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Pope John Paul II's final miracle - making child molestation seem like no big deal

By William K. Wolfrum on Wed, 01/19/2011 - 12:28pm | Humor & Satire, Religion

VATICAN - Pope John Paul II will be beatified on May 1, after Vatican officials judged that the deceased pontiff's ability to make child molestation and sexual abuse charges seem like no big deal was officially a miracle.

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Answering the Stupidest Questions: Do Dead Cows Mean Biblical Prophecy is coming true?

By William K. Wolfrum on Tue, 01/18/2011 - 3:58pm | Religion, Media

Hello everyone, and welcome to today’s episode of “Answering the Stupidest Questions.”

(Applause)

Today, Time Magazines dares to ask the question ringing in hardly anyone’s mind: “Does the Death of 200 Cows in Wisconsin Confirm Biblical Prophecy?”

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The Love of a Dog in Brazil

By William K. Wolfrum on Mon, 01/17/2011 - 8:01am | World Affairs

caramelo- a dog's love

A story of a dog’s dedication to its family, following their deaths last week in Brazil. Translated from Fohla.com:

The former street-dog Caramelo helped rescue the bodies of its owners, whose were killed during last week’s rains, then did not want to leave the makeshift grave of his owner.

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Sarah Palin & Republicans Count the Minutes Until They Can Use Violent Rhetoric Again

By William K. Wolfrum on Tue, 01/11/2011 - 9:21am | Politics, Humor & Satire

Sad SarahThose inside Sarah Palin's inner circle have come forward to admit the ex-Governor of Alaska was truly heartbroken over the recent massacre in Arizona.

"Sarah is destroyed." said a Palin Associate. "She had a new ad with her holding a hunting rifle to Obama's head. It's a great ad. And harmless. But now she just can't use it.

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Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, Jared Lee Loughner, Arizona Massacre coverage around the Web

By William K. Wolfrum on Mon, 01/10/2011 - 7:40am | Politics, Media

As the big news agencies initially fumbled the Arizona Massacre story by reporting that Rep. Gabrielle Giffords had been killed by shooter Jared Lee Loughner, online news has shown its strength with numerous takes on the shooting, as well as breaking information.

Here are some stories you may be interested in from around the Web:

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Wolfrum in Spain

By William K. Wolfrum on Thu, 12/16/2010 - 11:48am | Personal

Because I know you have been thinking of me, here I am ...

... hanging out next to the remains of Christopher Columbus ...

 

... shooting the bull ...

... and enjoying some local flavor.

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Santa Claus: "Giving away toys kills the work ethic of the poor"

By William K. Wolfrum on Mon, 12/06/2010 - 7:05pm | Politics, Humor & Satire

NORTH POLE - Looking trim following lap-band surgery, Santa Claus held a press conference today to announce a fundamental change in his long-time tradition of giving toys to good children.

Intent on cutting costs as well as teaching ideological lessons, Claus, 43, said that the time was now for Americans to stop looking for handouts.

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William K. Wolfrum is an American journalist and writer residing in Brazil. Wolfrum's experience's consist of being a bartender, bouncer, carny, amateur boxer and commercial fisherman, which he talks about all the time, thinking it makes him some sort of tough guy. Wolfrum has been published or mentioned in the New York Times, Boston Globe, Toronto Star, and a bunch of other newspapers and magazines. Wolfrum is a two-time Alaska Press Club Award winner who hopes to someday win other awards so he doesn't have to talk about those two anymore.

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