New Urban LegendsRecent additions to the Urban Legends Reference Pages at snopes.comThe Most Beautiful Girl- June 30, 2008 Photographs show the winner of Thailand's Miss Transvestite contesthttp://www.snopes.com/photos/people/beauty.asp Forty Years- June 29, 2008 Robert F. Kennedy's "prediction" about a black man's becoming President of the U.S.http://www.snopes.com/politics/obama/kennedy.asp George Carlin on Aging- June 27, 2008 The death of comedian George Carlin has prompted a resurgence of interest in the "George Carlin on Aging" piece. But did he really write ithttp://www.snopes.com/glurge/aging.asp Lost Fortunes- June 26, 2008 Tales of inadequately safeguarded winning lottery tickets lost.http://www.snopes.com/luck/pocketed.asp Amazing Catch- June 25, 2008 Video purportedly shows a ball girl making an amazing catch at a minor league baseball game.http://www.snopes.com/photos/advertisements/ballgirl.asp Sorry, Wrong Number- June 24, 2008 After being tricked into believing he's won the lottery, a man makes startling admissions prior to walking out on those closest to him.http://www.snopes.com/luck/walkout.asp Later Gator- June 23, 2008 Alligator captured in the Chicago River! Was it really the firsthttp://www.snopes.com/media/notnews/chicagogator.asp Narrow Interview- June 22, 2008 Did an ABC News report deliberately slant the presidential candidate preferences expressed by U.S. soldiers in Iraqhttp://www.snopes.com/politics/war/raddatz.asp 57 States- June 20, 2008 Did Barack Obama say that he had visited 'fifty-seven states'http://www.snopes.com/politics/obama/57states.asp Native Son- June 19, 2008 Does Barack Obama not qualify as a natural-born citizen of the U.S. because his mother was too younghttp://www.snopes.com/politics/obama/citizen.asp |