Urban Legend: Pregnant woman accused of shoplifting a basketball

True. The full story was far less titillating than one- or two-line summations of the incident made it out to...

Urban Legend: Is Clint Eastwood the son of comic Stan Laurel?

No. Urban legendry abounds with rumors concerning famous people who are supposedly the unacknowledged (and usually illegitimate) children of other...

“Mother of the Matrix” not quite “Victorious”

From the (student newspaper) Salt Lake Community Globe: CORRECTION REGARDING PREVIOUS STORY In reference to the recent article entitled “Mother...

Napoleon Die-namite

Beginning in January 2005, rumors circulated nationwide that Jon Heder, the 26-year-old star of the film Napoleon Dynamite, had died...

Urban Legends: LARK Spurred

Under the LARK program, Taliban detainees are being housed with liberals who disagree with the government’s treatment of prisoners kept...

Newspaper Sacks Reporter Over Fake Yahoo Baby

A Romanian tabloid said on Monday it had fired a reporter for making up a story about a couple who...

Electronic Voice Phenomena

When we talk about communication with the dead, we are usually referring to “mediums” who talk to the dead on...

Psychic Predictions 2004

Osama bin Laden will die of kidney disease. Saddam Hussein will be shot to death. Fidel Castro will die. A...

“Harry Houdini … Can You Hear Me Now?”

October 31st is not only Halloween but also the 78th anniversary of the death of Harry Houdini. Houdini, one of...

Internet about to collapse, says Finnish scientist

In today’s edition of “they sky is falling,” we pick up on the woeful predictions of one Dr. Hannu Kari,...