http://urbanlegends.about.com/ Get the latest headlines from the About.com Urban Legends GuideSite. http://z.about.com/f/lg/s10.gif http://www.about.com/ 118 20 en-us 2008-10-03T12:49:06Z Fri, 03 Oct 2008 12:49:06 +0000 hourly 1 2000-01-01T12:00+00:00 http://urbanlegends.about.com/b/2008/10/04/is-coca-cola-a-contraceptive.htm Yes and no (emphasis on no). Here's the deal. Laboratory tests have shown that Coca-Cola does have spermicidal properties, but they've also shown that it makes for a lousy contraceptive... http://urbanlegends.about.com/b/2008/10/04/is-coca-cola-a-contraceptive.htm Sat, 04 Oct 2008 14:52:50 +0000 2008-10-04T14:52:50Z http://urbanlegends.about.com/b/2008/10/03/steve-jobs-heart-attack-rumor-a-hoax-apple-says.htm Apple Inc. shares plummeted this morning after a posting on CNN's "citizen journalism" site iReport.com claimed CEO Steve Jobs was stricken by a "major heart attack." It wasn't true. Stock... http://urbanlegends.about.com/b/2008/10/03/steve-jobs-heart-attack-rumor-a-hoax-apple-says.htm Fri, 03 Oct 2008 12:49:06 +0000 2008-10-03T12:49:06Z http://urbanlegends.about.com/b/2008/10/02/pakistan-leader-repeats-debunked-oliver-north-rumor.htm The New York Times reports that during a TV interview on Fox News this week Pakistan president Asif Ali Zardari repeated the long-discredited claim that Col. Oliver North warned Congress... http://urbanlegends.about.com/b/2008/10/02/pakistan-leader-repeats-debunked-oliver-north-rumor.htm Thu, 02 Oct 2008 11:50:53 +0000 2008-10-02T11:50:53Z http://urbanlegends.about.com/b/2008/10/01/text-message-hoax-spreads-panic-in-flint-michigan.htm The messages were short but not sweet. They blazed from phone to phone in Flint, Michigan today, spreading fear throughout the city. "Apparently there is a gang related initiation target to... http://urbanlegends.about.com/b/2008/10/01/text-message-hoax-spreads-panic-in-flint-michigan.htm Wed, 01 Oct 2008 17:39:08 +0000 2008-10-01T17:39:08Z http://urbanlegends.about.com/b/2008/09/30/do-they-make-hair-bands-out-of-used-condoms-in-china.htm Demonstrating how leery even the Chinese can be of products manufactured in their own country, stories published last year in China Daily and other newspapers reported that vendors in Guangdong... http://urbanlegends.about.com/b/2008/09/30/do-they-make-hair-bands-out-of-used-condoms-in-china.htm Tue, 30 Sep 2008 20:15:15 +0000 2008-09-30T20:15:15Z http://urbanlegends.about.com/b/2008/09/29/wamu-pranked.htm The Post-Intelligencer's Monica Guzman reports that a land-use notice that went up yesterday on the 42-story WaMu Center in downtown Seattle (see photos) claims the building's new owner, JPMorgan Chase,... http://urbanlegends.about.com/b/2008/09/29/wamu-pranked.htm Mon, 29 Sep 2008 14:40:05 +0000 2008-09-29T14:40:05Z http://urbanlegends.about.com/b/2008/09/29/meet-the-snopeses.htm The intrepid Mikkelsons, David and Barbara, were profiled yesterday by the Washington Post's Monica Hesse, who described their fact-checking website, Snopes.com, as "a sort of go-to intellectual Drano clearing out... http://urbanlegends.about.com/b/2008/09/29/meet-the-snopeses.htm Mon, 29 Sep 2008 13:50:06 +0000 2008-09-29T13:50:06Z http://urbanlegends.about.com/b/2008/09/26/jamie-lee-curtis-he-she-both-what.htm Celebrities are always telling us that fame has its downsides — lurid gossip being one of them — and few could make a better case for that than actress Jamie... http://urbanlegends.about.com/b/2008/09/26/jamie-lee-curtis-he-she-both-what.htm Fri, 26 Sep 2008 09:52:54 +0000 2008-09-26T09:52:54Z http://urbanlegends.about.com/b/2008/09/25/email-urges-palin-foes-to-support-planned-parenthood.htm There's a viral email out and about targeting women who disagree with Sarah Palin's views on women's issues. "Are you as sick in your stomach as I am at the... http://urbanlegends.about.com/b/2008/09/25/email-urges-palin-foes-to-support-planned-parenthood.htm Thu, 25 Sep 2008 13:47:31 +0000 2008-09-25T13:47:31Z http://urbanlegends.about.com/b/2008/09/24/what-not-to-wear-when-you-vote.htm A new missive spreading rapidly on the Internet grapevine advises prospective voters to avoid wearing campaign buttons, hats, t-shirts, and other political garb to polling places on November 4 so... http://urbanlegends.about.com/b/2008/09/24/what-not-to-wear-when-you-vote.htm Wed, 24 Sep 2008 18:01:46 +0000 2008-09-24T18:01:46Z