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prank stories: 33 news summaries

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'Wrestlers' Strip and Smooch in Borat's Latest Film Prank

Furious Arkansas audience hurls beer

Jul 9, 08 1:19 PM CDT
(Newser) - The poster promised “hot chicks, cold beer, and hardcore fights"—but 1,600 Arkansas good 'ol boy wrestling fans instead fell victim to a sexy prank by Borat star Sacha Baron Cohen. Playing “Straight Dave,” Cohen pulled an in-the-know audience member into the fighting ring and... More »

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homophobia • film • Arkansas • wrestling • professional wrestling • prank • Sacha Baron Cohen

In Senate, Pranks Mix
With Politics

Democrats Nelson, McCaskill channel Ashton Kutcher

Jun 23, 08 12:13 PM CDT
(Newser) - The prank war started when Ben Nelson took advantage of Claire McCaskill's inexperience and got his fellow Democrat even more nervous about her 2007 Senate swearing-in than she already was. The action since then has been sporadic but inventive. McClatchy returns from Capitol Hill with tales of the lawmakers' dueling... More »

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Senate • Claire McCaskill • prank • Ben Nelson

YouTube Punishment Fits YouTube Crime

Footage of fast-food prank gets teens suitable sentence

Jun 9, 08 3:35 PM CDT
(Newser) - A judge has ordered two teens to create and post an apology video on YouTube as punishment for a vicious prank, Florida Today reports. The boys were convicted of battery and criminal mischief after posting video of one of them throwing a soda back at a drive-thru fast-food server after... More »

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Florida • Internet • YouTube • crime • prank • apology • sentence

Broken Glass Lands Cheeky Mooner in Hospital

Flashing Dutchman the butt of his own joke

Jun 4, 08 1:39 PM CDT
(Newser) - A Dutchman is recovering in a hospital after a mooning backfired, the AP reports. The 21-year-old prankster and two friends were running around the streets of Utrecht with their pants pulled down at the back, police said. The cheeky ringleader pushed his butt up against the glass of a restaurant... More »

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Netherlands • injury • prank • jokes

it's april 1

Google Gets
Into the Spirit

Search engine
pranks users with email time machine, mission to Mars

Apr 1, 08 3:44 PM CDT
(Newser) - Google continued a time-honored tradition of April Fools’ Day pranks today with foolish new email features and a mission to Mars, cNet reports. Gmail users found a new feature, “Custom Time,” which would allow emails to be sent back in time. And not to worry in case of... More »

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Google • Mars • Gmail • prank • April Fools' Day • Rickroll

it's april 1

10 Ways to Play the Fool at Work 

The most memorable April 1 office hoaxes

Apr 1, 08 11:40 AM CDT
(Newser) - A good April Fools' prank can really liven up the office, and 32% of us have been on the giving or receiving end. CNN draws 10 of the best workplace gags from an annual CareerBuilder survey.
  1. Put pants and shoes in a men’s room stall to make it
... More »

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work • list • humor • prank • April Fools' Day

Man Busted for 27,000 911 Calls

Prankster, who made bodily noises, did it 'because it's free'

Feb 16, 08 7:06 AM CST
(Newser) - Police in a San Francisco suburb finally got their man—but only after he made 27,000 prank 911 calls, often treating the operators to grunts and his impressions of bodily noises. John Triplette "completely overwhelmed our system," police tell the San Francisco Chronicle. Why did this criminal... More »

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cell phones • 911 call • prank • Hayward, Calif. • California Highway Patrol • John Triplette

Philly HS
Turns Into
Cluck U.

Poultry overruns building in a senior prank for the ages

Feb 11, 08 2:30 PM CST
(Newser) - Dozens of chickens making themselves at home in the halls of a Philadelphia high school forced it to close for the day, the Inquirer reports. Staff members arriving for work this morning were greeted by the birds, which apparently were set free last night. "They let them loose and... More »

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high school • Philadelphia • prank • chickens

Joker Sends Holiday Cards From Afterlife

88-year-old pulls
one last prank on
family and friends

Dec 25, 07 1:37 PM CST
(Newser) - Chet Fitch got the last laugh on family and friends again, this time from beyond the grave. The 88-year-old, who died in the fall, arranged to have 34 Christmas cards sent this year, all marked with a return address of Heaven. "I asked Big Guy if I could sneak... More »

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death • prank • holiday • Christmas • holiday card • Chet Fitch • Christmas card

Potty-Mouthed 'Santa' Letters Horrify Canada

'Filthy' correspondence leads to suspension of volunteer program

Dec 14, 07 12:17 PM CST
(Newser) - Letters from Santa distributed to at least 10 children in Ottawa are smearing the good name of jolly old St. Nick, the Citizen reports: They contain vulgar messages written by an unidentified “rogue elf.” The head of Canada Post says the country's postal service is "shocked and... More »

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Canada • children • letters • mail • prank • Santa Claus

Prank Caller Gets Dubya's Digits

Impersonating Iceland's president earns 16-year-old promise of a call back

Dec 12, 07 2:40 PM CST
(Newser) - As prank calls go, Vífill Atlason’s call to the White House is in select company. Posing as Iceland’s president, the 16-year-old says he managed to schedule a phone meeting with President Bush, though Icelandic police tracked him down before that could happen. White House spokesmen say Atlason... More »

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White House • Secret Service • prank • Iceland • Vífill Atlason

Rove's Jag Gets Punk’d

Ride falls victim to the Christo treatment

Aug 29, 07 12:49 PM CDT
(Newser) - When Karl Rove drives off into the sunset tonight, his ride will boast a new take on “Just Married” decorations. While the just-resigned strategist was visiting Texas, his Jaguar was pranked at the White House, the AP reports. The jokesters wrapped the vehicle in plastic wrap before slapping on... More »

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Barack Obama • Karl Rove • White House • Secret Service • Jaguar • prank • cars

Google Lets News Figures Fire Back

How service will protect against pranksters is unknown

Aug 8, 07 9:54 PM CDT
(Newser) - People who want to talk back to the press received a major invitation from Google News yesterday when it announced a plan to post user comments alongside links to news articles, ars technica reports. But only people and groups specifically mentioned in the articles will be allowed into Google’s... More »

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media • Google • news • press • Google News • prank

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