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Is It Onion Or Not?

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it's becoming increasingly difficult to figure out whether stories come from The Onion or CNN.com. This story says that it's about the creator of American Girl dolls descending into eccentric madness while restoring a historic village to its former glory.

Can YOU tell?

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Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on October 14, 2007 - 3:53pm.

That article was really fascinating. It reminds me so much of "Empire Falls".

Also, Rowland is clearly insane. But...from my experience of other people with lots of money...crap loads of money makes you insane and well...insane. HA!

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