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Chris Christie Rules Out Run for White House — Cites Commitment to Appear on 'The Biggest Loser'
New Jersey Governor Chris Christie announced today that he will not run for President in 2012. The Governor said a prior commitment to appear as a contestant on NBC’s The Biggest Loser prevented him for running at this time. 
Unearthed: Original Antonio Prohias Sketch for MAD #109!
In our ongoing effort to clean out the MAD stockroom, look what we found — the original Antonio Prohias sketch for the cover of MAD #109, March 1967! It's never been seen anywhere by anyone other than the old MAD staff at the time: Al Feldstein, Nick Meglin, Jerry DeFuccio, John Putnam and Lenny "The Beard" Brenner.
The excavation continues. Check back again for more lost MAD memorabilia!
And Now a Few Minutes with Andy Rooney about the iPhone 5
At my retirement party my co-workers gave me a new iPhone.
What does the “I” in “iPhone” stand for anyway? Why does everything need a pronoun in front of it? There’s the iPhone. There’s YouTube. There’s Wii Bowling. And of course there’s she-males. But that’s just at one bar I sometimes go to with Mike Wallace.
The MAD Strip Club — Me, Myself and My Puppet: In the Shower
STRIPS TEASED DEPT.
Please give a warm Idiotical welcome to the first "Me, Myself and My Puppet" strip. Pay attention, you might learn a thing or two about Ventriloquist-Americans. This sudsy adventure comes courtesy of John Kovaleski! 
Michelle Obama on MAD Shopping Spree
We know what you’re thinking. In this age of digital photography and Photoshopping, it would be oh so easy for us to take a photo of the First Lady shopping at Target yesterday and fill her cart with a treasure trove of MAD books, DVDs, T-shirts, Spy Halloween costumes and more in a desperate attempt to elevate our status and drum up business for our ersatz line of products. But you would be wrong! It wasn’t “oh so easy!” It was actually a lot of work!
Red Sox and Braves: Epic Fail
The Boston Red Sox and the Atlanta Braves will go down in baseball history as the two biggest team collapses in September ever. With the Triple Crown of terrible pitching, poor hitting and spectacularly shoddy fielding, the teams brilliantly sealed their elimination from postseason play.
Celebrity Snaps: Simon Cowell
Only time will tell if The X-Factor is worthy of receiving "The Ecch-Factor" treatment in our pages.
Michael Jackson’s Doctor Goes on Trial Today for Involuntary Manslaughter
There’s a legal thriller beginning in Los Angeles and paparazzi from around the world have got to be there as the trial begins for Michael Jackson’s former personal physician. Dr. Conrad Murray is charged with the involuntary manslaughter of the King of Pop. The question is: will he beat it? From our "MAD 20 Dumbest 2009" issue (#502), comes this hit.
New “Soul of MAD” Print! (Give Us Your Money!!!)
For the last couple of years, with every 2-year subscription to MAD, we’ve offered a collectible, limited-edition print of a classic MAD cover. And when MAD #512 goes on sale on Oct. 25, it will announce the latest print in the collection — “Alfred Eating Corn on the Cob.” Um, except that we just announced it here…oops.