Local NewsDecember 5, 2013

Today is Thursday, the 339th day of 2013, with 26 days left in the year.

Today is ...

Repeal Day. The 21st Amendment ended prohibition, allowing people to leave the speakeasies and have a drink at home. Let's all toast the 21st Amendment.

Late night chuckles

"According to a new report, America's teenagers are 30th in the world in math. Luckily, America's teenagers will never understand the report because they're 85th in reading."

- Conan O'Brien

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"Today the White House confirmed that Obama will be signing up for Obamacare. Yeah, which is good because his current health plan doesn't cover headaches and depression caused by Obamacare."

- Conan O'Brien

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"Amazon is testing the delivery of packages by drone. So today U.S. forces began bombarding Afghanistan with 'The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants.' "

- Conan O'Brien

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"North Korea should make this their new tourist slogan: 'North Korea: Come for the corruption. Stay because we won't let you leave.' "

- Craig Ferguson

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"Apparently New Zealand's the least corrupt country. The next five least corrupt countries are all in Scandinavia. Which proves what I've always said: It's hard to grease someone's palm when you're wearing wooly mittens."

- Craig Ferguson

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"Some people got through the Obamacare process only to discover they had inadvertently joined the Navy. They ship out next week."

- Jimmy Kimmel

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Definition No. 1 - A strained situation.

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"The difference between genius and stupidity is; genius has its limits." - Albert Einstein

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