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Greatest wire story ever shows AP embracing Web 2.0 technology, humor

By Jordan Golson, 6:20 PM on Fri Apr 11 2008, 922 views (Edit, to draft, Top, Slurp)

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WASHINGTON (AP) - Get real, people. That is not a naked woman reflected in Vice President Dick Cheney's sunglasses. Although it kind of appears to be. It you blow up the picture, you can see it is Cheney's hand gripping the handle of a fishing rod.
So much for putting "who, what, when and where" in the first line, eh AP? I like that they use a TinyURL link at the bottom too. [AP]

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