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Space aliens, conspiring with the government, are forcing a shut-down of everyone’s favorite tabloid<\/a>, the Weekly World News!<\/em><\/p>\n

Well, no, it will continue online<\/a> — but that’s hardly a help whilst standing at the check-out counter.  The WWN’s headlines were always a lot more interesting (and, frankly, believable) than the other grocery store fodder (“Jenna is having Brad’s baby! Oprah incensed!”).  And, frankly, I expect to read incredible stuff like that online (satire or not), whereas there was always an amazing frisson of “Oh my God, it’s in print, so it must be true!”<\/p>\n

The world will be a slightly less surreal place.<\/p>\n

(via BoingBoing<\/a>)<\/small><\/p>\n

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