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11 hrs ago | MNspeak.com

Wisconsin Teens Pulled Over for Simultaneously Driving the Same Car Drunk

I always thought that story about two people from Wisconsin getting pulled over for simultaneously driving the same car drunk was a complete urban legend since I'd only heard talk of it in Minnesota.

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15 hrs ago | Taipei Times

The indoctrination myth

New studies show that academics do not influence their students politics in the US.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, 2008 Presidential Election, Barack Obama, Penn State University Park, Elizabethtown College, Opinion

Sun Nov 16, 2008

www.postfallspress.com | Dark_Island

More of this story

November brings two remarkable holidays: Veterans Day and Thanksgiving. I thought of both when I came across the touching urban legend about the creation of "Taps," the tune that gives me a lump in my throat ...

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Related Topix: Thanksgiving, Life, Holidays

Tue Nov 11, 2008

New Straits Times

Theatre: More Bolehland barbs

AN urban legend has it that a onetime minister who enjoyed a hilarious Instant Cafe Theatre show jokingly asked the comedic troupe if 'they were scared of Kamunting', a discreet reference to the detention ...

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Related Topix: World News, Malaysia, Southeast Asia

Silver Bullet Comics

Wolverine: Chop Shop

There's an old urban legend that when you run with shady strangers, you may wake up in a cheap motel bathtub full of ice with your kidneys cut out.

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Mon Nov 10, 2008

www.amazon.com | Dark_Island

The Choking Doberman: And Other Urban Legends

"What is more welcome on a routine day than a new and intriguing true story or rumor told in the first person?..." ...

[The Choking Doberman is the book you want to read if you're new to the phenomena of Urban Legends. Check out the used books for sale and you can get a copy for just a penny more than shipping costs. -ed.]

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Related Topix: New York

Sat Nov 08, 2008

legalblogwatch.typepad.com | Dark_Island

The Dawn of an Urban Legend?

Could this be the next spilled-coffee case, one where the facts are conveniently ignored in furtherance of a great urban legend? Eric Turkewitz wonders about this at his New York Personal Injury Law Blog , as ...

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Related Topix: Blog News, South Carolina

www.unexplained-mysteries.com | Dark_Island

UL?: The phantom black cat of Washington

This week seemed an apt time to ponder our nation's political ghosts. We all know Abraham Lincoln haunts the White House along with Andrew Jackson and a host of first ladies, Woodrow Wilson is seen in a rocking ...

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Related Topix: Supernatural

Fri Nov 07, 2008

Houston Press

Isla Coqui's El Chupacabra Jr.

So the first reported sightings of El Chupacabra, the legendary goat-sucker, apparently occurred in Puerto Rico.

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Related Topix: Puerto Rico, Central America, World News

Tribune/Sunday Ledger Tribune

STAWAR: Urban myths and misses

Last week, I received an e-mail warning me not to eat or give out Chinese milk chocolate coins - the kind wrapped in gold foil.

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Related Topix: Life, Food, Chocolate, Food and Drug Administration, Beverages, CocaCola, Opinion

Thu Nov 06, 2008

www.winnipegsun.com | Dark_Island

UL? Really bad hare day

And away we go, hopping down a bunny tale sent in by my buddy, "Pegger Ted Arichteff: "Laurie. I have a humorous but very true tale if you wish to use it.

[I still think this is a UL but I'm a sceptical sort... -ed.]

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Related Topix: Kids, Family

Wed Nov 05, 2008

www.journalgazette.net | Dark_Island

Debunking urban legend of 'Bradley effect'

‘The Bradley effect” is a reference to the 1982 California governor’s race, which Los Angeles Mayor Tom Bradley, an African-American, lost to state Attorney General George Deukmejian even though a popular election-eve poll showed Bradley ahead by a solid seven points. If Obama should lose today’s election, there are those who will maintain it was the Bradley effect at work. Even in faraway Kenya, the Los Angeles Times found a Nairobi choreographer to quote: “There’s this thing called ‘the Bradley effect’ that we are all very afraid of.”

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, 2008 Presidential Election, Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton, California, John McCain

Mon Nov 03, 2008

Global Voices Online

Malaysia's Jungle Spirits

Lush with primary and secondary virgin jungle, Malaysians have long held a respect for the forests.

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Related Topix: Supernatural

Sat Nov 01, 2008

The Gazette

Halloween: Hazards or hysteria?

Every Halloween, warnings fly about poisoned candy, tooth decay, abductors and the like.

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Related Topix: Life, Holidays, Halloween, Dentistry

Fri Oct 31, 2008

Suburban News Publications

DEA: 'Strawberry Quik meth' story is an urban legend

Mary Poppins once said, "A spoonful of sugar helps the medicine go down." But should law enforcement officials believe crsytal methamphetamine dealers would use the same tactics to market their product to ...

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Related Topix: Drug Enforcement Administration, Drugs, Fairfield County, OH, Canal Winchester, OH, Life, Holidays, Halloween

WOAI.com

Haunted Ghost Tracks: Fact or Fiction?

Scary stories rise from the dead during Halloween. San Antonio's number one urban legend rests at Shane Road and Villamain on the city's Southside: the ghost railroad tracks.

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Related Topix: San Antonio, TX, San Antonio Metro, Life, Holidays, Halloween, Train Disaster, Entertainment

Thu Oct 30, 2008

www.times-standard.com | Dark_Island

Carpathian: Fear is the one true universal emotion

Fear is the one true universal emotion, according to Carpathian, a local spirit and storyteller, who specializes in the spooky and otherworldly.

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Related Topix: Life, Holidays, Halloween, Entertainment

The Drury Mirror

Springfield's urban legends

Are they fact, fiction, or a little in between? Kaitlyn McConnell and Logan Hoffman Issue date: 10/29/08 Section: Life Many people have heard an urban legend or two at some point in their lives.

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Wed Oct 29, 2008

www.snopes.com | Dark_Island

Email UL: Burundanga Business Card

[Rec'd this one in my email today. Since it is going around, I thought I'd post it here. -ed.]

The email starts out: "Share with your sisters, daughters, nieces, mothers, and female friends. This Incident has been confirmed.

A man came over and offered his services as a painter to a female putting petrol in her car and left his card. She said no ,but accepted his card out of kindness and got in the car. The man then got into a car driven by another gentleman. As the lady left the service station, she saw the men following her..."

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Tue Oct 28, 2008

www.newwest.net | Dark_Island

UL? Halloween candy filled with razor blades and needles

Unfortunately, giving out real fruit for Halloween is not an option. We all heard the horror stories when we were kids. Some crazy ex-school teacher down the block pushed razor blades or needles into apples, and gave them out to unsuspecting kids. Soon after this urban legend took hold, hospital emergency rooms were flooded with grubby little ghosts and goblins bringing in Halloween apples to be x-rayed. I’m not sure if this ever really happened to anyone, but it sure put us off apples for a while. Some of us got a little more mileage out of this story than others: “Brussels sprouts for dinner? Mom, how do I know you didn’t put razor blades in them? I’ll pass!”...

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Related Topix: Life, Holidays, Halloween, Thanksgiving, Fruits, Food

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