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TCU billboards flash through Columbus
If winning a Rose Bowl wasn't enough to make Ohio State President E. Gordon Gee eat his words, perhaps a billboard will be. On Thursday afternoon, 20 billboards around the Columbus area began displaying a message congratulating TCU on its 21-19 Rose Bowl victory over Wisconsin.
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Column: Snooki takes to the written word
Snooki is now a published author with the release of her first book, “A Shore Thing.” The “Jersey Shore” star seems to be taking the “write what you know” approach, since the plot of her book (viewed here) sounds almost exactly like the reality show: two cousins rent a house on the sh...
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A look into The Lantern’s wacky library
In the newsroom, it's not unusual for publishers to mail us books they hope will be reviewed in The Lantern — the unusual thing is the books we end up getting. For every normal book we get, we also receive two or three books that normally would not be seriously considered for inclusion.
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ESPN Shop calls its Rose Bowl champion
It's pretty apparent who ESPN predicts to win the Rose Bowl Jan. 1, either that or an ESPN Shop employee might be losing their job pretty soon. ESPNShop.
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Column: Guess who’s coming to dinner? Everyone
For all intents and purposes, I am a normal human being, barring one exception. Like Larry David, Michael Scott or George Costanza before me, I have the uncanny ability to embarrass myself in new and interesting ways.
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Santa Claus, Ind. residents celebrate holiday season year-round
Elmer Dilger pulls up in his pickup truck with Santa Claus riding shot gun next to him. He wears a red baseball cap that reads, “I believe in Santa Claus, IN,” with a picture of a cartoon Santa carrying a sack of gifts.
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Playboy names Oregon State’s Far Side Entomology as best 2010 college course
After more than two decades of keeping students abuzz, Oregon State University's Far Side Entomology class has been named the best college course of 2010 by Playboy Magazine. Playboy recognized the course for its combination of humor and intellectual rigor.
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ESPNU reporter reacts to prank
A visiting ESPNU correspondent wrecked her hotel room in Gainesville, Fla. after she got a strange prank call early Thursday morning.
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Researchers watching the skies
Raymond Duvall wants to make it absolutely clear: He doesn’t know whether aliens exist. It’s a common misconception. Just because Duvall, chairman of U.
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