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Christie uses humor video to connect, but would Romney follow suit?
A new viral video starring New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie and Newark Mayor Cory Booker helps underscore the value for politicians in being able to navigate new media and contemporary culture.

Humor shines during Cypress Lake High School's graduation
Inside jokes were bouncing around Germain Arena as Cypress Lake High students and faculty traded clichés, jabs and humor during their speeches.

Ellen DeGeneres to receive Mark Twain humor prize
Ellen DeGeneres to receive Mark Twain humor prize. Ellen DeGeneres is to be presented with the Mark Twain Prize for American Humor, the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts announced Tuesday.

Humor Is an Online Activist’s Best Defense
By March, the backlash to Invisible Children’s " Kony 2012 " video, already the most viral piece of content in the history of the internet, was in full swing. A number of think pieces had led the way, questioning the motives of so-called low-commitment ‘clicktivists’; the viability of assisting a military and government with a questionable human rights record of its own ; and the value of ...

Ellen DeGeneres wins top US humor prize in DC
Ellen DeGeneres, who broke ground in 1997 as the first lead character on prime-time TV to reveal she was gay, is winning the nation's top humor prize.

Humor: How about a real defense of marriage?
Humor: How about a real defense of marriage?

Ellen DeGeneres wins Mark Twain Humor Prize
Popular daytime television host and comic actor Ellen DeGeneres has been awarded the coveted honor for an American humorist, announced by the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts on May 15.

Orlando Fringe review: 'The Humor Mill Orlando Presents... Hysteria Repeats Itself'
Who knew that breaking into a musical number would be the political solution for the economy and the upcoming election? That’s what returning Fringe Festival troupe The Humor Mill Orlando portrays in their humorous, comedic sketches throughout “Hysteria Repeats Itself!”

This Week's Top Web Comedy Video: Internet Troll [Humor]
# humor As much as we all complain about trolls, have you ever really taken the time to get to know one? Or, better yet, to get to know Patton Oswalt's hilarious rendition of real-life, under-the-bridge type internet trolldom? You should! You can: More »

Ellen DeGeneres to receive top humor prize
Ellen DeGeneres, who broke ground in 1997 as the first lead character on prime-time TV to reveal she was gay, is winning the Mark Twain Prize for American Humor.