snopes.com Update: 20 September 2014
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New Articles
- Were the remains of an ancient city discovered in the Australian desert?
- Despite what some people may think they've read, you still can't use food stamps to purchase marijuana.
- Has the Nobel Committee expressed regret for awarding the 2009 Peace Prize to President Obama?
- Is Durex offering limited edition Pumpkin Spice condoms?
- Second grader acts out her mother's birthing process in school as a show-and-tell offering.
- Update to the case of a Houston man supposedly sentenced to jail for "paying too much child support" for his son.
- List collects statements about rape made by Republican politicians.
- Photographs purportedly show giant mutant spiders produced by government DNA experiments in Missouri.
- Photograph purportedly shows a rare, recently discovered trans-species of human-dog hybrid.
- Outrage over Urban Outfitters' offering an item appearing to be a bloodstained Kent State sweatshirt for sale.
- Are child predators using Facebook to source victims by adding unsuspecting parents as friends?
- Did a Florida teacher give 6th grade students an explicit sex-ed lesson involving a strap-on toy to satisfy common core requirements?
- A mother-daughter lesbian couple named Vertasha and Mary seek acceptance of their taboo romance?
- Alert warns that this Halloween has been designated as "National Kill a Pitbull Day."
- Did a California man post a selfie taken with his girlfriend's stolen corpse?
- Does a public high school in Hilliard, Ohio, host a Muslim prayer room?
- Has the brother of a top ISIS leader repented and converted to Christianity?
- Are prisoners swapped in exchange for the release of Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl now top 'ISIS leaders'?
- Image shows a 1980s advertisement offering a free U2 album with every casette player purchase.
- Has the federal government banned public school students from bringing their lunches from home?
- Has First Lady Michelle Obama filed for divorce from President Barack Obama over his golf habit?
- Has Colorado become the first state to legalize recreational use of crystal meth?
- Video clip shows a hapless bungee jumper get his head bitten off by a crocodile.
- Request states prayers are needed as the city of Queragosh has fallen to ISIS, and Christian children are being beheaded in large numbers.
- Has rapper Sean Combs been arrested in connection with the murder of Tupac Shakur?
- Did HIV-positive basketball star Magic Johnson donate blood for leukemia patients?
- Can Muslim men receive welfare benefits for as many as four wives?
- Has Netflix announced they must declare bankruptcy because they cannot compete with piracy?
- List details crimes and disturbing backgrounds associated with members of the U.S. Congress, the NFL, or the NBA.
- Did Kanye West score 106 points in a charity basketball game against a team of handicapped children in wheelchairs?
- Is Facebook banning drag queens who are not using their legal names on their accounts?
- Do ISIS operatives plan to slaughter American troops at their homes after finding the addresses of military servicemen online?
- Does the National Football League enjoy tax-exempt status as a nonprofit organization?
- Perth man buys first iPhone 6 in Australia, immediately drops it live on television.
- Finally, Apple's new "Wave" technology allows you to quickly recharge your iPhone by microwaving it. Not.
- Busch Gardens altered its Halloween programming to remove decapitated props reminiscent of ISIS beheadings.
- Social media outrage: Michelle Obama visits St. Jude's, disrupts treatments, alienates parents.
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- Photograph captures wildlife fleeing a fire in Bitterroot Forest, Montana.
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