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	<title>The Skunk &#124; Tasteless American Satire for the Ill-Informed &#187; Health</title>
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	<description>Award-Winning American Cultural and Political Satire. The Skunk is an equal opportunity offender.</description>
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		<title>Ketchup Linked to Lower Risk of Death</title>
		<link>http://theskunk.org/2012/05/ketchup-linked-to-lower-risk-of-death/</link>
		<comments>http://theskunk.org/2012/05/ketchup-linked-to-lower-risk-of-death/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 19 May 2012 23:21:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Researchers found that habitual ketchup users had a lower risk of death than their snobby, elitist counterparts. Subjects who went through four or five bottles per week lived the longest.]]></description>
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		<title>Doctor Makes Diagnoses Using Episodes of &#8216;House&#8217;</title>
		<link>http://theskunk.org/2011/06/doctor-makes-diagnoses-using-episodes-of-house/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Jun 2011 16:41:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Editors, The Skunk</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A prominent physician turns to the Fox medical drama "House" to help diagnose his most difficult cases.
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		<title>New Report: Patience No Longer a Virtue</title>
		<link>http://theskunk.org/2011/03/new-report-patience-no-longer-a-virtue/</link>
		<comments>http://theskunk.org/2011/03/new-report-patience-no-longer-a-virtue/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Mar 2011 01:54:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Editors, The Skunk</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[ARLINGTON, VA (TheSkunk.org) -- After reviewing the results of a nationwide study, the American Psychiatric Association has removed "patience" from its list of virtues in the latest edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders.

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		<title>Heterosexual Couple to Adopt Gay Baby</title>
		<link>http://theskunk.org/2010/06/heterosexual-couple-to-adopt-gay-baby/</link>
		<comments>http://theskunk.org/2010/06/heterosexual-couple-to-adopt-gay-baby/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Jun 2010 17:04:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Editors, The Skunk</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[TRENTON, NJ (TheSkunk.org) -- Unable to conceive their own homosexual child, a straight married couple is seeking to adopt a gay baby, according to state authorities.]]></description>
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		<title>Booger Stem Cells Show Promise</title>
		<link>http://theskunk.org/2009/10/booger-stem-cells-show-promise/</link>
		<comments>http://theskunk.org/2009/10/booger-stem-cells-show-promise/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Oct 2009 08:01:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Editors, The Skunk</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[SANTA CLARITA, CA -- Researchers at College of the Canyons have released results to a study suggesting that human boogers may contain stem cells with similar regenerative qualities to those of embryos.]]></description>
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		<title>Public Doubts ‘Official’ Account of Kennedy Death</title>
		<link>http://theskunk.org/2009/08/public-doubts-official-account-of-sen-kennedy-death/</link>
		<comments>http://theskunk.org/2009/08/public-doubts-official-account-of-sen-kennedy-death/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 30 Aug 2009 20:05:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Editors, The Skunk</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[BOSTON -- Over 68% of Americans don’t believe the official government story that Senator Edward Kennedy died from a brain tumor, according to a survey released today.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>4</slash:comments>
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		<title>Old Men Have Shorter Life Expectancies</title>
		<link>http://theskunk.org/2009/07/old-men-have-shorter-life-expectancies/</link>
		<comments>http://theskunk.org/2009/07/old-men-have-shorter-life-expectancies/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 29 Jul 2009 18:58:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Editors, The Skunk</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[CHICAGO -- Results of a study conducted by the Journal of American Research suggest that old men have a shorter life expectancy than that of their younger counterparts.]]></description>
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		<title>Dermatologist Repulsed by Teenager’s Zit</title>
		<link>http://theskunk.org/2009/07/dermatologist-repulsed-by-teenagers-zit/</link>
		<comments>http://theskunk.org/2009/07/dermatologist-repulsed-by-teenagers-zit/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 12 Jul 2009 07:54:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Editors, The Skunk</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[BEVERLY HILLS -- A popular dermatologist was repulsed by a particularly gross looking acne blemish on the face of one of his teenage patients.]]></description>
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		<title>Surgeons Replace Man&#8217;s Severed Penis with his Big Toe</title>
		<link>http://theskunk.org/2009/06/surgeons-replace-mans-severed-penis-with-his-big-toe/</link>
		<comments>http://theskunk.org/2009/06/surgeons-replace-mans-severed-penis-with-his-big-toe/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Jun 2009 16:45:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Editors, The Skunk</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A man whose penis was severed from his body recently underwent surgery to replace the missing appendage with the big toe from his right foot.]]></description>
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		<title>CDC: Swine Flu Victims Are Mainly Pigs</title>
		<link>http://theskunk.org/2009/04/swine-flu-victims-mainly-pigs/</link>
		<comments>http://theskunk.org/2009/04/swine-flu-victims-mainly-pigs/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 30 Apr 2009 16:57:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Editors, The Skunk</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[ATLANTA -- Scientists at the Centers for Disease Control have found that 99.9% of the victims of the H1N1 influenza virus, commonly known as the "Swine Flu," are pigs.]]></description>
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		<title>Rush Limbaugh to Receive Oral-Anal Transplant</title>
		<link>http://theskunk.org/2008/08/rush-limbaugh-to-receive-oral-anal-transplant/</link>
		<comments>http://theskunk.org/2008/08/rush-limbaugh-to-receive-oral-anal-transplant/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 28 Aug 2008 18:27:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Editors, The Skunk</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON, DC - Conservative talk show host Rush Limbaugh has undergone the world's first successful oral-anal transplant.  ]]></description>
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