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Written by: Bethania Palma
May 23, 2017
It's not "stolen valor" — the notorious Milwaukee sheriff never claimed to have served in the mi ...
Written by: Barbara Mikkelson
July 4, 2001
Rumors that service station customers are getting stuck by HIV-loaded syringes affixed to gas pu ...
Written by: Bethania Palma
May 23, 2017
A viral Facebook post with pictures lifted from various sources doesn't provide any specifics ab ...
Written by: Dan Evon
May 19, 2017
A tasteless fake news story included the claim that World Superbike star Nicky Hayden passed away.
Written by: Dan MacGuill
May 18, 2017
An article about a high school teacher's being "seriously injured" after a classroom game with t ...
Written by: Dan Evon
April 27, 2017
An image purportedly shows a still from an old episode of "Bill Nye the Science Guy" about gende ...
Written by: Bethania Palma
Dec. 14, 2016
A nongovernmental search-and-rescue organization on the ground in Syria has drawn a lot of atten ...
Written by: Barbara Mikkelson
April 20, 2000
Long-standing false rumor holds that Jesus and His disciples will be portrayed as homosexual in ...
Written by: David Mikkelson
April 22, 2009
The Gardasil HPV vaccine hasn't been proved to have caused the deaths of 32 women.
Written by: David Mikkelson
July 11, 2012
"Leo the Lion" has been featured in Goldwyn Pictures Corporation's logo since the early 20th cen ...
Written by: David Mikkelson
July 13, 2008
Rumor: Photographs show a new prison facility in Chicago, Illinois.
Written by: David Mikkelson
March 14, 2008
Did Barack Obama urge his supporters to join him in changing 'the greatest nation in the history ...
Written by: Barbara Mikkelson
July 6, 2005
Did the jilted wife of the owner of Home Depot create the Lowe's chain of home improvement stores?
Written by: David Mikkelson
May 14, 2006
Ashley Flores: missing child or Internet hoax?
Written by: David Mikkelson
May 23, 2006
Will slightly overpaying a traffic ticket keep points off your driving record?
Written by: David Mikkelson
Oct. 12, 2008
Was a concentration camp survivor coincidentally reunited years later with a girl who secretly h ...
Written by: David Mikkelson
Jan. 27, 2009
Criminals in Omaha are distracting drivers with decoys and notes left on windshields?
Written by: David Mikkelson
Feb. 26, 1999
What's the big idea?
Written by: David Mikkelson
Oct. 30, 1999
Did Dan White, Harvey Milk's killer, successfully argue in court that his judgement had been imp ...
Written by: David Mikkelson
Jan. 12, 2001
Did a mother bird sacrifice herself to protect her chicks from a forest fire?
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