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Ted Cruz made his debut on "Jimmy Kimmel Live!" Wednesday night, and needless to say, fellow GOP presidential hopeful Donald Trump received a not-so-honorable mention: Cruz joked about running Trump over with a car. Before Cruz sat down with Kimmel, a segment with April Fool's Day prank ideas was aired. One of the ideas involved putting a picture of Trump in front of the backup camera of someone's car so a person would mistakenly think they were about to hit Trump when they reversed. Cruz later brought up the prank when Kimmel asked the Texas senator who he liked least:...

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Habana, Cuba -- Called to task by Fidel Castro to explain themselves for botching several operations on the 80 year old Cuban President, his surgeons have taken the unprecedented action of holding a news conference to explain to the world President Castro's medical condition. Chief Surgeon Rafael Bernardo of the Cuban Escuela Latinoamericana de Ciencias Médicas explained to the gathering: "When we first operated on the Maximum Leader we'd thought that he was suffering from a broken Wish Bone. The operation made President Castro's condition even worse. After several more unsuccessful operations on a Funny Bone, his Spare Ribs, and...

Ray Nagin, mayor of New Orleans, lashed back at critics after the FBI discovered that up to 700 so-called members of the city police force simply did not exist. Funding for many of these officers was provided by the federal government. "During the storm and aftermath we'd heard reports that hundreds of New Orleans police officers had deserted their post," said an FBI spokesman. "Further investigation indicates that these posts had never been manned and the funds supposedly paid in wages has disappeared." "Sure we overstated the number of officers on the force," said Nagin. "We did this to deter...

Updated October 5, 2003 Breaking News SCHWARZENEGGER ADMITS PRAISING O.J. Happened on Rowdy Movie Set, Actor Says The Schwarzenegger gubernatorial campaign took yet another body blow today, as a 1997 interview revealed that Mr. Schwarzenegger effusively praised former football star and murder suspect O.J. Simpson while on a rowdy movie set. In the interview, the actor reportedly said that he admired Mr. Simpson for his ability "to maneuver his way out of really bad things he is accused of." Expanding on his theme, Mr. Schwarzenegger said, "If you get accused of terrible things but still manage to get away with...