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Barbara Mikkelson

'Hit Man' Extortion Scam

Written by: Barbara Mikkelson

Jan. 13, 2007

Con artists present themselves as 'hitmen' already hired by others to kill you, then extort paym ...

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Criminal Uses of Frozen Squirrels

Written by: Barbara Mikkelson

Jan. 13, 2007

Frozen squirrels have been used for criminal purposes.

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Sugar in Gas Tank Ruse

Written by: Barbara Mikkelson

Jan. 11, 2007

Assailant puts sugar water in woman's gas tank to disable her car.

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Baby Smothered Under Pile of Coats?

Written by: Barbara Mikkelson

Jan. 2, 2007

Tragic tale tells of a baby left on a bed who is smothered under coats carelessly dropped by Chr ...

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Wedding Ring Penile Strangulation

Written by: Barbara Mikkelson

Jan. 2, 2007

Woman slips her married lover's wedding ring onto his penis?

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Suspect Shot 68 Times by Police

Written by: Barbara Mikkelson

Dec. 26, 2006 (Updated: Feb. 4, 2010)

A sheriff attributed a suspect's being shot 68 times to 'that's all the bullets we had.'

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Does Lip Balm Work as a Scantron Test Hack?

Written by: Barbara Mikkelson

Dec. 22, 2006

Rumors abound that rubbing lip balm on a Scantron test sheet will produce a perfect score.

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Pit Bull Euthanasia Bill

Written by: Barbara Mikkelson

Dec. 17, 2006

Pending California legislation mandates the extermination of pit bulls.

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Foiled Child Abduction in Tupelo Rumor

Written by: Barbara Mikkelson

Dec. 14, 2006

Mexican woman attempts to abduct tot from store in Tupelo, MS?

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The Origins of 'Watch Night'

Written by: Barbara Mikkelson

Dec. 12, 2006

Did Watch Night church services begin in 1862 with blacks awaiting the enactment of the Emancipa ...

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Cold FX Warning

Written by: Barbara Mikkelson

Dec. 11, 2006

Cold-fX 'feeds' development of hormonal cancers in women?

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Santa and Sarah

Written by: Barbara Mikkelson

Dec. 6, 2006

Santa's visit to an ailing tot sparks a miraculous recovery.

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Santa's Canadian Postal Code

Written by: Barbara Mikkelson

Dec. 2, 2006

In Canada, Santa's postal code is H0H 0H0.

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Do Salvation Army Bellringers Keep Money They Collect?

Written by: Barbara Mikkelson

Nov. 30, 2006

Some Salvation Army bellringers are paid for their work, but they do not keep a portion of the m ...

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Are Green Potatoes Poisonous?

Written by: Barbara Mikkelson

Nov. 23, 2006

Green potatoes do contain a form of toxin, but you are unlikely to ingest enough of it to do you ...

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Ford Radio Theft

Written by: Barbara Mikkelson

Nov. 23, 2006

Mistaken belief that car radios in Fords contain chips that pick up satellite TV spurs car vandals.

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2006 Federal Excise Tax Credit

Written by: Barbara Mikkelson

Nov. 22, 2006

Special one-time federal excise tax credit in 2006 rebates tax overpayment on phone bills.

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Gift Card Theft

Written by: Barbara Mikkelson

Nov. 20, 2006

How thieves can drain activated gift cards.

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On the afternoon of 3 November 2004, in the town of Methuen, MA, 10-year-old Natalie Gravel and 8-year-old Merrideth Reed were playing in a pile of leaves left in

A True Story About the Death of a Girl Playing With Leaves?

Written by: Barbara Mikkelson David Mikkelson

Nov. 12, 2006 (Updated: Oct. 10, 2022)

As the story goes, her father drove his truck into a pile of leaves in which she was playing, ki ...

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Did Bono Say Every Time He Clapped a Child in Africa Died?

Written by: Barbara Mikkelson

Nov. 11, 2006

This tall tale has its roots in a commercial and was later reworked into a jab at Democratic Pre ...

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