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Written by: David Mikkelson
Aug. 10, 2010
Mexican legislators expressed concern that an Arizona law would prompt an influx of Mexicans int ...
Written by: David Mikkelson
July 26, 2010
Images of a "fire waterfall" or "firefall" in California's Yosemite National Park have more than ...
Written by: David Mikkelson
July 13, 2010
An oil company ad bragging how many tons of glacier they could melt seemed innocent enough in 19 ...
Written by: David Mikkelson
May 17, 2010
Prayer requests for the LeBleu family of Louisiana, who lost four daughters in a house fire, sta ...
Written by: Snopes Staff Barbara Mikkelson
April 10, 2010
How the search for a prolific counterfeiter of one-dollar bills ended up lasting ten years.
Written by: David Mikkelson
March 27, 2010
Is Harvard offering tuition-free education to African-American students majoring in the sciences?
Written by: David Mikkelson
Feb. 26, 2010
Did the Department of Defense deny a request for a military flyover at the 2009 'God and Country ...
Written by: David Mikkelson
Feb. 23, 2010
Escape kits were smuggled to some Allied POWs during World War II by being cleverly concealed in ...
Written by: David Mikkelson
Jan. 25, 2010
"This was an error in judgment that shouldn't have happened."
Written by: David Mikkelson
Jan. 3, 2010
Big buzz about those big books.
Written by: David Mikkelson
Nov. 21, 2009
Photographs showing a dolphin hunt in Denmark continue to provoke outrage and protest.
Written by: David Mikkelson
Nov. 1, 2009
"The bills they’re passing by playing solitaire instead of voting for us are taking away our fre ...
Written by: David Mikkelson
Aug. 28, 2009
She appeared on popular TV shows, including "Ripley's Believe It or Not!", and inspired books be ...
Written by: David Mikkelson
Aug. 20, 2009
The company released a statement claiming that several listings such as this were defaced by som ...
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Aug. 5, 2009
Do these photographs show a train that set a wooden bridge on fire?
Written by: David Mikkelson
July 22, 2009
Is the ACLU seeking to have a cross removed from the Mojave National Preserve in California?
Written by: David Mikkelson
June 2, 2009
Photographs show the 'parrot plant,' a plant whose flowers resemble a parrot in flight.
Written by: David Mikkelson
May 31, 2009
San Diego County officials barred a couple from holding Bible study sessions in their home witho ...
Written by: David Mikkelson
May 7, 2009
A list details legislation reportedly passed by Oklahoma in defiance 'of the federal government ...
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April 29, 2009
The snow, wind, temperature, and moisture required for 'snowrollers' to form make them rare and ...
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