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Video Game Julio Franco looks back on his career, still playing at 48 years old. Link courtesy of Deadspin

Sigh…They just don’t get it. You always sacrifice your work life first. ;) http://video.google.com/googleplayer.swf?videoUrl=http%3A%2F%2Fvp.video.google.com%2Fvideodownload%3Fversion%3D0%26secureurl%3DoQAAANi2KMARzGgBgaOY2ZBlLixt11aLUqB7DcJiCaXvSXTitmCKJhCHOkoA–uxFMmlJgvEd7WkZhDPyYfUf_1dFwbbwkiAFDHiNZ24xS6sMicPwizsIlq_ncAh1RtJtUup9cLHU6SfwJQsJerRrj2KptlJYI4smVot3B6FuB88PPAqkdSOH8H7SrMIIVuNZ9QABdSCtYh-BEQxzVw63bFrnE4mWb5owcc7M0AudIz5sWhi%26sigh%3DnQkEYH4zuCa6gLN-U-jA9iTf0K8%26begin%3D0%26len%3D232880%26docid%3D1329362959167995041&thumbnailUrl=http%3A%2F%2Fvideo.google.com%2FThumbnailServer%3Fapp%3Dvss%26contentid%3D74c7bd18530bbdb5%26second%3D5%26itag%3Dw320%26urlcreated%3D1145934080%26sigh%3DtEArLZ839xsnOmp80jU6Tncbbe4&playerId=1329362959167995041 Courtesy of Google Video

I was so hoping this story from the Akron Beacon-Journal was an April Fools joke, but it looks like it just happens to involve fools in April. The gist of the story is that five teenage girls went around Ravenna, Ohio, and placed gift-wrapped boxes modelled after blocks in Super Mario Bros. The boxes were wrapped in gold paper with question marks. Sadly enough, in these times, that’s apparently enough to get someone to call out the Bomb Squad. It’s also may be enough for criminal charges. (I hope they’re talking about littering.) ...