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Do Women's Brains Shrink During Pregnancy?

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Alex Kasprak
Oct. 21, 2016 Online images tout the sparsely researched claim that a woman’s brain shrinks during pregnancy, ...
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ISIS Leader Calls for American Muslim Voters to Support Hillary Clinton

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Kim LaCapria
Oct. 21, 2016 A fake news item reported that ISIS' second-in-command had urged Muslim-Americans to vote for Hi ...
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Did the Pope Forbid Catholics from Voting for Hillary Clinton?

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Kim LaCapria
Oct. 21, 2016 Neither Pope Francis nor any other pope decreed that Catholics cannot vote for Democratic presid ...
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Kenneth Copeland: 'Whoever Doesn't Vote for Trump Will Be Guilty for the Civil War We Planned'

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Arturo Garcia
Oct. 21, 2016 A fake news site overstated televangelist Kenneth Copeland's anti-Hillary Clinton rant -- but no ...
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Does Peppa Pig Cause Autism?

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Alex Kasprak
Oct. 20, 2016 Talk of a Harvard study linking the popular British children’s show “Peppa Pig” to autism went v ...
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Donald Trump Buys Children

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Dan Evon
Oct. 20, 2016 A comedy sketch featuring Donald Trump "buying" two children was shared as a real news story fro ...
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Hillary Clinton 'Whisper' Audio Glitch

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Dan Evon
Oct. 20, 2016 An indecipherable noise recorded during the third 2016 presidential debate led to claims that so ...
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Are 16 States Using Voting Machines from a 'Soros-Controlled Company'?

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David Mikkelson
Oct. 20, 2016 The Daily Caller lied and falsely reported that 16 states would be using voting machines control ...
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Did Billy Graham Issue a Stunning Statement on Donald Trump?

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Kim LaCapria
Oct. 20, 2016 A viral rumor misattributed commentary about choosing between Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump f ...
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Chris Wallace Receives Cease-and-Desist Letter from Trump Organization

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Bethania Palma
Oct. 20, 2016 A report that moderator Chris Wallace received a legal warning from Trump not to mention groping ...
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George H.W. Bush Left a Note for Bill Clinton

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Dan Evon
Oct. 20, 2016 Outgoing President George H.W. Bush left a supportive note that welcomed incoming President Bill ...
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President Obama Allows Hot Food to be Purchased with Food Stamps

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Kim LaCapria
Oct. 20, 2016 President Obama has not passed a law removing a restriction that bars food stamp recipients from ...
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Did Hillary Clinton Leak a Classified 'Four-Minute' Nuclear Response Window?

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Kim LaCapria
Oct. 20, 2016 During a presidential debate Hillary Clinton mentioned a four-minute response window for launchi ...
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Were More People Deported Under the Obama Administration Than Any Other?

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David Mikkelson Bethania Palma
Oct. 19, 2016 A record number of people were "deported" from the U.S. during President Obama's tenure as presi ...
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WikiLeaks E-Mail Says Obama Directed His Supporters to Engage in 'All-American Voter Fraud'

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Kim LaCapria
Oct. 19, 2016 One WikiLeaks e-mail referenced unproven rumors that the Obama campaign had "flooded" the 2008 I ...
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San Francisco Tech Company CEO Framed Julian Assange?

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Bethania Palma
Oct. 19, 2016 A software start-up has been accused of framing the WikiLeaks founder, but the CEO says confusio ...
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Donald Trump Accused of Rape and Human Trafficking

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Kim LaCapria
Oct. 19, 2016 In the wake of a controversy over lewd comments, someone stitched together claims about Donald T ...
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Small Indiana Town to Change Name to Avoid Clinton Reference

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Arturo Garcia
Oct. 19, 2016 Reports that the small Indiana town wants to avoid being associated with the Democratic candidat ...
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Bob Dylan Rejects Nobel Laureate's Accolade

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Dan Evon
Oct. 19, 2016 Reports that singer-songwriter Bob Dylan has rejected his Nobel Prize Award for Literature are f ...
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Did Obama Sign Executive Order Banning the Pledge of Allegiance in Schools Nationwide?

Obama Signs Executive Order Requiring Loser of Presidential Election to Leave Country?

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Kim LaCapria
Oct. 19, 2016 A satirical item about President Obama's mandating that the loser of the 2016 election leave the ...
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