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Hi, I'm Jane Marie, host of The Dream, and I'm excited to announce that we're back with a

brand new season. A lot has changed since last season, like, you know, the whole world and

everything, but also my butt. I have been sitting on it for a couple of years, and we're going to

get me off it by hiring a life coach. We'll talk to the pros and some of the cons,

and figure out if gurus are worth the hype. Listen to The Dream on the iHeartRadio app,

Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts.

It's the radio segment that got into a lightsaber battle with himself last night.

Let's just say he went to the dark side. Lays or stories,

segment where we read weird news stories from around the globe, just like everyone else does,

except we have a laser, and those other snot bubbles just don't. This first laser story is out of

West Newton, Pennsylvania. There's a 54-year-old guy named Donald Cassidy, and a few weeks ago,

he reported his 2010 GMC Acadia had been stolen.

The cops founded in some woods nearby, and it had been set on fire.

But the Venn number was still visible, so as authorities investigated, they started to get

suspicious that maybe, just maybe, Donald staged the whole thing. It is a coincidence.

All of it's burnt, but if you still see the Venn number for insurance,

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