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  Daily Snopes   (Updated daily)

A collection of odd news stories from various sources.

  Free Meals for Veterans   (7 November 2009)

Restaurant chains are offering free meals to U.S. military personnel in conjunction with Veterans Day.

  20/20 Revision   (6 November 2009)

Was ABC News' 20/20 co-anchor John Stossel fired for trying to air a piece critical of health care reform?

  Foxumentary   (5 November 2009)

What happened to the FOX News documentary on Barack Obama?

  Noah Biorkman   (4 November 2009)

Noah Biorkman, a 5-year-old boy battling cancer, wants to receive Christmas cards.

  HR 615   (4 November 2009)

Would a House bill require members of Congress to participate in a public health care plan?

  A House Diverted   (3 November 2009)

Photograph shows representatives playing solitaire on their laptop computers during a legislative session.

  Signed and Dated   (2 November 2009)

Do influenza outbreaks of recent years correspond to Chinese astrological symbols?

  Albino Moose   (1 November 2009)

Photographs capture images of white-coated moose.

  Preventing Swine Flu   (31 October 2009)

E-mailed list offers tips for avoiding contracting the swine flu.

  On Your Hands   (30 October 2009)

Essay by J.D. Pendry criticizes foreign policy stances of Democratic politicians.

  FDIC: Notice of Bank Failure   (29 October 2009)

Fraudulent e-mail purports to be an FDIC notice about accounts in failed banks.

  $1 Real Chicken Deal   (29 October 2009)

Boston Market is offering coupons good for a $1 chicken meal.

  Komen Get It   (28 October 2009)

Will cellular providers donate $1 to Susan G. Komen for the Cure every time a particular text message is sent?

  Phone Home   (27 October 2009)

Does an Obama administration program provide free cell phones and cellular service to welfare recipients?

  Paper Trail   (26 October 2009)

Did Barack Obama's thesis for Columbia University, entitled "Aristocracy Reborn," note that America's founding fathers "did not allow for economic freedom"?

  Baby Carriage   (25 October 2009)

Business rumor: Every baby born in-flight is granted free air travel by the airline for the rest of his life.

  Chimera House   (23 October 2009)

Halloween rumor: Somewhere in the U.S. there is a haunted house attraction so scary that no one has ever finished touring it.

  Licensed to Bill   (22 October 2009)

Unusual personalized license plates produce a plethora of citations.

  Boozing It Up   (21 October 2009)

Rumor posits a new way for young women to imbibe vodka.

  Trip Wire   (20 October 2009)

Did a June 2004 Associated Press article identify Barack Obama as 'Kenyan-born'?

  Detroit Slums   (19 October 2009)

Photograph shows Detroit slums with downtown skyscrapers in the background?

  Bough'd Out   (18 October 2009)

The lifeless bodies of suicide victims are mistaken for Halloween decorations.

  Amber Alert   (16 October 2009)

Was an Amber Alert issued for a three-year-old boy taken by a man in a 2006 Mitsubishi Eclipse?

  Onion Fielded   (16 October 2009)

Old folk remedy says placing peeled onions about a home will protect everyone dwelling within from flu viruses.

  Prayer Request: Nick Doize   (15 October 2009)

E-mail requests prayers for Nick Doize, a teenager battling leukemia.

  White House Christmas Ornaments   (15 October 2009)

Has the White House decreed that its 2009 Christmas trees will be referred to as 'Holiday trees' and will not display ornaments bearing religious themes?

  A Ford Able   (14 October 2009)

Did notorious criminal Clyde Barrow send a personal letter of appreciation to Henry Ford?

  USS New York   (13 October 2009)

Update: The USS New York is on the way to its namesake city for its formal commissioning.

  Harvey Milk Day   (13 October 2009)

Update: A bill passed by the California legislature to designate May 22 as Harvey Milk Day has been signed by Gov. Schwarzenegger.

  Halloween Gang Initiation   (12 October 2009)

Last year's Halloween gang initiation scare is back for a return visit.

  Top Halloween Costumes   (12 October 2009)

The top costume choices for Halloween 2009.

  McMemo   (12 October 2009)

Purported memo from a McDonald's director advocates making a policy of omitting items from customers' drive-through orders.

  Go Ask Alice   (11 October 2009)

Do the personalities of Disney's seven dwarfs represent the seven stages of cocaine addiction?

  The Robinson Factor   (9 October 2009)

Did actor Edward G. Robinson personally fund the French Resistance during World War II?

  Letter of Intent   (8 October 2009)

Letter from a putative victim apologizes to a mugger for foiling his robbery attempt.

  White House Ball   (7 October 2009)

Photograph shows Barack and Michelle Obama at a White House ball?

  The Going Concern   (6 October 2009)

College rumor claims cafeteria food is laced with laxatives.

  Jimmies   (5 October 2009)

Are Jimmies, the sprinkles used on confections, so named as a reference to Jim Crow?

  Hellfire   (4 October 2009)

A student comes up with a clever proof and pithy saying in response to an exam question about the physical properties of Hell.

  Mayo Clinic Warns of Pandemic   (4 October 2009)

E-mail supposedly reveals the Mayo Clinic's expectations for a swine flu pandemic.

  Rental Scam   (2 October 2009)

Scam alert: Con artists rent out properties they have no authorization to lease.

  One Pound of Mofeen   (1 October 2009)

Pharmacist questions a prescription for 'one pound of mofeen.'

  Norman Thomas on Socialism   (30 September 2009)

Did Norman Thomas once say that America would eventually unknowingly adopt socialism "under the name of 'liberalism'"?

  Erma Bombeck's Regrets   (29 September 2009)

Did a dying Erma Bombeck pen a list of misprioritizations she'd come to regret?

  Testing One's Medal   (28 September 2009)

Rumor says an Alcoholics Anonymous member can exchange his sobriety medallion for free drinks at any bar.

  Channel 1   (27 September 2009)

The eternal question: Why don't television sets have a Channel 1?

  Unsweetened COLA   (25 September 2009)

Will Social Security recipients get no COLA increase in 2010 but pay higher Medicare premiums?

  Gimme Shelter   (24 September 2009)

Is an animal shelter closing for good and euthanizing all its unadopted animals?

  Exploding Pyrex   (23 September 2009)

Warning cautions that Pyrex brand cookware can "explode" and shatter.

  Surprise Party   (22 September 2009)

Photograph shows Barack Obama as a Black Panther party member?

  Always and Forever   (21 September 2009)

Letter to a Procter and Gamble executive complains about company's feminine pad packaging.

  Store Honors Islamic Martyr   (20 September 2009)

Photograph shows a Houston store closed on September 11 to honor an Islamic martyr.

  Phone Cut-Off Scam   (18 September 2009)

Warning about con artists pretending to be telephone company representatives who can shut off phone service.

  Islam on Capitol Hill   (17 September 2009)

Muslims are planning to hold an "Islam on Capitol Hill" prayer service at the U.S. Capitol on 25 September 2009.

  Facebook Fan Check Virus   (16 September 2009)

Warnings caution users about the purported "Facebook Fan Check" virus.

  The Days of Swine Neuroses   (15 September 2009)

E-mailed advice about the swine flu: helpful or humorous?

  Gas for Clunkers   (14 September 2009)

Analysis claims the 'Cash for Clunkers' program's gasoline savings are an inefficient economic trade-off.

  Trip Witless   (13 September 2009)

List of howlers collected by a Washington travel agent purportedly shows members of Congress to be hopelessly lost about ordinary geography.

  Census Concerns   (11 September 2009)

Heads-up about scammers posing as U.S. Census Bureau officials.

  Fly the Flag Campaign   (10 September 2009)

Message exhorts Americans to fly the U.S. flag on Friday, September 11, 2009.

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