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Aliens kidnap Weekly World News!
2007-07-25
An angel of death has visited Earth! Aliens have pulled off an abduction! A mystery ailment has claimed a victim!

Weekly World News, the tabloid that for 28 years has chronicled sightings of Elvis, extraterrestrial activity and the exploits of Bat Boy, is no more. Its publisher said Tuesday it would put out its last issue next month, maintaining only a Web presence.

What does it mean for a black-and-white staple that has delivered news of such historical proportions as Bigfoot's capture of a lumberjack he kept as his love slave and the merman found in the South Pacific? Stay tuned. One thing's for sure: Americans' waits in supermarket checkouts will forever be changed.
Posted by:Mike

#5  As for myself, I'll miss the "World's Fattest Cat" stories...
Posted by: borgboy2001   2007-07-25 21:23  

#4  Hey! "Obits"! That's new.
Ah, Bat Boy, we hardly knew ye...
Posted by: tu3031   2007-07-25 20:41  

#3  And, I might add, the WWN never had to go back into their archives to change stories, to make themselves look less culpable:

http://littlegreenfootballs.com/weblog/?entry=26383&only&rss
Posted by: Anonymoose   2007-07-25 10:50  

#2  The WWN staffers may be out of their jobs, but they still have their pride and journalistic credibility, unlike the ink-stained wretches who work for the NYT.
Posted by: Anonymoose   2007-07-25 10:49  

#1  Maybe it could just change it's name to, I dunno, The New York Times?
Posted by: tu3031   2007-07-25 10:00  

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