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A Bridge Too Far

Snopes - New Urban Legends - 12 hours 25 min ago
Photographs show a bridge that collapsed when movers tried to pull a house across it.

Stirring Response

Snopes - New Urban Legends - Thu, 2008-11-20 11:00
Did McDonald's do away with their spoon-shaped coffee stirrers because people were using them as cocaine spoons?

Store Closings

Snopes - New Urban Legends - Wed, 2008-11-19 11:00
Updated list of large retail chains that plan to close outlets by the end of 2008.

The Knight Before

Snopes - New Urban Legends - Tue, 2008-11-18 11:00
Did Furman University change the name of its mascot to avoid an embarrassing acronym?

My Mother the Scar

Snopes - New Urban Legends - Mon, 2008-11-17 11:00
About the absence of maternal figures from Walt Disney's animated films.

Beer Market

Snopes - New Urban Legends - Sun, 2008-11-16 11:00
Beer outperforms shares of publicly traded companies as an investment?

Willie Sutton

Snopes - New Urban Legends - Fri, 2008-11-14 11:00
Did career criminal Willie Sutton give his reason for robbing banks as: "That's where the money is"?

Holiday Mail for Heroes

Snopes - New Urban Legends - Thu, 2008-11-13 11:00
How Americans can send holiday cards to service members and veterans through the "Holiday Mail for Heroes" program.

Prayer for Our Nation

Snopes - New Urban Legends - Thu, 2008-11-13 11:00
E-mail reproduces a 'Prayer for Our Nation' delivered by the Rev. Billy Graham?

Paul Bearers

Snopes - New Urban Legends - Wed, 2008-11-12 11:00
In a dispute between a bar owner and churchgoers, a Texas judge makes a caustic comment about which party believes in prayer.

Billy Goats Bluff

Snopes - New Urban Legends - Tue, 2008-11-11 11:00
College prank: Students let loose a flock of livestock with an apparently missing member.

Baby Box

Snopes - New Urban Legends - Mon, 2008-11-10 11:00
A box left in the middle of the road contains an infant.

Sorry, Wrong Number

Snopes - New Urban Legends - Sun, 2008-11-09 11:00
Election Day 2008 and the Illinois state lottery: eerie coincidence?

A Wing and a Prayer

Snopes - New Urban Legends - Fri, 2008-11-07 11:00
Video clip shows an airplane making a safe landing after losing a wing?

Prophecies Revealed

Snopes - New Urban Legends - Fri, 2008-11-07 11:00
Have scholars at the Smithsonian Institution uncovered new interpretations of Nostradamus that relate to Barack Obama?

Stranger Danger

Snopes - New Urban Legends - Thu, 2008-11-06 11:00
E-mail warns about the dangers of opening your door to strangers claiming to be in distress.

Massachusetts License Renewal

Snopes - New Urban Legends - Wed, 2008-11-05 11:00
E-mail warns motorists that Massachusetts is no longer mailing notifications for driver's license renewals.

Winning Tradition

Snopes - New Urban Legends - Wed, 2008-11-05 11:00
Have the Washington Redskins home game results correctly predicted presidential election outcomes since 1936?

Le-A

Snopes - New Urban Legends - Tue, 2008-11-04 11:00
Mother names her child "Le-a," which she insists be pronounced "Ledasha."

Letter of Intent

Snopes - New Urban Legends - Mon, 2008-11-03 11:00
More recycled political humor: E-mail reproduces purported letter from John and Cindy McCain to John Hinckley.
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