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Written by: Kim LaCapria
May 12, 2017
Sargento is the latest victim of a "zombie recall" form of fake news, when an outdated consumer ...
Written by: Dan Evon
April 25, 2017
The lack of dates in prayer chains often causes confusion about the validity of such messages.
Written by: Kim LaCapria
Jan. 13, 2017
The deadline to qualify for a class action settlement covering people who bought milk has long s ...
Written by: Arturo Garcia
Jan. 3, 2017
The boy pictured in a missing child appeal circulating on Facebook was actually abducted and fou ...
Written by: Kim LaCapria
Nov. 16, 2016
A since-settled controversy over undocumented immigrants and birth certificates in Texas was sha ...
Written by: Kim LaCapria
Sept. 13, 2016
Although an advisory board recommended it, the U.S. Bureau of Land Management (BLM) did not vote ...
Written by: David Mikkelson
Jan. 10, 2016
Formerly missing teen Rosemary Gullet is no longer the subject of an active search.
Written by: Kim LaCapria
Sept. 18, 2015
Johnson & Johnson reformulated their shampoo to remove formaldehyde, but that process was comple ...
Written by: Kim LaCapria
Aug. 18, 2015
News accounts detailed the retail giant's controversial lack of air conditioning at uncomfortabl ...
Written by: Kim LaCapria
April 14, 2015
A species of rhinoceros has been repeatedly declared extinct since at least 2006.
Written by: Kim LaCapria David Mikkelson
March 9, 2015
Texting the word 'HUNGER' to 35350 will no longer prompt Sam's Club to donate the equivalent 12 ...
Written by: David Mikkelson
Nov. 3, 2014
Some Virginia voters experienced difficulties with miscalibrated touch-screen voting machines in ...
Written by: David Mikkelson
Oct. 14, 2014
Online criticism claims the Susan G. Komen breast cancer organization only gives 20% of their do ...
Written by: Kim LaCapria David Mikkelson
Aug. 15, 2014
The idea for a nail polish that could help detect the presence of date-rape drugs in drinks morp ...
Written by: David Mikkelson
April 16, 2014
The times, they are a-changin'.
Written by: David Mikkelson
Jan. 16, 2014
A disturbing photograph supposedly documents a recent move to approve animal carcasses with canc ...
Written by: David Mikkelson
April 17, 2013
A 14-year-old boy named Devon Ward who went missing from his Horseheads, New York, home has been ...
Written by: David Mikkelson
March 26, 2013
Will shouting 'Andy's coming!' to Toy Story characters at Disney theme parks cause them to stop ...
Written by: David Mikkelson
May 8, 2012
Rumor: Walter Reed Medical Center has issued guidelines that prohibit the distribution of religi ...
Written by: David Mikkelson
April 3, 2012
Woodfork, 22, was sentenced to consecutive life sentences on separate counts of felony murder, a ...
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