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Captain Obvious Award #4

Skiers can cut risks by wearing helmets, experts say
Well then, it’s good to know we have experts looking out for us, isn’t it? Obviously, most skiers don’t use helmets, so it’s good as a suggestion. But we don’t need to know why, do we?

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Captain Obvious Award #3

A shocking headline from AFP:
Just Being Overweight Can Shorten Lifespan: Study
(To see what this award is all about, and the other stories that made the grade, click here.)

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Captain Obvious Award #2

This may not fit the Captain Obvious Award exactly as originally defined. But hey, we can revise it a little. And if the story still tells us something we already know, it’s trophy time!
Virginity Pledges Don’t Stop Teen Sex

If I have to bet on who wins, Libido vs. Verbal Pledges of Abstinence… it’s no match. [...]

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Introducing Fizzy’s Captain Obvious Award

Health-related headlines are so often written by people who, one has to assume, really didn’t think before they finalized their work. Jay Leno has gotten tons of mileage out of goofy newspaper clippings. We plan on bringing you Internet headlines that say absolutely nothing other than the obvious.
So without further adieu, I present to you [...]

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