Read more prank stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/8637/prank.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 7:24:37 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/72948/teens-busted-for-rapping-fast-food-order.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFour Utah teens are in trouble with the law for attempting to place their McDonald's order in the form of a rap song. The four teens, rolled into the drive-through this week and, finding themselves the only customers, attempted to re-create a 2006 YouTube video by rapping their order. The...http://www.newser.com/story/72948/teens-busted-for-rapping-fast-food-order.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 30 Oct 2009 10:21:52 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/69934/activists-behind-fake-post-prank-arrested.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagPolice today arrested three activists who were distributing a parody issue of the New York Post , Daily Finance reports. Volunteers all over New York were distributing the phony paper, which was intended to call attention to climate change. But when some tried distributing it in front of the Post ’s...http://www.newser.com/story/69934/activists-behind-fake-post-prank-arrested.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 21 Sep 2009 13:58:56 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/69249/hoaxsters-get-german-media-to-report-fake-attack-on-us.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagA group of Internet-savvy hoaxers had all of Deutschland believing that a group of German rappers had attempted a suicide bombing in a California Thursday, Wired reports. The DPA—Germany’s version of the AP—ran a story with the headline “Attack in Small California Town,” reporting that the “Berlin Boys”...http://www.newser.com/story/69249/hoaxsters-get-german-media-to-report-fake-attack-on-us.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSat, 12 Sep 2009 13:42:51 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/65135/pranksters-crash-lecture-by-torture-memo-writer.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagIf ex-Justice Department hand John Yoo thought he could fade into obscurity after writing infamous memos justifying the government’s use of torture and warrantless wiretapping, he was wrong. An Australian comedian crashed his class at Chapman University School of Law in California last week, dressed up like a detainee from...http://www.newser.com/story/65135/pranksters-crash-lecture-by-torture-memo-writer.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 23 Jul 2009 12:08:01 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/60801/eminem-approved-bruno-butt-stunt.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMake no butts about it: Eminem’s run-in with Sacha Baron Cohen’s derrière was staged, the Los Angeles Times reports. The man who wrote the bit for Sunday’s MTV Movie Awards took to the web to clear up the brouhaha for posterior—er, posterity. “Yes, the Bruno/Eminem incident was staged. They...http://www.newser.com/story/60801/eminem-approved-bruno-butt-stunt.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 02 Jun 2009 14:18:29 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/60652/brunos-butt-meets-eminems-face.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMTV added new category Best WTF Moment to this year’s Movie Awards, but the real WTF moment came courtesy of prankster Sacha Baron Cohen, the New York Daily News reports. Cohen—dressed as gay fashionista Bruno—descended from the ceiling in a jockstrap and angel wings, landing butt-first on a...http://www.newser.com/story/60652/brunos-butt-meets-eminems-face.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 01 Jun 2009 9:08:01 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/59003/kutcher-punks-turner-cnn.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagAshton Kutcher came through on his promise to punk CNN and founder Ted Turner last night after beating the network in the race to 1 million Twitter followers, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports. The actor had promised to “ding-dong-ditch” Turner, and the execution went something like this: Assemble fans, a truckload...http://www.newser.com/story/59003/kutcher-punks-turner-cnn.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 14 May 2009 12:15:01 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/56077/hacker-cops-to-amazon-gay-flap.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagA notorious hacker has taken credit for the snafu that bumped gay titles from Amazon’s bestseller lists and rankings, Gawker reports. “Weev” claims he tricked users into flagging the content as inappropriate without their knowledge. “I guess my game is up,” he confessed in a how-to on his blog. His...http://www.newser.com/story/56077/hacker-cops-to-amazon-gay-flap.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 13 Apr 2009 14:50:14 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/55116/april-fooled-coulter-buys-obama-detroit-nascar-ban.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagCar & Driver managed to punk at least one blogger with an April Fools’ item about President Obama banning bailed-out automakers from NASCAR: Ann Coulter, reports left-leaning watchdog Media Matters. “With their racing budgets deemed ‘unnecessary expenditures,’” the article read, “GM and Chrysler are ordered to cease racing operations...http://www.newser.com/story/55116/april-fooled-coulter-buys-obama-detroit-nascar-ban.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 02 Apr 2009 11:41:19 CDT