From the stranger than fiction dept….

With shovels, AOL looks for retribution

Internet company to dig for gold at home of spammer’s parents

Tuesday, August 15, 2006; Posted: 8:38 p.m. EDT (00:38 GMT)

WASHINGTON, D.C., USA (AP) –
AOL is preparing to
dig for buried gold and platinum on property in Massachusetts owned by
the parents of a man it sued for sending millions of unwanted spam
e-mails to its customers.

AOL said Tuesday it intends to search for gold and platinum
bars the
company suspects are hidden near the home of Davis Wolfgang Hawke’s
parents on two acres in Medfield, Massachusetts. The family said it
will fight in court to oppose AOL’s plans…….AO

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The day after this
aired. the Wikipedia entries for Africa,
California, Oregon,
Idaho,
Elephant, African Bush Elephant, African Forest Elephant, African Pygmy Elephant, Loxodonta,
Asian Elephant , George Washington and of course, Stephen Colbert had the following
noticed paced at the beginning of the each article:

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I don’t have anything against
Wikipedia.  I’m quite fond of it.  I’m a Wikipedian
myself, nevertheless, this is hysterically funny.  I’m not sure
which is funnier, Colberts’s Wikipedia "analysis" or it’s aftermath.

I
think I’m gonna ask Stephen Colbert to marry me.