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  1. Wal-Mart Fails To Change Your Oil And Lies About It (28,399 views, 104 comments)
  2. Car Stereo Company Tries To Install GPS, Causes $12,398.54 Damage To Your Car (15,030 views, 89 comments)
  3. Sprint Responds To Your Request To Block All Internet Services By Signing You Up For A Data Package (13,404 views, 26 comments)
  4. Will New Square Milk Jugs At Wal-Mart, Costco Save The Planet? Or Spill Your Milk? (115 comments, 8,964 views)
  5. FCC To Reevaluate “Embedded Advertising” On Television (87 comments, 4,235 views)

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