Thursday, March 20, 2008

Man + animal: Eat, pray, love

A) Woman, 66, nabs chicken store robber
B) Town unveils life-size statue of hero terrier
C) Couple wear sweaters from dead dogs' fur

B) is fake.

An elderly woman wrestled a would-be KFC robber to the ground in Washington (A), and a British couple conjured up a really creepy way of remembering their deceased pets (C).
See which headline is fake.

Wednesday, March 19, 2008

Personal matters

A) Denied exit, child uses lunch box as toilet
B) Stripper-turned-mayor keeps on dancing
C) Divorcing man selling 'whole life' on eBay

B) is fake.

An Orlando teacher refused to allow a student to leave the room, and suffered the sad consequences (A), and a heartbroken Australian man is hoping for a fresh start by selling all his worldly possessions (C).
See which headline is fake.

Tuesday, March 18, 2008

Gone with the wind (special all-video edition)

A) Horse tries to outrun tornado in Atlanta *Video*
B) Wind crumples building's roof like paper *Video*
C) Flamingos free after storm wrecks cage *Video*

C) is fake.
Caught on tape, however: A horse breaking from its carriage to try to escape Georgia storms (A) and a large roof pulling free from a building in Texas (B).
See which headline is fake.

Monday, March 17, 2008

First, take off your clothes

A) Family fills pool with orange juice
B) Potty school really gets 'em going
C) Naked man runs amok in grocery store

A) is fake.
Several hospitals around the country are offering toilet training classes (B) for recalcitrant tots. A drunk, naked Pennsylvania man went wild with a forklift in a grocery store (C). (Helpful second headline: "He wasn't wearing clothes.")
See which headline is fake.

Friday, March 14, 2008

Lessons in excess

A) Hundreds of cats found; woman arrested
B) 450-pound man barred from marathon
C) Girl's fiancé, 22, deemed too old for prom

B) is fake.
A ranch near Pittsburgh was discovered with way too many sick cats (A), and an Illinois high school junior has a fiance with way too many birthdays (C).
See which headline is fake.

Thursday, March 13, 2008

Mistakes were made

A) Obit writer charged with murder
B) Could John Ritter have been saved?
C) Go-cart scalps woman during birthday party

A) is fake.
John Ritter (B) could still be with us now, according to lawyers. A 9-year-old's birthday went horribly wrong (C) for one mom, though at least she lived to tell the tale.
See which headline is fake.

Wednesday, March 12, 2008

Animal planet

A) Toddler and puppy wander 80 miles from home
B) Town putting $5 bounty on stray cats
C) Dolphin rescues stranded whales

A) is fake.
An Iowa town is considering a kitty bounty (B). A New Zealand bottlenose (C) herded two pygmy sperm whales around a dangerous sandbar and out to sea. (Phew!)
See which headline is fake.