By Metro.usPublished: July 6, 2011

Introducing Metro’s new video series, The Week That Was

The latest headlines getting you down? Metro’s here to cheer you up with a little news satire. In our first-ever Web video series, host Brayden Simms skewers June’s mass media with his trademark low-brow wit.

Warning: Not for the faint of humor.

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More than a dozen injured as car plows…

A car driven by an elderly man who may have lost consciousness plowed through a small-town parade of hiking enthusiasts in southwestern Virginia on Saturday, injuring more than a dozen…

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Pope says Church must help the poorest

Pope Francis shared personal moments with 200,000 people on Saturday, telling them he sometimes nods off while praying at the end of a long day and that it "breaks my…

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Investigators seek cause of New York commuter train…

Federal investigators on Saturday searched for the cause of a rush-hour train crash in Connecticut that injured dozens of people commuting home from New York City, three of them critically.

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North Korea fires three short-range missiles

North Korea fired three short-range missiles from its east coast on Saturday, South Korea's Defense Ministry said, but the purpose of the launches was unknown.