E-mail this         Print this Printer-friendly version
 
August 2004
Su Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
8 9 10 11 12 13 14
15 16 17 18 19 20 21
22 23 24 25 26 27 28
29 30 31        

September 2004
Su Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa
1 2 3 4
5 6 7 8 9 10 11
12 13 14 15 16 17 18
19 20 21 22 23 24 25
26 27 28 29 30    

October 2004
Su Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa
1 2
3 4 5 6 7 8 9
10 11 12 13 14 15 16
17 18 19 20 21 22 23
24 25 26 27 28 29 30
31            
Home --> Daily Snopes

Daily Snopes

7 September 2004
This page features a daily collection of links to news articles and web sites of interest to readers of our web site. Due to the ephemeral nature of this type of material, some of the links may expire within a few days of being posted here. Stories are chosen for inclusion here purely on the basis of their entertainment value; we make no claims about the reliability of information linked from this page.

All of the links included here are viewable at no charge, although some publications may require a free one-time registration to access their articles. Articles requiring registration to view are identified with asterisks (*).

    Click here to submit an item for inclusion in Daily Snopes.

  'Schott's Food & Drink Miscellany' Is for Gluttons of the Trivial   (USA Today)
  • Ben Schott's fact-filled books may be trivial, but they're not trivia, he says, and that makes all the difference.


    •   Code Name: Geekfun   (Los Angeles Times)
  • Engineers can't resist the urge to give their high-tech projects cool titles, even if they're dulled down later. But complications can arise.


    •   Twin Suspects Spark Unique DNA Test   (USA Today)
  • A private lab in Dallas is set to try something never before attempted by scientists who investigate crimes: separate the DNA of identical twins to try to show which member of the pair committed a crime.


    •   Olympics Show the Old World Anthems' Age   (Chicago Tribune)
  • If you watched the tape-delayed coverage of Olympic sports, you might be wondering: Why do those national anthems, ours included, have so little to do with the true culture of the countries they are supposed to represent?


    •   TV Might Rush Teens Into Sex   (USA Today)
  • A steady diet of sex-saturated television might encourage teens to start sex earlier, a national survey of 1,762 kids suggests.


    •   Controversial Study Reignites Debate on Autism, Childhood Vaccines   (The Wall Street Journal)
  • Just a few months after the nations' top medical adviser rejected a link between vaccines and autism, a mouse study has reignited the debate and raised new fears among parents considering vaccinations and flu shots for their kids.


    •   Make a Note of It   (USA Today)
  • CliffsNotes, a boon or crutch for students, depending on your perspective, has announced that its 180 literature guides can be read free at cliffsnotes.com.


    •   President Bush Continues Battle with the English Language   (Associated Press)
  • President Bush's bout with the English language continued when he offered a surprising explanation of what gynecologists might do with their patients if not for all those pesky malpractice lawsuits.


    •   "Thanks" for the Cash, Taunts ATM Thief   (Reuters)
  • Thai police are looking for a thief who left a word of thanks after stealing £63,500 from an automatic teller machine.


    •   Airplane's Toilet Ice Crashes Garden Party   (Associated Press)
  • A chunk of ice from a jetliner toilet broke free and slammed into an Austrian family's garden.


    •   'Monopoly' Money for Pizza Sends Man to Jail   (Reuters)
  • A Danish man was sentenced to 25 days in jail after trying to buy a pizza with fake banknotes he said his grandchildren had made for a game of Monopoly.


    •   Phone Saves Man's Life in Crossbow Attack   (Associated Press)
  • When Michael Brown was shot with a crossbow he couldn't use his cell phone to call for help. But he didn't need to — his handset stopped the bolt and likely saved his life.

    • The URL for this page is http://www.snopes.com/daily/200409/20040907.asp

    Urban Legends Reference Pages © 1995-2008
    by Barbara and David P. Mikkelson
    This material may not be reproduced without permission.