Federal Insider: The Onion strikes again

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ADNODE: ;; AVCREDIT:  ;; BLURB: North Korea declared Kim Jong Eun 'Supreme Leader' of the ruling party, military and people. The proclamation was made during the memorial for the late President, Kim Jong Il. (Dec. 29) ;; EDITOR: ;; HEADLINE: Kim Jong Eun declared 'Supreme Leader' ;; HEIGHT: 270 ;; HIDDENCOM: news, world, kim jong il, north korea, north korea kim jong il, kim jong il son, kim jong il heir, kim jong un, kim jong eun, kim jong il funeral,   north korea news, north korea news updates, kim jong il dies, kim jong il cause of death, kim jong il ;; KEYWORDS: news, world, kim jong il, north korea, north korea kim jong il, kim jong il son, kim jong il heir, kim jong un, kim jong eun, kim jong il funeral, north korea news, north korea news updates, kim jong il dies, kim jong il cause of death, kim jong il ;; LENGTH:  ;; MEDIAPLAYER: Ninja ;; ORBITID:  ;; PNAVSEC: /media ;; PUBLISH: YES ;; SEARCH: YES ;; SHOOTDATE: 2011-12-29 07:07:09 ;;   SLUG: 12292011-2v ;; SMEDIAURL: http://static.washingtonpost.com/wp/swf/OmniPlayer.swf?id=12292011-2v&flvURL=/media/2011/12/29/12292011-2v.m4v&playAds=true&adZone=wpni.video.world&canShare=true&jsonURL=http%3A%2F%2Fmedia.washingtonpost.com%2Fmedia%2Fmeta%2F2011%2F12%2F29%2F12292011-2v.jsn ;; SOURCE: The Associated Press ;; WIDTH: 480 ;;

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