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12 Legendary April Fool's Pranks
 12 Legendary 
 April Fool's Pranks 
a whopper for lefties?
Apr 1, 2010 11:38 AM CDT

12 Legendary April Fool's Pranks

Big Ben going digital? Switzerland harvesting spaghetti?

(Newser) - As you prepare whatever April Fools' Day prank you have in mind for your loved ones, take a look back at 12 classic jokes, courtesy of the Daily Beast :
  • Swiss spaghetti harvest: In 1957, the BBC aired a serious-sounding report on Switzerland’s bumper crop of pasta; hundreds fell for
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Kids Use Body Spray to Light Selves on Fire

YouTube videos are fueling the craze, warn authorities

(Newser) - Authorities are warning of a risky trend fueled by YouTube videos: boys are spraying Axe Body Spray on their skin or clothes and igniting it. Five sixth-graders in Washington state have been caught in recent weeks, though none were injured, the Tacoma News Tribune reports. In a letter to parents,...

Kids Do Scarface, Cue Outraged Adults (but Joke's on Them)

Turns out it wasn't actually an ill-advised school play

(Newser) - The latest viral video making the rounds had parents in an uproar: A group of elementary school kids puts on Scarface for their school play, substituting popcorn for cocaine and the word “fudge” for, well, you know. Luckily for the scores of people who were ready to organize, the...

Man Arrested for YouTube Death Threat Against Eric Cantor

Philadelphia man claims to be messiah

(Newser) - A 33-year-old Philadelphia man has been arrested and charged with making YouTube death threats against Eric Cantor. The video has since been pulled down, but in it Norman Leboon promised that Cantor would “receive my bullets in your office, remember they will be placed in your heads. You and...

Watch Muppets Jam to Lady Gaga
 Watch Muppets Jam 
 to Lady Gaga 
VIRAL VIDEO
Mar 29, 2010 12:59 PM CDT

Watch Muppets Jam to Lady Gaga

'Telephone' mashup has disco Grover footage that looks tailor made

(Newser) - The video of the moment is Lady Gaga's "Telephone," featuring Beyoncé and an assortment of consumer products . And Muppets are always a good idea. Voilà—the YouTube video above, which speaks for itself. Neither Lady Gaga nor Sesame Street appears to have been involved in the production....

Beyoncé's Label Blocks Her YouTube Channel

For Sony, piracy is piracy no matter where

(Newser) - If you want to watch a Beyoncé video, one place you shouldn't be headed is Beyoncé's own YouTube channel. In an apparent piracy crackdown, Sony has blocked her videos; visit the channel and you're likely to see a message: “This video contains content from Sony Music Entertainment, who...

18-Year-Old's YouTube Plea Yields Dream Prom Date

'Better than my own,' says Maxim model

(Newser) - While YouTube is full of requests from fans for their celebrity crushes, reality isn’t exactly full of said requests being granted—so extra props to a Denver-area high school senior for landing his dream prom date, in the form of Maxim model and Ultimate Fighting Championship eye candy Arianny...

Teen Girls' Latest Craze: The 'Haul' Video
 Teen Girls' 
 Latest Craze: 
 The 'Haul' Video 
SHOPPING SPREES GO VIRAL
Mar 22, 2010 12:01 PM CDT

Teen Girls' Latest Craze: The 'Haul' Video

Popular videos of mass-market swag a democratic trendsetter

(Newser) - The newest viral craze sweeping YouTube is the “haul video,” which works like this: A young woman goes on a shopping spree, returns home, turns on her webcam and…shows the world her haul. The products are usually fairly democratic, from chain stores like Target and Abercrombie, Marisa...

Family Turns Woozy YouTube Kid Into Gold Mine

Revenue might put 'David After Dentist' through college, but is it exploitation?

(Newser) - “David After Dentist” might just put David DeVore through college. DeVore’s family has turned the YouTube sensation into a veritable cottage industry. They get money from licensing the wildly popular viral video, from its YouTube ads, and from the merchandise they sell on their site, CNN reports. “...

Google: Viacom Uploaded Own Clips to YouTube, Then Sued

Accusations fly in YouTube copyright-infringement showdown

(Newser) - Viacom secretly uploaded video clips of its shows to YouTube and then launched a $1 billion copyright-infringement suit over those same clips, according to Google's lawyers. Google claims the company, seeking to promote shows like South Park, hired over a dozen marketing agencies to upload the clips, making sure they...

Is Chatroulette Piano Guy Actually Ben Folds?

Internet abuzz with YouTube mystery

(Newser) - New York weighs in on the day's hottest Internet mystery: Is the Chatroulette piano guy/YouTube-viral-video star actually Ben Folds? As Stephen Johnson points out on G4 , “He sings like Ben Folds. He plays piano like Ben Folds. He looks like Ben Folds.” Adds Lindsay Robertson, “anyone...

7 Things Adults Should Know About Justin Bieber

Sorry, folks, but this 16-year-old is taking over the world

(Newser) - Justin Bieber is just 16, and he’s already announced a world tour. If the previous sentence made you wonder, Who the heck is Justin Bieber?, you need to continue reading. Adrian Chen presents a field guide to the baby-faced singer on Gawker :
  • He got his start on YouTube: In
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'Maybe the Cutest Baby Animal Video Ever'

Lamb frolics in empty house, and hearts melt

(Newser) - Think a lamb running from room to room in an empty house is a scene from a dream or a Japanese horror film? Wrong. According to The Frisky , the video above is "maybe the cutest baby animal video ever." We hope Bea, "who’s as playful as...

Hate Speech Soars on Social Networks

Hate speech up 20% on the Web

(Newser) - Hate speech is on the rise online, particularly on social networking sites. A new study registered about 11,500 hate-affiliated web pages, up 20% from last year, along with a growing number of terror-related "how to" sites. "The spike is not in traditional websites in the United States,...

Girl's Tribute to Dying Mom Goes Weepy Viral

Teen records wrenching song into cell phone

(Newser) - A London teen's pitch-perfect, emotionally wrenching singing tribute to her dying mom has gone viral on YouTube, opening the floodgates for thousands of sobbing fans. Sarah Phillips, 16, recorded the song Autumn by Scottish singer Paulo Nutini into her cell phone just hours before her mom's death from cervical cancer...

YouTube Adds Captions for Deaf

Auto-captioning to be available to all users

(Newser) - Life just got a lot easier for the deaf YouTuber. YouTube is rolling out its auto-captioning service for all the tens of millions of videos it hosts, starting with the English-language ones. "A core part of YouTube's DNA is access to content," a YouTube exec said at the...

Duluth One-Ups Topeka in Google Wars
 Duluth One-Ups Topeka 
 in Google Wars 
meet 'Googlette'
Mar 4, 2010 10:17 AM CST

Duluth One-Ups Topeka in Google Wars

Minnesota town jokes it will name first-borns 'Google' or 'Googlette'

(Newser) - From this day forth, all-first born children of Duluth, Minnesota, shall be named Google or Googlette Fiber. Well, that’s not true, but the city has produced a parody video saying so in a rejoinder to Topeka. That city changed its name to Google in an effort to secure the...

'Tube' Sites a Nightmare for Porn Industry

YouTube knockoffs stream pirated content for free

(Newser) - The supposedly recession-proof porn industry is hemorrhaging money, as pay websites and DVD producers lose business to free "tube" sites. Porn knock-offs of YouTube, the tubes provide free snippets of adult videos—much of which is pirated from the major studios—and run ads to make money. The number...

Woman Tweets Her Abortion
 Woman Tweets Her Abortion 
Feb 24, 2010 2:36 PM CST

Woman Tweets Her Abortion

Says she's trying to 'demystify' process

(Newser) - Angie Jackson wants to take the veil off of abortion. The blogger and mother of one became pregnant when her IUD failed, found out too late to take the morning-after pill, but because of health risks has turned unapologetically to RU-486. And she's live-tweeting the entire experience.

Google Execs Convicted Over Abusive Video

Italian court wants content monitored

(Newser) - When a video of an autistic Italian teen being beaten turned up on a Google-owned video site, Italian authorities stepped in to prosecute and convict the bullies—and Google. In a verdict with far-ranging implications for Internet freedom, an Italian judge today found three Google executives guilty of privacy violations...

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