http://www.kansascity.com/2010/07/30/2119098/urban-legend-tells-tale-about.html
The Kansas City Star [MO]
30 July 2010
Urban legend tells tale about woman getting sick from drug-laced paper
By TONY RIZZO
The Kansas City Star
A man’s effort to give his phone number to a woman he found “cute” was behind a widely disseminated e-mail about an incident in south Kansas City.
According to e-mail rumors, the incident involved a piece of paper laced with a drug that made the woman ill when she touched it — a scenario similar to previous “urban legends” in other jurisdictions.
Such a scenario was “highly, highly unlikely,” Kansas City Police Chief Jim Corwin reported on his online blog Friday. [...]
http://kcpdchief.blogspot.com/2010/07/what-really-happened-in-e-mail-thats.html
Chief Corwin's Blog
Kansas City Missouri Police Department
Friday, July 30, 2010
What really happened in e-mail that's going around
A scary e-mail about an incident in Kansas City has been making the rounds the last few days that bears a striking similarity to a popular urban legend. However, I did want to let you know that this incident really did happen, but we want to clarify some of the more scary parts. [...]
Saturday, July 31, 2010
Monday, July 26, 2010
Cerne Abbas Giant 'Inspires' Fertility Boom
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/7911292/Cerne-Abbas-Giant-inspires-fertility-boom.html
The Daily Telegraph [UK]
26 July 2010
Cerne Abbas Giant 'inspires' fertility boom
By Richard Alleyne
A giant chalk man carved into a west country hillside is living up to its legendary status as a figure of fertility by producing a baby boom in the surrounding area. [...]
The Daily Telegraph [UK]
26 July 2010
Cerne Abbas Giant 'inspires' fertility boom
By Richard Alleyne
A giant chalk man carved into a west country hillside is living up to its legendary status as a figure of fertility by producing a baby boom in the surrounding area. [...]
Thursday, July 22, 2010
Bulldozer Left in Building's Basement (Moscow)
http://rt.com/prime-time/2010-07-22/ostankino-tv-center-history.html
RT [Russia]
22 July 2010
Ostankino TV tower: from fact to fiction
[...] According to an urban legend, workers even left a bulldozer somewhere in the basement [of a building in Moscow's Ostankino TV Center] – some say they simply forgot about it, others claim it was easier to dump it than to get it out of the foundations. [...]
RT [Russia]
22 July 2010
Ostankino TV tower: from fact to fiction
[...] According to an urban legend, workers even left a bulldozer somewhere in the basement [of a building in Moscow's Ostankino TV Center] – some say they simply forgot about it, others claim it was easier to dump it than to get it out of the foundations. [...]
Tuesday, July 13, 2010
Monkey Soldiers Trained by Taliban
http://www.defence.pk/forums/world-affairs/63502-taliban-trains-monkey-terrorists-attack-u-s-troops.html
Pakistan Defence Forum
28 June 2010
Taliban trains 'monkey terrorists' to attack U.S. troops
Afghanistan's Taliban warlords have developed a bizarre way to deal with foreign forces: they have trained monkeys who love to eat bananas and peanuts to be killers.
Taliban forces have taught monkeys how to use the Kalashnikov, Bren light machine gun and trench mortars. They also teach them how to identify and attack soldiers wearing U.S. military uniforms. [...]
http://english.people.com.cn/90001/90777/90851/7059578.html
People's Daily [China]
9 July 2010
Monkeys trained as battlefield killers in Afghanistan
Afghanistan's Taliban insurgents are training monkeys to use weapons to attack American troops, according to a recent report by a British-based media agency. [...]
http://www.stripes.com/blogs/the-rumor-doctor/the-rumor-doctor-1.104348/are-taliban-training-monkeys-to-kill-u-s-troops-1.110933
Stars and Stripes 13 July 2010
THE RUMOR DOCTOR
Are Taliban training monkeys to kill U.S troops?
By Jeff Schogol
Could it possibly be true that the Taliban are training monkeys to fire heavy weapons at U.S. troops in Afghanistan? [...]
Pakistan Defence Forum
28 June 2010
Taliban trains 'monkey terrorists' to attack U.S. troops
Afghanistan's Taliban warlords have developed a bizarre way to deal with foreign forces: they have trained monkeys who love to eat bananas and peanuts to be killers.
Taliban forces have taught monkeys how to use the Kalashnikov, Bren light machine gun and trench mortars. They also teach them how to identify and attack soldiers wearing U.S. military uniforms. [...]
http://english.people.com.cn/90001/90777/90851/7059578.html
People's Daily [China]
9 July 2010
Monkeys trained as battlefield killers in Afghanistan
Afghanistan's Taliban insurgents are training monkeys to use weapons to attack American troops, according to a recent report by a British-based media agency. [...]
http://www.stripes.com/blogs/the-rumor-doctor/the-rumor-doctor-1.104348/are-taliban-training-monkeys-to-kill-u-s-troops-1.110933
Stars and Stripes 13 July 2010
THE RUMOR DOCTOR
Are Taliban training monkeys to kill U.S troops?
By Jeff Schogol
Could it possibly be true that the Taliban are training monkeys to fire heavy weapons at U.S. troops in Afghanistan? [...]
http://www.stripes.com/blogs/the-rumor-doctor/the-rumor-doctor-1.104348/is-photo-of-baboon-with-a-machine-gun-fake-1.111041
Stars and Stripes [US]
14 July 2010
THE RUMOR DOCTOR
Is Photo of Baboon with a Machine Gun Fake?
By Jeff Schogol
Saturday, July 10, 2010
Babe Ruth's Piano
http://www.metrowestdailynews.com/features/x792538332/New-clues-restart-Sudbury-search-for-Babe-Ruths-piano
The MetroWest Daily News [Framingham, MA]
19 June 2010
New clues restart Sudbury search for Babe Ruth's piano
By Kathy Uek/Daily News staff
SUDBURY - For almost a decade, Sudbury resident Kevin Kennedy has searched for proof that Babe Ruth's upright piano sank to the bottom of Willis Pond. [...]
http://www.metrowestdailynews.com/features/x2071993846/Veneer-could-be-key-to-Babe-Ruth-piano-mystery
The MetroWest Daily News [Framingham, MA]
22 June 2010
Veneer could be key to Babe Ruth piano mystery
By Kathy Uek/Daily News staff
SUDBURY - There may be a splinter of truth to the legend of the Sultan of Swat's piano.
Yesterday, a piano restoration expert confirmed that a 4-foot-by-16-inch wood panel discovered by divers in Willis Pond on Sunday is part of a piano. [...]
http://www.metrowestdailynews.com/features/x104354946/Psychic-brought-in-to-find-Bambinos-piano
MetroWest Daily News [Framingham, MA]
9 July 2010
Psychic brought in to find Bambino's piano
By Hannah McGoldrick/Daily News correspondent
The MetroWest Daily News [Framingham, MA]
19 June 2010
New clues restart Sudbury search for Babe Ruth's piano
By Kathy Uek/Daily News staff
SUDBURY - For almost a decade, Sudbury resident Kevin Kennedy has searched for proof that Babe Ruth's upright piano sank to the bottom of Willis Pond. [...]
http://www.metrowestdailynews.com/features/x2071993846/Veneer-could-be-key-to-Babe-Ruth-piano-mystery
The MetroWest Daily News [Framingham, MA]
22 June 2010
Veneer could be key to Babe Ruth piano mystery
By Kathy Uek/Daily News staff
SUDBURY - There may be a splinter of truth to the legend of the Sultan of Swat's piano.
Yesterday, a piano restoration expert confirmed that a 4-foot-by-16-inch wood panel discovered by divers in Willis Pond on Sunday is part of a piano. [...]
http://www.metrowestdailynews.com/features/x104354946/Psychic-brought-in-to-find-Bambinos-piano
MetroWest Daily News [Framingham, MA]
9 July 2010
Psychic brought in to find Bambino's piano
By Hannah McGoldrick/Daily News correspondent
Wednesday, July 7, 2010
EU to Ban Selling Eggs by the Dozen
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1289882/EU-ban-selling-eggs-dozen-Shopkeepers-fury-told-food-weighed-sold-kilo.html?ito=feeds-newsxml
The Mail on Sunday [UK]
27 June 2010
EU to ban selling eggs by the dozen: Shopkeepers' fury as they are told all food must be weighed and sold by the kilo
By Christopher Leake
British shoppers are to be banned from buying eggs by the dozen under new regulations approved by the European Parliament. [...]
http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/food-and-drink/news/scrambled-ndash-the-eu-threat-to-british-eggs-2015264.html
The Independent [UK]
1 July 2010
Scrambled – the EU 'threat' to British eggs
The European Union will not outlaw the sale of groceries by quantity, despite scare stories to the contrary
By Martin Hickman
Look away Eurosceptics. Those meddling Brussels bureaucrats have let you down again and are not going to ban the sale of eggs by the dozen.
To the disappointment of red-top newspapers and irate contributors to talk radio, the European Union confirmed yesterday that MEPs had not voted to do away with a cherished feature of Great British life. [...]
The Mail on Sunday [UK]
27 June 2010
EU to ban selling eggs by the dozen: Shopkeepers' fury as they are told all food must be weighed and sold by the kilo
By Christopher Leake
British shoppers are to be banned from buying eggs by the dozen under new regulations approved by the European Parliament. [...]
http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/food-and-drink/news/scrambled-ndash-the-eu-threat-to-british-eggs-2015264.html
The Independent [UK]
1 July 2010
Scrambled – the EU 'threat' to British eggs
The European Union will not outlaw the sale of groceries by quantity, despite scare stories to the contrary
By Martin Hickman
Look away Eurosceptics. Those meddling Brussels bureaucrats have let you down again and are not going to ban the sale of eggs by the dozen.
To the disappointment of red-top newspapers and irate contributors to talk radio, the European Union confirmed yesterday that MEPs had not voted to do away with a cherished feature of Great British life. [...]
Humans Turned Into Goats (Nigeria)
http://www.sunnewsonline.com/webpages/news/national/2010/july/07/national-07-07-2010-021.htm
Daily Sun [Nigeria]
7 July 2010
Human beings-turned goats story, a hoax – Police
By VINCENT UKPONG KALU and MATTHEW DIKE
Yesterday morning, rumours spread like bush fire in the harmattan in Ojo, and other neighbouring towns in Lagos and Ogun States that seven human beings were turned to goats through esoteric means. The rumour also had it that the goats were detained in Ojo Police station. A motley crowd besieged the police station to witness the bizarre development. [...]
From one source to another, the story kept magnifying. It first started with a human being turning to a goat until it became seven goats turning to seven human beings. It was the subject of discussion at bus stops, inside commercial vehicles and markets with each source presenting different versions of the story. [...]
Daily Sun [Nigeria]
7 July 2010
Human beings-turned goats story, a hoax – Police
By VINCENT UKPONG KALU and MATTHEW DIKE
Yesterday morning, rumours spread like bush fire in the harmattan in Ojo, and other neighbouring towns in Lagos and Ogun States that seven human beings were turned to goats through esoteric means. The rumour also had it that the goats were detained in Ojo Police station. A motley crowd besieged the police station to witness the bizarre development. [...]
From one source to another, the story kept magnifying. It first started with a human being turning to a goat until it became seven goats turning to seven human beings. It was the subject of discussion at bus stops, inside commercial vehicles and markets with each source presenting different versions of the story. [...]
Child Abduction Rumor (Ireland)
http://www.leinsterexpress.ie/news/39No-truth39-in-abduction-rumours.6403916.jp
Leinster Express [Ireland]
7 July 2010
'No truth' in abduction rumours
By Staff Reporter
GARDAÍ have said there is "no truth" in a rumour which was circulating about an attempted child abduction in a shopping centre in Portlaoise in the past fortnight.
Rumours had circulated that there was an attempted abduction which led to a shopping centre being "locked down" due to the attempted abduction. It was claimed that the missing a child aged four was found in a dressing room with her hair cut, wearing a cap and completely different clothes. [...]
Leinster Express [Ireland]
7 July 2010
'No truth' in abduction rumours
By Staff Reporter
GARDAÍ have said there is "no truth" in a rumour which was circulating about an attempted child abduction in a shopping centre in Portlaoise in the past fortnight.
Rumours had circulated that there was an attempted abduction which led to a shopping centre being "locked down" due to the attempted abduction. It was claimed that the missing a child aged four was found in a dressing room with her hair cut, wearing a cap and completely different clothes. [...]
http://www.laois-nationalist.ie/tabId/153/itemId/2809/Garda-deny-child-abduction-rumours.aspx
Laois Nationalist [Ireland]
8 July 2010
Gardaí deny child abduction rumours
By: Michael Tracey
Monday, July 5, 2010
Promoted Officer Owes Back Pay
http://www.smh.com.au/opinion/column-8/column-8-20100705-zxi4.html
Sydney Morning Herald
Sydney Morning Herald
6 July 2010
Column 8
[...] ''Your lovely story about the cakes and ale, especially the punchline, put me in mind of a delicious story I heard from the war,'' recalls Robert Gardiner, of Welshman's Reef, Victoria (Old Cambridge rules and cheeky students, Column 8, yesterday). ''It seems that a young officer was promoted to captain in 1941. During the celebrations his mates saw that this was gazetted in 1041. He applied for back pay and was credited £39,999. The sting was that as the only survivor of the Battle of Hastings, he was responsible for the loss of 20,000 horses at £2 each. Result - a debit of £1 pound.'' [...]
[See also Pass the Port: The Best After-dinner Stories of the Famous (Cirencester: Christian Brann, 1976), p. 62.]
Column 8
[...] ''Your lovely story about the cakes and ale, especially the punchline, put me in mind of a delicious story I heard from the war,'' recalls Robert Gardiner, of Welshman's Reef, Victoria (Old Cambridge rules and cheeky students, Column 8, yesterday). ''It seems that a young officer was promoted to captain in 1941. During the celebrations his mates saw that this was gazetted in 1041. He applied for back pay and was credited £39,999. The sting was that as the only survivor of the Battle of Hastings, he was responsible for the loss of 20,000 horses at £2 each. Result - a debit of £1 pound.'' [...]
[See also Pass the Port: The Best After-dinner Stories of the Famous (Cirencester: Christian Brann, 1976), p. 62.]