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20th Century Fox Updating Its Name For the New Century

Damon Houx — Tue, 16 Apr 2013 23:30:44 +0000

When 20th Century Fox was founded in 1935 (the combination of Fox Films Corporation and Twentieth Century Pictures) it's possible that the founders of the company may have joked that their name could become obsolete in sixty five years, but it seems unlikely they were thinking that far ahead. Now -- seventy-eight years later -- the company's name has been changed to reflect the times and updated to 21st Century Fox for everything but the movie side of their business.

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You Can Name a Planet in Outrageous Contest

Drew Weisholtz — Tue, 26 Mar 2013 18:39:27 +0000

Earth, Mars, Neptune – how hard can it possibly be to name a planet?

Now’s your chance to find out.

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Internet Baby Naming Contest Thankfully a Hoax

Emerald Catron — Tue, 05 Mar 2013 19:46:57 +0000

Last week we reported that a ~~horrible~~ mom was letting the internet vote to decide the name of her child for a measly $5,000. We can now thankfully say that the whole thing was a big, stinking hoax, perpetrated by none other than the company holding the contest.

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Expectant Mother Will Let the Good People of the Internet Name Her Baby for $5,000

Drew Weisholtz — Thu, 28 Feb 2013 18:57:40 +0000

They say it takes a village to raise a child, but who knew the same applied to naming it?

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Deaf Child Prohibited From Signing His Own Name Because It Looks Like a Gun — Is It Fair? [VIDEO, POLL]

Amy Sciarretto — Wed, 29 Aug 2012 13:38:18 +0000

Hunter Spanjer, a deaf preschooler in Grand Island, Nebraska, is being prohibited from signing his name (in sign language) because administrators at his school believe that the gesture he uses looks like a gun.

Wait, what?

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