Can someone tell me if that Yahoo! news story is real or fake?

Factual Questions
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http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/040519/234/726q1.html

Yahoo’s got to be messing with us right?

There’s nooooooooo way he’s really back? Is he?

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See the thread Andy Kaufman returns: is this a hoax, or what?

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Thank you.