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Here is a copy of the latest newletter I got from Snoops.com.  Maybe you will find something interesting.  You will have to copy/paste the url's into your address window.  I copied this from my email and they (snopes.com) fixed the links so you can't just click on them.  Wonder why they do that?  Oh well, have fun reading.....

Hello again from snopes.com, where we shed light on the wild
tales you've heard!  This e-mail gives information about new
articles recently added to the Urban Legends Reference Pages
(http://www.snopes.com) and provides pointers to older pieces
about rumors and hoaxes still wandering into everyone's inboxes. 
Our last update mailing was 5 April 2008.

If after this update you are left wondering about something
newly arrived in your inbox, our search engine stands ready to
assist you at http://www.snopes.com/search. Bookmark that URL
-- it's a keeper!

An RSS feed for our What's New page is available at
http://www.snopes.com/info/whatsnew.xml

And now, to the legends, the mayhem, and the misinformation!


New Articles
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Humorous accounts of examinations performed on patients.

http://www.snopes.com/medical/emergent/exams.asp


Jilted woman spreads grass seed in her former boyfriend's
apartment.

http://www.snopes.com/love/revenge/seeded.asp


Hilarious letters to advice columnist Dear Abby.

http://www.snopes.com/humor/letters/dearabby.asp


Do new U.S. $5 and $10 bills contain printing errors and will
you get rich if you come across one?

http://www.snopes.com/business/money/newmoney.asp


Of women over 40 having a better chance of being killed by a
terrorist than of getting married.

http://www.snopes.com/science/stats/terrorist.asp


The story of Freedom, an injured bald eagle nursed back to
health by a cancer survivor.

http://www.snopes.com/photos/animals/freedom.asp


Don't forget to visit our Daily Snopes page for a collection
of odd news stories from around the world!

http://www.snopes.com/daily


Worth a Second Look
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Of heart attack symptoms that are so subtle they are oft
mistaken for indigestion.

http://www.snopes.com/medical/disease/heartattack.asp


Still Haunting the Inbox
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Computer virus warnings: Life Is Beautiful, Invitation
(or Olympic Torch), and Postcard (or Greeting Card).

http://www.snopes.com/computer/virus/life.asp
http://www.snopes.com/computer/virus/invitation.asp
http://www.snopes.com/computer/virus/postcard.asp


Political rumors continue to swell around the two leading Democratic
presidential contenders, Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton.

http://www.snopes.com/politics/obama/obama.asp
http://www.snopes.com/politics/clintons/clintons.asp


Appeals to find missing children: Ashley Flores, Reachelle
Marie Smith, and Evan Trembley.

http://www.snopes.com/inboxer/missing/ashleyflores.asp
http://www.snopes.com/inboxer/missing/reachelle.asp
http://www.snopes.com/inboxer/missing/trembley.asp


Glade PlugIns air fresheners - fire hazard?

http://www.snopes.com/inboxer/household/glade.asp


Hot scare of the moment: Warning cautions that gang initiates
are bumping their cars into others, then shooting whoever gets
out of the bumped automobiles.

http://www.snopes.com/crime/gangs/carbump.asp


E-mail describes woman who evades a rapist posing as a
policeman by calling #77 (or *677) on her cell phone.

http://www.snopes.com/horrors/mayhem/fakecop.asp


Aspartame: Responsible for an epidemic of cancer, brain
tumors, and multiple sclerosis, or not?

http://www.snopes.com/medical/toxins/aspartame.asp


Warnings about scammers' running up long-distance charges
by asking victims to press #-9-0 on their telephones or luring
phone users into returning calls to numbers within the 809 area
code.

http://www.snopes.com/fraud/telephone/jailcall.asp
http://www.snopes.com/fraud/telephone/809.asp


Various rumors about the U.S. Social Security system.

http://www.snopes.com/politics/socialsecurity/socialsecurity.asp


Gas tips list: Will refueling your vehicle early in the morning
save you money?

http://www.snopes.com/inboxer/household/gastips.asp


E-mail claims the design of new U.S. dollar coins omits the motto
"In God We Trust."

http://www.snopes.com/politics/religion/dollarcoin.asp


Various schemes have been kited about how to protest high
gas prices.

http://www.snopes.com/politics/gasoline/gasoline.asp


"Mastercard" wedding tale about vengeful groom who lets
the wedding guests in on what the bride's been up to, then
walks out.

http://www.snopes.com/weddings/embarrass/bothered.asp


Is it safe to re-use plastic water bottles?

http://www.snopes.com/medical/toxins/petbottles.asp


About "huffing" and the death of a teen from misusing
a can of compressed air.

http://www.snopes.com/medical/toxins/dustoff.asp


E-mail claims Starbucks refused to send free coffee to
G.I.s serving in Iraq.

http://www.snopes.com/politics/military/starbucks.asp


E-mail claims Bill Gates, Microsoft and AOL are giving away
cash and merchandise to those who forward an e-mail message.

http://www.snopes.com/inboxer/nothing/microsoft-aol.asp


E-mail claims that entering one's PIN in reverse at any ATM
will summon the police.

http://www.snopes.com/business/bank/pinalert.asp


Fraud Afoot
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Seems like everyone has become the recipient of mysterious
e-mails promising untold wealth if only one helps a wealthy
foreigner quietly move millions of dollars out of his country. 
The venerable Nigerian scam has discovered the goldmine that
is the Internet.  Beware -- there's still no such thing as
"something for nothing," and the contents of your bank account
will end up with these wily foreigners if you fall in with this.

http://www.snopes.com/crime/fraud/nigeria.asp


Likewise, look out for mailings announcing that you've won a
foreign lottery you don't recall entering or that because you
share the surname of a wealthy person who died without
leaving a will you're in line for a windfall inheritance.


http://www.snopes.com/crime/fraud/lottery.asp
http://www.snopes.com/inboxer/scams/inherit.asp


And be especially wary if, while trying to sell or rent
anything online (car, boat, horse, motorcyle, painting,
apartment, you name it) you're approached by a prospective
buyer who wants to pay with a cashier check made out for an
amount in excess of the agreed-upon price and who asks the
balance be sent to a third party.

http://www.snopes.com/crime/fraud/cashier.asp


Aspiring work-at-homers promised big bucks for acting as
intermediaries for international transactions wherein they
cash checks for other parties or reship goods to them have
been defrauded by con artists.  Don't you be next.

http://www.snopes.com/crime/fraud/reshipper.asp


If someone calls to announce you've failed to appear for jury
duty and will be arrested, do not give the caller your personal
and financial information in an effort to prove he's sending
the gendarmes after the wrong guy.  You're being tricked into
giving up this information to an identity thief. 

http://www.snopes.com/crime/fraud/juryduty.asp


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