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Making the Headlines

Founded in 1883 by Johnny Newspaperseed, The Springfield Shopper is Springfield's number one newspaper - in fact, after merging with The Springfield Times, Springfield Post, Springfield Globe, Springfield Herald, Springfield Jewish News and Hot Sex Weekly, it is now the only major newspaper in Springfield. At one time it was free, but the price has risen over a period of time and is currently sold at 50¢.

Every headline from the Springfield Shopper and other newspapers/magazines (named where applicable) is listed below, complete with screenshots, and any subheadings or further headlines.

Season 1

Homer's Odyssey
SIMPSON SAYS SAFE!
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DOZENS CHEER HOMER SIMPSON
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HOMER SIMPSON STRIKES AGAIN!
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WATCH OUT, HERE COMES HOMER
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ENOUGH ALREADY, HOMER SIMPSON!
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Call of The Simpsons
(National Informer)
BIGFOOT STILL AT LARGE
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(National Informer)
I MARRIED BIGFOOT
Shocking Interview Inside!
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(National Informer)
BIGFOOT'S WIFE PLEADS: "CALL HIM HOMER!"
Details Inside
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(National Informer)
THE BIGFOOT DIET: "PORK CHOPS APLENTY"
Tasty Recipes Inside
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The Crepes of Wrath
(Newsweeque)
VIVE LE BART!
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Krusty Gets Busted
(Timely)
KROOK OF THE YEAR
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(Newsweekly)
RHYMES WITH DASTARD
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(Today's Guns)
357 MAGNUM The Clown Stopper
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Season 2

Simpson and Delilah
(The Springfield Power Plant Employee Newsletter)
WORK ACCIDENTS REACH RECORD LOW
Output Up 15 Percent
Management Caves In To Condiment Outcry
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Two Cars in Every Garage and Three Eyes on Every Fish
MUTATION CAUGHT AT OL' FISHIN' HOLE
Is Power Plant Responsible?
Boy Was Using Five Pound Test and Ordinary Worms
Sister Was Just There For Tranquility
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(In Bart's scrapbook, as he pastes a cutting of the previous headline into it.)
VANDAL DECAPITATES TOWN STATUE
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FISHIN' HOLE OR FISSION HOLE?
Burns Denies Responsibilities In Fish Flap
Count The Eyes, Mr. Burns!
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GOVERNOR CALLS FOR POWER PLANT INSPECTION
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BURNS ENTERS GUBERNATORIAL RACE
3 Eyed Fish In Every Pot?
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BURNS SKYROCKETS TO SEVEN PERCENT IN LATEST POLLS
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BURNS BANDWAGON ROLLS ON
Latest Poll Puts Him At 22 Percent
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BURNS NUKES BAILEY IN LATEST POLL
Forty-Two Percent And Climbing
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Itchy & Scratchy & Marge
ART TREASURE TO VISIT SPRINGFIELD
Michelangelo's David In 1958
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Bart Gets Hit By A Car
(Imagined by Mr. Burns)
BURNS FIRES UNGRATEFUL EMPLOYEE
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(Imagined by Mr. Burns)
ANOTHER SMART MOVE BY BURNS
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(Imagined by Mr. Burns)
HOORAY FOR BURNS!
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Lisa's Substitute
(Daily Fourth Gradian)
BART TO MARTIN: "EAT MY SHORTS"
Simpson Wins Debate!
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(Daily Fourth Gradian)
EXTRA!!! PRINCE BEATS SIMPSON
(In the photo, Martin holds copy of the paper with the headline: SIMPSON DEFEATS PRINCE)
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Season 3

Stark Raving Dad
MICHAEL JACKSON HOAX
Everyone Mad At Local Boy
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Mr. Lisa Goes to Washington
NEVER TOO BUSY...
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(Washington Beacon)
EXTRA! CONGRESS CLEANS HOUSE
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When Flanders Failed
PRESIDENT DECLARES WORLD PEACE
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PRESIDENT SIMPSON DECLARES WORLD PEACE
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PRESIDENT SIMPSON WINS SUPER BOWL
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Bart the Murderer
PRINCIPAL STILL MISSING
Police Search For Body
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PSYCHIC JOINS SKINNER HUNT
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PRINCIPAL MURDER TRIAL BEGINS TODAY
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SENTENCING TODAY FOR DINKY DON
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Homer Defined
(US of A Today)
AMERICA'S FAVORITE PENCIL
#2 Is #1
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Treehouse of Horror II
WORLD PEACE DECLARED
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MONSTERS OKAY SLAVERY PLAN
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Flaming Moe's
WIZARD OF WALNUT STREET
Moe with a Flaming Moe
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(Timely)
ONE MOE FOR THE ROAD
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(Bar and Stool magazine)
THROUGH THE ROOF!
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Radio Bart
SQUIRREL RESEMBLING ABRAHAM LINCOLN FOUND
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Separate Vocations
(Daily Fourth Gradian)
FOODFIGHT FOILED FISHSTICKS SEIZED
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Dog of Death
LOTTERY DRAWING TODAY
President, Rock Star to Swap Wives
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Colonel Homer
(Springfield Variety)
HIX IN STIX LOVE CHIX LIX
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Brother, Can You Spare Two Dimes?
LOCAL MAN, HOMER SIMPSON, RECEIVES AWARD AND $2000 CHECK
(with a picture of him falling off balcony)
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Season 4

A Streetcar Named Marge
PLAY ENJOYED BY ALL
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Lisa the Beauty Queen
LISA KICKS BUTT
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QUEEN TO MAYOR: YOU'RE NEXT
Nerds Pummeled in Football Melee
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Treehouse of Horror III
WOMAN WEDS APE
Dick Cavett Born
(Interesting note: as this newspaper spins into view, the second headline "Woody Allen Born" is in place of the "Dick Cavett Born" headline. It changes to the latter on the last spin. Both newspapers feature an adult picture of the person in question, even though they had just been born.)
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Lisa's First Word
MONDALE TO HART: WHERE'S THE BEEF?
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Marge vs. the Monorail
BURNS PAYS CITY 3 MIL!
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I Love Lisa
(from an Itchy & Scratchy cartoon)
YOU NEED A HEART TO LIVE
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Krusty Gets Kancelled
WHO IS GABBO?
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FIVE DAYS 'TIL GABBO
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GABBO HERE TODAY
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(Springfield Variety)
GABBO FABBO! KRUSTY RUSTY
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QUIMBY RE-ELECTED BY LANDSLIDE
Two More Bodies Surface In Springfield Harbor
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GABBO STILL #1 IN SPRINGFIELD
Brockman Fired
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KRUSTY SPECIAL AIRS TODAY
Gabbo To Have "Real Boy" Operation
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Season 5

Rosebud
BURNS' BIRTHDAY TODAY
Credits Long Life To Satan
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Homer The Vigilante
CAT BURGLAR STRIKES 15 HOMES!
Man Marries Woman In Wedding Ceremony
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BURGLAR STRIKES AGAIN!
Is Nothing Safe?
(the paper is then stolen)
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ZIRCONIA ZTOLEN!!!
Simpson Asleep At Switch
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Lisa vs. Malibu Stacy
LOCAL GAYS SHOW THEIR PRIDE
(Bart is at the forefront of the picture)
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Homer Loves Flanders
BIG FAT MAN HAS BIG FAT HEART
Little Thin Man Accused In Robbery
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Bart Gets An Elephant
KBBL CHEATS STRAIGHT-A STUDENT!!!
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The Boy Who Knew Too Much
QUIMBY NEPHEW CHARGED IN BEATING
Chowder Said Wrong
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Season 6

Sideshow Bob Roberts
BOB PARDON: #1 LOCAL ISSUE
Edges Out "No Fat Chicks" Ordinance
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CALL FOR PROBE IN BOB FLAP
EDITORIAL: Why Not Let Dead Pets Vote?
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TODDLERS TOPPLE MAYOR
Expressway Halt Rankles Elderly
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Bart's Comet
PREZ SEZ: "SCHOOL IS FOR LOSERS"
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BOY DISCOVERS COMET
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ROCKET TO KICK COMET'S TAIL
Mayor Visits City
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Homer Vs. Patty and Selma
(gag paper)
BART NAMED WORLD'S GREATEST SEX MACHINE
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A Star Is Burns
INCONTINENT OLD MAN WINS MISS TEEN AMERICA
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The Springfield Connection
(Sponge and Vacuum)
PREVIEW OF THE '96 SPONGES
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(Danger Liker)
MINEFIELDS - PLAYGROUNDS FOR THE 90s
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(Glass Eater)
WINE BOTTLES: OUR TEN FAVORITE VINTAGES
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(Other magazines in this episode include: "Bear Baiter," "Mosh Pitter," "Rock Jumper," "Cliff Biker.")
Who Shot Mr. Burns? (Part One)
AWFUL SCHOOL IS AWFUL RICH
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BURNS PLANS SUNSHINE HALT
SPECIAL SECTION: Your Guide To Perpetual Darkness
Town Meeting Friday
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Season 7

Radioactive Man
WHO WILL BE FALLOUT BOY?
Who Will Be Fallout Boy?
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MILHOUSE DISAPPEARS!
Movie On Hold
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(Variety)
MILHOUSE MELTDOWN
Ankles Pic - Flick Sick
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SPINNING NEWSPAPER INJURES PRINTER
(This and the previous two were all spinning papers, one after the other)
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Home Sweet Homediddly-Dum-Doodily
AMERICA LOVES TED KENNEDY
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40 TRAMPLED AT POCO CONCERT
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(The Flanders Press)
PLAYTIME IS FUN
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(The Flanders Press)
EXTRA EXTRA! TODD SMELLS
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(The Flanders Press)
SIMPSON KIDS MISS MOM & DAD
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King Size Homer
(Employee Newsletter)
BURNS SURVIVES BRUSH WITH SHUT-IN
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Mother Simpson
LOCAL MAN LOSES PANTS, LIFE
Beaver Rescue Falls Short
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Lisa The Iconoclast
PARADE TO DISTRACT JOYLESS CITIZENRY
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The Day the Violence Died
BUM SUES CARTOON KING
Got legal fee from some family
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A Fish Called Selma
TROY A LITTLE TENDERNESS
Look Who's Drunk
(picture of McBain)
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TROY WEDS
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(Variety)
McCLURE ANKLES OBSCURITY
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22 Short Films About Springfield
HELMS CALLS FOR DONUT TAX
Deadbeat Dad Beat Dead
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Much Apu About Nothing
QUIMBY'S PROPOSITION 24 ON BALLOT
Quimby Propositions 24 At Ballet
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POLICE PREPARE FOR DEPORTATIONS
Bear Patrol Steps Up Bombing Campaign
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Season 8

You Only Move Twice
SUPERVILLAIN SEIZES EAST COAST
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The Homer They Fall
CHAMP TO WHALE ON LOCAL MAN
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El Viaje Misterioso de Nuestro Jomer (The Mysterious Voyage of Homer)
KICKIN' BACK
Fifty Ways To Waste Your Weekend
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The Springfield Files
HUMAN BLIMP SEES FLYING SAUCER
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The Itchy and Scratchy and Poochie Show
FUNNY DOG TO MAKE LIFE WORTHWHILE
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(Toon Beat Magazine)
HOMER SIMPSON AND POOCHIE!
The Voice Of Cool
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Brother From Another Series
MANIAC TO LIVE AT BROTHER'S APARTMENT
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Homer Vs. The Eighteenth Amendment
ALCOHOL PROHIBITED IN SPRINGFIELD
Bums Threaten To Leave Town
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CITY GOES DRY TODAY
Bums Extend Deadline
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BANNER BARS BOOZE
Booze Barred By Banner
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BEER BARON BEATS BANNER
Family Sedan Outruns Cops
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The Old Man And The Lisa
BURNS TO OPEN RECYCLING PLANT
Makes Other Bums Look Bad
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Season 9

Treehouse of Horror XIII
NEUTRON BOMB HEADED FOR SPRINGFIELD!
Hippo Promoted To Detective
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Realty Bites
GRUESOME MURDERS AT SOCIALITE'S HOUSE
Mrs. Astor Safe
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Miracle on Evergreen Terrace
SIMPSONS SCAM SPRINGFIELD
Angry Mob Mulls Options
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The Joy Of Sect
SPRINGFIELD SHOPPER PURCHASED BY EVIL NICE CULT
Check Out Our New Cult Lifestyle Section
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Trash of the Titans
NEW FACE IN TRASH RACE
Local Nut At It Again
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SIMPSON WINS IN LANDSLIDE
Says "Crazy Promises" The Key
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The Last Temptation of Krust
DOG KILLS CAT, SELF
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Natural Born Kissers
LOCAL COUPLE BARES ALL!
Police Dog Clings To Life
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Season 10

Homer to the Max
IT'S WAR!
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The Old Man and The "C" Student
TOWN PREPARES FOR OLYMPICS
Pickpockets Call Up Reserves
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Season 11

Guess Who's Coming to Criticize Dinner?
UNUSUALLY LARGE, UGLY BABY BORN
(includes picture of Homer as a baby)
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(Springfield Shopper Lifeways)
NUTS TO SOUP
by Homer Simpson, Food Critic
Krusty: Worst King Lear In 400 Years
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COD IS GREAT, SCROD IS GOOD
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THAR, SHE BLOWS!
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Little Big Mom
(Toon Times, in a Itchy & Scratchy cartoon)
SCIENTIST CLONES SHEEP
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Eight Misbehavin'
NAHASAPEEMAPETILAN-TASTIC!
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Behind the Laughter
(Daily Variety)
YELLOW FEVER
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(The Hollywood Reporter)
BUMPTIOUS BROOD BOFFO!
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FEDS TO SIMPS: PAY UP!
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THAT'S ALL, FOLKS!
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Season 12

Lisa The Tree Hugger
KETCHUP TRUCK HITS HAMBURGER STAND
Six Dead
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LISA ALIVE!
Hemp City Reduced To Stems And Seeds
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The Computer Wore Menace Shoes
WEB SNOOP EXPOSES POOL HUSTLE
Mr. X Makes Headlines
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Simpson Safari
FOOD SUPPLY CUT OFF
Even Pies
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Trilogy of Error
FIRST DAY OF SPRING
Ants, Picnickers Reach Last-Minute Accord
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Season 13

The Parent Rap
PAIR SINKS JUDGE'S HOUSE
Quilt Ruined
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Brawl in the Family
SIMPSONS ARRESTED IN FAMILY RIOT
Even Maggie
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Half Decent Proposal
SLEEP IMPORTANT, SAY EXPERTS
Slow News Day Grips Springfield
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The Old Man and the Key
OLD MAN YELLS AT CLOUD
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I Am Furious (Yellow)
("Newspaper", in one of Bart's Internet cartoons)
YOU SUCK ANGRY DAD
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Weekend At Burnsie's
MEDICAL MARIJUANA OUTLAWED
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The Frying Game
HO. J. SIMPSON TRIAL STARTS TODAY
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Papa's Got a Brand New Badge
HEAT WAVE CONTINUES
(the ink on the page then melts away)
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Season 14

Large Marge
CRAZED MOM GOES TOPLESS
Photos pages 3-28
TV Clown Saves Day
(Initially it looks as though "TV Clown Saves Day" is the headline, but the camera pans out to show it is less significant.)
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Special Edna
TEACHER NOMINATED FOR AWARD
Will She Leave Old Life Behind?
Closed Pistachio Stymies Fatso
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The Dad Who Knew Too Little
DRUNK COP FIRED FROM FORCE
Private Eye Wins Bake-Off
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A Star is Born Again
LONELY MEN DIE EARLY
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(The National Whoops)
SARA LIVES IN SIN, MESS
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Three Gays of the Condo
BUMBLEBEE MAN CAUGHT IN STING
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Dude, Where's My Ranch?
(Billboard for kidz)
FLAN SLAM IS #1 JAM
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Old Yeller-Belly
ALE OF THE PUP
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The Bart of War
CAVALRY KIDS LEAD CHARGE IN CLEANUP
President Shoots Wife
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Moe Baby Blues
BABY SAVED BY LOCAL HERO, NOT FATHER
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Season 15

My Mother the Carjacker
MAYOR UNVEILS ERECTION TO CHEERING CROWD
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The President Wore Pearls
(Daily Fourth Gradian)
SCHOOL ELECTIONS TODAY
Are You A Bart Of A Milhouse? Take Our Quiz
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The Regina Monologues
(The Times)
YANK BANGS QUEEN, OLD BEAN
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(The Mirror)
SIMPO TO UK: "I'LL KILL YOU ALL"
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(The Sun)
YANKEE DOODLE RANDY
Topless Homer on Page 3
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(The Sun)
JUDGE GOES MEDIEVAL ON SIMPSON'S ASS
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(The Mirror)
WACKO JACKO TO BLIMPO SIMPO: SELL ME YOUR BONES
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(The Daily Mail)
BART AND PRINCE HARRY - OUT OF CONTROL?
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Marge vs. Singles, Seniors, Childless Couples and Teens, and Gays
"FAMILIES COME FIRST" ON BALLOT
Second Headline Less Important, Studies Show
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"FAMILIES COME FIRST" WRONG FOR SPRINGFIELD
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COSTS TOO MUCH, DOES TOO LITTLE
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Simple Simpson
OBESE NERD EATS HUMBLE PIE
"Pie Man" Back For Seconds
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Bart-Mangled Banner
(Daily Fourth Gradian)
IN-DE NO-PANTS DAY!
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U-ASS-A!
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Fraudcast News
(The Red Dress Press)
ELEGY FOR GEEZER ROCK
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BELOVED HERO CHEATS DEATH
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(Burns Weekly)
"IT'S TOO LATE"
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(The Red Dress Press)
LISA TO BURNS: 'DROP DEAD'
Ralph Wiggum's Oscar Picks
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(Chicago Tribune)
RALPHINGS
I Can Go On The Bus
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Bart's cartoon:
Free Speech
(The Red Dress Press)
NYAH, NYAH WE'RE BACK
Lisa Rules, Burns Drools
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LISA'S A TOTAL WACKO, IMPLIES FATHER
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LISA LOVES MILHOUSE
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(The Red Dress Press)
FINAL 'I GIVE UP' EDITION
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(The Homer Times)
MY DAUGHTER, THE HERO
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(The Lenny Saver)
THE TRUTH ABOUT CARL:
He's Great!
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(Twin Spin)
ARE YOU A PATTY OR A SELMA?
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(Other newspapers created by townspeople were "The Barney Bugle" and "The Willy World News")

Season 16

All's Fair in Oven War
FATHER OF EIGHT MISSING
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(The New Delhi Daily)
STEVE BARNES OPENS CONVENIENCE STORE
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Pranksta Rap
WIGGUM SLEEPS THROUGH RIOT
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TOP COP SURRENDERS TO BACKFIRING CAR
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FIREMEN RESCUE POLICE CHIEF FROM TREE
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COMMISSION: WIGGUM SUCKS
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HAIL DROUGHT CONTINUES
Tin Roofs Undented
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WIGGUM RESCUES BOY
NO, REALLY
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