1. snopes.com: Missing Child: Evan Trembley •••
Evan Trembley: missing child or Internet hoax?
  ...Trembley is missing. Example: [Collected via e-mail, August 2007] My 15 year old boy, Evan Trembley, is missing. He has been missing for now two...
  ...May 2008 versions positioned the "missing" boy as being from Perkiomen, Pennsylvania, via the signature block of a Human Resources Assistant for the...
  ...organizations that track missing children (such as the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children) has a record of a missing child named Evan...
Wed, 10 Feb 2010 00:30:36 GMT http://www.snopes.com/inboxer/missing/trembley.asp

2. snopes.com: Missing Child: Carissa Malanitch •••
Carissa Malanitch: missing child or Internet hoax?
  ...Claim: A 13-year-old girl named Carissa Malanitch is missing. Example: [Collected via e-mail, February 2009] This girls's mother works in the mall...
  ...this mess. on. My 13 year old daughter, Carissa Malanitch, is missing. She has been missing for about 7 hrs. Maybe if everyone passes this on, someone...
  ...Origins: Most missing child alerts circulated via e-mail fall into one of two categories: genuine reports of missing children that continue to be...
Wed, 10 Feb 2010 00:55:42 GMT http://www.snopes.com/inboxer/missing/malanitch.asp

3. snopes.com: Penny Brown •••
Is a 9-year-old girl named Penny Brown missing?
  ...--> Inboxer Rebellion --> Missing Persons --> Penny Brown Penny Brown Claim: A 9-year-old girl named Penny Brown is missing. Examples:...
  ...everyone you know, PLEASE. My 9 year old girl, Penny Brown, is missing. She has been missing for now two weeks. It is still not too late, Please help us....
  ...never reason to place any reliance upon the message. None of the many missing children sites listed a Penny Brown among the youngsters they were looking...
Wed, 10 Feb 2010 00:52:01 GMT http://www.snopes.com/inboxer/missing/penny.asp

4. snopes.com: Missing Girl: Madeleine McCann •••
Missing Georgia girl: Madeleine McCann.
  ...Rebellion --> Missing Persons --> Madeleine McCann Madeleine McCann Claim: A four-year-old British girl named Madeleine McCann is missing from a...
  ...Madeleine McCann's family believe a new picture of the missing four-year-old could play a vital role in the search for her. The new poster of...
  ...was only 40 yards away. He went back at nine o'clock to check the children. They were all sound asleep, windows shut, shutters shut." Kate then went...
Wed, 10 Feb 2010 00:55:35 GMT http://www.snopes.com/inboxer/missing/mccann.asp

5. snopes.com: Kelsey Brooke Jones •••
Kelsey Brooke Jones: missing child or Internet hoax?
  ...Rebellion --> Missing Children --> Kelsey Brooke Jones Kelsey Brooke Jones Claim: A 5-year-old girl named Kelsey Brooke Jones is missing from her...
  ...named Kelsey Brooke Jones. We are from Southern Minnesota. She has been missing since 4 pm Oct. 11, 1999. The police were notified shortly after. If...
  ...the Police, a missing persons report has been filed. I am including a picture of her. All prayers are appreciated!! Origins: This "missing child...
Wed, 10 Feb 2010 00:32:04 GMT http://www.snopes.com/inboxer/missing/kelsey.asp

6. snopes.com: Ashley Flores •••
Ashley Flores: missing child or Internet hoax?
  ...Claim: A 13-year-old Philadelphia girl named Ashley Flores is missing. Example: [Collected via e-mail, May 2006] Please look at the picture, read...
  ...missing for 2 weeks. Keep the picture moving on. With luck on her side she will be found. My 13 year old girl, Ashley Flores, is missing. She has been...
  ...of missing children that continue to be forwarded long after the child has been found, or hoaxes imploring readers to look for children who aren't...
Wed, 10 Feb 2010 01:00:30 GMT http://www.snopes.com/inboxer/missing/ashleyflores.asp

7. snopes.com: Christopher John Mineo, Jr •••
Christopher John Mineo, Jr. - missing child or Internet hoax?
  ...--> Missing Children --> Christopher John Mineo, Jr Christopher John Mineo, Jr Claim: A 5-year-old boy named Christopher John Mineo is missing from...
  ...Subj: MISSING CHILD IN BKLYN, PLEASE FWD TO ALL YOU KNOW. PLEASE I am asking you all, begging you to please forward this email on to anyone and...
  ...John Mineo jr, Knick name C.J. I am from brooklyn N.Y. He has been missing since november of 98. If anyone anywhere knows anything, sees anything, please...
Wed, 10 Feb 2010 00:30:42 GMT http://www.snopes.com/inboxer/missing/mineo.asp

8. snopes.com: Trenton Duckett •••
Missing child: Trenton Duckett
  ...Inboxer Rebellion --> Missing Persons --> Trenton Duckett Trenton Duckett Claim: A 2-year-old boy named Trenton Duckett is missing from his...
  ...don't hesitate to call 1-800-CALL-FBI. Trenton is 2 years old & has been missing from his house in Leesburg, FL for about 2 weeks now. If you happen to...
  ...printed from the web site of the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children. Anyone with information concerning Trenton's disappearance or...
Wed, 10 Feb 2010 00:30:33 GMT http://www.snopes.com/inboxer/missing/duckett.asp

9. snopes.com: Elizabeth Smart •••
Elizabeth Smart: Missing child or Internet hoax?
  ...--> Missing & Sick Children --> Elizabeth Smart Elizabeth Smart Claim: A 14-year-old Salt Lake City girl by the name of Elizabeth Smart is missing....
  ...MISSING ELIZABETH SMART Age: 14 Height: 5' 6" Weight: 105 lbs. White Blonde Hair Fair Complexion Blue Eyes. Last seen wearing red satin,...
  ...* Printable poster from the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children. Click here to view and print. * Video of Elizabeth Smart Click here...
Wed, 10 Feb 2010 00:59:51 GMT http://www.snopes.com/inboxer/children/smart.asp

10. snopes.com: Krystava Patients Schmidt •••
Krystava Patients Schmidt: missing child or Internet hoax?
  ...--> Missing Children --> Krystava Patients Schmidt Krystava Patients Schmidt Claim: A little girl named Krystava Patients Schmidt is missing from...
  ...I live in Mounds View, Minnesota and my little 20 month old girl is missing. Her name is Krystava Patients Schmidt. She was last seen with an...
  ...<Origins: It's hard not to be sympathetic to a plea to help find a missing child. The terror the parent is facing is unimaginable, and it strikes right...
Wed, 10 Feb 2010 01:01:32 GMT http://www.snopes.com/inboxer/missing/krystava.asp

11. snopes.com: Shyanne Josephine Godron-Wood •••
Is Shyanne Josephine Godron-Wood missing?
  ...Home --> Inboxer Rebellion --> Missing & Sick Children --> Shyanne Josephine Godron-Wood Shyanne Josephine Godron-Wood Claim: Shyanne Josephine...
  ...Godron-Wood of Henderson, Nevada is missing. Example: [Collected on the Internet, 2000] My Daughter is missing! Last seen June 9, 2000, at...
  ...Godron-Wood was reported missing, but her name and picture have been dropped from sites that carry information about missing children, and the Henderson...
Wed, 10 Feb 2010 00:33:52 GMT http://www.snopes.com/inboxer/children/shyanne.asp

12. snopes.com: Aaron Russell Steinmetz •••
Is a child named Aaron Russell Steinmetz missing?
  ...--> Missing & Sick Children --> Aaron Russell Steinmetz Aaron Russell Steinmetz Claim: A toddler named Aaron Russell Steimetz is missing, and you...
  ...Steinmetz. I live in Summerfield, Florida. My 3 1/2 year little boy is missing. His name is Aaron Russell Steinmetz. He was last seen with this father...
  ...by his father and thus was in the care of a parent during the time he was missing. Unlike cases in which the child might be in the hands of a stranger...
Wed, 10 Feb 2010 00:50:59 GMT http://www.snopes.com/inboxer/children/steinmet.asp

13. snopes.com: Sophia Tennis •••
Is a little girl from named Sophia Tennis missing from her Phoenix, Arizona home?
  ...--> Inboxer Rebellion --> Missing Persons --> Sophia Tennis Sophia Tennis Claim: A little girl named Sophia Tennis is missing from her Phoenix,...
  ...MISSING CHILD PLEASE HELP! Imagine the heartache a parent must feel with their Child Missing. This Holiday Season we are asking your help to find...
  ...millions of email subscribers in an attempt to spread the word about missing children and help find them. PLEASE PASS THIS PAGE TO EVERYONE YOU CAN!...
Wed, 10 Feb 2010 01:01:34 GMT http://www.snopes.com/inboxer/missing/tennis.asp

14. snopes.com: Shawn Hornbeck •••
Is a teenage boy named Shawn Hornbeck missing from his Missouri home?
  ...Inboxer Rebellion --> Missing Children --> Shawn Hornbeck Shawn Hornbeck Claim: A teenage boy named Shawn Hornbeck is missing from his Missouri...
  ...Please forward this to everyone that you know. My husband's cousin is missing. He disappeared 6 days ago on his way to a friend's house. Shawn Hornbeck...
  ...Shawn has been missing for a week today. He could be anywhere by now so please pass this along to everyone that you know. Annie Hornbeck Origins:...
Wed, 10 Feb 2010 00:54:02 GMT http://www.snopes.com/inboxer/missing/hornbeck.asp

15. snopes.com: Jessica Koopmans •••
Jessica Koopmans: missing child or Internet hoax?
  ...Rebellion --> Missing Children --> Jessica Koopmans Jessica Koopmans Claim: A 5-year-old girl named Jessica Koopmans is missing from her Alberta...
  ...Jessica Koopmans went missing from her front yard in North Lethbridge on Friday, May 4, 2001 at approximately 5:00 p.m. All efforts are being made to...
  ...Origins: This missing child alert was true; unfortunately, the missing child has since turned up dead. On the evening of 4 May 2001, 5-year-old Jessica...
Wed, 10 Feb 2010 00:54:56 GMT http://www.snopes.com/inboxer/missing/koopmans.asp

16. snopes.com: Sabrina Fair Allen •••
Is your help needed to find Sabrina Fair Allen?
  ...Rebellion --> Missing Persons --> Sabrina Fair Allen Sabrina Fair Allen Claim: A five-year-old girl named Sabrina Fair Allen is missing from her...
  ...But if you have any compassion in your heart, please help find this missing little girl. She disappeared a few months ago and still hasn't been found....
  ...(DPS) web site, Sabrina's entry at the National Center of Missing And Exploited Children, and the web site of America's Most Wanted television program....
Wed, 10 Feb 2010 00:29:30 GMT http://www.snopes.com/inboxer/missing/sabrina.asp

17. snopes.com: Asha Degree •••
Asha Degree: Missing child or Internet hoax?
  ...--> Inboxer Rebellion --> Missing Persons --> Asha Degree Asha Degree Claim: A teenage girl named Asha Degree is missing from her North Carolina...
  ...as many people as you know and to as many States as you can. She has been missing since Monday February 14, 2000 between the hours of 2:30 and 6:30 in...
  ...Endangered Missing: Asha Degree (National Center for Missing and Exploited Children) Last updated: 27 March 2005 The URL for this page is...
Wed, 10 Feb 2010 00:31:49 GMT http://www.snopes.com/inboxer/missing/degree.asp

18. snopes.com: Nicholas Farber •••
Nicholas Farber: Missing child or Internet hoax?
  ...Home --> Inboxer Rebellion --> Missing Persons --> Nicholas Farber Nicholas Farber Claim: A nine-year-old boy named Nicholas Farber was abducted by...
  ...Farber was abducted by gunmen from his California home and is still missing. Example: [Collected on the Internet, 2000] 9-year-old Nicholas...
  ...and even street signs are all mobilized to recover the missing child. This Alert Works! 27 children have already been found thanks to the Amber Alert....
Wed, 10 Feb 2010 00:39:55 GMT http://www.snopes.com/inboxer/missing/farber.asp

19. snopes.com: Cecilia Zhang •••
Is nine-year-old Cecilia Zhang missing from her Toronto home?
  ...--> Inboxer Rebellion --> Missing Persons --> Cecilia Zhang Cecilia Zhang Claim: Nine-year-old Cecilia Zhang is missing from her Toronto home....
  ...TORONTO POLICE ISSUE AMBER ALERT FOR MISSING 9-YEAR OLD GIRL DONG-YUE (CECILIA) ZHANG The Toronto Police Service is requesting the assistance of the...
  ...requesting the assistance of the public and media in regards to locating a missing 9-year old girl from the area of Don Mills Road and Finch Avenue East....
Wed, 10 Feb 2010 00:31:56 GMT http://www.snopes.com/inboxer/missing/zhang.asp

20. snopes.com: Sharon Shechter •••
About missing mother Sharon Shechter.
  ...Home --> Inboxer Rebellion --> Missing & Sick Adults --> Sharon Shechter Sharon Shechter Claim: A New York mother of three named Sharon Shechter...
  ...and is still missing. Example: [Collected on the Internet, 2002] Mother Missing! Please Help. Sharon Shechter Help 3 children find their...
  ...It's always sad when children lose a mother. This page is a plea to you to help them find her. Please imagine the pain that Sharon's family is going...
Wed, 10 Feb 2010 00:41:37 GMT http://www.snopes.com/inboxer/adults/shechter.asp

21. snopes.com: Lindsey Ryan •••
Is a 14-year-old Michigan girl named Lindsey Ryan missing?
  ...--> Missing Persons --> Lindsey Ryan Lindsey Ryan Claim: Is a 14-year-old Michigan girl named Lindsey Ryan missing? Origins: Another missing...
  ...alert with a fortunate ending: 14-year-old Lindsey Ryan was discovered missing from her Michigan home on Saturday morning, 1 March 2003, when her mother...
  ...down, the two parents discovered the bedroom window open and their daughter missing. Lindsey was said to be in the company of a 56-year-old man named...
Wed, 10 Feb 2010 00:57:23 GMT http://www.snopes.com/inboxer/missing/lindseyryan.asp

22. snopes.com: Hand Sanitizer Alcohol Poisoning •••
Can ingestion of hand sanitizer by in children result in alcohol poisoning?
  ...Claim: Ingestion of hand sanitizer by children can result in alcohol poisoning. Examples: [Collected via e-mail, January 2007] Hi All- Just...
  ...the hand sanitizer and had ingested some of it. There wasn't a large amount missing from the bottle but I could smell it on her breath. Within approx....
  ...but not much. Please send this to everyone you know that has children or are having children. It doesn't matter what age. I just want people to know the...
Wed, 10 Feb 2010 00:51:17 GMT http://www.snopes.com/medical/toxins/sanitizer.asp

23. snopes.com: Code Adam Origin •••
Is missing child protocol in stores called 'Code Adam' after 6-year-old Adam Walsh?
  ...reported missing is called "Code Adam" after 6-year-old Adam Walsh, who was abducted and murdered in 1981. Origins: "Code Adam" is a "missing child"...
  ...a child safety program that aims both to prevent abductions and to find children lost in the store. Initiated in 1993, the program is called "Code Adam"...
  ...is reported missing. Essentially, the program works like this: When a parent or guardian notifies an employee that his or her child is missing, the...
Wed, 10 Feb 2010 00:59:20 GMT http://www.snopes.com/language/eponyms/codeadam.asp

24. snopes.com: Rape Victim Lured By Child •••
Are rapists using little children who appear to be lost to lure victims?
  ...Claim: Rapists are using little children who appear to be lost to lure victims to them. Examples: [Collected on the Internet, 2005] I am not...
  ...If the child insists, then bring the child to the police station. Lost children are best to sent to police stations. Please send this to all your...
  ...times used the deceit of claiming that they themselves were searching for a missing child or dog. Between 1989 and 1994, at least eleven preteen girls in...
Wed, 10 Feb 2010 01:00:20 GMT http://www.snopes.com/crime/warnings/childlure.asp

25. snopes.com: Yohana Ravelo •••
Yohana Ravelo: missing child or Internet hoax?
  ...Inboxer Rebellion --> Missing Persons --> Yohana Ravelo Yohana Ravelo Claim: A 17-year-old girl named Yohana Ravelo is missing. Example:...
  ...photo and forward this to as many people as you know. This person has been missing for two days now and her family is desperately looking for her....
  ...child" alert, look at some of the online missing children databases chances are, if the youngster is really missing, at least one of them will provide...
Wed, 10 Feb 2010 00:59:28 GMT http://www.snopes.com/inboxer/missing/ravelo.asp

26. snopes.com: Kidnapped Child Rumor •••
Children abducted from stores and amusement parks by hair-dyeing kidnappers?
  ...Claim: Children are spirited away from amusement parks and shopping centers by kidnappers who alter the appearance of their victims before smuggling them...
  ...Please take the time and forward this to any friend who has children! Thanks! Wanted to share something that happened today while shopping at Sam's...
  ...over looking for meat and turned around to find her 4 yr. old daughter was missing, I was standing there right beside her, well she was calling her...
Wed, 10 Feb 2010 00:41:31 GMT http://www.snopes.com/horrors/parental/kidnap.asp

27. snopes.com: Tsunami Victim - Hannes Bergstroem •••
Is your help is needed to identify a young tsunami victim and reunite him with his family?
  ...Home --> Inboxer Rebellion --> Missing Children --> Tsunami Victim - Hannes Bergstroem Tsunami Victim - Hannes Bergstroem Claim: Your help is needed to...
  ...from Khao Lak Resort Area, the southern part of Thailand. His parents are missing. His nationality cannot be identified. Please contact Dr. Anuroj...
  ...Looking for his family. The boy, about 2 years old, from Khoa Lak is missing his parents. Nobody knows what country he comes from. If anybody known him...
Wed, 10 Feb 2010 00:48:23 GMT http://www.snopes.com/inboxer/missing/hannes.asp

28. snopes.com: Fake Amber Alert: Plate 98B 351 •••
An Amber Alert was issued for a three-year-old boy taken by man in 2006 Mitsubishi Eclipse?
  ...Origins: In early October 2009 yet another missing child hoax spread across the U.S. via cell phone text message, e-mail, and postings to the popular...
  ...and no such abduction took place. The National Center for Missing and Exploited Children confirms that this is not an active Amber Alert. In January...
  ...Alert about an unnamed missing 3-year-old boy was a light reworking of the July 2009 hoax Amber Alert about an unnamed missing 3-year-old girl. Notice...
Wed, 10 Feb 2010 00:27:31 GMT http://www.snopes.com/inboxer/missing/faketext2.asp

29. snopes.com: The Lost Day •••
Did NASA scientists discover a 'missing day' in time?
  ...Claim: NASA scientists discovered a "missing" day in time which corresponds to Biblical accounts of the sun's standing still in the sky. Example:...
  ...Well, they found there is a day missing in space in elapsed time. They scratched their heads and tore their hair. There was no answer. Finally, a...
  ...to the LORD in the day when the LORD delivered up the Amorites before the children of Israel, and he said in the sight of Israel, Sun, stand thou still...
Wed, 10 Feb 2010 00:27:46 GMT http://www.snopes.com/religion/lostday.asp

30. snopes.com: September 11 False Victims Scam •••
Have those looking for sympathy falsely claimed they've lost loved ones in the attack on the World Trade Center?
  ...established in New York City and had posted fliers of the supposedly still-missing Mya (shown in a white cap and gown from grade-school graduation)...
  ...in the same tragedy, as had her husband, who was the father of her other children. According to Fernandez, all three bodies had been recovered and given...
  ...Sara Galloso. The phone numbers Fernandez provided for Galloso's surviving children didn't work. Despite Fernandez's claim of having imminent travel...
Wed, 10 Feb 2010 00:55:34 GMT http://www.snopes.com/rumors/sympathy.asp

31. snopes.com: Webkinz Murderer •••
Are children's Webkinz being murdered online?
  ...Claim: Children's Webkinz are being murdered online. Examples: [Collected via e-mail, April 2007] My children came home from school today, and...
  ...kind of bomby thingy. it pops out like you got a gift. then Dr. Quack or Miss Birdie pops up, lights go out, red eyes come, it makes slashing noises on...
  ...randomly appears in Webkinz World to lay waste to the cyber versions of children's cherished plush toys. Early in 2007, the online playground was swept...
Wed, 10 Feb 2010 00:44:05 GMT http://www.snopes.com/horrors/madmen/webkinz.asp

32. snopes.com: Ionut Costea •••
Should you wire money into the account of Ionut Costea, an injured Romanian child?
  ...for 180$/month. In Romania life is very hard and expensive. If you have children you understend my problem. You can help my baby put few money (USA$)...
  ...In the case of this particular appeal, even the mother's name is missing. We know the child's name is Ionut Costea and that she's five years old and...
  ...home? Indeed, where is home? What city does this take place in? All this is missing from the account, thus there is no way to determine if there is such...
Wed, 10 Feb 2010 00:49:32 GMT http://www.snopes.com/inboxer/medical/costea.asp

33. snopes.com: Billy Goats Bluff •••
College prank: Students let loose a flock of livestock with an apparently missing member.
  ...Legend: Students let loose a flock of livestock with an apparently missing member. Example: [Cazzulion, 2008] In one, possibly apocryphal story, a...
  ...well on adults sometimes fail spectacularly when presented to youngsters: Children may not yet have learned to mentally fill in the blanks as adults do,...
Wed, 10 Feb 2010 00:56:14 GMT http://www.snopes.com/college/pranks/livestock.asp

34. snopes.com: TV Character With Missing Names •••
A survey of television characters with missing names.
  ...he's since entered into two more marriages, both short-lived), his children (a son, Ben, by his first wife; and a daughter, Emma, by sometimes-girlfriend...
  ...her real name was. Moreover, even after Max and 99 were married and had children together, Max continued to call her "99." Get Smart included many...
  ...it. Everyone can think about what the wife should look like. Did he have children? Did he have one? Did he have ten? That's up to them to decide. You...
Wed, 10 Feb 2010 00:31:54 GMT http://www.snopes.com/radiotv/tv/nonames.asp

35. snopes.com: Dean Thomson •••
Was a 7th-grader named Dean Thomson injured in a sledding accident?
  ...Home --> Inboxer Rebellion --> Missing & Sick Children --> Dean Thomson Dean Thomson Claim: A 7th-grader named Dean Thomson was badly injured in a...
  ...I'd like to mention that the authors of these prayer requests for injured children seem to be following a disturbing trend of including more and more...
  ...I understand that for many people dealing with seriously ill or injured children, typing out such messages might be a cathartic means of dealing with...
Wed, 10 Feb 2010 00:29:46 GMT http://www.snopes.com/inboxer/children/thomson.asp

36. snopes.com: Benjamin Netanyahu and Proportionate Response •••
Transcript reproduces Benjamin Netanyahu's response to an interviewer who questioned the proportionality of Israel's military response?
  ...in Copenhagen, some of the bombs missed their target and fell on a Danish children's hospital, killing 83 little children. Perhaps you have another...
  ...civilian population. The British pilots missed, and 83 children were Danish children were horribly burned in a children's hospital right next to the...
Wed, 10 Feb 2010 00:58:59 GMT http://www.snopes.com/politics/israel/netanyahu.asp

37. snopes.com: Teddy Stoddard •••
A touching tale about a troubled boy and the teacher who turned his life around.
  ...front of her 5th grade class on the very first day of school, she told the children a lie. Like most teachers, she looked at her students and said that...
  ...Teddy the year before and noticed that he didn’t play well with the other children, that his clothes were messy and that he constantly needed a bath. And...
  ...the other presents. Some of the children started to laugh when she found a rhinestone bracelet with some of the stones missing and a bottle that was one...
Wed, 10 Feb 2010 01:00:50 GMT http://www.snopes.com/glurge/teddy.asp

38. snopes.com: Rachel Arlington / Bryan Swim / To My Daughter •••
Will forwarding an e-mail help Rachel Arlington, a girl suffering from leukemia?
  ...Just for this evening, I will snuggle beside you for hours, and miss my favorite TV shows. Just for this evening when I run my fingers through your...
  ...and fathers who are searching for their missing children, the mothers and fathers who are visiting their children's graves instead of their bedrooms, and...
  ...bedrooms, and mothers and fathers who are in hospital rooms watching their children suffer senselessly, and screaming inside that they can't handle it...
Wed, 10 Feb 2010 00:34:53 GMT http://www.snopes.com/inboxer/medical/arlington.asp

39. snopes.com: Welfare Application Humor •••
List of humorous comments made on applications for social assistance.
  ...I am forwarding my marriage certificate and 6 children. I had seven but one died, which was baptized on a half sheet of paper. I am writing to the...
  ...get sick pay. I have six children . . . Can you tell me why? I am glad to report that my husband who was reported missing is dead. This is my...
  ...I am forwarding my marriage certificate and my children, one of which was a mistake as you can see. My husband got his project cut off for two weeks...
Wed, 10 Feb 2010 00:49:21 GMT http://www.snopes.com/humor/lists/welfare.asp

40. snopes.com: Pacific Palisades High School Answering Machine Message •••
Did Pacific Palisades High School place an unusual message on its school telephone answering system?
  ...responsible for their children's absences and missing homework. The school and teachers are being sued by parents who want their children's failing...
  ...children's failing grades changed to passing grades even though those children were absent 15-30 times during the semester and did not complete enough...
  ...class work, homework, and that it's not the teachers' fault for your children's lack of effort ... hang up and have a nice day!" Variations: A...
Wed, 10 Feb 2010 00:53:25 GMT http://www.snopes.com/humor/iftrue/palisades.asp

41. snopes.com: Child's Note to Sailors •••
Child misinterprets sounds of Mom's sexual satisfaction as prayer?
  ...... how'd you like to be his mother?!" Another claims the missive was one of many children's letters sent in December 2001 to the "fighting sailors of...
  ...Disabuse yourself of the notion that children old enough to compose, letter, spell, and use punctuation this well would be as stunningly naive as the...
  ...The theme of children's blurting embarrassing intelligence about sexual matters or repeating parents' ill-judged comments is an old one and shows up in...
Wed, 10 Feb 2010 00:53:31 GMT http://www.snopes.com/humor/jokes/sailors.asp

42. snopes.com: Pity the Childless Couple •••
Article bemoans the plight of childless couples.
  ...blame each other for the child's most obnoxious characteristics, and they miss all the fun of doing without for the child's sake. They just go along,...
  ...Everyone should have children. No one should be allowed to escape the wonderful experience that accompanies each stage in the development of the young...
  ...Children are worth it. Every moment of anxiety, every sacrifice, every complete collapse pays off as a fine, sturdy adolescent is reached. The feeling of...
Wed, 10 Feb 2010 00:49:10 GMT http://www.snopes.com/humor/nonsense/childless.asp

43. snopes.com: Michael Novenche •••
Is a boy named Michael Novenche undergoing chemotherapy to kill a brain tumor?
  ...One of the challenges in keeping up to date with reports of missing and sick children is having to continually re-evaluate three factors for every...
Wed, 10 Feb 2010 00:50:44 GMT http://www.snopes.com/inboxer/prayer/novenche.asp

44. snopes.com: I Am Meth •••
Meth-addicted teen pens insightful poem in jail shortly before dying of an overdose.
  ...Children, Teens, Young adults. Understand, this thing is worse than any of us realize... I destroy homes, I tear families apart, I take your...
  ...writer. This is her version: Miss Crystal Meth By Amanda Canaday I destroy homes, I tear families apart I take your children and that is just the...
  ...I take your children, and that’s just the start. I’m more valued than diamonds, more precious than gold. The sorrow I bring is a sight to behold. If...
Wed, 10 Feb 2010 00:47:42 GMT http://www.snopes.com/glurge/iammeth.asp

45. snopes.com: Mostly True Stories Sixpence Error •••
Urban legends TV show falls for joke about Blackbeard's using a nursery rhyme to recruit fellow pirates?
  ...their crews roaming from pub to pub, belting out a children's rhyme), and in case any readers somehow missed the obvious humor, the page (like all...
Wed, 10 Feb 2010 00:26:30 GMT http://www.snopes.com/humor/mediagoofs/sixpence.asp

46. snopes.com: Steak n Shake Prayer Ban •••
Public prayer is prohibited at Steak n Shake restaurants?
  ...stick together we can at least make them miss our business! What is this teaching our youth & children? That they can't pray in public places or bless...
Wed, 10 Feb 2010 00:35:28 GMT http://www.snopes.com/politics/religion/steaknshake.asp

47. snopes.com: Resolve Death •••
Did a 2-year-old boy die after ingesting Resolve brand carpet cleaner?
  ...son Dylan had been rushed to the emergency room and then, Life-flighted to Children's Hospital in Pittsburgh. The reason? He swallowed Resolve Carpet...
  ...were introduced. In that time there have been over 200 cases reported of children drinking from our product. Out of those 200, there were ZERO injuries...
  ...Yet beyond just the information about the child's identity being missing, the account itself doesn't hang together at key points. The description of how...
Wed, 10 Feb 2010 00:52:32 GMT http://www.snopes.com/medical/toxins/resolve.asp

48. snopes.com: I Don't Like Mondays •••
Was The Boomtown Rats song 'I Don't Like Mondays' inspired by a deadly shooting at a school?
  ...On 29 January 1979, 16-year-old Brenda Ann Spencer opened fire on children arriving at Cleveland Elementary School in San Diego from her house across the...
  ...and a police officer. Principal Burton Wragg was attempting to rescue children in the line of fire when he was shot and killed, and custodian Mike Suchar...
  ...to take their lives. The bullet that struck 9-year-old Charles "Cam" Miller missed his heart by about an inch. Spencer pled guilty to two counts of...
Wed, 10 Feb 2010 00:30:43 GMT http://www.snopes.com/music/songs/mondays.asp

49. snopes.com: Salvation Army Holiday Angel Tree Program •••
Does the Salvation Army charge families for clothing and toys donated to them through the Angel Tree program?
  ...I used to take my children every Christmas to the local shopping center and have each one choose an angel from the Salvation Army Angel Tree who was...
  ...do it anymore because the Salvation Army makes the parents of the children we buy for pay for the gifts. That they charge 50% of the true price, but...
  ...for the homeless, gifts and groceries at Christmas, reunification of missing persons, day care services, after-school tutoring, scouting activities for...
Wed, 10 Feb 2010 00:57:32 GMT http://www.snopes.com/inboxer/charity/angeltree.asp

50. snopes.com: Grieving Parents Accidentally Kill Other Child •••
Parents of murdered Virginia Tech co-ed unthinkingly back over other child on way to airport?
  ...of a murdered Virginia Tech co-ed unthinkingly back over another of their children on the way to the airport. Example: [Collected via e-mail, April...
  ...playing ball with his two boys, (ages 6 & 8 I think). When the youngest boy missed the ball, he ran under the deck to retrieve it. When the little fellow...
  ...3 year old daughter in the driveway. Michael says in 21 minutes all three children were dead !! PLEASE stop right now and pray for this young couple...
Wed, 10 Feb 2010 00:35:49 GMT http://www.snopes.com/horrors/parental/backover.asp

51. snopes.com: Bridezilla •••
Bride-to-be sends over-the-top list of instructions to her attendants.
  ...letter wasn't so much an "It's my wedding and here's how I want to run it" missive as it was a bashing of one girl. Some mailings identified the...
  ...Children at the Wedding or Reception: It is my wish, and also Z.'s [the fiancé], that there be no children at the wedding ceremony or at the reception....
  ...but the best is the simple fact that I don't have the money to invite children who only pick at their food, cry, run around, etc. One friend of mine, who...
Wed, 10 Feb 2010 00:56:38 GMT http://www.snopes.com/weddings/embarrass/bridezilla.asp

52. snopes.com: Guinness Chain Letter •••
Is forwarding an Internet chain letter going to get you listed in the Guinness Book of World Records?
  ...unless the letter is intended to become an ever-lengthening inbox-choking missive with each person's forwarding information left intact upon it, there's...
  ...everywhere. It states the chain letter was started in 1986 by Austrian children and if it is kept circulating until December 2001, the chain will be...
  ...with each of the participants named. Recipients are instructed to copy the missive six times then mail the letter to six youngsters. Each of the...
Wed, 10 Feb 2010 00:38:55 GMT http://www.snopes.com/inboxer/nothing/guinness.asp

53. snopes.com: John Wooden Biography •••
Biography of John Wooden, legendary basketball coach.
  ...sit down and pen a love letter to his best girl. He'll say how much he misses her and loves her and can't wait to see her again. Then he'll fold it...
  ...of a number of books, including Whose Your Caddy?, The Life of Reilly, Missing Links, and Slo-Mo; My Untrue Story. John Wooden's accomplishments as a...
  ...for 53 years to his childhood sweetheart (who died in 1985) and raised two children with her; Wooden now also has seven grandchildren and eleven...
Wed, 10 Feb 2010 00:35:47 GMT http://www.snopes.com/glurge/wooden.asp

54. snopes.com: Abercrombie & Fitch 'Christmas Field Guide' Nudity •••
The 2003 'Christmas Field Guide' issued by Abercrombie & Fitch included sex and nudity?
  ...fuss was about. (Abercrombie & Fitch is a retailer of men's, women's, and children's clothing and accessories, aimed primarily at the teenage and young...
  ...children's merchandise, all of the products advertised in the "Christmas Field Guide" appear to be aimed at the young adult/college crowd, not children....
  ...of A Quarterly in the publication itself. Their "Ask A " column includes a missive from someone who supposedly writes: "I'm pretty upset you don't show...
Wed, 10 Feb 2010 00:51:59 GMT http://www.snopes.com/politics/christmas/abercrombie.asp

55. snopes.com: Shaya Plays Baseball •••
About that heartwarming story about a disabled boy at Chush and a baseball game.
  ...Brooklyn, New York, Chush is a school that caters to children with learning disabilities. Some children remain in Chush for their entire school career...
  ...my child cannot understand things as other children do. My child cannot remember facts and figures as other children do. Where is God's perfection?"...
  ...be able to make contact. The first pitch came and Shaya swung clumsily and missed. One of Shaya's team mates came up to Shaya and together they held the...
Wed, 10 Feb 2010 01:01:29 GMT http://www.snopes.com/glurge/chush.asp

56. snopes.com: Amina Lawal •••
Has Amina Lawal, a Nigerian woman, been sentenced to death by stoning for committing adultery?
  ...She was the youngest of 13 children and was married when she was 14. That marriage lasted 12 years, and she has two children from that union. A year...
  ...petition help the cause? In all likelihood it won't. The person to whom the missive is being addressed, Olusegun Obasanjo, the President of Nigeria, is...
  ...community plus the announcement that several contestants in the upcoming Miss World beauty pageant (which Nigeria was scheduled to host in December 2002)...
Wed, 10 Feb 2010 00:27:17 GMT http://www.snopes.com/inboxer/petition/amina.asp

57. snopes.com: American Cancer Society Hoax •••
Will the American Cancer Society donate three cents to cancer research for every e-mail forwarded?
  ...version, thus mutely suggesting this act of altruism would benefit children. The March 1997 version reinstated the (anonymous, this time) dying...
  ...only Children's Grand Prix (held in Minneapolis in July 1996) and was now personally exhorting others to forward this e-mail to hellenbach. (The...
  ...When you run so fast / to get somewhere / You miss half the fun / of getting there. When you worry and hurry / through your day / It is like an...
Wed, 10 Feb 2010 00:28:27 GMT http://www.snopes.com/inboxer/medical/cancer.asp

58. snopes.com: Laus Deo and Washington Monument •••
Item cites religious references related to George Washington and the Washington Monument.
  ...some Chinese Christians; on the 24th a presentation made by Sunday School children from New York and Philadelphia quoting Proverbs 10:7, Luke 18:16 and...
  ...some Chinese Christians; on the 24th a presentation made by Sunday School children from New York and Philadelphia quoting Proverbs 10:7, Luke 18:16 and...
  ...An American dollar; by Miss Sarah Smith, Stafford, N. J. American State Papers, 1832; National Intelligencer for 1846 (bound); by Gales & Seaton....
Wed, 10 Feb 2010 00:33:32 GMT http://www.snopes.com/politics/religion/monument.asp

59. snopes.com: Sad WalMart Story •••
Is AOL reducing by $2 per e-mail forward the hospital bill of a little girl badly burned in a fire at a Wal-Mart?
  ...2003. Like the many other entreaties to pass along messages about ailing children as a way of helping to fund the medical requirements of those...
  ...happened at "the new Walmart built in town." The scope of all that was missing from this tale should have triggered the "Something's not quite right...
  ...on the basis of how many forwards are generated, it does not help ill children in this fashion. Indeed, according to its Restrictions/Limitations section...
Wed, 10 Feb 2010 00:28:18 GMT http://www.snopes.com/inboxer/medical/walmart.asp

60. snopes.com: Chain Letters •••
A discussion of the history and various types of chain letters.
  ...her and they got married. Cynthia and Richard are Still married with three children, happy as ever! This is the letter: You must send this on in 3...
  ...laughing and turned... this was the last picture she took before she went missing. they found her in the backyard with scratches and blood everywhere......
  ...direct recipients to "Forward this to everyone you know"), the languishing children are imaginary, and the forwarders add nothing of themselves to the...
Wed, 10 Feb 2010 00:32:13 GMT http://www.snopes.com/luck/chain.asp

61. snopes.com: Baby Left in Box on Road •••
Box left in middle of the road contains infant.
  ...should not hit the box and either before they reach it or after swerving to miss it, they see a child crawl out of it. My mom told me that one maybe 25...
  ...versions reported to date to the 1940s present the child (or sometimes children) as far older rather than helpless infants, the central figures in that...
  ...Legend or not, real children have died through playing in concealed positions on or near vehicular traffic. As detailed in our article about a girl...
Wed, 10 Feb 2010 00:42:46 GMT http://www.snopes.com/horrors/parental/babybox.asp

62. snopes.com: Robby Plays Piano •••
Boy named Robby learns to play piano well?
  ...- something I've done for over 30 years. Over the years I found that children have many levels of musical ability. I've never had the pleasure of having...
  ..."Miss Hondorf . . . I've just got to play!" he insisted. I don't know what led me to allow him to play in the recital. Maybe it was his persistence or...
  ..."Well, Miss Hondorf . . . remember I told you my mom was sick? Well actually she had cancer and passed away this morning. And well . . . she was born...
Wed, 10 Feb 2010 00:44:41 GMT http://www.snopes.com/glurge/music.asp

63. snopes.com: Serena Williams 'Dating Black Guys' Quotes •••
Did Serena Williams announce she'd 'stopped dating black guys' because 'a white man is the only real choice for a successful black female'?
  ...face it, if Oprah would date outside of her race she would be married with children now. The state of most black men is so low the only thing you can do...
  ...you find a successful black women who is not married and does not have children it is because they refuse to accept the two choices. Some may go as far...
  ...two datapoints being unverifiable should have given pause; that both were missing should have sounded the alarm bells. On 7 December 2004, nationally...
Wed, 10 Feb 2010 00:54:11 GMT http://www.snopes.com/politics/quotes/serena.asp

64. snopes.com: Letter from God about Abbey (Dead Dog) •••
Girl writes letter to God about deceased pet and receives a response.
  ...my 4 year old daughter Meredith was crying and talking about how much she missed Abbey. She asked if we could write a letter to God so that when Abbey...
  ...take special care of our dog, Abbey? She died yesterday and is heaven. We miss her very much. We are happy that you let us have her as our dog even...
  ...2006, the San Antonio family of Greg and Joy Scrivener and their three children suffered the loss of Abbey, their 14-year-old black and white dog. Driven...
Wed, 10 Feb 2010 00:28:11 GMT http://www.snopes.com/glurge/abbey.asp

65. snopes.com: Toothsome •••
Photographs show U.S. soldier who was shot in the face in Iraq?
  ...to provide dental exams and treatment. We would care for the Iraqi children first, then their grateful parents. I accompanied Army Veterinarians as...
  ...sorting a warehouse full of toys sent by the American people for the Iraqi children. I saw many valiant works of service between our two countries. I...
  ...miraculously, SGT C found himself still standing. He figured the bullet had missed. He advanced on the Iraqi, who immediately surrendered. After the...
Wed, 10 Feb 2010 00:34:32 GMT http://www.snopes.com/photos/military/teeth.asp

66. snopes.com: Bette Midler Letter to George Bush •••
Bette Midler pens letter chiding President Bush for his stance on gay marriage.
  ...latest fashion, it is vitally important to the face of our nation, for our children and our future, that we have a balance of commitment and fidelity...
  ...agree that this love story provides a wonderful opportunity to teach our children about the true meaning and value of marriage. On the steps of San...
  ...We first saw this e-missive attributed to singer and actress Bette Midler in March 2004. Such is the power of celebrity that almost overnight from our...
Wed, 10 Feb 2010 00:39:24 GMT http://www.snopes.com/politics/soapbox/midler.asp

67. snopes.com: Bozo the Clown Rumor •••
Did a youngster tell Bozo to 'Cram it, clown' on live TV?
  ...got out of hand. A child playing Bozo Buckets reputedly accompanied a missed shot with a choice swear word. To which Bozo replied, "That's a Bozo No-no."...
  ...to toss three Ping-Pong balls into a barrel. He landed the first two, but missed the third. The show's ringmaster said to the boy, "You're never a loser...
  ...in media reports would be surprising; a tot acting up on a local children's TV show isn't exactly big news.) Nonetheless, the legend appears to have...
Wed, 10 Feb 2010 00:57:15 GMT http://www.snopes.com/radiotv/tv/bozo.asp

68. snopes.com: A Date with Mom •••
Deceased mom finds a way to tell her son what their last dinner together meant to her.
  ...who had been a widow for 19 years, but the demands of my work and my 3 children had made it possible to visit her only occasionally. That night I...
  ...up on recent events of each other's life. We talked so much that we missed the movie. As we arrived at her house later, she said, "I'll go out with you...
  ...me once. "I need to be there while my grandchildren grow up. I don't want to miss any of it." Like many baby boomers, I tend to fill my calendar to the...
Wed, 10 Feb 2010 00:29:00 GMT http://www.snopes.com/glurge/datemom.asp

69. snopes.com: Math Test •••
Teachers get into trouble over using 'The L.A. Math Test' in the classroom.
  ...1. Johnny has an AK-47 with an 80-round clip. If he misses 6 out of 10 shots and shoots 13 times at each drive-by shooting, how many drive-by shootings...
  ...her 16 children for $7.50 per night. She gets $234 a month welfare for each child. If her $325 per month rent goes up 15%, how many more children should...
  ...Barbara "the prime suspects of Miss Jean Brodie" Mikkelson Last updated: 18 February 2008 The URL for this page is htt...
Wed, 10 Feb 2010 00:29:39 GMT http://www.snopes.com/humor/question/mathtest.asp

70. snopes.com: Yogi Berra Commencement Address •••
Transcript reproduces 2007 commencement address delivered by Yogi Berra at Saint Louis University.
  ...There may come a day when you get hurt and have to miss work. Don't worry, it won't hurt to miss work. "Over the years, I have realized that baseball...
  ..."As parents you'll want to give your children all the things you didn't have. But don't buy them an encyclopedia, make them walk to school like you did....
  ...cheek: Deadlines being what they are for this Sunday column, this essayist missed a momentous occasion recently. Yogi Berra accepted an honorary degree...
Wed, 10 Feb 2010 00:44:33 GMT http://www.snopes.com/quotes/yogiberra.asp

71. snopes.com: Debbie Shwartz •••
Is AOL donating 15 cents for every 12 forwards of a plea from Debbie Shwartz?
  ...two week old baby girl. God has blessed me with three beautiful, healthy children. Untill recently things were going great for us, even though we...
  ...but was born with Down's syndrome as well as chronic colitis. She is also missing fingernails on her right hand. She is in the hospital as well because...
  ...an infant also brought down by brain cancer), AOL does not help ill children in this fashion. At least up until 2001 (we're not sure if this program is...
Wed, 10 Feb 2010 00:55:11 GMT http://www.snopes.com/inboxer/medical/shwartz.asp

72. snopes.com: Smell of Rain •••
Premature baby survives against the odds and later recalls that God smells like rain?
  ...Diana's eyes as Danae then happily hopped down to play with the other children. Before the rains came, her daughter's words confirmed what Diana and all...
  ...What elevates this story above other true accounts of seriously ill children and direly premature babies who beat impossible odds to go on to live...
  ...Without missing a beat, or looking up from her drawing, the girl replied, "They will in a minute." Barbara "picture of contentment" Mikkelson Last...
Wed, 10 Feb 2010 00:57:37 GMT http://www.snopes.com/glurge/rain.asp

73. snopes.com: The Anguishing Choice •••
Father has to choose between saving his drowning son and another boy.
  ...the symbolism in its determination to ensure the message is not missed. However, while the literary offering about the pastor, the childhood friend,...
  ...small children. The heavy, roiling seas make it impossible for him to attempt to rescue more than one party, so he turns the boat for the children and...
  ...own sons slip under the waves and drown. He makes his choice based on the children's having been lashed to the bits of debris they were found clinging...
Wed, 10 Feb 2010 00:32:31 GMT http://www.snopes.com/glurge/choice.asp

74. snopes.com: General Reinwald Remark •••
Did a US General find a good comeback when asked about the wisdom of teaching Boy Scouts to shoot?
  ..."Don't you admit that this is a terribly dangerous activity to be teaching children?" LTG Reinwald: "I don't see how, we will be teaching them proper...
  ...Interviewer: So, Mr. Jones, what are you going to do with these children on this adventure holiday? Mr Jones: We're going to teach them climbing,...
  ...Looks like whoever altered the text missed that one. No anecdote is so good that it cannot be improved upon, and that appears to be what happened here....
Wed, 10 Feb 2010 00:49:19 GMT http://www.snopes.com/military/reinwald.asp

75. snopes.com: Mr. Rogers' Returned Car •••
Mr. Rogers' stolen car was returned after thieves realized it was his?
  ...for over 30 years delivered lessons on love, kindness, and friendship to children on the television program Mister Rogers' Neighborhood. Mr. Rogers'...
  ...millions of children (and their parents). He was loved. And venerated. According to a widely-traveled tale, Mr. Rogers was so beloved a children's host...
  ...found the car parked in front of his house a day or so later. All that was missing was a director's chair with his name on it. That early version omits...
Wed, 10 Feb 2010 00:57:29 GMT http://www.snopes.com/radiotv/tv/rogerscar.asp

76. snopes.com: Message Under the Stamp •••
A message hidden under the stamp of a letter from a POW camp tells the real story?
  ...to Japan. He was now in a Japanese prison camp. He said that though he missed his family greatly and wanted more than anything else to be home, his...
  ...you might not be capable of bayoneting a 28-year-old man with two small children at home, a wife he loves, and a mortgage he sweats to meet the payments...
  ...with guns. They took the babies out of the incubators ... and left the children to die on the cold floor." This was the story told by "Nayirah," the...
Wed, 10 Feb 2010 00:57:42 GMT http://www.snopes.com/military/stamp.asp

77. snopes.com: Label Fable •••
Did jars of baby food horrify African consumers?
  ...between label and contents all by themselves), and to make sure we don't miss the obvious joke, we're told straight out that the shocked natives are...
  ...phone numbers. In restaurants, they always order the house special. Their children's homework is a mystery. They buy cans of Crisco, thinking it's fried...
  ...illiterates (as in the last example above). Those who can't read may miss out on a great deal, but they don't grow up completely ignorant of the...
Wed, 10 Feb 2010 00:35:51 GMT http://www.snopes.com/business/market/babyfood.asp

78. snopes.com: Child Falls on Knife in Dishwasher •••
Child falls on knife in dishwasher and dies?
  ...her grandparents' house in the company of her mother and brother. The two children were playing while the grandmother was unloading the dishwasher,...
  ...and my parents took me to the emergency room. The ER doctor said that it missed my aeortic wall by less than a quarter of an inch. I am lucky to be alive...
  ...a warning that must be trumpeted as quickly and as widely as possible lest children's lives remain at risk. However, lesser injuries from up-pointed...
Wed, 10 Feb 2010 00:41:29 GMT http://www.snopes.com/horrors/parental/dishwasher.asp

79. snopes.com: Gander and Stranded Americans •••
The town of Gander in Newfoundland played host to thousands of passengers stranded there when American airspace was closed after the September 11 terrorist...
  ...they were delivered to the airport right on time and without a single one missing or late. All because the local Red Cross had all the information about...
  ...school next to the Salvation Army building canceled classes for its children to provide us with access to the much-needed shower stall and the computer...
  ...happened, make sure our loved ones were safe and contact those who would be missing us in the next few days, our hosts were endlessly cheerful, giving...
Wed, 10 Feb 2010 00:46:32 GMT http://www.snopes.com/rumors/gander.asp

80. snopes.com: 'Murder in a Small Town' Death •••
Did the winner of 'Murder in Small Town X' die at World Trade Center?
  ...name), who was a fire fighter, was involved with the tower rescue and is missing due to the collapse of the buildings . . . Is this true? I was a big fan...
  ...overwhelming grief felt by millions of people who lost parents, spouses, children, siblings, friends, co-workers, and acquaintances. One way we deal...
  ...first tower and remains among the hundreds of rescue personnel listed as missing and presumed dead. Here, then, was our connection. Here was a person...
Wed, 10 Feb 2010 00:53:47 GMT http://www.snopes.com/rumors/smaltown.asp

81. snopes.com: Dropped Food Rule •••
Does dropped food remain germ-free if picked up within 5 seconds?
  ...Through microscopic examination of the dropped cookies and Gummi Bears, Miss Clarke found E. coli bacteria certainly adhered to the items before five...
  ...Yet even without Miss Clarke's experiment, this should have been obvious. Bacteria and viruses grab on by contact, and even brief encounters of the...
  ...in thinking of it as still being fit to eat. Likewise, parents whose children use teething devices or soothers should not rely upon the fast retrieval of...
Wed, 10 Feb 2010 00:49:38 GMT http://www.snopes.com/food/tainted/dropped.asp

82. snopes.com: Baby High Chair Death •••
Baby left in a high chair to await the sitter discovered dead when vacationing parents return weeks later?
  ...broken down. The man said that if they came to collect her now they would miss their flight; was it too far to walk? Nanny said it wasn't, they could...
  ...set off for their island in the sun. During the long, hot weeks away they missed the news that the girl had been hit by a lorry and killed on her way to...
  ...They talked about a man that went on tour in Iraq, leaving his wife and 2 children behind. He was quite upset by the fact that he couldn't call them, as...
Wed, 10 Feb 2010 00:53:50 GMT http://www.snopes.com/horrors/parental/highchair.asp

83. snopes.com: Intexticated •••
Photographs show the results of an automobile accident caused by an 'intexticated' driver?
  ...minutes away (by StarFlight helicopter) from Austin's world-class children's Dell Children's Medical Center and neurosurgeon Dr. Timothy George. Day...
  ...chattering passengers, spouses, and children; to radios and stereos; to all sorts of activities that motorists should not be attempting in moving...
  ..."How can you miss a car sitting in the freeway and have two cars pass on the right and still hit us so severely without even braking," Dr. Jones said....
Wed, 10 Feb 2010 00:27:40 GMT http://www.snopes.com/photos/accident/intexticated.asp

84. snopes.com: Information Please •••
Telephone operator befriends a lonely little boy?
  ...Northwest. When I was 9 years old, we moved across the country to Boston. I missed my friend very much. "Information Please" belonged in that old wooden...
  ...she said, "if you know how much your calls meant to me. I never had any children, and I used to look forward to your calls." I told her how often I had...
  ...a repairman to fix the phone and to inform "Information Please" that the children were all right. (The phone conversation had been unexpectedly...
Wed, 10 Feb 2010 00:30:57 GMT http://www.snopes.com/glurge/infoplease.asp

85. snopes.com: 25 to Life Boycott •••
Law enforcement group urges boycott of the video game '25 to Life'.
  ...and everyone who is concerned about both law enforcement officers and children to ensure this game never makes it into the homes or hands of...
  ..."We're focused on this game right now because children and communities are facing the greatest threat from it right now, but our broader goal is to...
  ...pressure to bear on the game's manufacturer?) or indicate to whom the missive and its attached signatures will be sent. The 25 to Life game was...
Wed, 10 Feb 2010 00:31:52 GMT http://www.snopes.com/politics/crime/25tolife.asp

86. snopes.com: Smashed Fingers •••
Enraged father punishes 3-year-old by smashing his fingers, then commits suicide out of remorse?
  ...Have YOU missed the opportunity to apologize for your thoughtlessness. Stay FAITHFUL and Be GRATEFUL Origins: This tear-jerker of a cautionary tale...
  ...Certainly some parents have abused their children, and in some cases that abuse has been horrendous, but this particular tale of a father's pounding his...
  ...media in 1986: Currently there is a six year old little girl in primary Children's Hospital with no hands. She apparently took a hammer to the family...
Wed, 10 Feb 2010 00:36:33 GMT http://www.snopes.com/horrors/parental/fingers.asp

87. snopes.com: Christians Spared by Tsunami •••
Were Christians who were not permitted to celebrate Christmas in Meulaboh spared from the tsunami?
  ...our ways to Him. He is our Father and is very capable to care for His children. Praise the Name of the Lord. Bill Hekman Pastor Calvary Life...
  ...240,774 of that nation's people are listed as dead or missing (113,000 confirmed and 127,774 missing and almost certainly dead). Indonesia's Aceh...
  ...by Muslims or anyone else. Contemporaneous oral accounts of this are missing too. While adherence to Sharia law does appear to be making gains in Aceh,...
Wed, 10 Feb 2010 00:37:02 GMT http://www.snopes.com/religion/tsunami.asp

88. snopes.com: Spurned Graduation Gift •••
A disappointed son discovers hidden wealth in the graduation gift he had spurned years earlier.
  ...Matt. 7:11, "And if ye, being evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more shall your Heavenly Father which is in Heaven, give to...
  ...How many times do we miss God's blessings because we can't see past our own desires? Variations: Typically, this tale is about a young man and his...
  ...Miss Polly Reavis, a wealthy eccentric, has a niece and a nephew who are to inherit her fortune. Devoutly religious, she attends church regularly and...
Wed, 10 Feb 2010 00:38:02 GMT http://www.snopes.com/religion/gradgift.asp

89. snopes.com: Abortion Doping •••
Are female athletes competing at the Olympics getting pregnant just so they can abort the baby and by so doing enhance their performance through blood doping?
  ...the blood in time for a particular event. Because the body has replaced the missing blood in the interim, the reintroduction of the stored blood...
  ...term, they likely would have delivered malformed or otherwise handicapped children. One former national back stroke swim champion gave birth to a son who...
  ...forcing their charges to have abortions rather than carry to full term children likely to be born afflicted has been changed through the process of...
Wed, 10 Feb 2010 00:39:38 GMT http://www.snopes.com/politics/sexuality/doping.asp

90. snopes.com: 2006 Federal Excise Tax Credit •••
Special one-time federal excise tax credit in 2006 rebates tax overpayment on phone bills.
  ...married couple with no children, you claim $40. If you file as married with children, you claim $50 if one child, $60 if two children. In all cases,...
  ...neighbors, and co-workers know about this opportunity, lest they otherwise miss it. The only mystery in all this lies in the question of why the Internet...
Wed, 10 Feb 2010 00:39:47 GMT http://www.snopes.com/business/taxes/excise.asp

91. snopes.com: Granny on the Roof Rack •••
Did a car thief steal an automobile with a dead body in it?
  ...Within this station wagon there was a father, a mother and their children, and the mother-in-law who everyone called "Grandma." And as they were going...
  ...children and they didn't want to leave Grandma out in the desert so the only place they had room for her where she her smell wouldn't bother the children...
  ...(including Granny) have been made off with, or the vehicle itself is missing. Origins: Antecedents exist in traditional folklore for this legend, but...
Wed, 10 Feb 2010 00:54:04 GMT http://www.snopes.com/horrors/gruesome/deadgranny.asp

92. snopes.com: Death of Diane Linkletter •••
Did Art Linkletter's daughter, Diane, jump out a window while high on LSD?
  ...beloved television and radio personality and author Art Linkletter's five children. Due to the sense of identification the public had with her famous...
  ...himself and Diane should be trusted. That this piece of information is missing from Durston's account casts doubt on its having taken place. Even if the...
  ...Los Angeles Times. "Services Conducted for Miss Diane Linkletter." 8 October 1969 (p. C20). Rolling Stone. "Kids Do the Darndest Things." 1 November...
Wed, 10 Feb 2010 00:27:06 GMT http://www.snopes.com/horrors/drugs/linkletter.asp

93. snopes.com: Obama's 50 Lies / Obama Not Exactly •••
List documents fifty lies told by Barack Obama.
  ...29.) I Am Tough On Terrorism - LIAR, you missed the Iran Resolution vote on terrorism and your good friend Ali Abunimah supports the destruction of...
  ...career studying what she called Third Culture Kids the millions of U.S. children (an estimated 20 million since the advent of mass air travel) who have...
  ...I Am Tough On Terrorism - LIAR, you missed the Iran Resolution vote on terrorism. In September 2007, the U.S. Senate voted on a resolution to...
Wed, 10 Feb 2010 00:28:12 GMT http://www.snopes.com/politics/obama/50lies.asp

94. snopes.com: Lieberman Open Letter to the French People •••
Did Senator Joseph Lieberman write an 'Open Letter to the French People'?
  ...in Paris refused to allow a Hanukah showing of Harry Potter to 800 Jewish children because of French-Palestinian threats (the threats were confirmed by...
  ...We cannot wait, inactively and hope to have security or peace for our children or ourselves. We dare not privately rail against irrational, virulent...
  ...Origins: We don't yet know who authored the above e-missive decrying the recent wave of synagogue bombings and other anti-Semitic incidents in France,...
Wed, 10 Feb 2010 00:30:16 GMT http://www.snopes.com/inboxer/petition/lieberman.asp

95. snopes.com: Wait an Hour After Eating to Swim •••
Will swimming less than an hour after eating bring on cramps?
  ...Home --> Old Wives' Tales --> Hour Missed Brooks Hour Missed Brooks Claim: Those who go swimming less than one hour after eating will be taken by a...
  ...drowning is a leading cause of accidental death for infants and children nationwide. Yet in this case, the caution was far from warranted. No one knows...
Wed, 10 Feb 2010 00:31:24 GMT http://www.snopes.com/oldwives/hourwait.asp

96. snopes.com: Suzanne Cramsey •••
Suzanne Cramsey seeks assistance to treat her rare spider bite.
  ...Home --> Inboxer Rebellion --> Missing & Sick Adults --> Suzanne Cramsey Suzanne Cramsey Claim: Suzanne Cramsey seeks medical and financial assistance...
  ...MY HUSBAND AND I MOVED TO VIRGINIA OVER 7 YEARS AGO, BECAUSE HE HAS THREE CHILDREN THAT LIVE BACK HERE WITH THEIR MOTHER. WE FELT LED TO BE APART OF...
  ...VERY HARD TO LEAVE MY PARENTS, AND BROTHER AND SISTER, BUT I KNEW THAT THE CHILDREN AND MY HUSBAND NEEDED EACH OTHER, AND HONESTLY I BECAME THEIR MOTHER,...
Wed, 10 Feb 2010 00:33:33 GMT http://www.snopes.com/inboxer/adults/cramsey.asp

97. snopes.com: Little Mermaid Minister •••
Does the minister officiating at Ursula's wedding ceremony in 'The Little Mermaid' display an erection?
  ...Little Mermaid' videocassettes were suitable for use and viewing by young children. Furthermore, the defendants never stated or suggested to the public...
  ...depicted sexual messages or other material that was unsuitable for young children. [ . . .] Consistent with the explicit sexual message displayed on...
  ...Emery, C. Eugene, Jr. "When the Media Miss Real Messages in Subliminal Stories." Skeptical Inquirer. March 1996 (p. 16). Smith, Russell W. "Sex Seen...
Wed, 10 Feb 2010 00:34:17 GMT http://www.snopes.com/disney/films/minister.asp

98. snopes.com: Alaskans' Opinions on Sarah Palin •••
Letters from Alaskans offer viewpoints of Alaska governor Sarah Palin.
  ...(and which drew the most media attention) was a critical 31 August 2008 missive attributed to a Wasilla resident named Anne Kilkenny, who said she had...
  ...Sarah, so it is nothing special to say we are on a first-name basis. Our children have attended the same schools. Her father was my child's favorite...
  ...can keep a secret. She kept her most recent pregnancy a secret from her children and parents for seven months. She is "pro-life". She recently gave...
Wed, 10 Feb 2010 00:38:18 GMT http://www.snopes.com/politics/soapbox/sarahpalin.asp

99. snopes.com: Frank Zappa Son of Mr. Greenjeans •••
Was Frank Zappa the son of TV's Mr. Greenjeans?
  ...father was the actor who played Mr. Greenjeans on the Captain Kangaroo children's TV show. Origins: Frank Zappa the musician was born in Baltimore,...
  ...by Lumpy Brannum) was my "real" Dad. No, he was not. Coincidentally, the children of Bob Keeshan, the actor who played Captain Kangaroo, were unaware of...
  ...He asked my sister how it was, and she said, "Oh, Daddy, Daddy! You just missed Captain Kangaroo!" Later versions of this legend made the even more...
Wed, 10 Feb 2010 00:41:10 GMT http://www.snopes.com/music/artists/zappa.asp

100. snopes.com: A Soldier's Funeral •••
Do photographs show a Texas funeral procession for a soldier killed in Iraq?
  ...road with flags. At one point we passed an elementary school, and all the children were outside, shoulder to shoulder holding flags kindergartners,...
  ...silently on the side of the road. No one spoke, not even the very young children. The military presence..at least two generals, a fist full of...
  ...When the Army first listed James as missing in action, his friends in Comfort (a small Texas town of about 1,200 residents) created an improvised...
Wed, 10 Feb 2010 00:43:40 GMT http://www.snopes.com/photos/military/kiehl.asp

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