April fools

• Happy April 1st, Everybody! It's that very special time of year — the day when tech companies break out their clown shoes to make their annual attempt at being funny.
(TechCrunch)
• (CNN)-- There is no better way to ring in the spring season than with a free pass to the carefree days of childhood when no one could chastise you for a well-executed prank -- as long as it brought a smile to both parties.
(CNN)
• Republican presidential contender Mitt Romney may have forgotten that Sunday was April Fools Day. His staff did not. This is a morning Im not going to forget anytime soon, Romney told supporters a little later in the day.
(Milwaukee Journal Sentinel)
• Alright, it may be a Sunday, but its still April Fools Day, a very special day in video gaming, and many of its companies, studios and merchants are pulling hoaxes and stunts, and making gag announcements.
(Kotaku.com)
• Late-night funnyman Conan OBrien made an early-morning splash on April Fools Day. Shortly after midnight on Sunday, OBrien announced that he purchased the social media news blog mashable.com from CEO Pete Cashmore for a mere $3,500.
(New York Daily News)
• Updated, 2:15 pm PT April 1 An asteroid the size of a passenger jet zoomed near the Earth Sunday, just in time for April Fools Day, but the space rock flyby posed no threat of hitting our planet, NASA officials said.
(msnbc.com)
• It's hard to tell if the Wikipedia article on April Fools' Day is itself an April Fools' prank.
(TechCrunch)
• MILWAUKEE, Wis. – Even presidential candidates, it seems, can be taken by an April Fools' joke. Today in Milwaukee Mitt Romney fell prey to a good one by his staffers, who captured the moment on camera with help from Sen. Ron John and Rep.
(MSNBC Firstread)