Briefing Room: Weekend Wrap-up

Posted by Alex Tavlian on September 13, 2010 · Leave a Comment 

Listen to the Daily Dues Show (Episode 2): We Love FresnOMG

On last week’s show, we had Cambria Avedikian and Dominique James from WeHeartFresno and Mike Oz from the Fresno Bee.

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Armenia breaks Chocolate Bar world record

Saturday, The Grand Candy Company of Yerevan made the world’s largest Chocolate Bar as certified by the Guiness World Record committee. The bar is 224 inches by 110 inches and is 10 inches thick. The 9,072-pound bar is to be divided and handed out in Yerevan’s, the capital city’s, main square on October 16.

Dogs’ wide receiver Wylie out indefinitely

Fresno State receiver Devon Wylie, the fastest player in school history, is out indefinitely with a foot injury that will force him to miss this week and maybe even the entire season.

More at the Bee

How NFL teams got their nicknames

From the Raiders to the Bills to the Eagles, CNN has the stories behind the names given to the NFL’s plethora of teams.

More at CNN

From The Onion: Nation once again comes under sway of Pink-Faced Half-Wit

Following an Aug. 28 rally in Washington, D.C. attended by an estimated 87,000 Americans, experts confirmed this week that the U.S. populace appears to have fallen under the spell of yet another pink-faced half-wit.

The most recent pink-faced halfwit has reportedly captured the popular imagination through the conventional vehicles of a nationally syndicated talk-radio program and a cable news television show. According to media analyst Rebecca Ellington, the pink-faced half-wit has mesmerized the nation by spewing out hundreds of predictably reactionary and emotionally manipulative on-air diatribes.

More at the Onion

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