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Manigator At Town Hall Meeting
Source:

Seeking to further disrupt Town Hall health care meetings Republicans have sent in their secret weapon, Manigator!

Swine Flu Turns People into Pigs
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Eight New York City school children have been infected. The first symptoms were noticed when the children ate their lunch by diving face first into their plates. This tipped off school officials who reported the children to the CDC.

Alien Weeps For Mccain Loss
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The Alien is in remorse over his first ever incorrect presidential endorsement. The Alien, well known for correctly endorsing every presidential winner since 1980, is in shock over his first losing endorsement.

World Weekly News moves online
Source: International Herald Tribune

Elvis could get a second chance at life, Bat Boy may yet outwit government scientists and politicians' chances of adopting alien babies just improved.

Supermarket Tab 'Weekly World News,' Home Of Bat Boy, Sold To -- Bat Boy
Source: Editor & Publisher

HICAGO A New York investors group calling itself Bat Boy LLC has bought the one-time supermarket tabloid Weekly World News from American Media Operations Inc., it was announced over the weekend.

Group Announcement: Weakly World News

Imagine Newsvine as a book store...in amongst its revered aisles you have many weighty tomes full of valuable information and provocative tales. You wander through your favourite aisles, checking to see if your pet authors have written anything new lately.

Farewell, Bat Boy: An Insider's Look at the demise of the Weekly World News
Source: Salon.com

For three years, I "reported" on Elvis and aliens for the Weekly World News. Now it's published its last issue. The checkout aisle -- and my career -- will never be the same.

Weekly World News meets God!
Source: The L.A. Times

I was, at first, confused about whether I was supposed to write true offbeat news, general satire or complete fabrication. So I asked.

No More Vermont Bat Boy?
Source: nielsenhayden.com

Alas, the Weekly World News, long a stalwart of reportage no one else dared to print, is going out of business.

All the News That Seemed Unfit to Print
Source: The Washington Post

omewhere in Kalamazoo, Elvis weeps: The Weekly World News is folding.

Weekly World News Kidnapped by Aliens!!!
Source: ABC News

*NOTE: Filing this under the category "World News" seemed appropriate.

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