Contest Directions:Create images of something that happened in the news from 1/22/07 - 1/28/07.
An example of a recent news story that could be used can be found here: It seems a 65 year old woman saved her husband's life by poking a cougar in the eye using a pen as two mountain lions attacked the couple in a California state park. Now there is a man I envy. I can't even get my wife to shovel the sidewalk for me.
In the Author's Comments, it is mandatory to link to a news story. You should use this format to make a link: [URL="http://www.SomeNewsLink.com"] news title [/URL]
Thanks to Mother Nature for sponsoring this contest. [ browse best gallery pictures ] [ browse this contest gallery in high resolution ] Tag funny pix newsjanjan Jackpot: 1st place: $5, 2nd place: $3 , 3rd place: $2 Started: 1/27/2007 6:00:00 AM, Ended: 1/29/2007 6:00:00 AM
L'Abbé Pierre, beaten to second place in "France's Most Popular Man" opinion poll by Zinedine Zidane, takes an interest in soccer and helps his local team in a training session, with tragic results.
The clips already going round the net showing the Abbé's hanging are of course forgeries. This one, even though basely commercial, is much nearer the truth :
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A lot of news takes place in any given week. We select stories each day that we think would generate good entries. This is your chance to select any news story from this week and create an image / parody photo of that story. Remember to include a link to the news story in the Author's Comments section.
Create images of something that happened in the news from 1/22/07 - 1/28/07.
An example of a recent news story that could be used can be found here: It seems a 65 year old woman saved her husband's life by poking a cougar in the eye using a pen as two mountain lions attacked the couple in a California state park. Now there is a man I envy. I can't even get my wife to shovel the sidewalk for me.
