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   <title>About.com Urban Legends: Most Popular Articles</title>
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   <description>These articles are the most popular over the last month.</description>
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  <pubDate>Sun, 08 Nov 2009 12:23:12 +0000</pubDate>
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         <title><![CDATA[Hoax Quiz - Spot the Fakes!]]></title>
         <link>http://urbanlegends.about.com/library/bl_image_quiz.htm</link>
         <description><![CDATA[Real or Fake? Take the quiz and see if you can tell the hoax photos from the real thing!]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA[Ericsson &#039;Free Laptop&#039; Hoax]]></title>
         <link>http://urbanlegends.about.com/od/internet/a/ericsson_hoax.htm</link>
         <description><![CDATA[Email chain letter claims phone manufacturer Ericsson will give away free laptop computers to those who forward the message to at least eight people.]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA[&#039;Postcard&#039; or &#039;Hallmark Postcard&#039; Virus Hoax - Urban Legends]]></title>
         <link>http://urbanlegends.about.com/library/bl_postcard_virus.htm</link>
         <description><![CDATA[Hoax email alert warns of 'the worst virus ever' circulating in the form of an attachment labeled 'POSTCARD' or 'POSTCARD FROM HALLMARK']]></description>
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         <dc:date>2009-11-08T12:23:12Z</dc:date>
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         <title><![CDATA[Amazing Tsunami Picture - Urban Legends]]></title>
         <link>http://urbanlegends.about.com/library/bl_tsunami_picture.htm</link>
         <description><![CDATA[Emailed image purports to show the devastating tsunami of December 26, 2004 washing ashore on the Thai island of Phuket (or Indonesia, depending on version]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA[Cell Phone Do Not Call List]]></title>
         <link>http://urbanlegends.about.com/od/business/a/cell_directory.htm</link>
         <description><![CDATA[Cell phone numbers going public? Forwarded email warns that a directory of cell phone numbers will soon be published and urges users to dial 888-382-1222 and enter their numbers on the federal 'Do Not Call' list to prevent unsolicited telemarketing calls.]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA[Hercules, World&#039;s Biggest Dog - Urban Legends]]></title>
         <link>http://urbanlegends.about.com/library/bl_hercules_worlds_biggest_dog.htm</link>
         <description><![CDATA[Emailed image of a gargantuan dog named Hercules, purportedly the Guinness Record holder for World's Biggest Dog.]]></description>
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         <dc:date>2009-11-08T12:23:12Z</dc:date>
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         <title><![CDATA[Test Your Urban Legends IQ]]></title>
         <link>http://urbanlegends.about.com/library/bl_quiz1.htm</link>
         <description><![CDATA[Urban Legends Quiz: Test your urban legends IQ!: urban legends iq]]></description>
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         <dc:date>2009-11-08T12:23:12Z</dc:date>
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         <title><![CDATA[Emailed Swine Flu Tips]]></title>
         <link>http://urbanlegends.about.com/od/medical/a/dr_vinay_goyal_swine_flu.htm</link>
         <description><![CDATA[Forwarded email attributed to various Indian physicians as well as America's 'Dr. Oz' purports to give sound advice on preventing H1N1 swine flu.]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA[Top 25 Urban Legends]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[Most popular urban legends topics of the past week]]></description>
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         <dc:date>2009-11-08T12:23:12Z</dc:date>
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         <title><![CDATA[Current Hoaxes / Netlore]]></title>
         <link>http://urbanlegends.about.com/od/internet/a/current_netlore.htm</link>
         <description><![CDATA[Hoax List from About.com - Current Internet hoaxes, email rumors and urban legends debunked - your resource for information on all the latest misinformation on the Net.]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA[Animal-Human Hybrid (Photo) - Urban Legends]]></title>
         <link>http://urbanlegends.about.com/library/bl_half_human.htm</link>
         <description><![CDATA[Circulating via email, an unsettling photograph of what appears to be a half-human, half-animal creature suckling her hybrid offspring.]]></description>
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         <dc:date>2009-11-08T12:23:12Z</dc:date>
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         <title><![CDATA[Onions and Flu]]></title>
         <link>http://urbanlegends.about.com/od/medical/a/swine_flu_facts_onions_and_flu.htm</link>
         <description><![CDATA[Onions and flu: Forwarded email claims placing sliced onions around the home will 'collect' or 'absorb' any flu virus present and protect members of the household from coming down with influenza.]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA[FW: Don&#039;t Feed Your Cat Table Scraps - Urban Legends]]></title>
         <link>http://urbanlegends.about.com/library/bl_2004_giant_cat.htm</link>
         <description><![CDATA[Emailed photo of a really, really big housecat: guinness world record guinness world record holder cat lore quiz image table scraps]]></description>
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         <dc:date>2009-11-08T12:23:12Z</dc:date>
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         <title><![CDATA[Shark Attacks Helicopter! - Urban Legends]]></title>
         <link>http://urbanlegends.about.com/library/blsharkattack.htm</link>
         <description><![CDATA[Photo purporting to show a great white shark lunging out of the water to attack a scuba diver dangling from a helicopter ladder.]]></description>
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         <dc:date>2009-11-08T12:23:12Z</dc:date>
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         <title><![CDATA[Mr. Rogers a Sniper?]]></title>
         <link>http://urbanlegends.about.com/od/fredrogers/a/mr_rogers.htm</link>
         <description><![CDATA[Was Fred Rogers, longtime host of the children's TV show Mr. Rogers' Neighborhood, a trained sharpshooter with dozens of kills to his credit as a Marine sniper (or Navy Seal)?]]></description>
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         <dc:date>2009-11-08T12:23:12Z</dc:date>
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         <title><![CDATA[Breast Infestation - Urban Legends]]></title>
         <link>http://urbanlegends.about.com/library/bl_breast_larvae.htm</link>
         <description><![CDATA[Ladies, wash your underwear in boiling water! Emailed image and video purport to document the medical case of anthropologist Susan McKinley, who failed to seek treatment for a rash and wound up with an infestation of larvae in her breast.]]></description>
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         <dc:date>2009-11-08T12:23:12Z</dc:date>
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         <title><![CDATA[Jamie Lee Curtis]]></title>
         <link>http://urbanlegends.about.com/od/jamieleecurtis/a/jamieleecurtis.htm</link>
         <description><![CDATA[Longstanding (and unproven) rumors claim actress Jamie Lee Curtis is a hermaphrodite, or was born intersex and underwent surgery as a child to become female.]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA[Did Nostradamus Predict 9/11?]]></title>
         <link>http://urbanlegends.about.com/cs/historical/a/nostradamus.htm</link>
         <description><![CDATA[Internet rumors claim French seer Nostradamus predicted the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center and Pentagon 500 years before they happened.]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA[Amazing Music Machine (Video) - Urban Legends]]></title>
         <link>http://urbanlegends.about.com/library/bl_amazing_music_machine.htm</link>
         <description><![CDATA[Emailed video of an 'amazing music machine' allegedly manufactured out of farm equipment parts at the University of Iowa]]></description>
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         <dc:date>2009-11-08T12:23:12Z</dc:date>
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         <title><![CDATA[SB-2099 - Diabolical Conspiracy to Tax Handguns - Urban Legends]]></title>
         <link>http://urbanlegends.about.com/library/weekly/aa091900a.htm</link>
         <description><![CDATA[S.B.-2099: Take a grain of truth, sprinkle it with false and misleading statements, add a heaping dollop of paranoia, and what do you have?]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA[&#039;Obama Phones&#039; for the Needy?]]></title>
         <link>http://urbanlegends.about.com/od/barackobama/a/obama_phone_free_cell_phones.htm</link>
         <description><![CDATA[Forwarded email claims the Obama administration has started a program whereby taxpayer money is being 'redistributed' to provide free cell phones and service to welfare recipients.]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA[The Eye of God? (Hubble Telescope Photo) - Urban Legends]]></title>
         <link>http://urbanlegends.about.com/library/bl_eye_of_god.htm</link>
         <description><![CDATA[NASA photo taken by the Hubble Space Telescope has been labeled the 'Eye of God' by frequent forwarders]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA[Top 10 Scariest Urban Legends]]></title>
         <link>http://urbanlegends.about.com/od/horrors/tp/top10scariest.htm</link>
         <description><![CDATA[The Top 10 scariest urban legends ever told]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA[Bill Gates Is Sharing His Fortune! - Urban Legends]]></title>
         <link>http://urbanlegends.about.com/library/blmsaol.htm</link>
         <description><![CDATA[Sorry, folks. Microsoft and AOL have not merged, they're not conducting an email beta test, nor has Bill Gates decided to share his hard-earned fortune with people who forward silly chain letters.]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA[Giant Texas Rattlesnake - Urban Legends]]></title>
         <link>http://urbanlegends.about.com/library/bl_texas_rattlesnake.htm</link>
         <description><![CDATA[Emailed picture of a giant rattlesnake killed in Texas, allegedly measuring 9 feet 1 inch in length and weighing 97 pounds.]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA[New Urban Legends]]></title>
         <link>http://urbanlegends.about.com/od/reference/a/new_uls.htm</link>
         <description><![CDATA[Find info on the latest Internet hoaxes, rumors, and the most popular stories circulating today.]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA[Do They Eat Babies in China?]]></title>
         <link>http://urbanlegends.about.com/od/horrors/a/eating_babies.htm</link>
         <description><![CDATA[Dear Urban Legends: I received an email last week which was quite disturbing. It is about dead babies that can be bought from hospitals in Taiwan to meet the high demand for grilled and barbequed babies!]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA[Why Friday the 13th Is Unlucky]]></title>
         <link>http://urbanlegends.about.com/cs/historical/a/friday_the_13th.htm</link>
         <description><![CDATA[As folklorists, we may not be able to cure paraskevidekatriaphobia (fear of Friday the 13th), but we can at least lend its sufferers a few good excuses. The origins and history of Friday the 13th.]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA[Burundanga Drug Warning]]></title>
         <link>http://urbanlegends.about.com/od/crime/a/burundanga.htm</link>
         <description><![CDATA[Forwarded emails warn that criminals in the U.S. and Canada are using business cards impregnated with a potent street drug called burundanga (aka scopolamine) to incapacitate victims before attacking them.]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA[A Tootsie Pop Mystery]]></title>
         <link>http://urbanlegends.about.com/od/business/a/tootsie_pop.htm</link>
         <description><![CDATA[Where did the rumor come from that you could get a free Tootsie Roll Pop if you found a star (or an Indian) on your wrapper? ]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA[The Urban Legends Slide Show - The Eye of God]]></title>
         <link>http://urbanlegends.about.com/library/bl_slideshow6a.htm</link>
         <description><![CDATA[A gallery of odd and arresting images - some real, some fake, some persistently enigmatic - as circulated via email]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA[Giant Catfish Picture (Photo) - Urban Legends]]></title>
         <link>http://urbanlegends.about.com/library/bl_2004_catfish.htm</link>
         <description><![CDATA[Emailed photo of a huge catfish supposedly caught in Lake Texoma, Texas in 2004.]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA[*77 or #77 Emergency Cell Phone Feature - Urban Legends]]></title>
         <link>http://urbanlegends.about.com/library/blcellphone77.htm</link>
         <description><![CDATA[Female college student pulled over in her car by a cop-impersonating would-be rapist is rescued by a real officer after dialing #77 (or *77) on her cell phone.]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA[Sarah Palin Bikini Picture - Urban Legends]]></title>
         <link>http://urbanlegends.about.com/library/bl_sarah_palin_bikini_pic.htm</link>
         <description><![CDATA[Emailed image purports to show Republican vice-presidential nominee Sarah Palin posing for a photo sporting an American flag bikini and a rifle.]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA[Is Barack Obama a Muslim? - Urban Legends]]></title>
         <link>http://urbanlegends.about.com/library/bl_barack_obama_muslim.htm</link>
         <description><![CDATA[Email rumor alleges that U.S. presidential candidate Sen. Barack Obama is a Muslim who has lied about his religious background, including his claim to being a devout Christian]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA[Petition 2493 (Pastor Removal from Television) - Urban Legends]]></title>
         <link>http://urbanlegends.about.com/library/bl_petition_2493.htm</link>
         <description><![CDATA[Circulating via email, new variants of a decades-old petition expressing outrage over the alleged attempt by atheists to force a ban on religious broadcasting in the United States.]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA[Hercules the Liger (Photos) - Urban Legends]]></title>
         <link>http://urbanlegends.about.com/library/bl_liger_hercules.htm</link>
         <description><![CDATA[AUTHENTIC: Emailed photos of a 10-foot 'liger' (a cross between a lion and a tiger) named Hercules.]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA[THAT&#039;S Why the Ocean Is So Salty! - Urban Legends]]></title>
         <link>http://urbanlegends.about.com/library/bl_blue_whale.htm</link>
         <description><![CDATA[According to this forwarded email, a typical blue whale produces over 400 gallons of sperm when it ejaculates... and you wonder why the ocean is so salty!]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA[World&#039;s Tallest Woman - Urban Legends]]></title>
         <link>http://urbanlegends.about.com/library/bl_worlds_tallest_woman.htm</link>
         <description><![CDATA[Emailed pictures purport to show the world's tallest woman at 7 feet, 4 inches tall and 320 pounds. Is she really the tallest woman in the world?]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA[The Urban Legends Slide Show]]></title>
         <link>http://urbanlegends.about.com/library/bl_slideshow1.htm</link>
         <description><![CDATA[A gallery of odd and arresting images - some real, some fake, some persistently enigmatic - as circulated via email]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA[Is Steve Burns Really Dead?]]></title>
         <link>http://urbanlegends.about.com/od/celebrities/a/steve_burns.htm</link>
         <description><![CDATA[Did Steve Burns die of a drug overdose? Nope, he's alive and well. Internet rumors prove false once again...]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA[New Carjacking Scheme?]]></title>
         <link>http://urbanlegends.about.com/od/crime/a/carjacking.htm</link>
         <description><![CDATA[Email rumor warns of a new carjacking scheme involving the placement of a sticker or flyer on the victim's rear window to fool them into exiting the vehicle with the engine running.]]></description>
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         <dc:date>2009-11-08T12:23:12Z</dc:date>
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         <title><![CDATA[World Record Grizzly Bear (Photos) - Urban Legends]]></title>
         <link>http://urbanlegends.about.com/library/bl-grizzlybear.htm</link>
         <description><![CDATA[Are emailed pictures of a giant, 1,600-pound, man-eating grizzly bear allegedly killed in Alaska by a hunter or Forest Service employee real?]]></description>
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         <dc:subject>newsissues</dc:subject>
         <dc:date>2009-11-08T12:23:12Z</dc:date>
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         <title><![CDATA[Richard Gere &amp; the Gerbil]]></title>
         <link>http://urbanlegends.about.com/od/celebrities/a/richard_gere.htm</link>
         <description><![CDATA[I don't mean to sound cranky, but all too often when I tell folks I debunk urban legends for a living, the first question that pops out of their mouths is: 'What about that thing with Richard Gere and the gerbil? Is THAT true?' ]]></description>
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         <dc:date>2009-11-08T12:23:12Z</dc:date>
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         <title><![CDATA[Pit Bull vs. Porcupine (Photos) - Urban Legends]]></title>
         <link>http://urbanlegends.about.com/library/bl_pit_bull_vs_porcupine.htm</link>
         <description><![CDATA[Emailed images show the result of an unfortunate encounter between a 'pit bull' and a porcupine.]]></description>
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         <dc:subject>newsissues</dc:subject>
         <dc:date>2009-11-08T12:23:12Z</dc:date>
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         <title><![CDATA[The Urban Legends Slide Show - Another Giant Cat]]></title>
         <link>http://urbanlegends.about.com/library/bl_slideshow19a.htm</link>
         <description><![CDATA[A gallery of odd and arresting images - some real, some fake, some persistently enigmatic - as circulated via email]]></description>
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         <dc:date>2009-11-08T12:23:12Z</dc:date>
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         <title><![CDATA[Don&#039;t Turn on the Light!]]></title>
         <link>http://urbanlegends.about.com/od/horrors/a/turn_on_light.htm</link>
         <description><![CDATA[After coming home late and getting ready for bed in the dark, a college coed wakes up the next morning to receive the shock of her life...]]></description>
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         <dc:date>2009-11-08T12:23:12Z</dc:date>
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         <title><![CDATA[Don&#039;t Answer Cell Phone While It&#039;s Charging! - Urban Legends]]></title>
         <link>http://urbanlegends.about.com/library/bl_cell_phone_electrocuted.htm</link>
         <description><![CDATA[Email alert claims a young man was killed (electrocuted) when he answered a cell phone that was plugged in to charge the battery.]]></description>
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         <dc:subject>newsissues</dc:subject>
         <dc:date>2009-11-08T12:23:12Z</dc:date>
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         <title><![CDATA[The Urban Legends Slide Show - World&#039;s Biggest Dog]]></title>
         <link>http://urbanlegends.about.com/library/bl_slideshow135.htm</link>
         <description><![CDATA[A gallery of odd and arresting images - some real, some fake, some persistently enigmatic - as circulated via email]]></description>
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         <dc:date>2009-11-08T12:23:12Z</dc:date>
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         <title><![CDATA[Satan&#039;s Face in Smoke on 9-11 - Urban Legends]]></title>
         <link>http://urbanlegends.about.com/library/bltabloid-arch10.htm</link>
         <description><![CDATA[Some viewers were convinced they saw the face of Satan in clouds of smoke billowing out of the World Trade Center after it was struck by a jetliner on 9/11]]></description>
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         <dc:subject>newsissues</dc:subject>
         <dc:date>2009-11-08T12:23:12Z</dc:date>
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         <title><![CDATA[The Urban Legends Slide Show - Maggot-Stuffed Oreos #1]]></title>
         <link>http://urbanlegends.about.com/library/bl_slideshow1a.htm</link>
         <description><![CDATA[A gallery of odd and arresting images - some real, some fake, some persistently enigmatic - as circulated via email]]></description>
         <guid isPermaLink="true">http://urbanlegends.about.com/library/bl_slideshow1a.htm</guid>
         <dc:subject>newsissues</dc:subject>
         <dc:date>2009-11-08T12:23:12Z</dc:date>
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         <title><![CDATA[Is Megan Fox Really a Man?]]></title>
         <link>http://urbanlegends.about.com/od/meganfox/a/megan_fox_is_a_man.htm</link>
         <description><![CDATA[Internet rumors claim voluptuous actress Megan Fox is actually either a man in drag (transvestite), a transsexual ('tranny'), or was born a hermaphrodite and underwent surgery to become a woman.]]></description>
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         <dc:date>2009-11-08T12:23:12Z</dc:date>
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         <title><![CDATA[Was a Giant Human Skeleton Found in Saudi Arabia Desert? - Urban Legends]]></title>
         <link>http://urbanlegends.about.com/library/bl_giant_skeleton.htm</link>
         <description><![CDATA['Recent gas exploration activity in the southeast region of the Arabian desert uncovered skeletal remains of a human of phenomenal size']]></description>
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         <dc:subject>newsissues</dc:subject>
         <dc:date>2009-11-08T12:23:12Z</dc:date>
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         <title><![CDATA[Cook County Correctional Center (Photos) - Urban Legends]]></title>
         <link>http://urbanlegends.about.com/library/bl_cook_county_correctional.htm</link>
         <description><![CDATA[Emailed photos purportedly show the stylish and comfortable new digs of prison inmates in Chicago's Cook County Correctional Center.]]></description>
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         <dc:subject>newsissues</dc:subject>
         <dc:date>2009-11-08T12:23:12Z</dc:date>
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         <title><![CDATA[Test Your Urban Legends IQ - Advanced Level]]></title>
         <link>http://urbanlegends.about.com/library/bl_quiz2.htm</link>
         <description><![CDATA[Urban Legends Quiz: Test your urban legends IQ!: urban legends level test iq]]></description>
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         <dc:subject>newsissues</dc:subject>
         <dc:date>2009-11-08T12:23:12Z</dc:date>
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         <title><![CDATA[The Clown Statue]]></title>
         <link>http://urbanlegends.about.com/od/horrors/a/clown_statue.htm</link>
         <description><![CDATA[A babysitter calls the parents she's working for to ask if she can cover up the disturbing 'clown statue' in the room where she's watching TV. The parents tell her to call 911 immediately and get out of the house!]]></description>
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         <dc:subject>newsissues</dc:subject>
         <dc:date>2009-11-08T12:23:12Z</dc:date>
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         <title><![CDATA[Navy Warship USS New York - Urban Legends]]></title>
         <link>http://urbanlegends.about.com/library/bl_uss_new_york.htm</link>
         <description><![CDATA[Forwarded email accurately describes the USS New York, a Navy warship built using 24 tons of scrap metal from the fallen towers of the World Trade Center]]></description>
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         <dc:subject>newsissues</dc:subject>
         <dc:date>2009-11-08T12:23:12Z</dc:date>
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         <title><![CDATA[Photos of Giant Wild Boar?]]></title>
         <link>http://urbanlegends.about.com/od/animalsinsects/ss/wild_boar_tx.htm</link>
         <description><![CDATA[Emailed photos of a gigantic, 1,800-pound wild boar allegedly shot and killed in Conroe, Texas by a radiology technician.]]></description>
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         <dc:subject>newsissues</dc:subject>
         <dc:date>2009-11-08T12:23:12Z</dc:date>
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         <title><![CDATA[The Urban Legends Slide Show - Maggot-Stuffed Oreos #2]]></title>
         <link>http://urbanlegends.about.com/library/bl_slideshow1aa.htm</link>
         <description><![CDATA[A gallery of odd and arresting images - some real, some fake, some persistently enigmatic - as circulated via email]]></description>
         <guid isPermaLink="true">http://urbanlegends.about.com/library/bl_slideshow1aa.htm</guid>
         <dc:subject>newsissues</dc:subject>
         <dc:date>2009-11-08T12:23:12Z</dc:date>
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         <title><![CDATA[ Worm Found in Patient&#039;s Eye]]></title>
         <link>http://urbanlegends.about.com/od/gross/ig/Gross-Pictures/Eye-Worm.htm</link>
         <description><![CDATA[When the doctors operated, what was thought to be a growth or cyst actually turned out to be a live worm; what was thought initially to be mere dust in the patient's eye was actually an insect's egg!]]></description>
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         <dc:subject>newsissues</dc:subject>
         <dc:date>2009-11-08T12:23:12Z</dc:date>
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         <title><![CDATA[The Urban Legends Slide Show - Obama on the Phone]]></title>
         <link>http://urbanlegends.about.com/library/bl_slideshow1b.htm</link>
         <description><![CDATA[A gallery of odd and arresting images - some real, some fake, some persistently enigmatic - as circulated via email]]></description>
         <guid isPermaLink="true">http://urbanlegends.about.com/library/bl_slideshow1b.htm</guid>
         <dc:subject>newsissues</dc:subject>
         <dc:date>2009-11-08T12:23:12Z</dc:date>
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         <title><![CDATA[The Legend of Bloody Mary]]></title>
         <link>http://urbanlegends.about.com/od/horrors/a/bloody_mary.htm</link>
         <description><![CDATA[Legend has it that if you stand in front of a mirror in a darkened room and chant 'Bloody Mary, Bloody Mary, Bloody Mary,' a terrifying ghost will appear.]]></description>
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         <dc:subject>newsissues</dc:subject>
         <dc:date>2009-11-08T12:23:12Z</dc:date>
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         <title><![CDATA[Ciara&#039;s Secret Sex Change]]></title>
         <link>http://urbanlegends.about.com/od/celebrities/a/ciara.htm</link>
         <description><![CDATA[Internet rumors are flying to the effect that hip-hop/R&amp;B star Ciara was born male and is either a secret transvestite or underwent a sex-change operation to become a transsexual.]]></description>
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         <dc:subject>newsissues</dc:subject>
         <dc:date>2009-11-08T12:23:12Z</dc:date>
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         <title><![CDATA[Obama vs. Christmas]]></title>
         <link>http://urbanlegends.about.com/od/barackobama/a/white_house_christmas_ornaments.htm</link>
         <description><![CDATA[Forwarded email claims the Obamas will have 'holiday trees' instead of Christmas trees in the White House this year, and no ornaments with religious themes will be allowed.]]></description>
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         <dc:subject>newsissues</dc:subject>
         <dc:date>2009-11-08T12:23:12Z</dc:date>
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         <title><![CDATA[Camel Spider Picture - Urban Legends]]></title>
         <link>http://urbanlegends.about.com/library/bl_camel_spider.htm</link>
         <description><![CDATA[Camel spider picture. Emailed photo taken by U.S. soldiers in Iraq shows a pair of huge, scary-looking arachnids known as camel spiders. Is it true their venom is deadly to humans?]]></description>
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         <dc:subject>newsissues</dc:subject>
         <dc:date>2009-11-08T12:23:12Z</dc:date>
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         <title><![CDATA[Brown Recluse Spider Bite (Photos) - Urban Legends]]></title>
         <link>http://urbanlegends.about.com/library/bl_brown_recluse_bite.htm</link>
         <description><![CDATA[Emailed photos purport to show the progressive deterioration of a wound caused by the bite of the poisonous brown recluse spider.]]></description>
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         <dc:subject>newsissues</dc:subject>
         <dc:date>2009-11-08T12:23:12Z</dc:date>
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         <title><![CDATA[The Urban Legends Slide Show - Sarah Palin Bikini Pic]]></title>
         <link>http://urbanlegends.about.com/library/bl_slideshow1bb.htm</link>
         <description><![CDATA[A gallery of odd and arresting images - some real, some fake, some persistently enigmatic - as circulated via email]]></description>
         <guid isPermaLink="true">http://urbanlegends.about.com/library/bl_slideshow1bb.htm</guid>
         <dc:subject>newsissues</dc:subject>
         <dc:date>2009-11-08T12:23:12Z</dc:date>
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         <title><![CDATA[ Piranha on Steroids]]></title>
         <link>http://urbanlegends.about.com/od/animalkingdom/ig/Crazy-Critters/Piranha-on-Steroids.htm</link>
         <description><![CDATA[Circulating via email, a photo of fishermen holding a large fish with a mouthful of razor-sharp teeth, variously captioned: 'Piranha on Steroids' or 'World Record Piranha.']]></description>
         <guid isPermaLink="true">http://urbanlegends.about.com/od/animalkingdom/ig/Crazy-Critters/Piranha-on-Steroids.htm</guid>
         <dc:subject>newsissues</dc:subject>
         <dc:date>2009-11-08T12:23:12Z</dc:date>
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         <title><![CDATA[90# Telephone Scam - Urban Legends]]></title>
         <link>http://urbanlegends.about.com/library/weekly/aa021898.htm</link>
         <description><![CDATA[Forwarded email warns telephone customers not to comply with instructions from persons claiming to be phone company service technicians to 'test the line' by dialing 90# or #90.]]></description>
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         <dc:subject>newsissues</dc:subject>
         <dc:date>2009-11-08T12:23:12Z</dc:date>
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         <title><![CDATA[The \$250 Cookie Recipe]]></title>
         <link>http://urbanlegends.about.com/od/fooddrink/a/cookie_recipe.htm</link>
         <description><![CDATA[Here is a 'true story' almost everyone has heard by now - the infamous $250 Cookie Recipe, most recently associated with the Neiman Marcus company, but previously (during the 1980s) the bane of cookie diva Mrs. Fields.]]></description>
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         <dc:subject>newsissues</dc:subject>
         <dc:date>2009-11-08T12:23:12Z</dc:date>
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         <title><![CDATA[Urban Legends Sex Quiz]]></title>
         <link>http://urbanlegends.about.com/library/bl_sex_quiz.htm</link>
         <description><![CDATA[Quiz: Urban Legends about romance, sex, and scandal]]></description>
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         <dc:subject>newsissues</dc:subject>
         <dc:date>2009-11-08T12:23:12Z</dc:date>
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         <title><![CDATA[HR 1388 and Hamas Refugees]]></title>
         <link>http://urbanlegends.about.com/od/barackobama/a/hr_1388_hamas_resettlement.htm</link>
         <description><![CDATA[Forwarded email claims President Obama has funded a $20 million resettlement of Hamas refugees to the United States via H.R. 1388, a bill supposedly passed 'behind our backs' by Congress.]]></description>
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         <dc:subject>newsissues</dc:subject>
         <dc:date>2009-11-08T12:23:12Z</dc:date>
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         <title><![CDATA[The Urban Legends Slide Show - Beer Can Townhouse (#1)]]></title>
         <link>http://urbanlegends.about.com/library/bl_slideshow1c.htm</link>
         <description><![CDATA[A gallery of odd and arresting images - some real, some fake, some persistently enigmatic - as circulated via email]]></description>
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         <dc:subject>newsissues</dc:subject>
         <dc:date>2009-11-08T12:23:12Z</dc:date>
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         <title><![CDATA[Brain Maggots / Sushi Worms (Photos) - Urban Legends]]></title>
         <link>http://urbanlegends.about.com/library/bl-brainworms.htm</link>
         <description><![CDATA[Emailed photos of a man whose brain allegedly became infested with maggots (or worms) as a result of an ingrown hair (or eating sushi)]]></description>
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         <dc:subject>newsissues</dc:subject>
         <dc:date>2009-11-08T12:23:12Z</dc:date>
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         <title><![CDATA[&#039;Twas the Spoof Before Xmas]]></title>
         <link>http://urbanlegends.about.com/od/historical/a/twas_the_night.htm</link>
         <description><![CDATA[Apocryphal versions of 'The Night Before Christmas,' one of the most parodied poems in the English language.]]></description>
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         <dc:subject>newsissues</dc:subject>
         <dc:date>2009-11-08T12:23:12Z</dc:date>
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         <title><![CDATA[ Weightlifting Mishap]]></title>
         <link>http://urbanlegends.about.com/od/gross/ig/Gross-Pictures/Weightlifting-Mishap.htm</link>
         <description><![CDATA[This shocking image, origin unknown, purports to show a weightlifter suffering from a prolapsed rectum after attempting to lift more weight than his innards could bear.]]></description>
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         <dc:subject>newsissues</dc:subject>
         <dc:date>2009-11-08T12:23:12Z</dc:date>
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         <title><![CDATA[JFK: &#039;I Am a Jelly Donut&#039;]]></title>
         <link>http://urbanlegends.about.com/cs/historical/a/jfk_berliner.htm</link>
         <description><![CDATA[Did Germans chuckle with embarrassment when John F. Kennedy uttered the words 'Ich bin ein Berliner' at a Berlin Wall ceremony in 1963?]]></description>
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         <dc:subject>newsissues</dc:subject>
         <dc:date>2009-11-08T12:23:12Z</dc:date>
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         <title><![CDATA[Snopes Under Fire]]></title>
         <link>http://urbanlegends.about.com/od/internet/a/snopes_exposed.htm</link>
         <description><![CDATA[Snopes liberal bias? Forwarded email alleges that the urban legend debunking site Snopes.com is 'owned by a flaming liberal' who is 'in the tank for Obama' and can't be trusted to provide reliable information.]]></description>
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         <dc:subject>newsissues</dc:subject>
         <dc:date>2009-11-08T12:23:12Z</dc:date>
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         <title><![CDATA[Hoax: Air France Crash Photos - Urban Legends]]></title>
         <link>http://urbanlegends.about.com/library/bl_photos_gol_737_crash.htm</link>
         <description><![CDATA[HOAX: Emailed photos purportedly taken inside the passenger cabin of Air France Flight 447 moments before it broke up over the Atlantic Ocean on June 1, 2009 (originally circulated as photos of Gol Airlines Flight 1907 after mid-air collision in 2006).]]></description>
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         <dc:subject>newsissues</dc:subject>
         <dc:date>2009-11-08T12:23:12Z</dc:date>
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         <title><![CDATA[Ben Stein: Christmas Confessions - Urban Legends]]></title>
         <link>http://urbanlegends.about.com/library/bl_ben_stein_christmas.htm</link>
         <description><![CDATA[Circulating via email, a commentary on the state of American culture attributed to author, pundit, actor, and game show host Ben Stein.]]></description>
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         <dc:subject>newsissues</dc:subject>
         <dc:date>2009-11-08T12:23:12Z</dc:date>
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         <title><![CDATA[The Urban Legends Slide Show - Animal-Human Hybrid]]></title>
         <link>http://urbanlegends.about.com/library/bl_slideshow19d.htm</link>
         <description><![CDATA[A gallery of odd and arresting images - some real, some fake, some persistently enigmatic - as circulated via email]]></description>
         <guid isPermaLink="true">http://urbanlegends.about.com/library/bl_slideshow19d.htm</guid>
         <dc:subject>newsissues</dc:subject>
         <dc:date>2009-11-08T12:23:12Z</dc:date>
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         <title><![CDATA[ World&#039;s Biggest Dog]]></title>
         <link>http://urbanlegends.about.com/od/animalkingdom/ig/Crazy-Critters/World-s-Biggest-Dog.htm</link>
         <description><![CDATA[Emailed image of a gargantuan dog named Hercules, purportedly the Guinness Record holder for World's Biggest Dog.]]></description>
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         <dc:subject>newsissues</dc:subject>
         <dc:date>2009-11-08T12:23:12Z</dc:date>
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         <title><![CDATA[The Urban Legends Slide Show - Beer Can Townhouse (#2)]]></title>
         <link>http://urbanlegends.about.com/library/bl_slideshow1d.htm</link>
         <description><![CDATA[A gallery of odd and arresting images - some real, some fake, some persistently enigmatic - as circulated via email]]></description>
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         <dc:subject>newsissues</dc:subject>
         <dc:date>2009-11-08T12:23:12Z</dc:date>
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         <title><![CDATA[Jelly Bracelets - An Invitation to Sex? - Urban Legends]]></title>
         <link>http://urbanlegends.about.com/library/bl_jelly_bracelets.htm</link>
         <description><![CDATA[It is widely believed - apparently more so by adults than by the teenagers themselves - that the 'jelly bracelets' currently popular among junior high school students are color-coded according to the wearer's willingness to perform certain sexual acts]]></description>
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         <dc:subject>newsissues</dc:subject>
         <dc:date>2009-11-08T12:23:12Z</dc:date>
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         <title><![CDATA[Origin of the F-Word - Urban Legends]]></title>
         <link>http://urbanlegends.about.com/library/bl-f-word.htm</link>
         <description><![CDATA[In which we are told with a straight face that the word 'fuck' originated as the acronym of 'Fornication Under Consent of the King' (or some variation thereof).]]></description>
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         <dc:subject>newsissues</dc:subject>
         <dc:date>2009-11-08T12:23:12Z</dc:date>
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         <title><![CDATA[Mermaid Pictures - Dead Mermaid Found After Tsunami - Urban Legends]]></title>
         <link>http://urbanlegends.about.com/library/bl_mermaid_tsunami.htm</link>
         <description><![CDATA[Emailed photos allegedly show the carcass of a dead mermaid washed up on a beach at Chennai, India by the devastating tsunami of December 26, 2004.]]></description>
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         <dc:subject>newsissues</dc:subject>
         <dc:date>2009-11-08T12:23:12Z</dc:date>
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         <title><![CDATA[The Urban Legends Slide Show - &#039;Bill Sux&#039; Etched on Pentium Chip]]></title>
         <link>http://urbanlegends.about.com/library/bl_slideshow1e.htm</link>
         <description><![CDATA[A gallery of odd and arresting images - some real, some fake, some persistently enigmatic - as circulated via email]]></description>
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         <dc:subject>newsissues</dc:subject>
         <dc:date>2009-11-08T12:23:12Z</dc:date>
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         <title><![CDATA[Wal-Mart Cash Back Scam - Netlore Archive]]></title>
         <link>http://urbanlegends.about.com/library/bl_walmart_cash_back.htm</link>
         <description><![CDATA[Email rumor claims a Wal-Mart cashier stole $20 from a customer by surreptitiously triggering the 'cash back' option during a credit card transaction]]></description>
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         <dc:subject>newsissues</dc:subject>
         <dc:date>2009-11-08T12:23:12Z</dc:date>
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         <title><![CDATA[Secret Cell Phone Tips?]]></title>
         <link>http://urbanlegends.about.com/od/business/a/cellphone_tips.htm</link>
         <description><![CDATA[Email flier purports to clue readers in on various 'unknown' tips and tricks for cell phone use]]></description>
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         <dc:subject>newsissues</dc:subject>
         <dc:date>2009-11-08T12:23:12Z</dc:date>
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         <title><![CDATA[The Urban Legends Slide Show - Parrot Flower]]></title>
         <link>http://urbanlegends.about.com/library/bl_slideshow1ee.htm</link>
         <description><![CDATA[A gallery of odd and arresting images - some real, some fake, some persistently enigmatic - as circulated via email]]></description>
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         <dc:subject>newsissues</dc:subject>
         <dc:date>2009-11-08T12:23:12Z</dc:date>
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         <title><![CDATA[The Urban Legends Slide Show - Sneaky Shark]]></title>
         <link>http://urbanlegends.about.com/library/bl_slideshow1f.htm</link>
         <description><![CDATA[A gallery of odd and arresting images - some real, some fake, some persistently enigmatic - as circulated via email]]></description>
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         <dc:subject>newsissues</dc:subject>
         <dc:date>2009-11-08T12:23:12Z</dc:date>
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         <title><![CDATA[The Urban Legends Slide Show - Freaky Fish]]></title>
         <link>http://urbanlegends.about.com/library/bl_slideshowj.htm</link>
         <description><![CDATA[A gallery of odd and arresting images - some real, some fake, some persistently enigmatic - as circulated via email]]></description>
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         <dc:subject>newsissues</dc:subject>
         <dc:date>2009-11-08T12:23:12Z</dc:date>
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         <title><![CDATA[The Urban Legends Slide Show - Man-Eating Catfish]]></title>
         <link>http://urbanlegends.about.com/library/bl_slideshow1g.htm</link>
         <description><![CDATA[A gallery of odd and arresting images - some real, some fake, some persistently enigmatic - as circulated via email]]></description>
         <guid isPermaLink="true">http://urbanlegends.about.com/library/bl_slideshow1g.htm</guid>
         <dc:subject>newsissues</dc:subject>
         <dc:date>2009-11-08T12:23:12Z</dc:date>
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         <title><![CDATA[Chimera]]></title>
         <link>http://urbanlegends.about.com/od/animalkingdom/ig/Crazy-Critters/Chimera.htm</link>
         <description><![CDATA[Circulating via email, an unsettling photograph of what appears to be a half-human, half-animal creature suckling her hybrid offspring.]]></description>
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         <dc:subject>newsissues</dc:subject>
         <dc:date>2009-11-08T12:23:12Z</dc:date>
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         <title><![CDATA[ Half Human, Half Animal]]></title>
         <link>http://urbanlegends.about.com/od/gross/ig/Gross-Pictures/Chimera.--2_.htm</link>
         <description><![CDATA[Most copies of this viral image are accompanied by a caption reading, 'Look at the human dog!' In reality, it's a sculpture created by artist Patricia Piccinini.]]></description>
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         <dc:subject>newsissues</dc:subject>
         <dc:date>2009-11-08T12:23:12Z</dc:date>
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         <title><![CDATA[ Breast Infestation]]></title>
         <link>http://urbanlegends.about.com/od/gross/ig/Gross-Pictures/Breast-Infestation.htm</link>
         <description><![CDATA[This image purports to document the medical case of a female anthropologist who failed to seek treatment for a skin rash and wound up with an infestation of larvae in her breast. Not a pretty picture.]]></description>
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         <dc:subject>newsissues</dc:subject>
         <dc:date>2009-11-08T12:23:12Z</dc:date>
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         <title><![CDATA[The Urban Legends Slide Show - &#039;Creepy Gnome&#039; Video]]></title>
         <link>http://urbanlegends.about.com/library/bl_slideshow1h.htm</link>
         <description><![CDATA[A gallery of odd and arresting images - some real, some fake, some persistently enigmatic - as circulated via email]]></description>
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         <dc:subject>newsissues</dc:subject>
         <dc:date>2009-11-08T12:23:12Z</dc:date>
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         <title><![CDATA[Mermaid Pictures - Dead Mermaid Found in the Philippines - Urban Legends]]></title>
         <link>http://urbanlegends.about.com/library/bl_mermaid_philippines.htm</link>
         <description><![CDATA[Emailed pictures purportedly show the carcass of a dead mermaid found washed up on a beach in the Philippines.]]></description>
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         <dc:subject>newsissues</dc:subject>
         <dc:date>2009-11-08T12:23:12Z</dc:date>
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         <title><![CDATA[Puppy with a Heart (Photos) - Urban Legends]]></title>
         <link>http://urbanlegends.about.com/library/bl_puppy_heart.htm</link>
         <description><![CDATA[Emailed photos show a chihuahua puppy born in Japan with a heart-shaped pattern in its coat.]]></description>
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         <dc:subject>newsissues</dc:subject>
         <dc:date>2009-11-08T12:23:12Z</dc:date>
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         <title><![CDATA[How Clean Are Dogs&#039; Mouths?]]></title>
         <link>http://urbanlegends.about.com/od/dogs/a/dog_breath.htm</link>
         <description><![CDATA[If you don't mind my falling back on a gut feeling, I'd rather be French-kissed by a human being than a dog any day...]]></description>
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         <dc:subject>newsissues</dc:subject>
         <dc:date>2009-11-08T12:23:12Z</dc:date>
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         <title><![CDATA[The Urban Legends Slide Show - Brain Maggots / Sushi Worms (#1)]]></title>
         <link>http://urbanlegends.about.com/library/bl_slideshow25.htm</link>
         <description><![CDATA[A gallery of odd and arresting images - some real, some fake, some persistently enigmatic - as circulated via email]]></description>
         <guid isPermaLink="true">http://urbanlegends.about.com/library/bl_slideshow25.htm</guid>
         <dc:subject>newsissues</dc:subject>
         <dc:date>2009-11-08T12:23:12Z</dc:date>
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         <title><![CDATA[The Urban Legends Slide Show - Human Statue of Liberty]]></title>
         <link>http://urbanlegends.about.com/library/bl_slideshow1i.htm</link>
         <description><![CDATA[A gallery of odd and arresting images - some real, some fake, some persistently enigmatic - as circulated via email]]></description>
         <guid isPermaLink="true">http://urbanlegends.about.com/library/bl_slideshow1i.htm</guid>
         <dc:subject>newsissues</dc:subject>
         <dc:date>2009-11-08T12:23:12Z</dc:date>
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         <title><![CDATA[ACLU vs. Military Prayer?]]></title>
         <link>http://urbanlegends.about.com/od/religion/a/i_am_honored_to_do_this.htm</link>
         <description><![CDATA[Email chain letter claims the ACLU has filed lawsuits to remove all crosses from military gravesites and to prohibit military personnel from praying. The email further states that 'thanks to the retched (sic) ACLU and our new (Obama) administration,' Navy chaplains can no longer mention Jesus' name in prayer.]]></description>
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         <dc:subject>newsissues</dc:subject>
         <dc:date>2009-11-08T12:23:12Z</dc:date>
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         <title><![CDATA[Snake Swallows Man - Netlore Archive]]></title>
         <link>http://urbanlegends.about.com/library/weekly/aa061101a.htm</link>
         <description><![CDATA[Series of photos circulating via email purports to show a gigantic snake - said to be an anaconda, python, or boa constrictor - swallowing a human being whole]]></description>
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         <dc:subject>newsissues</dc:subject>
         <dc:date>2009-11-08T12:23:12Z</dc:date>
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         <title><![CDATA[ Motorcycle / Boating Accident]]></title>
         <link>http://urbanlegends.about.com/od/gross/ig/Gross-Pictures/Accident-Victim.htm</link>
         <description><![CDATA[Depending on which version you receive, the caption accompanying this emailed photo claims this poor patient was impaled on a fencepost after losing control of his motorcycle or boat.]]></description>
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         <dc:subject>newsissues</dc:subject>
         <dc:date>2009-11-08T12:23:12Z</dc:date>
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         <title><![CDATA[&#039;Code Grabbing&#039; Car Thieves?]]></title>
         <link>http://urbanlegends.about.com/od/automobiles/a/car_locks.htm</link>
         <description><![CDATA[Forwarded email urges vehicle owners to lock doors manually instead of using a remote key, otherwise thieves might be able to clone the security code (a technique called 'code grabbing') and gain entry to the vehicle.]]></description>
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         <dc:subject>newsissues</dc:subject>
         <dc:date>2009-11-08T12:23:12Z</dc:date>
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         <title><![CDATA[Humans Can Lick, Too]]></title>
         <link>http://urbanlegends.about.com/od/horrors/a/humans_can_lick.htm</link>
         <description><![CDATA[AKA 'The Licked Hand.' Here's a popular tale from the oral tradition recast as a spooky - if scarcely believable - email chain letter.]]></description>
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         <dc:subject>newsissues</dc:subject>
         <dc:date>2009-11-08T12:23:12Z</dc:date>
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         <title><![CDATA[Fear of Licking]]></title>
         <link>http://urbanlegends.about.com/od/cockroaches/a/fear_of_licking.htm</link>
         <description><![CDATA[In the world according to urban folklore, horrors await us at every turn...]]></description>
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         <dc:subject>newsissues</dc:subject>
         <dc:date>2009-11-08T12:23:12Z</dc:date>
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         <title><![CDATA[Crocodile Eats Golfer (Photo) - Urban Legends]]></title>
         <link>http://urbanlegends.about.com/library/blcroc.htm</link>
         <description><![CDATA[The impatient golfer was not located, but his clubs were found on the hole. Three days later, Ole Mose was spotted on the seventh hole and was an immediate suspect...]]></description>
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         <dc:subject>newsissues</dc:subject>
         <dc:date>2009-11-08T12:23:12Z</dc:date>
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         <title><![CDATA[The Altoids Effect - Altoids Mints and Oral Sex - Urban Legends]]></title>
         <link>http://urbanlegends.about.com/library/blaltoids.htm</link>
         <description><![CDATA[Altoids Lore: Does chewing this 'curiously strong' brand of mint before fellatio (oral sex) enhance the pleasure?]]></description>
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         <dc:subject>newsissues</dc:subject>
         <dc:date>2009-11-08T12:23:12Z</dc:date>
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         <title><![CDATA[Can People Look Up My Driver&#039;s License on the Internet?]]></title>
         <link>http://urbanlegends.about.com/library/bldriverslicense.htm</link>
         <description><![CDATA[Website purports to offer free, easy access to personal information contained in state driver's license databases]]></description>
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         <dc:subject>newsissues</dc:subject>
         <dc:date>2009-11-08T12:23:12Z</dc:date>
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         <title><![CDATA[Bill Gates&#039; 11 Rules of Life - Urban Legends]]></title>
         <link>http://urbanlegends.about.com/library/bl_bill_gates_speech.htm</link>
         <description><![CDATA[Circulating via email, the text of a speech allegedly given by Bill Gates in which he sets out 11 rules of life for today's high school students.]]></description>
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         <dc:subject>newsissues</dc:subject>
         <dc:date>2009-11-08T12:23:12Z</dc:date>
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         <title><![CDATA[Hand Sanitizer Safety Warning]]></title>
         <link>http://urbanlegends.about.com/od/medical/a/hand_sanitizer.htm</link>
         <description><![CDATA[Forwarded email cites danger of children licking or eating hand sanitizer, which contains a high percentage of alcohol and can cause accidental intoxication or alcohol poisoning]]></description>
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         <dc:subject>newsissues</dc:subject>
         <dc:date>2009-11-08T12:23:12Z</dc:date>
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         <title><![CDATA[The Urban Legends Slide Show - Crocodile Eats Golfer!]]></title>
         <link>http://urbanlegends.about.com/library/bl_slideshow2.htm</link>
         <description><![CDATA[A gallery of odd and arresting images - some real, some fake, some persistently enigmatic - as circulated via email]]></description>
         <guid isPermaLink="true">http://urbanlegends.about.com/library/bl_slideshow2.htm</guid>
         <dc:subject>newsissues</dc:subject>
         <dc:date>2009-11-08T12:23:12Z</dc:date>
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         <title><![CDATA[Is Tommy Hilfiger a Racist?]]></title>
         <link>http://urbanlegends.about.com/od/tommyhilfiger/a/tommy_hilfiger.htm</link>
         <description><![CDATA[False rumors alleging that fashion designer Tommy Hilfiger made racist statements on the Oprah Winfrey Show are circulating (again) via email]]></description>
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         <dc:subject>newsissues</dc:subject>
         <dc:date>2009-11-08T12:23:12Z</dc:date>
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         <title><![CDATA[fable]]></title>
         <link>http://urbanlegends.about.com/od/glossary/g/fable.htm</link>
         <description><![CDATA[Definition of fable - A short allegorical narrative making a moral point, traditionally by means of animal characters who speak and act like human beings.]]></description>
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         <dc:subject>newsissues</dc:subject>
         <dc:date>2009-11-08T12:23:12Z</dc:date>
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         <title><![CDATA[The Urban Legends Slide Show - Piranha on Steroids (#1)]]></title>
         <link>http://urbanlegends.about.com/library/bl_slideshow1k.htm</link>
         <description><![CDATA[A gallery of odd and arresting images - some real, some fake, some persistently enigmatic - as circulated via email]]></description>
         <guid isPermaLink="true">http://urbanlegends.about.com/library/bl_slideshow1k.htm</guid>
         <dc:subject>newsissues</dc:subject>
         <dc:date>2009-11-08T12:23:12Z</dc:date>
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         <title><![CDATA[The Urban Legends Slide Show - The Queen and Scottish Soldiers]]></title>
         <link>http://urbanlegends.about.com/library/bl_slideshow2b.htm</link>
         <description><![CDATA[A gallery of odd and arresting images - some real, some fake, some persistently enigmatic - as circulated via email]]></description>
         <guid isPermaLink="true">http://urbanlegends.about.com/library/bl_slideshow2b.htm</guid>
         <dc:subject>newsissues</dc:subject>
         <dc:date>2009-11-08T12:23:12Z</dc:date>
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         <title><![CDATA[New Dollar Coin Omits &#039;In God We Trust&#039; - Urban Legends]]></title>
         <link>http://urbanlegends.about.com/library/bl_dollar_coin.htm</link>
         <description><![CDATA[New dollar coin gaffe: Email rumor claims the motto 'In God We Trust' was omitted from new one-dollar U.S. coins.]]></description>
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         <dc:subject>newsissues</dc:subject>
         <dc:date>2009-11-08T12:23:12Z</dc:date>
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         <title><![CDATA[ Crocodile Eats Golfer]]></title>
         <link>http://urbanlegends.about.com/od/gross/ig/Gross-Pictures/Crocodile-Eats-Golfer.--2G.htm</link>
         <description><![CDATA[The impatient golfer was never located, but his clubs were found on the hole. Three days later, 'Ole Mose' was spotted on the seventh hole and was an immediate suspect...]]></description>
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         <dc:subject>newsissues</dc:subject>
         <dc:date>2009-11-08T12:23:12Z</dc:date>
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         <title><![CDATA[The Urban Legends Slide Show - Brain Maggots / Sushi Worms (#2)]]></title>
         <link>http://urbanlegends.about.com/library/bl_slideshow26.htm</link>
         <description><![CDATA[A gallery of odd and arresting images - some real, some fake, some persistently enigmatic - as circulated via email]]></description>
         <guid isPermaLink="true">http://urbanlegends.about.com/library/bl_slideshow26.htm</guid>
         <dc:subject>newsissues</dc:subject>
         <dc:date>2009-11-08T12:23:12Z</dc:date>
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         <title><![CDATA[Michelle Obama&#039;s Staff]]></title>
         <link>http://urbanlegends.about.com/od/barackobama/a/michelle_obama_staff.htm</link>
         <description><![CDATA[Emailed article castigates First Lady Michelle Obama for requiring a paid staff of more than 20 people, claiming she has an 'unprecedented' number of 'attendants.']]></description>
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         <dc:subject>newsissues</dc:subject>
         <dc:date>2009-11-08T12:23:12Z</dc:date>
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         <title><![CDATA[ Brown Recluse Spider Bite 6]]></title>
         <link>http://urbanlegends.about.com/od/gross/ig/Gross-Pictures/Brown-Recluse-Spider-Bite-6.htm</link>
         <description><![CDATA[This rather disturbing sequence of images purports to show the progressive deterioration of a wound caused by the bite of the poisonous brown recluse spider.]]></description>
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         <dc:subject>newsissues</dc:subject>
         <dc:date>2009-11-08T12:23:12Z</dc:date>
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         <title><![CDATA[The Urban Legends Slide Show - Piranha on Steroids (#2)]]></title>
         <link>http://urbanlegends.about.com/library/bl_slideshow1l.htm</link>
         <description><![CDATA[A gallery of odd and arresting images - some real, some fake, some persistently enigmatic - as circulated via email]]></description>
         <guid isPermaLink="true">http://urbanlegends.about.com/library/bl_slideshow1l.htm</guid>
         <dc:subject>newsissues</dc:subject>
         <dc:date>2009-11-08T12:23:12Z</dc:date>
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         <title><![CDATA[The Urban Legends Slide Show - Albino Fawn]]></title>
         <link>http://urbanlegends.about.com/library/bl_slideshow2a.htm</link>
         <description><![CDATA[A gallery of odd and arresting images - some real, some fake, some persistently enigmatic - as circulated via email]]></description>
         <guid isPermaLink="true">http://urbanlegends.about.com/library/bl_slideshow2a.htm</guid>
         <dc:subject>newsissues</dc:subject>
         <dc:date>2009-11-08T12:23:12Z</dc:date>
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         <title><![CDATA[The Urban Legends Slide Show - Dead Wife Coffee Table]]></title>
         <link>http://urbanlegends.about.com/library/bl_slideshow2c.htm</link>
         <description><![CDATA[A gallery of odd and arresting images - some real, some fake, some persistently enigmatic - as circulated via email]]></description>
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         <dc:date>2009-11-08T12:23:12Z</dc:date>
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         <title><![CDATA[ Grizzly Bear Victim]]></title>
         <link>http://urbanlegends.about.com/od/gross/ig/Gross-Pictures/Grizzly-Bear-Victim.htm</link>
         <description><![CDATA[Email caption: 'This is not a joke and is pretty gross. If you are faint of heart or stomach don't look at grizz.jpg. This is why you don't mess with Grizzly bears! Warning the Grizzly picture is pretty gross, it's what's left of one of his victims!']]></description>
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         <dc:date>2009-11-08T12:23:12Z</dc:date>
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         <title><![CDATA[General &#039;Black Jack&#039; Pershing vs. Muslim Terrorists - Urban Legends]]></title>
         <link>http://urbanlegends.about.com/library/bl_black_jack_pershing.htm</link>
         <description><![CDATA[Did U.S. General 'Black Jack' Pershing rid the Philippines of Islamic extremism in 1911 by executing a group of Muslim terrorists and burying them in a grave filled with pig's blood and entrails?]]></description>
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         <dc:date>2009-11-08T12:23:12Z</dc:date>
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         <title><![CDATA[The Urban Legends Slide Show - Air Force Jets Fly in USA Formation]]></title>
         <link>http://urbanlegends.about.com/library/bl_slideshow7.htm</link>
         <description><![CDATA[A gallery of odd and arresting images - some real, some fake, some persistently enigmatic - as circulated via email]]></description>
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         <dc:subject>newsissues</dc:subject>
         <dc:date>2009-11-08T12:23:12Z</dc:date>
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         <title><![CDATA[ Brown Recluse Spider Bite 5]]></title>
         <link>http://urbanlegends.about.com/od/gross/ig/Gross-Pictures/Brown-Recluse-Spider-Bite-5.htm</link>
         <description><![CDATA[This rather disturbing sequence of images purports to show the progressive deterioration of a wound caused by the bite of the poisonous brown recluse spider.]]></description>
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         <dc:subject>newsissues</dc:subject>
         <dc:date>2009-11-08T12:23:12Z</dc:date>
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         <title><![CDATA[Card Trick: I Can Read Your Mind! - Urban Legends]]></title>
         <link>http://urbanlegends.about.com/library/bl_card_trick.htm</link>
         <description><![CDATA[I can read your mind! Don't believe me? Here, I'll prove it...]]></description>
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         <dc:date>2009-11-08T12:23:12Z</dc:date>
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         <title><![CDATA[The Urban Legends Slide Show - Doctors Find Live Worm in Patient&#039;s Eye]]></title>
         <link>http://urbanlegends.about.com/library/bl_slideshow8.htm</link>
         <description><![CDATA[A gallery of odd and arresting images - some real, some fake, some persistently enigmatic - as circulated via email]]></description>
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         <dc:date>2009-11-08T12:23:12Z</dc:date>
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         <title><![CDATA[The Urban Legends Slide Show - Snake Swallows Man (#1)]]></title>
         <link>http://urbanlegends.about.com/library/bl_slideshow3.htm</link>
         <description><![CDATA[A gallery of odd and arresting images - some real, some fake, some persistently enigmatic - as circulated via email]]></description>
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         <dc:date>2009-11-08T12:23:12Z</dc:date>
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         <title><![CDATA[Eminem Dead in Car Crash?]]></title>
         <link>http://urbanlegends.about.com/od/celebrities/a/eminem_dead.htm</link>
         <description><![CDATA[Web hoax claims famed rapper Eminem died in a car crash.]]></description>
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         <dc:date>2009-11-08T12:23:12Z</dc:date>
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         <title><![CDATA[The Urban Legends Slide Show - Snake Swallows Man (#4)]]></title>
         <link>http://urbanlegends.about.com/library/bl_slideshow6.htm</link>
         <description><![CDATA[A gallery of odd and arresting images - some real, some fake, some persistently enigmatic - as circulated via email]]></description>
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         <dc:date>2009-11-08T12:23:12Z</dc:date>
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         <title><![CDATA[Doctors Find Live Worm in Patient&#039;s Eye - Urban Legends]]></title>
         <link>http://urbanlegends.about.com/library/bl-eye-worm.htm</link>
         <description><![CDATA[When the doctors operated, what was thought to be a growth or cyst actually turned out to be a live worm; what was thought initially to be mere dust in the patient's eye was actually an insect's egg...]]></description>
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         <dc:date>2009-11-08T12:23:12Z</dc:date>
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         <title><![CDATA[The Urban Legends Slide Show - Giant Razorback Hog]]></title>
         <link>http://urbanlegends.about.com/library/bl_slideshow7a.htm</link>
         <description><![CDATA[A gallery of odd and arresting images - some real, some fake, some persistently enigmatic - as circulated via email]]></description>
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         <dc:date>2009-11-08T12:23:12Z</dc:date>
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         <title><![CDATA[The Hook]]></title>
         <link>http://urbanlegends.about.com/od/horrors/a/the_hook.htm</link>
         <description><![CDATA[The Hook: A teenager drove his date to Lovers' Lane for a make-out session before it was time to take her home. The place was very dark and deserted...]]></description>
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         <dc:date>2009-11-08T12:23:12Z</dc:date>
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         <title><![CDATA[MasterCard Wedding]]></title>
         <link>http://urbanlegends.about.com/od/sex/a/mastercard_wed.htm</link>
         <description><![CDATA[MasterCard Wedding: During a lavish wedding ceremony at Clemson University attended by 300 guests, the groom interrupts the proceedings to reveal a shocking secret about the bride and the best man]]></description>
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         <dc:date>2009-11-08T12:23:12Z</dc:date>
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         <title><![CDATA[ Brain Maggots / Sushi Worms]]></title>
         <link>http://urbanlegends.about.com/od/gross/ig/Gross-Pictures/Brain-Maggots---Sushi-Worms.htm</link>
         <description><![CDATA[A set of photos showing a man whose brain allegedly became infested with maggots (or 'worms') as a result of letting an ingrown hair go untreated (or eating sushi, depending on version).]]></description>
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         <dc:date>2009-11-08T12:23:12Z</dc:date>
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         <title><![CDATA[Drug Money (Photos) - Netlore Archive]]></title>
         <link>http://urbanlegends.about.com/library/bl_drug_money.htm</link>
         <description><![CDATA[Emailed photos show a huge cache of money totalling $207 million seized from Mexican drug dealers in 2007]]></description>
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         <dc:date>2009-11-08T12:23:12Z</dc:date>
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         <title><![CDATA[Niagara Falls Frozen Over in 1911 (Photos) - Netlore Archive]]></title>
         <link>http://urbanlegends.about.com/library/bl_niagara_falls_frozen.htm</link>
         <description><![CDATA[Emailed photos purportedly taken in 1911 offer postcard views of Niagara Falls completely frozen over]]></description>
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         <dc:subject>newsissues</dc:subject>
         <dc:date>2009-11-08T12:23:12Z</dc:date>
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         <title><![CDATA[The Boyfriend&#039;s Death]]></title>
         <link>http://urbanlegends.about.com/od/horrors/a/boyfriend_death.htm</link>
         <description><![CDATA[They picked the worst possible night to go necking on Lovers' Lane...]]></description>
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         <dc:subject>newsissues</dc:subject>
         <dc:date>2009-11-08T12:23:12Z</dc:date>
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         <title><![CDATA[ The Lion Cut]]></title>
         <link>http://urbanlegends.about.com/od/animalkingdom/ig/Crazy-Critters/The-Lion-Cut.htm</link>
         <description><![CDATA[This image captures the expression of 'one seriously pissed off cat' after its groomer misunderstood the owner's instructions and gave the poor beast a 'lion cut' instead of a 'line cut.']]></description>
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         <dc:subject>newsissues</dc:subject>
         <dc:date>2009-11-08T12:23:12Z</dc:date>
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         <title><![CDATA[The Urban Legends Slide Show - Snake Swallows Man (#3)]]></title>
         <link>http://urbanlegends.about.com/library/bl_slideshow5.htm</link>
         <description><![CDATA[A gallery of odd and arresting images - some real, some fake, some persistently enigmatic - as circulated via email]]></description>
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         <dc:date>2009-11-08T12:23:12Z</dc:date>
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         <title><![CDATA[The Urban Legends Slide Show - Snake Swallows Man (#2)]]></title>
         <link>http://urbanlegends.about.com/library/bl_slideshow4.htm</link>
         <description><![CDATA[A gallery of odd and arresting images - some real, some fake, some persistently enigmatic - as circulated via email]]></description>
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         <dc:subject>newsissues</dc:subject>
         <dc:date>2009-11-08T12:23:12Z</dc:date>
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         <title><![CDATA[ Camel Spiders]]></title>
         <link>http://urbanlegends.about.com/od/animalkingdom/ig/Crazy-Critters/Camel-Spiders.htm</link>
         <description><![CDATA[Taken by U.S. soldiers stationed in Iraq, this snapshot shows a pair of huge, scary-looking insects known as camel spiders.]]></description>
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         <dc:subject>newsissues</dc:subject>
         <dc:date>2009-11-08T12:23:12Z</dc:date>
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         <title><![CDATA[ Shark Attacks Helicopter]]></title>
         <link>http://urbanlegends.about.com/od/animalkingdom/ig/Crazy-Critters/Shark-Attacks-Helicopter.htm</link>
         <description><![CDATA[Is that a great white shark lunging out of the water to attack a scuba diver dangling from that helicopter rescue ladder?]]></description>
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         <dc:subject>newsissues</dc:subject>
         <dc:date>2009-11-08T12:23:12Z</dc:date>
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         <title><![CDATA[Vicks on Your Feet for Cough?]]></title>
         <link>http://urbanlegends.about.com/od/medical/a/vicks_for_cough.htm</link>
         <description><![CDATA[Forwarded email claims that coughing in children can be stopped '100% of the time' by applying Vicks Vaporub to the bottoms of their feet and covering them with socks at bedtime]]></description>
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         <dc:subject>newsissues</dc:subject>
         <dc:date>2009-11-08T12:23:12Z</dc:date>
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         <title><![CDATA[Juval Aviv Predictions]]></title>
         <link>http://urbanlegends.about.com/od/errata/a/juval_aviv.htm</link>
         <description><![CDATA[Emailed report citing predictions by security consultant Juval Aviv warns that multiple terrorist attacks will occur in U.S. cities 'within the next few months' and offers emergency preparedness advice.]]></description>
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         <dc:subject>newsissues</dc:subject>
         <dc:date>2009-11-08T12:23:12Z</dc:date>
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         <title><![CDATA[412-Pound Deer Killed (Photos) - Urban Legends]]></title>
         <link>http://urbanlegends.about.com/library/bl_412_pound_deer.htm</link>
         <description><![CDATA[Emailed photos allegedly show a 412-pound deer killed by a hunter in Clarion County, Pennsylvania (or in Nebraska, depending on version).]]></description>
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         <dc:subject>newsissues</dc:subject>
         <dc:date>2009-11-08T12:23:12Z</dc:date>
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         <title><![CDATA[ Man Eats Baby 2]]></title>
         <link>http://urbanlegends.about.com/od/gross/ig/Gross-Pictures/Man-Eats-Baby-2.htm</link>
         <description><![CDATA['Dear Guide: I received an email last week which was quite disturbing and, to say the least, disgusting. It is about dead babies that can be bought from hospitals in Taiwan for $70 to meet the high demand for grilled and barbequed babies!']]></description>
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         <dc:subject>newsissues</dc:subject>
         <dc:date>2009-11-08T12:23:12Z</dc:date>
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         <title><![CDATA[ World Record Grizzly Bear]]></title>
         <link>http://urbanlegends.about.com/od/animalkingdom/ig/Crazy-Critters/World-Record-Grizzly-Bear.htm</link>
         <description><![CDATA[These pictures are of a guy who works for the forest service in Alaska. He was out deer hunting. A large world record Griz charged him from about 50 yards away.]]></description>
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         <dc:subject>newsissues</dc:subject>
         <dc:date>2009-11-08T12:23:12Z</dc:date>
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         <title><![CDATA[The Urban Legends Slide Show - Snake vs. Electric Fence]]></title>
         <link>http://urbanlegends.about.com/library/bl_slideshow7b.htm</link>
         <description><![CDATA[A gallery of odd and arresting images - some real, some fake, some persistently enigmatic - as circulated via email]]></description>
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         <dc:subject>newsissues</dc:subject>
         <dc:date>2009-11-08T12:23:12Z</dc:date>
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         <title><![CDATA[ A Snake, Fishing]]></title>
         <link>http://urbanlegends.about.com/od/animalkingdom/ig/Crazy-Critters/A-Snake--Fishing.htm</link>
         <description><![CDATA[Emailed image shows a very large snake - evidently a python - pulling its prey - evidently a wallaby, though some have labeled it a 'cow' - out of a body of water in Western Australia.]]></description>
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         <dc:subject>newsissues</dc:subject>
         <dc:date>2009-11-08T12:23:12Z</dc:date>
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         <title><![CDATA[Boycott USPS &#039;Muslim Stamp&#039; (&#039;Muslim Holiday Stamp&#039;) - Urban Legends]]></title>
         <link>http://urbanlegends.about.com/library/bl-muslim-stamp.htm</link>
         <description><![CDATA[Email urges boycott of a Muslim holiday stamp (or so-called 'Christmas stamp' for Muslims), an actual U.S. postage stamp released in 2001 and re-issued annually to commemorate the Islamic holidays Eid al-Fitr and Eid al-Adha.]]></description>
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         <dc:date>2009-11-08T12:23:12Z</dc:date>
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         <title><![CDATA[Email: Asparagus Cures Cancer]]></title>
         <link>http://urbanlegends.about.com/od/medical/a/asparagus_cancer.htm</link>
         <description><![CDATA[Emailed article attributed to a biochemist offers medical case histories collected with the help of alleged cancer expert 'Richard R. Vensal, D.D.S.' purporting to prove that eating asparagus may prevent and/or cure cancer.]]></description>
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         <dc:date>2009-11-08T12:23:12Z</dc:date>
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         <title><![CDATA[Carson Williams&#039; Christmas House (Video) - Urban Legends]]></title>
         <link>http://urbanlegends.about.com/library/bl_christmas_lights.htm</link>
         <description><![CDATA[Viral video of Carson Williams' suburban house decorated with animated Christmas lights synchronized to 'Wizards of Winter' by the Trans-Siberian Orchestra.]]></description>
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         <dc:date>2009-11-08T12:23:12Z</dc:date>
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         <title><![CDATA[The Urban Legends Slide Show - Snowball, the Giant Mutant Cat]]></title>
         <link>http://urbanlegends.about.com/library/bl_slideshow8d.htm</link>
         <description><![CDATA[A gallery of odd and arresting images - some real, some fake, some persistently enigmatic - as circulated via email]]></description>
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         <dc:subject>newsissues</dc:subject>
         <dc:date>2009-11-08T12:23:12Z</dc:date>
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         <title><![CDATA[Can You Unlock Your Car Door with a Cell Phone? - Urban Legends]]></title>
         <link>http://urbanlegends.about.com/library/bl_unlock_door.htm</link>
         <description><![CDATA[Locked out of your automobile? According to this forwarded email, you can have someone transmit a signal from your spare remote key via cell phone and unlock your car door in a pinch.]]></description>
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         <dc:subject>newsissues</dc:subject>
         <dc:date>2009-11-08T12:23:12Z</dc:date>
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         <title><![CDATA[The Killer in the Backseat]]></title>
         <link>http://urbanlegends.about.com/od/horrors/a/killer_backseat.htm</link>
         <description><![CDATA[Drivers beware - that person following you on the highway may actually be trying to save your life!]]></description>
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         <dc:subject>newsissues</dc:subject>
         <dc:date>2009-11-08T12:23:12Z</dc:date>
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         <title><![CDATA[The Urban Legends Slide Show - Hurricane Lili - Triple Waterspout]]></title>
         <link>http://urbanlegends.about.com/library/bl_slideshow8c.htm</link>
         <description><![CDATA[A gallery of odd and arresting images - some real, some fake, some persistently enigmatic - as circulated via email]]></description>
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         <dc:subject>newsissues</dc:subject>
         <dc:date>2009-11-08T12:23:12Z</dc:date>
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         <title><![CDATA[Barack Obama Antichrist]]></title>
         <link>http://urbanlegends.about.com/od/barackobama/a/obamaantichrist.htm</link>
         <description><![CDATA[Email rumor claims charismatic U.S. presidential candidate Barack Obama is the Antichrist prophesied in the New Testament.]]></description>
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         <dc:subject>newsissues</dc:subject>
         <dc:date>2009-11-08T12:23:12Z</dc:date>
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         <title><![CDATA[ 412-Pound Deer]]></title>
         <link>http://urbanlegends.about.com/od/animalkingdom/ig/Crazy-Critters/412-Pound-Deer.--05.htm</link>
         <description><![CDATA[Emailed photo allegedly shows a 412-pound deer killed by a hunter in Clarion County, Pennsylvania - or in Nebraska, depending on version]]></description>
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         <dc:subject>newsissues</dc:subject>
         <dc:date>2009-11-08T12:23:12Z</dc:date>
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         <title><![CDATA[Bottled Water Safety Alert]]></title>
         <link>http://urbanlegends.about.com/od/medical/a/bottled-water.htm</link>
         <description><![CDATA[Bottled water cancer danger? Forwarded email warns women not to drink bottled water that has been left in a car because the heat supposedly releases cancer-causing toxins which 'leak' from the plastic into the water.]]></description>
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         <dc:subject>newsissues</dc:subject>
         <dc:date>2009-11-08T12:23:12Z</dc:date>
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         <title><![CDATA[The Urban Legends Slide Show - The Lion Cut (#1)]]></title>
         <link>http://urbanlegends.about.com/library/bl_slideshow8a.htm</link>
         <description><![CDATA[A gallery of odd and arresting images - some real, some fake, some persistently enigmatic - as circulated via email]]></description>
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         <dc:subject>newsissues</dc:subject>
         <dc:date>2009-11-08T12:23:12Z</dc:date>
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         <title><![CDATA[The Urban Legends Slide Show - Tsunami Strikes Thailand]]></title>
         <link>http://urbanlegends.about.com/library/bl_slideshow21.htm</link>
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         <title><![CDATA[ Brain Maggots / Sushi Worms 2]]></title>
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         <title><![CDATA[Satellite Photos of Columbia Space Shuttle Explosion - Urban Legends]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[Are dramatic photographs allegedly taken by an Israeli satellite of the Columbia Space Shuttle explosion real?]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA[ Queen and Scottish Soldiers]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[Emailed image shows Queen Elizabeth of England sitting amidst a group of kilt-wearing Scottish soldiers, one of whom reveals a wee bit too much of his manhood.]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA[Obama on the Phone (Photo) - Urban Legends]]></title>
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         <title><![CDATA[The Urban Legends Slide Show - The Lion Cut (#2)]]></title>
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         <title><![CDATA[ Sneaky Shark]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[His parents, posing in their scuba gear for an underwater picture, couldn't understand why he suddenly panicked and swam frantically to the suface ... but not before taking the vacation snapshot of a lifetime.]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA[Polar Bear Attack (Photos) - Urban Legends]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[Emailed photos graphically document injuries sustained by the survivor of a polar bear attack in the Yukon.]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA[ Monster Crocodile]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[Emailed photo of a gigantic crocodile fished from the sea in the port of Pointe-Noire, Republic of the Congo.]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA[McDonald&#039;s Importing Beef?]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[An email call to boycott McDonald's restaurants on the grounds that the company plans to import beef from South America.]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA[ Dead Wife Coffee Table]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[According to this forwarded email, Arizona resident Jeff Green preserved the body of his dead wife Lucy in a specially-built glass coffee table, which is on display in his living room.]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA[The Urban Legends Slide Show - The 9/11 Tourist Guy (#1)]]></title>
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         <title><![CDATA[The Urban Legends Slide Show - World&#039;s Highest Bridge]]></title>
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         <title><![CDATA[The Urban Legends Slide Show - Tiger Nurses Piglets (#1)]]></title>
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         <title><![CDATA[Giant Razorback Hog (800 lbs., 8 Feet Long) - Netlore Archive]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[Emailed photo shows a hunter posing beside a dead razorback hog purportedly measuring 8 feet in length and weighing 800 lbs.]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA[The 9-11 Tourist Guy (Accidental Tourist) - Urban Legends]]></title>
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         <title><![CDATA[Bill Cosby&#039;s Pres. Platform]]></title>
         <link>http://urbanlegends.about.com/od/billcosby/a/cosby_write_in.htm</link>
         <description><![CDATA[Circulating online, a 'presidential platform' attributed to 'write-in candidate' Bill Cosby. He had nothing to do with it.]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA[ Giant Catfish]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[Emailed photo of a huge catfish supposedly caught in Lake Texoma, Texas.]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA[The Urban Legends Slide Show - Moose on a Wire]]></title>
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         <title><![CDATA[The Urban Legends Slide Show - Johnnie Cochran&#039;s Headstone]]></title>
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         <title><![CDATA[The Urban Legends Slide Show - The 9/11 Tourist Guy (#2)]]></title>
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         <title><![CDATA[ Catfish Eats Basketball]]></title>
         <link>http://urbanlegends.about.com/od/animalkingdom/ig/Crazy-Critters/Catfish-Eats-Basketball.htm</link>
         <description><![CDATA[Emailed photos show a flathead catfish with a child's basketball stuck in its mouth.]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA[ Dead Frog in Can of Peas 1]]></title>
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         <title><![CDATA[The Urban Legends Slide Show - Black and White Twins]]></title>
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         <title><![CDATA[ Deer on a Pole]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[This emailed photo allegedly documents the discovery of a dead deer high atop a power pole in a remote area of Baltimore - or Winnipeg, Manitoba, depending on version.]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA[The Urban Legends Slide Show - The 9/11 Tourist Guy (#5)]]></title>
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         <title><![CDATA[Black and White Twins (Photos) - Urban Legends]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[Emailed images show a pair of twin sisters - one black, the other white - born to a British couple who both had mixed-race parents.]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA[Sir Thomas Crapper]]></title>
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         <title><![CDATA[ Brown Recluse Spider Bite 1]]></title>
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         <title><![CDATA[The Urban Legends Slide Show - The 9/11 Tourist Guy (#4)]]></title>
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         <title><![CDATA[The Urban Legends Slide Show - The 9/11 Tourist Guy (#3)]]></title>
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         <title><![CDATA[809 Area Code Scam - Urban Legends]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[809 Area Code Scam - Email alerts circulating since 1996 warn consumers not to comply with telephone, pager, or email requests to dial phone numbers beginning with the area codes 809, 284, or 876.]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA[Buried Alive!]]></title>
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