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Mikkelson snopes@snopes.com snopes@snopes.com http://www.snopes.com/logo.gif http://www.snopes.com 144 60 The definitive Internet reference source for urban legends, folklore, myths, rumors, and misinformation. http://www.snopes.com/politics/religion/nogodbutallah.asp Report that U.S. $1 bills are being circulated with the words "NO GOD BUT ALLAH" stamped on them. snopes@snopes.com Wed, 19 Jun 2013 15:00:00 GMT http://www.snopes.com/photos/technology/sinkhole.asp Photograph shows a 'radioactive'-looking sinkhole in Philadelphia? snopes@snopes.com Tue, 18 Jun 2013 15:00:00 GMT http://www.snopes.com/inboxer/outrage/lilwayne.asp Video shows rapper Lil Wayne trampling on a U.S. flag while shooting a music video? snopes@snopes.com Tue, 18 Jun 2013 15:00:00 GMT http://www.snopes.com/disney/films/toystory3.asp Image shows a risque shadow in a scene from Toy Story 3.   (Adult image warning) snopes@snopes.com Mon, 17 Jun 2013 15:00:00 GMT http://www.snopes.com/horrors/madmen/backseat.asp A gas station attendant warns a female driver about the armed and dangerous man hiding in the back seat of her car. snopes@snopes.com Mon, 17 Jun 2013 15:00:00 GMT http://www.snopes.com/inboxer/scams/ultradrops.asp Raspberry Ultra Drops: Miracle weight loss solution or Internet scam? snopes@snopes.com Mon, 17 Jun 2013 15:00:00 GMT http://www.snopes.com/politics/soapbox/shoebomb.asp Judge William Young delivered a stinging rebuke to 'shoe bomber' Richard Reid at his sentencing hearing. snopes@snopes.com Sun, 16 Jun 2013 15:00:00 GMT http://www.snopes.com/politics/military/airforcegrad2013.asp The Commemorative Air Force provided a flyover for the 2013 U.S. Air Force Academy commencement ceremonies when then Thunderbirds were unavailable due to sequestration. snopes@snopes.com Fri, 14 Jun 2013 15:00:00 GMT http://www.snopes.com/politics/satire/samsung.asp Did Samsung pay off a $1.05 billion judgment awarded to Apple in a patent infringement lawsuit entirely in nickels? snopes@snopes.com Thu, 13 Jun 2013 15:00:00 GMT http://www.snopes.com/business/bank/barrier.asp A customer closed out his million-dollar account after his bank refused to validate a 50-cent parking ticket. snopes@snopes.com Thu, 13 Jun 2013 15:00:00 GMT http://www.snopes.com/horrors/madmen/reflection.asp Wet footprints behind the sofa prove that a teen babysitter barely escaped from a knife-wielding intruder. snopes@snopes.com Wed, 12 Jun 2013 15:00:00 GMT http://www.snopes.com/food/warnings/takis.asp Warning that Takis chips cause ulcers and cancer in children. snopes@snopes.com Tue, 11 Jun 2013 15:00:00 GMT http://www.snopes.com/photos/space/supermoon.asp Photograph purportedly shows a "super moon" over California's Sequoia National Park. snopes@snopes.com Mon, 10 Jun 2013 15:00:00 GMT http://www.snopes.com/photos/animals/700lbsnake.asp Photograph purportedly shows a 700-lb. snake pulled from a lake in Proctor, North Carolina. snopes@snopes.com Sun, 9 Jun 2013 15:00:00 GMT http://www.snopes.com/radiotv/tv/mrrogers.asp Rumors claim that children's television show host Fred Rogers hid a violent and criminal past. snopes@snopes.com Sun, 9 Jun 2013 15:00:00 GMT http://www.snopes.com/politics/traffic/speeding.asp Are New Jersey state police about to launch a 30-day speeding ticket blitz? snopes@snopes.com Sat, 8 Jun 2013 15:00:00 GMT http://www.snopes.com/politics/humor/standing.asp Account purportedly describes parting exchange between President Obama and resigning General Stanley McChrystal. snopes@snopes.com Fri, 7 Jun 2013 15:00:00 GMT http://www.snopes.com/politics/obama/impeachment.asp Is Congress set to begin impeachment hearings against President Obama in July 2013? snopes@snopes.com Fri, 7 Jun 2013 15:00:00 GMT http://www.snopes.com/medical/disease/drydrowning.asp Account of a 10-year-old boy's death explains dry drowning and its symptoms. snopes@snopes.com Thu, 6 Jun 2013 15:00:00 GMT http://www.snopes.com/photos/signs/pregnant.asp Purported newspaper photograph shows a pregnant, cigarette-smoking woman worrying about the effect of construction noise on her unborn child. snopes@snopes.com Thu, 6 Jun 2013 15:00:00 GMT http://www.snopes.com/politics/obama/dday.asp Is Barack Obama the only U.S. president who has failed to visit the D-Day Monument on D-Day? snopes@snopes.com Thu, 6 Jun 2013 15:00:00 GMT http://www.snopes.com/inboxer/hoaxes/phonecharge.asp Can you quickly recharge your cell phone by microwaving it? snopes@snopes.com Wed, 5 Jun 2013 15:00:00 GMT http://www.snopes.com/politics/traffic/speeding.asp Are state police about to launch a 30-day speeding ticket blitz? snopes@snopes.com Wed, 5 Jun 2013 15:00:00 GMT http://www.snopes.com/photos/natural/flathead.asp Photograph purportedly shows remarkably clear Flathead Lake in Montana. snopes@snopes.com Tue, 4 Jun 2013 15:00:00 GMT http://www.snopes.com/inboxer/hoaxes/chumlee.asp Has Chumlee from 'Pawn Stars' died of a marijuana overdose? snopes@snopes.com Tue, 4 Jun 2013 15:00:00 GMT http://www.snopes.com/photos/medical/klaner.asp Photograph purportedly shows a KKK member being treated by an all-black emergency room staff. snopes@snopes.com Tue, 4 Jun 2013 15:00:00 GMT http://www.snopes.com/politics/satire/payraise.asp Did President Obama issue an executive order granting himself a $100,000 pay raise? snopes@snopes.com Mon, 3 Jun 2013 15:00:00 GMT http://www.snopes.com/politics/business/doormat.asp Complaint about the Lowe's home improvement chain selling American flag doormats. snopes@snopes.com Mon, 3 Jun 2013 15:00:00 GMT http://www.snopes.com/food/warnings/kraftgmo.asp Image purportedly shows a package of Kraft macaroni and cheese bearing a warning due to the presence of GMO wheat. snopes@snopes.com Fri, 31 May 2013 15:00:00 GMT http://www.snopes.com/photos/automobiles/speedtrap.asp Photograph purportedly shows a traffic speed measurement unit embedded in a guardrail. snopes@snopes.com Fri, 31 May 2013 15:00:00 GMT http://www.snopes.com/inboxer/outrage/abandonedbaby.asp Photograph purportedly shows a dead baby found abandoned in a national park. (Disturbing image warning) snopes@snopes.com Thu, 30 May 2013 15:00:00 GMT http://www.snopes.com/politics/conspiracy/monsanto.asp Did Russian president Vladimir Putin threaten the U.S. over the Obama administration's support of Monsanto? snopes@snopes.com Wed, 29 May 2013 15:00:00 GMT http://www.snopes.com/critters/crusader/cocoamulch.asp Warning that cocoa mulch contains a chemical (theobromine) that can be harmful to dogs. snopes@snopes.com Wed, 29 May 2013 15:00:00 GMT http://www.snopes.com/fraud/taxes/complaint.asp Scam: Phony IRS notifications of 'complaints in regards to business services' sent via e-mail. snopes@snopes.com Wed, 29 May 2013 15:00:00 GMT http://www.snopes.com/military/memorialday.asp Was Memorial Day started by former slaves to honor Union war dead? snopes@snopes.com Tue, 28 May 2013 15:00:00 GMT http://www.snopes.com/politics/satire/cucumbers.asp Were Monsanto cucumbers banned in Nova Scotia after a study found they caused genital baldness? snopes@snopes.com Tue, 28 May 2013 15:00:00 GMT http://www.snopes.com/politics/satire/nobelprize.asp Has the Nobel Committee asked President Obama to return his Nobel Peace Prize? snopes@snopes.com Tue, 28 May 2013 15:00:00 GMT Http://www.snopes.com/politics/obama/memorialday.asp Was President Obama the first U.S. president not to lay a wreath at Arlington on Memorial Day? snopes@snopes.com Mon, 27 May 2013 15:00:00 GMT http://www.snopes.com/politics/satire/oklahoma.asp Was an Oklahoma teacher fired for praying when a tornado hit her school? snopes@snopes.com Sun, 26 May 2013 15:00:00 GMT http://www.snopes.com/inboxer/trivia/1955comments.asp List collects comments purportedly made in the year 1955. snopes@snopes.com Fri, 24 May 2013 15:00:00 GMT http://www.snopes.com/luck/wills/fourhour.asp A wealthy woman left her entire estate to a man she had met only once. snopes@snopes.com Thu, 23 May 2013 15:00:00 GMT http://www.snopes.com/politics/crime/dambrosio.asp An 18-year-old high school student was arrested on terrorism charges over material he posted on Facebook. snopes@snopes.com Wed, 22 May 2013 15:00:00 GMT http://www.snopes.com/medical/drugs/hylands.asp Have Hyland's Teething Tablets been recalled for causing seizures in children? snopes@snopes.com Wed, 22 May 2013 15:00:00 GMT http://www.snopes.com/politics/military/hasansalary.asp Has accused Fort Hood shooter Nidal Malik Hasan continued to draw his Army salary while awaiting trial? snopes@snopes.com Tue, 21 May 2013 15:00:00 GMT http://www.snopes.com/politics/religion/delta.asp Does Delta Air Lines prohibit Jewish passengers and Bibles on all their flights due to an alliance with Saudi Arabian Airlines? snopes@snopes.com Tue, 21 May 2013 15:00:00 GMT http://www.snopes.com/photos/patriotic/flaghouse.asp Photograph purportedly shows a house painted in protest by its owner after being barred from displaying a U.S. flag in his yard. snopes@snopes.com Tue, 21 May 2013 15:00:00 GMT http://www.snopes.com/critters/crusader/horsehunt.asp Does a Texas business provides big game hunters with an opportunity to participate in "horse hunt adventures"? snopes@snopes.com Mon, 20 May 2013 15:00:00 GMT http://www.snopes.com/photos/supernatural/mermaids.asp Did an Animal Planet documentary reveal the existence of mermaids? snopes@snopes.com Mon, 20 May 2013 15:00:00 GMT http://www.snopes.com/business/secret/babyshampoo.asp Do 'No tears' baby shampoos work because they include anesthetics such as novocaine? snopes@snopes.com Mon, 20 May 2013 15:00:00 GMT http://www.snopes.com/politics/quotes/adhd.asp Did Dr. Leon Eisenberg say in his last interview that “ADHD is a prime example of a fictitious disease”? snopes@snopes.com Fri, 17 May 2013 15:00:00 GMT http://www.snopes.com/media/notnews/hornetsnest.asp Did a Swedish man die after having sex with a hornet's nest? snopes@snopes.com Thu, 16 May 2013 15:00:00 GMT http://www.snopes.com/humor/letters/royalmail.asp Purported letter from Royal Mail's customer services department asks a local resident to stop pranking postal employees. snopes@snopes.com Thu, 16 May 2013 15:00:00 GMT http://www.snopes.com/photos/animals/liontigerbear.asp Photograph shows a lion, tiger, and bear that live together in the same enclosure at an animal sanctuary. snopes@snopes.com Thu, 16 May 2013 15:00:00 GMT http://www.snopes.com/computer/facebook/eminemstabbed.asp Facebook posts are reporting that rapper Eminem is "nearly DEAD" after being stabbed in New York. snopes@snopes.com Wed, 15 May 2013 15:00:00 GMT http://www.snopes.com/politics/satire/bachmann.asp Did Congresswoman Michele Bachmann announce she would leave Minnesota if the state legalized gay marriage? snopes@snopes.com Tue, 14 May 2013 15:00:00 GMT http://www.snopes.com/inboxer/missing/lynch.asp A 9-year-old autistic girl named Mikaela Lynch is missing from her Clearlake, California, home. snopes@snopes.com Mon, 13 May 2013 15:00:00 GMT http://www.snopes.com/photos/people/kisscam.asp Video purportedly shows a woman at a baseball game dumping a drink over her boyfriend's head because he declined to kiss her on camera. snopes@snopes.com Sun, 12 May 2013 15:00:00 GMT http://www.snopes.com/love/revenge/photo.asp Woman who demands her photo back from her boyfriend receives a box of pictures with instructions to pick hers out and return the rest. snopes@snopes.com Sun, 12 May 2013 15:00:00 GMT http://www.snopes.com/politics/satire/bailpaid.asp Did musician Chris Brown post bail for Ariel Castro, the Cleveland man arrested for holding three women captive for ten years? snopes@snopes.com Sat, 11 May 2013 15:00:00 GMT http://www.snopes.com/politics/conspiracy/governors.asp Has President Obama threatened 14 state governors with arrest for forming State Defense Forces? 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