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Heinz finally makes bigger to-go packages, so you won't need four dozen packets of ketchup. Is this a great time to be alive, or what?

So today, we're introducing a new plan. It's called Stimulus 2GS, and it's sleeker than any economic recovery package ever created. It's got bridges, it's got schools, it's got broadband Internet. All that, and it's super easy to use-you can control it from iTunes. Pretty cool, huh?

"We have no desire to aggravate the Government in this time of financial difficulty, so we will get by on the minimum subsistence allowance required by a modern investment banker."

Word freaks and geeks rejoice. We have a new term for our avid Web 2.0 interactions: ambient intimacy.  

We have decided we are no longer willing to continue censoring our results on Google.cn, and so over the next few weeks we will be discussing with the Chinese government the basis on which we could operate an unfiltered search engine within the law, if at all. We recognize that this may well mean having to shut down Google.cn, and potentially our offices in China.

Paul Volcker to top bankers: you're all worthless idiots.

The Church has its beliefs. It has its tenets and its principles. It has decided which are the most important ones, and has rediscovered its spine. It has drawn the line in the sand -- society can go to Hell if it wishes, but the Church will not aid and abet in the process.

Spurred by an administration he believes to be guilty of numerous transgressions, self-described American patriot Kyle Mortensen, 47, is a vehement defender of ideas he seems to think are enshrined in the U.S. Constitution and principles that brave men have fought and died for solely in his head.

Britain's last surviving First World War veteran has shunned Remembrance Day commemorations in Australia because he does not agree with the glorification of war, his family has said.

I am always amazed (and I must confess, intimidated) by the quality of journalistic work that true professionals are able to do on deadline.

Muntadhar al-Zeidi willing to offer Bush another farewell kiss.

Dying of cancer at 81, The Amazing Randi continues his quixotic battle against chicanery and common stupidity.

The U.S. government: There when it matters most.

15-year-old Mumbai street peddler Ravi the Lingo Kid knows more languages than your entire family will get a chance to forget. Of course, he only knows enough to sell peacock fans, but that's still better than your sorry ass.