EDITORIAL: Dead Man Laughing
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By Chicago Tribune  Jun. 8--Did you hear the one about the Death Row inmate who wanted to tell a joke at his execution? It's not funny.   Patrick Knight, Texas inmate No. 999072, is scheduled to die June 26 for killing his neighbors, Walter and Mary Werner, in 1991.
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Of pimps, government officials and what makes a translator laugh.
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A native son aims to counter barbs and jokes about his state.
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The oddball premise, about a man who brings murder victims back to life, has generated buzz.
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Research suggests that our brains prime us to laugh when others do it. So that's why Adam Sandler is only funny at the movie theater. In Bodyhack.
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The president has taught the humorless left to be funny again. Now comedians just have to decide if he's a genial dunce or a sinister genius.
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Rob Corddry is a really funny guy. With his gift for looking shrewd yet silly, with his balding head and that phantom forelock, he was the perfect pundit on Comedy Central's "Daily Show" fake newscast.
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From their cells on Virginia's death row, the inmates can hear Percy Walton laughing. His chuckles come from nowhere, inmates say, and are often mixed with shouts and incoherent babbling.
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The basis for laughter may have originated in an ancient primate ancestral to both humans and modern apes, a study suggests.
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By pishing on a dying disabled woman Two items arrived in our inbox today.â¦
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The season of laughter is upon us again. And this time thereÂs no holding back the outpouring of humour even if the comedies get a raw deal at the boxoffice.
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One Fool has cooled toward the coffee king.
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If nothing else, Mike Lowell has a sense of humor about the circumstances that brought him to Boston. There are no delusions here. Just a sense of perspective and acceptance and - in his mind - a chance to garner some laughs.
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Gabe: So the big news today, in the world of web comics at least is that PvP is getting itself animated. Scott posted the news along with a little teaser over on his site. He"s actually writing the entire thing with the help of Kris Straub. I was a big fan of the old Blamimations they did together and I"ve told them both whenever possible that they needed to collaborate more. I make jokes when I"m uncomfortable and it just so happens I have issues with anxiety so I"m essentially uncomfortable all day. That means I spend a lot of my time making jokes. When Scott and Kris were up here visiting I hardly said a word. They"re just too funny and they"re always on. You just can"t compete with them, all you can do is laugh.
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The former Florida secretary of state looks to be headed for a Senate primary win. So why is her own party laughing?
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Tycho:  I'm super depressed.  I thought I had invented a new word - mirthquake - and then I was going to say that you should prepare yourselves for the aforementioned, as today's comic strip was rated this or that number on the rictus scale.  I mean seriously, I've been excited all weekend.  A simple Google search put me in my place - the word is practically ubiquitous.  Expect it soon on Urban Dictionary, that mausoleum of once vibrant language.
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Enough with The Joke, John Kerry says. The Massachusetts senator and former Democratic presidential nominee said Wednesday night that it's time to move on from his botched attempt at humor before the midterm election.