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Candidates line up to visit Jon Stewart *
Four presidential candidates are lined up to visit Jon Stewart on "The Daily Show" over the next three weeks as Comedy Central's satirical news review ramps up its cheeky "Indecision 2008" coverage. [More]

Daily Show to air reports from Iraq *
The Daily Show with Jon Stewart -- whose fake news coverage has long included phoney "remotes" from war-torn Iraq -- will be reporting from Iraq for real, next week. [More]

Matt Lauer and the WristStrong Bracelet *
On "The Colbert Report," Stephen Colbert and Brian Williams of NBC Nightly News discussed Colbert's broken left wrist and his "WristStrong campaign" . . . [More]

Oscars saved as Hollywood writers' and Producers Reach 'Tentative Deal' *
Striking writers --who have manned picket lines since October -- could be back to work next week, breathing new hope and life into the 2008 Academy Awards show. [More]

Stephen Colbert causes Wikipedia chaos *
Stephen Colbert, who hosts the Comedy Channel's nightly show The Colbert Report, has caused bedlam on the popular user-supported encyclopaedia site Wikipedia, by urging viewers to assail its pages with made-up "facts." [More]

Stephen Colbert Gets a Double Scoop of AmeriCone Dream *
Ice Cream’s Ben & Jerry Salute Flavour on "The Colbert Report." [More]