her legions of horrified fans look on, Reid’s mammary implants seem to be growing

Celebrities

Britney Spears Tops Yahoo Buzz Again

LOS ANGELES – For the third time in four years, Britney Spears owns the most searched-for name on the Internet, according to Yahoo’s Buzz Index for 2005. Spears, who did not release an album of new material this year, proved that she is not a one-dimensional star and that talent

News

Dallas Teacher Accuses Santa Claus of Planting News Stories

DALLAS – A music teacher in a Dallas suburb told a class of six- and seven-year-old students that a favorable news story about Santa Claus in Our Weekly News, a popular elementary school news magazine, was a hoax. Marshall “Slim” Mathers, a teacher in Richland Elementary School, responded to a question

Culture

King Kong Is Time Magazine’s Person of the Year

LAS VEGAS – A large number of suspicious wagers placed on Sportsbook.com have revealed that Time magazine’s editors have selected King Kong as the news weekly’s person of the year. Time‘s choice was made public after “suspicious betting activity” led the proprietors of Sportsbook.com, the online wager house, to shut down betting

Celebrities

Nicole Richie Book Caused Split with Fiance

HOLLYWOOD – Nicole Richie’s book The Truth about Diamonds apparently contained too much “truth” about her fiance, Adam Goldstein, a professional club DJ who goes by the name DJ AM. According to friends of the couple, Goldstein, 32, was offended by Richie’s archly satirical portrayal of DJ PM, a professional club DJ,

Politics

President Bush Says War Critics Can Still Be Patriotic

BEIJING – President Bush told reporters yesterday that members of congress who criticize the war in Iraq can still be patriotic. The president’s declaration came after more than a week of harsh rhetoric from some administration officials seeking to demean congressmen or women who oppose the conduct of the war.

Music

OutKast to Perform at Rosa Parks Tribute

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Hip-hop stars OutKast, who made Rosa Parks a household name, will perform at a tribute in her honor to be held tomorrow night at The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts. Parks, a retired seamstress and homemaker, died Monday October 24 in Detroit. She was