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Daily Newspaper with the largest circulation

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The Wall Street Journal

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Daily Newspaper for military personnel

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Stars and Stripes

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Who created the comic strip Family Circus?

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Bill Keane

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Where is USA Today published?

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Arlington

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Where the crossworld puzzle debuted - 1913

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New York World

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Minneapolis Newspaper

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Star Tribune

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Portland Newspaper

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Oregonian

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Cincinnati Newspaper

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Inquirer

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New Yorker staff photographer - 1992

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Richard Avedon

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Demi Moore appeared pregnant and nude on its cover

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Vanity Fair

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New Orleans Newspaper

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Times-picayune

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Poor Richard’s last name

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Saunders

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Who created the comic strip Dilbert?

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Scott Adams

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Who created the comic strip Dennis the Menace?

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Hank Ketcham

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Muscle and Fitness founder

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Joe Wieder

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It’s “all the news that fit to print”

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The New York Times

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The Luces started this magazine

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Life

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American Heart Association Magazine

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Hypertension

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Houston Newspaper

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Chronicle

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20
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Who created the comic strip Dick Tracy?

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Chester Gould

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Person most often on the cover of People (as of 2001)

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Diana (Spencer)

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Playboy founder

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Hugh Hefner

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Dallas Newspaper

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Morning News

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First person on the cover of TV Guide

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Little Rickie (Ricardo)

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New York Tribune founder

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Horace Greeley

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Manchester Newspaper

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Guardian

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Gary Larson’s comic strip

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The Far Side

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Atlanta Newspaper

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Constitution

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“The Magazine for Women Over Forty”

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Lear

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National Review Founder

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William F. Buckley

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Walt Kelly’s comic strip

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Pogo

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32
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World’s largest news service

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Associated Press

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Baltimore Newspaper

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Sun

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Detroit Newspaper

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Free Press

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First person on the cover of Rolling Stone

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John Lennon

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Sacramento Newspaper

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Bee

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37
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First person on the cover of People

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Mia Farrow

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38
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The first editor of Cosmopolitan

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Helen Gurley Brown

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39
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Who created the comic strip Doonesbury?

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Garry Trudeau

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40
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Bill Keane’s comic strip

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Family Circus

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41
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Dewitt and Lila Wallace founded this magazine

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Reader’s Digest

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42
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Newspaper that broke the Watergate story

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Washington Post

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Washington Newspaper

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Post

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Bill Watterson’s comic strip

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Calvin and Hobbes

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Consumer’s Union test rating magazine

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Consumer Reports

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46
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Pop artist who used “comics” style

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Roy Liechtenstein

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47
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Andy Warhol founded this magazine

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Interview

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48
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Toronto Newspaper

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Star

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49
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TV Guide and Seventeen founder

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Walter Annenberg

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50
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Katherine Graham’s newspaper

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Washington Post

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51
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Magazine that contains the “Index”

52
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Chester Gould’s comic strip

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Dick Tracy

53
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Women’s magazine that debuted in 1884

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Ladies Home Journal

54
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Mort Walker’s comic strip

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Beetle Bailey

55
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Creator of the “comics contraptions”?

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Rube Goldberg

56
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Cartoonist creator of the republican elephant - democratic donkey

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Thomas Nast

57
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John F. Kennedy Jr. founded this magazine

58
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Who created the comic strip Cathy?

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Cathy Guisewite

59
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Who created the comic strip Steve Canyon?

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Milton Caniff

60
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Who created the comic strip Pogo?

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Walt Kelly

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Women’s magazine formerly called Queen

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Indianapolis Newspaper

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Popular magazine from 1937-71

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St. Louis Newspaper

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St. Louis Post-Dispatch

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“The Nation’s Newspaper”

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Kansas City Newspaper

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“Talk of the Town” writer for New Yorker

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E.B. White

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Boy Scout’s magazine

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Boy’s Life

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Woman most often on the cover of Time (as of 2001)

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The Virgin Mary

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AARP’s magazine

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Modurn Maturity

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Harvard’s Humor magazine

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Harvard lampoon

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Scott Adams’ comic strip

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Dave Berry works for this newspaper

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Miami Herald

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Magazine with column “Final Analysis”

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Physiology

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Person most often on the cover ot Time (as of 2001)

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Richard Nixon

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Phoenix’s Native American Newspaper

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Who created the comic strip Beetle Bailey?

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Mort Walker

78
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Who created the comic strip Shoe?

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Jeff MacNeally

79
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Christian Science Monitor founder

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Mary Baker Eddy

80
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Who created the comic strip Calvin and Hobbes?

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Bill Watterson

81
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Paris Newspaper

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Daily Mirror founder

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William Randolph Hearst

83
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She founded Ms. magazine

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Gloria Steinem

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First person on the cover of George

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Cindy Crawford

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Philadelphia Newspaper

86
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Los Angeles Newspapers

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Times; Daily News

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Seattle Newspaper

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Magazine for “free minds and fee markets”

89
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Newspaper established in 1877 as voice of the Democratic party

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Washington Post

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Chicago Newspapers

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Tribune; Sun Times

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New York Newspapers

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Post; Times; Daily News; Village Voice; Wall Street Journal; Amsterdam News; Tribune

92
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Cathy Guisewite’s comic strip?

93
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Where is the newspaper Constitution published?

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New Yorker columnist - 1931

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Dorothy Parker

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Denver Newspapers

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Post; Rocky Mountain News

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Oakland Newspaper

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Magazine with “Dubious Achievement Award”

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“Magazine from our nation’s attic”

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Smithsonian

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Hank Ketcham’s comic strip

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Dennis the Menace

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Charles Shultz’s comic strip

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Miami Newspaper

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Hollywood’s newspaper

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Jann Wenner’s magazine

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Rolling Stone

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Who created the comic strip Garfield?

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He bought The Washington Post in 1976

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Rupert Murdoch

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New Jersey’s oldest newspaper

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Elizebethan Daily Journal

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Who created the comic strip The Far Side?

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Gary Larson

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Columbus Newspaper

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Public Citizen founder

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Ralph Nader

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Milton Caniff’s comic strip

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Steve Canyon

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Jeff MacNeally’s comic strip

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San Francisco Newspapers

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Examiner; Chronicle

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Magazine for the library of congress

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Civilization

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Hartford Newspaper

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U.S. longest continuous running comic strip

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The Katzenjammer Kids

116
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Who created the comic strip Peanuts?

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Charles Shultz

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Des Moines Newspaper

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Former British humor magazine

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Arlington Newspaper

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Magazine for black women

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Jim Davis’ comic strip

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It’s “all the business news you need”

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The Wall Street Journal

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London Newspapers

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Times; Daily Telegraph

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Boston Newspapers

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Globe; Herald; Christian Science Monitor

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Cleveland Newspaper

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Plain Dealer

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“Dewy defeats Truman” newspaper

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Chicago Tribune

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Garry Trudeau’s comic strip

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Doonesbury

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