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  "id": 11898671,
  "title": "From the archives: Ken Kesey and his Merry Pranksters",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/04/from-the-archives-ken-kesey-and-his-merry-pranksters",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-10-04T10:00:20.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "CBS News",
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    "url": "https://www.cbsnews.com/video/from-the-archives-ken-kesey-and-his-merry-pranksters/"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "In 1964, writer Ken Kesey, with his \"Band of Merry Pranksters,\" embarked on a legendary cross-country, counter-culture road trip aboard a psychedelic school bus. Nearly three decades later, Kesey (then a farmer in Oregon) rode a replica of his iconic bus along with other Merry Pranksters young and old – with \"Sunday Morning\" correspondent Bill Geist tagging along – in this story originally…",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}