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Teens Busted for Rapping Fast-Food Order

Utah McDonald's doesn't appreciate YouTube-inspired stunt

Oct 30, 09 10:21 AM CDT
(Newser) - Four Utah teens are in trouble with the law for attempting to place their McDonald's order in the form of a rap song. The four teens, rolled into the drive-through this week and, finding themselves the only customers, attempted to re-create a 2006 YouTube video by rapping their order. The... More »

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Internet • YouTube • McDonald's • police • Utah • prank • disorderly conduct

(Newser) - Police today arrested three activists who were distributing a parody issue of the New York Post, Daily Finance reports. Volunteers all over New York were distributing the phony paper, which was intended to call attention to climate change. But when some tried distributing it in front of the More »

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climate change • censorship • New York Post • arrest • prank • liberal

Hoaxsters Get German Media to Report Fake Attack on US

Fake city of Bluewater California supposedly attacked by rappers

Sep 12, 09 1:42 PM CDT
(Newser) - A group of Internet-savvy hoaxers had all of Deutschland believing that a group of German rappers had attempted a suicide bombing in a California Thursday, Wired reports. The DPA—Germany’s version of the AP—ran a story with the headline “Attack in Small California Town,” reporting that... More »

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California • Germany • prank • hoax • terror attack

(Newser) - If ex-Justice Department hand John Yoo thought he could fade into obscurity after writing infamous memos justifying the government’s use of torture and warrantless wiretapping, he was wrong. An Australian comedian crashed his class at Chapman University School of Law in California last week, dressed up like a detainee... More »

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California • torture • prank • John Yoo • comedian • torture memo • Chaser%u2019s War on Everything • warantless wiretap

 Eminem Approved 
 Bruno Butt Stunt 

Comedy writer comes clean on web

Jun 2, 09 2:18 PM CDT
(Newser) - Make no butts about it: Eminem’s run-in with Sacha Baron Cohen’s derrière was staged, the Los Angeles Times reports. The man who wrote the bit for Sunday’s MTV Movie Awards took to the web to clear up the brouhaha for posterior—er, posterity. “Yes, the... More »

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entertainment • MTV • MTV Movie Awards • Eminem • prank • Sacha Baron Cohen • Bruno • Scott Aukerman

 Bruno's Butt Meets 
 Eminem's Face 

Angry rapper storms out of MTV Movie Awards

Jun 1, 09 9:08 AM CDT
(Newser) - MTV added new category Best WTF Moment to this year’s Movie Awards, but the real WTF moment came courtesy of prankster Sacha Baron Cohen, the New York Daily News reports. Cohen—dressed as gay fashionista Bruno—descended from the ceiling in a jockstrap and angel wings, landing butt-first on... More »

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entertainment • MTV Movie Awards • Eminem • celebrity • prank • Sacha Baron Cohen • Bruno

 Kutcher Punks Turner, CNN 


May 14, 09 12:15 PM CDT
(Newser) - Ashton Kutcher came through on his promise to punk CNN and founder Ted Turner last night after beating the network in the race to 1 million Twitter followers, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports. The actor had promised to “ding-dong-ditch” Turner, and the execution went something like this: Assemble fans, a... More »

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entertainment • social networking • Internet • Atlanta • CNN • prank • Ashton Kutcher • Demi Moore • Twitter • Ted Turner • Ding Dong

 Hacker Cops 
 to Amazon 
 Gay Flap 

Skeptics still unsure whether he did it

Apr 13, 09 2:50 PM CDT
(Newser) - A notorious hacker has taken credit for the snafu that bumped gay titles from Amazon’s bestseller lists and rankings, Gawker reports. “Weev” claims he tricked users into flagging the content as inappropriate without their knowledge. “I guess my game is up,” he confessed in a how-to... More »

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homophobia • hacker • Craigslist • prank • Amazon • gays

(Newser) - Car & Driver managed to punk at least one blogger with an April Fools’ item about President Obama banning bailed-out automakers from NASCAR: Ann Coulter, reports left-leaning watchdog Media Matters. “With their racing budgets deemed ‘unnecessary expenditures,’” the article read, “GM and Chrysler are ordered... More »

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Ann Coulter • NASCAR • Car and Driver Magazine • prank • April Fools' Day • Obama administration • President Obama • auto bailout

(Newser) - No one knows quite how today's holiday got its start, but it may have its roots in the resistance of French "fools" to the Gregorian calendar, which shifted New Year's from April 1 to Jan. 1. Of course, that explanation could be a hoax, notes the Huffington Post, which... More »

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list • prank • April Fools' Day

(Newser) - Not even massive layoffs in its own house can stop Google from having a little fun on April Fools' Day, the Business Insider reports. The search giant announced it had turned on CADIE, the "world’s first 'artificial intelligence' tasked-array system." The neural network quickly went rogue and... More »

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artificial intelligence • Google • YouTube • prank • pandas • April Fools' Day

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 911 Centers
 Easy Targets
 for Pranksters

Services not updated to handle fake caller ID

Feb 2, 09 2:58 PM CST
(Newser) - Using VoIP Internet-calling services, pranksters are easily duping outdated 911 call centers to disastrous consequences, Ars Technica reports. Using easy-access online services, callers can cover up their real locations, make up stories, and mobilize emergency teams anywhere. Updating call-center systems could fix the problem, but most such places can’t... More »

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Internet • crime • VoIP • crank call • prank • emergency responders • 911

 Trust Fund Teens 
 TP Madoff Mansion 

Pranksters blast accused swindler for wiping out future fortunes

Jan 27, 09 2:21 AM CST
(Newser) - Pranksters whose future fortunes were battered by accused swindler Bernard Madofff festooned his tony Palm Beach digs with toilet paper over the weekend, reports the Palm Beach Post. Teenage boys called the newspaper to claim responsibility for the guerrilla tactic and blasted Madoff for wiping out their trust funds. The... More »

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fraud • toilet paper • prank • defrauding customers • Palm Beach • teenager • Bernard Madoff

Bush Street Gets Overnight 'Update' in SF

Pranksters in notoriously liberal city rename thoroughfare, if only temporarily

Jan 20, 09 2:36 PM CST
(Newser) - Partisan pranksters struck San Francisco overnight, covering four blocks of signs on the city’s Bush Street with “Obama Street” signs, NBC affiliate KNTV reports. The covers look professional, and chalk messages on the pavement encourage pedestrians to look up and notice the “change.” A rally is... More »

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Barack Obama • San Francisco • vandalism • prank • George W. Bush • street art • President Obama • Inauguration Day • street sign • NBC Local

 O No: Bushies 
 Warned to Skip Pranks 

Last time, Clinton aides took the "W" off office keyboards

Jan 19, 09 7:33 AM CST
(Newser) - White House aides have been ordered not try some of the pranks played by Clinton aides eight years ago, reports CNN. Mischievous Clintonites yanked the "W" keys from keyboards, and outgoing aides have been warned to keep their mitts off the "O" keys—or try any other tricks,... More »

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White House • vandalism • prank • George W. Bush • President Obama • transfer of power • keyboards • General Accounting Office

Teen Pranksters Get a Dose
of Revenge

Minnesota man charged after spraying them with fox urine

Dec 12, 08 4:06 PM CST
(Newser) - A Minnesota man faces misdemeanor charges of assault and disorderly conduct after police accused him of spraying mischievous teens with fox urine, the West Central Tribune reports. The 50-year-old—fed up with youths toilet-papering his house—loaded up his Super Soaker squirt gun with the offending fluid, donned night-vision goggles,... More »

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Minnesota • misdemeanor • prank • disorderly conduct • teenager

 Fake NYT Declares War Over 

Among other liberal fantasies like, 'Universities free!' and 'Thomas Friedman to resign'

Nov 12, 08 11:33 AM CST
(Newser) - “IRAQ WAR ENDS” declares the New York Times—or at least, an amazingly realistic imitation. A group of pranksters blanketed New York City with a fake edition of the paper of record this morning, reports Gawker. Dated July 4, 2009, the paper sports other headlines spun from liberal... More »

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New York Times • prank • Thomas Friedman • liberal • Iraq war

Canadian DJ Chalks Palin Prank Up to Perseverance

'A lot of journalists would love to have a word' with press-shy candidate

Nov 3, 08 2:49 PM CST
(Newser) - The French-Canadian radio host who fooled Sarah Palin into thinking he was French president Nicolas Sarkozy chalks up his coup to simple hard work. “Call it luck, call it perseverance, call it what you want,” Marc-Antoine Audette tells ABC about Saturday’s 7-minute interview. He says his staff... More »

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Nicolas Sarkozy • prank • Election 2008 • Sarah Palin • Marc-Antoine Audette

 'Borat' Crashes Fashion Show 

Shooting latest film, actor/comedian has designers on edge at Milan event

Sep 26, 08 2:32 PM CDT
(Newser) - Sacha Baron Cohen caused a scene at a Milan fashion show today when he got up on the catwalk and danced violently before being hauled off, ANSA reports. Cohen—stalking the Italian city’s fashion week as he works on a film in which he plays gay fashion reporter Bruno—... More »

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fashion • Italy • comedy • prank • Borat • Sacha Baron Cohen • fashion designer

'Joker Teens' Nabbed in 'Terror Plot'

Pair could be dealt 20-year sentence for playing card prank

Aug 19, 08 5:46 AM CDT
(Newser) - Virginia police didn't see the humor of a Joker-inspired prank that terrified dozens of residents, ABC News reports. Two 18-year-olds have been charged with conspiracy to commit an act of terrorism after leaving playing cards with threatening messages on them scattered around their town. Cops say the felony charge—which... More »

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terrorism • Virginia • prank • Batman • The Dark Knight • the Joker

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