| 单词 | urban legend |
| 例句 | Phony rules, which proliferate like urban legends and are just as hard to eradicate, are responsible for vast amounts of ham-fisted copyediting and smarty-pants one-upmanship. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z Sure, I hung out around Red Witch Bridge in the middle of the night, but that was in the cover of the trees with an urban legend and a baseball bat as weapons. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z There are gay people in Clover City, I’m sure, but the ones I’ve heard of have been treated as urban legends or cautionary tales. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z It was a cheap hotel, the kind where you always are thinking about urban legends. Feed 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z “There’s an urban legend about that scoreboard, you know.” Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z Pilshchykov is the man behind the urban legend of the Ghost of Kyiv, an ace pilot alleged to have shot down six planes within the first 30 hours of the war. Sean Penn's "Superpower" renews Zelenskyy's relationship with Hollywood to sell the politics of war 2023-09-19T04:00:00Z "It's just become this silly urban legend that I just have to laugh at," the comedian said. Dave Coulier of 'Full House' engaged to Melissa Bring 2014-06-11T04:00:00Z The group show at Epicure Cafe is titled “Divine,” but the group that organized it is the Bunnyman Bridge Collective, named for an urban legend about a bunny-suited killer. In the galleries: Photos that take twists and turns at Civilian Art Projects 2015-01-22T05:00:00Z Some very short vignettes even approximate our own urban legends or items from “News of the Weird.” Review | The perfect book to help celebrate the Chinese New Year 2019-01-29T05:00:00Z It is a neat example of the persistence of food-related urban legends. Why do people hate vegans? 2019-10-25T04:00:00Z The killings have produced urban legends about the song and left Filipinos groping for answers. 2010-02-07T10:21:00Z The two office workers' encounter with the boa recalls urban legends of snakes in sewer systems. Rainbow boa causes panic by slithering out of toilet at San Diego office 2015-01-08T05:00:00Z The phenomenon proved to be an urban legend, but the panic was real. Sex, lies and teenage girls 2013-03-11T11:00:01Z Unsurprisingly, the world of fundamentalist Christians is absolutely crawling with conspiracy theories, urban legends, and just plain bizarre beliefs about how the world works. 10 weirdest right-wing Christian conspiracy theories 2013-09-05T17:28:00Z I can’t believe her publisher let her commit libel against that department store with the cookie recipe overcharge urban legend that’s been floating around fir over a hundred years. The Simple Lemon Cake That Helped Create a Legend 2018-03-30T04:00:00Z Actually, the bra-burning urban legend can be traced to a young female reporter at the New York Post. No bras were harmed in the making of feminism (sort of) 2014-04-18T21:35:00Z The television news reporter’s story is the stuff of urban legend: she achieved notoriety in 1974 after shocking the world by taking her own life live on air. Sundance 2016: six things we learned from the film festival 2016-02-01T05:00:00Z But neither he nor Mr. Sheidlower is confident that scholarly research will dispel the urban legends that cling to expressions like “the whole nine yards.” ‘The Whole Nine Yards’: Seeking a Phrase’s Origin 2012-12-26T22:43:52Z From then on, Mr. Young grew into something of an urban legend, a local celebrity, a frequent interview subject and an art-world star. Purvis Young, a Self-Taught Artist, Dies at 67 2010-04-24T04:23:00Z Sisson’s work focuses on fictional depictions of abortion, not on urban legends, but from that she has picked up on a lot of common misconceptions about abortion that can distort how people understand the issue. Baby born clutching IUD? Free abortion vacations? Nope — but such urban legends are very useful to the right 2017-05-08T04:00:00Z The terrarium of live baby alligators for sale suggested that New York’s urban legend might need an update. To Campuses Without a Compass 2014-05-15T04:00:00Z In the solo play "The K of D, an urban legend" which begins previews tonight at Seattle Repertory Theatre, Friedman portrays a panorama of 16 residents of a spooky, possibly haunted Ohio hamlet. Local actress puts small-town roots to work in Seattle Rep role 2011-01-13T21:10:04Z Shot in 2018 and inspired by a mischievous urban legend, “Shoplifters” is a Smithstopia of song titles, lyric fragments and scraps of band interviews that infest the movie’s dialogue and production design. ‘Shoplifters of the World’ Review: Breaking Up Is Hard to Do 2021-03-25T04:00:00Z “Murder House,” “Asylum,” “Coven,” “Freak Show,” “Hotel” and “Roanoke” are witty, grotesque expansions of horror Americana with a healthy dose of urban legend tossed in for good measure. Bring on the witching hours: “AHS: Apocalypse” and the sisterhood that will save us 2018-10-30T04:00:00Z They are aware that tales of snakes concealed in computer hard drives, scythes in backpacks, bricks of weed festooned in Christmas wrapping, replica rifle umbrellas and sword canes are more than urban legend. The T.S.A. Is Without a Public Face 2019-01-03T05:00:00Z But correction of the apparent urban legend about the Packard sign was published late last year; Plagens' book was probably on its way to the printer. What is an artist? Peter Plagens' 'Bruce Nauman' illuminates 2014-06-07T04:00:00Z In the early days of email we forwarded anything, no matter how incredible, breathing life into untold urban legends, from the HIV-tipped syringes hiding everywhere to Bill Gates’ never-ending Beta-testing email forwards. Dealing in uncertainty, the essay may be the perfect form for our time 2016-07-28T04:00:00Z Quitting is an incredibly difficult feat; urban legend tells us that it takes most people an average of seven attempts to quit successfully. Nobody likes a quitter 2012-12-30T01:00:00Z This is more of a testament to how easy it is to get lost in the wilderness than it is to any supernatural conspiracies, as some urban legends suggest. The 16 most dangerous national parks in the U.S. 2022-01-22T05:00:00Z People who believe in these also believe in New Age dogmas, urban legends and all sorts of slightly unorthodox ideas, Brotherton explains. Conspiracy craze: why 12 million Americans believe alien lizards rule us 2016-04-07T04:00:00Z But unlike many of those films, this one isn’t borrowing from urban legends or famous ghost stories — it’s drawing on verifiable atrocities committed against Latina women. ‘Madres’ and ‘The Manor’ Review: Maligned Women Uncover the Truth 2021-10-07T04:00:00Z Although the stories are modest in scale and tread familiar horror territory, they were for me a terrific cinematic introduction to Nigerian urban legends and folklore. Five Horror Movies to Stream Now 2022-11-11T05:00:00Z All the social change in the 1970s fed the creation of urban legends, argues sociologist Jefferey S. Victor. When Halloween became America’s most dangerous holiday 2019-10-26T04:00:00Z Its tracing of a spooky urban legend to the far more frightening abuses and iniquities of slavery in America hits hard in the age of Black Lives Matter. Streaming: great horror films with a political undercurrent 2020-08-22T04:00:00Z Less harsh than “4, 3, 2” — almost nostalgic in some of its moments — “Tales” is a collection of “urban legends” from the Ceausescu dictatorship. Film: Don?t Think of It as Another Film Festival, Think of It as a Sampler 2010-02-19T04:54:00Z It's an urban legend that the truth-seeking site Snopes.com traced to a 1989 splash in the British press about a Turkish man who claimed his kidney was stolen. 'The Red Market:' Scott Carney's expos? of the worldwide traffic in blood and body parts 2011-06-29T23:02:12Z Another urban legend floating around: You shouldn’t run your disposal while the dishwasher is operating. Six common mistakes you make when operating your garbage disposal 2016-11-15T05:00:00Z Then she learns of an urban legend warning that players die for real when they die 13 times on the unbeatable 13th level. Young Adult Dystopian Fiction That Feels Pretty Real 2020-09-19T04:00:00Z Tales of hijinks in the men’s locker room became the stuff of gay urban legend. The Man Who Made Working Out Cool 2011-04-27T23:27:25Z So how did this idea, which is largely an urban legend, start? Razor blades and weed edibles: Behind the enduring Halloween "candy poisoning" urban legends 2021-10-23T04:00:00Z However, as Snopes long ago revealed, there is no truth to this urban legend. 10 Things You Probably Didn’t Know About Walt Disney 2013-10-16T09:45:05Z While bestiality is often harmful to animals, it need not be: There’s an urban legend that comes to mind involving a woman, a dog, peanut butter and a surprise party. Same-sex marriage: They’ll just never get it 2013-03-10T13:01:00Z For example, urban legends about razor blades in apples in the 1970s reflected cultural anxieties about loss of community and fear of strangers. Why has Halloween become so popular among adults? 2018-10-30T04:00:00Z Like a juicy urban legend, you can either believe that or not, although a series-ending statement from a legal department makes the truth plain. With "Swarm," two "Atlanta" collaborators kick the beehive of toxic fandom 2023-03-17T04:00:00Z “I feel like horror will be it, maybe urban legends. Really any genre could be what comes next.” From ‘Fifty Shades’ to ‘After’: Why publishers want fan fiction to go mainstream Two enticing popular genres meet in the Laura Schellhardt play "The K of D, an urban legend" at Seattle Repertory Theatre. Review: Rep's 'The K of D' is stronger on acting and atmosphere, than on spooky suspense or small-town reality 2011-01-22T01:06:04Z Like the villain in the final reel of a slasher movie, the urban legends that surround Halloween refuse to die – in fact, social media seems to have given them a new lease of life. Halloween myths and urban legends that just won't die 2017-10-31T04:00:00Z But as Sisson noted, the more subtle idea “that abortion leads to depression or adverse psychological outcomes, that a lot of women are regretting their abortions” is widespread in pop culture and urban legends. Baby born clutching IUD? Free abortion vacations? Nope — but such urban legends are very useful to the right 2017-05-08T04:00:00Z One urban legend has Al Kooper sneaking onto the organ during the first takes of “Like A Rolling Stone, ”and Dylan battling yet again with Tom Wilson to let him keep playing. Bob Dylan’s “electric trilogy” masterpieces: I played all 18 discs and 357 tracks. Here’s why you should 2015-11-04T05:00:00Z The most pervasive forms of local advertising often feel like this—like nursery rhymes or urban legends, or something implanted in your most tender consciousness by a social version of natural law. Stepping Into the Uncanny, Unsettling World of Shen Yun 2019-03-19T04:00:00Z She is often said to spin urban legends or fairy tales; her writing, while clear, is full of nameless currents, hidden transactions between pleasure and terror. Carmen Maria Machado’s Many Haunted Stories of a Toxic Relationship 2019-10-31T04:00:00Z Human Organs It used to be considered an urban legend, but yes, there is a robust black market for human organs which often involves violence. 6 things money shouldn’t be able to buy 2012-12-11T15:49:00Z I’ve heard the tapas of black rice, chorizo, squid, shrimp and Iberico broth and the crispy pig snout are to die for but sold out so often that I think it’s all an urban legend. Where to go for dining and drinks in Portland? It’s rocking across the Willamette 2017-03-02T05:00:00Z The unlikely way the book came to him has the whiff of an urban legend, and will probably further stir the creative ambitions of artistically inclined servers around the city. Waitress Is One of Many New Writers With Big Book Deals 2014-10-31T04:00:00Z "It's just become this silly urban legend that I just have to laugh at," the comedian added. Alanis Morissette song about Dave Coulier? He says Cut. It. Out. 2014-06-05T04:00:00Z And these urban legends peddled in real time as fact resonate widely with different audiences. Bad Santa: Why we want to believe in the goodness of fake holiday news stories 2016-12-17T05:00:00Z We learn of the activities of the Tracking and Pursuit Department, which monitors unusual crimes, investigates urban legends and makes predictions about future attacks. In ‘Frankenstein in Baghdad,’ a Fantastical Manifestation of War’s Cruelties 2018-01-22T05:00:00Z Many attempts have been made to prove she was a genuine historical figure, but author, genealogist and historian Sean Murphy is convinced Molly is merely an ever-evolving urban legend. Tart with a cart? Older song shows Dublin's Molly Malone in new light 2010-07-18T16:48:00Z But, plenty of folks believe in the Chatham County urban legend, which suggests the strange vegetation-free ground is due to the devil pacing around in a circle. 'Haunted forests' in North America that you can visit in time for Halloween 2021-10-05T04:00:00Z Far beyond the awe-inspiring evidence of his films, urban legends abound on the subject of Keaton’s ability to make a good landing. The silent-era film stars who risked life and limb doing their own film stunts 2015-09-07T04:00:00Z The urban legend took root in 1969, following the release of the Beatles’ Abbey Road. Why fans think Avril Lavigne died and was replaced by a clone called Melissa 2017-05-15T04:00:00Z At its heart is the on-camera testimony of Frédéric Bourdin, a damaged pathological liar and serial impersonator who "always wanted to be someone else" and whose exploits have become the stuff of urban legend. Mark Kermode's DVD round-up 2013-01-06T00:08:07Z Nevertheless, it remains a powerful conspiracy theory and persistent urban legend. Perspective | ‘Snowfall’ is compelling and believable — which is why it could use a disclaimer 2017-07-03T04:00:00Z Even Mr. Goldberg’s knowledge of viciously anti-Semitic urban legends comes into play, and the book raises the myth of a Jewish girl arrested in Moscow in 1944 and accused of baking Christian blood into matzos. Review: ‘The Yid,’ Paul Goldberg’s First Novel, Taunts Stalin 2016-01-20T05:00:00Z I combined that with the claustrophobia of a hospital and my favorite urban legends from the 1990s. In comedy-thriller "12 Hour Shift," blood and chaos reigns as a murderer terrorizes a hospital 2020-05-06T04:00:00Z Finding your stuff is almost a relief, because it plays on these urban legends, but there is something very original about them as well. Interview with Drew Daywalt: Horror's great Internet age begins 2011-04-14T14:14:00Z The film itself couples the creep factor of a horror movie with the shiver-worthy reality that sometimes urban legends are more than just that. 15 of the Most Fascinating True Crime Stories Ever Told 2016-01-05T05:00:00Z Dark Haul The creepy urban legend of the Jersey Devil inspired this low-budget 2014 chiller. Saturday's TV Highlights: 'Doctor Who' on BBC America 2014-10-03T04:00:00Z Was Mr. Rand, who is still in prison, really guilty, or simply a convenient receptacle for the ingrained terrors of a powerful urban legend? | 'Cropsey': Joshua Zeman and Barbara Broncaccio Look at Kidnappings 2010-06-04T02:02:00Z The so-called Turner Doomsday Video was a bit of an urban legend for decades until earlier this year when Jalopnik published the video, which it had obtained from CNN's internal archives. John Oliver gives us the doomsday video we've been waiting for 2015-04-20T04:00:00Z Ray's story about him swearing is an urban legend. How we made You Really Got Me 2013-06-10T17:59:01Z Look no further than Snopes.com for handy examples submitted by readers of the website that collects and debunks urban legends, folklore, myths, rumors and misinformation. 6 geezers laying? Holidays bring on song botches 2013-12-11T14:48:03Z Yet think of campfire ghost stories and urban legends such as the Hook, as well as innumerable teen horror flicks. Michael Dirda on horror and specialty presses The claim is sometimes that the Chinese eat “fetus soup” as an aphrodisiac, because concern that other people are enjoying sex too much is always part and parcel of any anti-choice urban legend. 10 weirdest right-wing Christian conspiracy theories 2013-09-05T17:28:00Z I started looking around trying to find the guy, there were all of these urban legends,” he recalls. Artist tattoos, 'Teen Angels' and writers in performance: 8 things to see at the 2017 L.A. Art Book Fair 2017-02-21T05:00:00Z There is a variety of urban legends that involve standing in a dark bathroom, looking into a mirror and chanting a name multiple times. Burger King's Halloween stunt in Sweden has Ronald McDonald-like clown creepily appearing in bathroom mirror 2020-10-27T04:00:00Z The significance of the April 20 date is unclear and shrouded in urban legend. Pastors reach out on pot-lover’s highest holiday — 420 2014-04-18T23:11:24Z Sadly, however, her life ended with suicide after she was persecuted by anti-choice activists — unless you believe the urban legends about her escape. "Patients would come 9 or 10 times": What we can learn from the first time abortion was banned 2023-02-28T05:00:00Z It’s a standard show of its kind, relating urban legends, conspiracy theories and sensational more-or-less-true stories with the help of cheap special effects and hilariously cheesy re-creations. Television Review: ?Dark Matters? on Science Channel, With John Noble ? Review 2011-08-30T21:55:39Z Rudin’s misbehavior has been an open secret in the entertainment industry for years, usually couched in terms of temperament, creative genius and can-you-believe-this urban legend. Perspective | Scott Rudin’s bad behavior was just another Hollywood cliche until a new generation said time’s up 2021-04-18T04:00:00Z Monsters, urban legends and local folklore are generally accepted to be fiction – stories made up to frighten and fascinate or as a warning for children. "It's blood memory": Jurnee Smollett on how the horrors in "Lovecraft Country" are felt in real life 2020-09-06T04:00:00Z Sociologist Joel Best at the University of Delaware, who led the study, called it an “urban legend.” When Halloween became America’s most dangerous holiday 2019-10-26T04:00:00Z There’s an urban legend that my real name isn’t Creflo Dollar but Michael Smith. My search for Creflo Dollar 2013-01-06T23:00:00Z Benjamin Radford, whose books on urban legends and the paranormal include the recent Bad Clown, explains how the lack of forensic evidence is less about stealthy criminal clowns than overactive imaginations. Don’t fear the creeper: Those weird clowns are just a social delusion 2016-10-09T04:00:00Z Jean-Bruno Renard, a French sociologist specializing in urban legends, said that such stories allow tourists to imagine the city while exploring the physical surroundings. On the Trail of Ghosts in Paris 2010-03-21T11:00:00Z There are other apartment sitters in the building, but when they start to disappear, Jules wonders if there’s any truth to the urban legends about her new home. Damsels in Distress — or Causing It 2019-08-02T04:00:00Z Van Gelder was secretive about how he achieved his sound; over the years that secrecy has become the audio equivalent of urban legend, with stories circulating that mingle fact and fiction. Plotting the Future of the Most Storied Studio in Jazz 2022-07-19T04:00:00Z Also, through its countless wades into the rich murk of urban legend, myth and magical lore "Supernatural" portrays a version of justice that's more reflective of reality. How "Supernatural" reflects the American spirit and the monstrous darkness lurking underneath 2020-11-20T05:00:00Z Some believe that’s how it happened; others think it’s an urban legend. In the Wild Tale of ‘Cocaine Bear,’ an Apex Predator Is the True Star 2023-02-24T05:00:00Z Sharing creepy stories and urban legends on social media is perhaps a modern take on the age-old practice of telling unattributable ghost stories around a campfire or at bedtime. Halloween myths and urban legends that just won't die 2017-10-31T04:00:00Z Like any urban legend or media sensation, the alleged "curse of the pharaohs" grew to epic proportions over the years. 9 Victims of King Tut's Curse (And One Who Should Have Been) 2021-11-26T05:00:00Z The 1990s brought a surge in popularity for karaoke, which means "empty orchestra" in Japanese, not "tone-deaf" as urban legends say. Karaoke industry may be facing the music 2010-04-06T04:00:00Z Drawing inspiration from underground videos and urban legends, Mr. Korine builds an increasingly troubling atmosphere of decay and deviance. | 'Trash Humpers': Harmony Korine?s Geriatric Delinquents 2010-05-07T00:19:00Z That urban legend, the “I don’t even own a television” guy, was real and in abundance at parties. What I Learned Watching 16 Years of Television for TIME 2015-08-14T04:00:00Z But except for its identification of actual police officers, “Stonewall” doesn’t bother to distinguish among facts, fiction and urban legend. For ‘Stonewall,’ an Indiana-Born Avatar 2015-09-24T04:00:00Z There’s an urban legend that I’m stealing from my parishioners. My search for Creflo Dollar 2013-01-06T23:00:00Z They have that very "urban legend with a twist" feel, like you think you know where this is going, but then suddenly it veers left. Interview with Drew Daywalt: Horror's great Internet age begins 2011-04-14T14:14:00Z These are just a sampling of the stories you’ll hear in hushed, can-you-believe-it tones in Christian right circles, where the urban legend is a primary form of communication. 10 weirdest right-wing Christian conspiracy theories 2013-09-05T17:28:00Z Evangelical culture is full of these quasi-beliefs, from creationism to urban legends about everyday encounters with angels. Mike Johnson's Satanic panic: How evangelical delusions trained Republicans to love Trump's lies 2023-10-31T04:00:00Z As hard as it might be to believe, the legendary story about the building is just a coincidence — an urban legend that Naidorf has tried to debunk for decades. The architect of L.A.'s iconic Capitol Records building sets the record straight — again — on that needle 2023-09-21T04:00:00Z Chinese food and groceries are so rare on the Westside that it’s become something of an urban legend. A Chinese grocery store opening in West Los Angeles represents a cultural shift 2023-09-02T04:00:00Z It is unclear where the spider-swallowing story originated, but the myth is so embedded it has morphed into the stuff of urban legend, Dr Wilkinson says. Do people really swallow spiders in their sleep? 2023-08-05T04:00:00Z The case may stoke memories of the McDonald’s coffee lawsuit of the 1990s, which became an urban legend of sorts about seemingly frivolous lawsuits, even though a jury and judge had found it anything but. Jury awards Florida girl burned by McDonald’s Chicken McNugget $800,000 in damages 2023-07-20T04:00:00Z On the other side, there's urban legend paranoia of waking up from a party in a bathtub full of ice cubes and one kidney short. How dead is "dead enough"? 2023-07-14T04:00:00Z Every day, conservative social media is awash in urban legends, conspiracy theories, and images/texts that are clearly fake. Fake "liberal" Twitter account exposed: We should worry less about AI, more about human stupidity 2023-07-06T04:00:00Z "Everyone's heard about powerful cyber tools which can turn mobile phones into spying devices but I thought of this as a kind of urban legend that happens to someone else, somewhere else." Why is it so rare to hear about Western cyber-attacks? 2023-06-22T04:00:00Z Officially the last known Tasmanian tiger, or thylacine, died in 1936, but the species' potential survival has become an urban legend. Science News Briefs from around the World: July/August 2023 2023-06-18T04:00:00Z Macabre master Blumhouse Television is involved in bringing this meaty urban legend to the screen. The 14 TV shows we're most excited for this summer 2023-05-11T04:00:00Z With a population of 7,000 and more than 1,500 registered pools, there is one for every five residents, although in urban legend that amount has multiplied. Spain's swimming pools feel the heat as water supplies dwindle 2023-05-10T04:00:00Z The claims were more urban legend than fact, but the member said Teixeira told him he had searched government records and found no mention of the plane. Leak raises fresh questions about Pentagon’s internal security 2023-04-14T04:00:00Z The twist at OU is the urban legend that tuition includes a “squirrel tax”: a secret charge to fund stocking the campus with squirrels and keeping them fed. Perspective | An Oklahoma squirrel takes top honors in this year’s photo contest 2023-04-12T04:00:00Z A league investigation didn’t lead anywhere, and you figured the altercation would go down as one of a handful of NBA urban legends with little significance beyond perpetuating the sport’s reputation for drama. Perspective | Ja Morant turned himself into an icon. It’s time to act like one. 2023-03-02T05:00:00Z Sightings like Sunday’s help keep the urban legend alive, but experts throw cold water on the sewer theory. Cold-blooded: Abandoned alligator rescued from Brooklyn lake 2023-02-20T05:00:00Z Teens shivered at — but were not deterred by — the urban legend of the Hook, a murderous maniac on the loose, armed with a hook instead of a right hand. For lovers of true crime, gruesome tales of L.A. lovers’ lanes 2023-02-14T05:00:00Z A few years later, when the house story became somewhat of an urban legend, he backtracked and said he’d lived about 15 minutes away. Newly acquired Jaycob Megna makes his Kraken debut 2023-02-07T05:00:00Z Simultaneously, a new urban legend began to circulate among worried parents: that their children were getting more sick, more frequently, than they were pre-pandemic. We asked experts whether kids are really getting more sick, more often 2023-01-17T05:00:00Z “Like they say, those urban legends or whatever.” A Bronx priest left a towering legacy, $7 million … and a son 2022-12-26T05:00:00Z More than a decade ago, a mountain lion roaming Griffith Park seemed like an urban legend to biologist Miguel Ordeñana, who himself grew up around Griffith Park. Dispute rises over what to do with P-22's remains as Indigenous people fight for Griffith Park burial 2022-12-23T05:00:00Z “But when that Republican message then continues to veer into urban legends of litter boxes for children who identify as ‘furries,’ people start to doubt whether or not that person lives in the real world.” Extreme Candidates and Positions Came Back to Bite in Midterms 2022-11-14T05:00:00Z This urban legend is rooted in the same bigoted rhetoric that is being leveraged against drag performers and trans kids. Proud Boys protests over drag performers are turning violent — and now they're targeting kids 2022-10-26T04:00:00Z In his popular anthropology classes at the University of Nebraska, he impressed upon his students the deeper truths lying within tall tales, urban legends and family lore. Roger Welsch, ‘America’s Premier Storyteller,’ Dies at 85 2022-10-20T04:00:00Z About the hats, the ones with “Diesel” written above the brim and featuring a fuel-pump handle with a drop of fuel, there’s a little urban legend quality to them. Air Force’s high-powered ground game runs on ‘Diesel’ 2022-09-30T04:00:00Z Folklorists, Turner says, "scrutinize the manifestations of everyday life," looking at all sorts of genres of folklore from material culture and music to proverbs, urban legends, rumors and conspiracy theories. How deranged anti-Obama conspiracy theories led America to Donald Trump 2022-09-06T04:00:00Z The brand acquired urban legend: there were fake company adverts showing Nehru promoting Chicago Radio. Independence Day: How Chicago Radio became the voice of India's freedom 2022-08-14T04:00:00Z There is an urban legend that a goldfish has a memory of 3 seconds, but this is just a myth. Algebra and Trigonometry 2015-02-13T00:00:00Z He smiles, but assures me these are not just urban legends. Life inside the Dutch earthquake zone 2022-06-30T04:00:00Z The urban legend in her family is that her great-grandfather encouraged all his daughters to go to beauty school. Explaining Hollywood: How to get a job as a hairstylist 2022-06-21T04:00:00Z Can you talk about "trash talk" in all its forms — rumors, urban legends, conspiracy theories, disinformation — and what it has to do with folklore? How deranged anti-Obama conspiracy theories led America to Donald Trump 2022-09-06T04:00:00Z The origin of the urban legend remains uncertain, according to Moe, who speculated perhaps one of his teammates introduced it given how he and lacrosse abruptly parted ways. Princeton lacrosse’s ‘defining moment’ 30 years ago still resonates 2022-05-27T04:00:00Z As their actual political views become harder to defend on the merits, Republicans increasingly embrace conspiracy theories and urban legends to justify the unjustifiable. Fetus-powered street lamps: Anti-abortion lies ramp up before Roe ends 2022-05-19T04:00:00Z Paramount to the macabre enjoyment of these immersive urban legends is claiming to believe in the veracity of their virtual otherworldliness. Review: 'We're All Going to the World's Fair' is a brilliant discourse on cyberlife 2022-04-21T04:00:00Z According to the urban legend, D.C.’s squirrels were nibbling on crack crumbs. Perspective | Kicking off Squirrel Week 2022 with some squirrels in the news 2022-04-09T04:00:00Z Why is it important for us to understand them as conspiracy theories, urban legends and folklore? How deranged anti-Obama conspiracy theories led America to Donald Trump 2022-09-06T04:00:00Z One of the surest signs that this is a Satanic panic-style frenzy is how downright weird the situation is getting, with right-wingers whipping themselves up with urban legends and lurid fantasies. Disney hysteria and litter boxes: Republicans' deeply odd war on LGBTQ people escalates 2022-04-01T04:00:00Z As their actual political views become harder to defend on the merits, Republicans increasingly embrace conspiracy theories and urban legends to justify the unjustifiable. Fetus-powered street lamps: Anti-abortion lies ramp up before Roe ends 2022-05-19T04:00:00Z But for players, it adds another layer of familiarity in a game full of monsters, ghosts, and urban legends. Ghostwire: Tokyo is a paranormal love letter to the city 2022-03-25T04:00:00Z At the outset of the game, nearly every person in Tokyo has vanished, leaving the metropolis overrun with yokai, folklore creatures, urban legends, and vengeful spirits. Ghostwire: Tokyo is creepy, thrilling, and a game that respects your time 2022-03-21T04:00:00Z As they grew the family business, they told him stories of the Chinese expulsion like it was an urban legend. How Tacoma’s small Chinese community reckoned with the city’s anti-Chinese history 2022-02-26T05:00:00Z There are plenty of news reports about schools across the country having to debunk this urban legend due to its rapid spread. Disney hysteria and litter boxes: Republicans' deeply odd war on LGBTQ people escalates 2022-04-01T04:00:00Z The story almost feels like one of those urban legends you hear about, something based on true events, you know? Slipknot member Corey Taylor talks 'Rucker' film, Astroworld tragedy: It 'scares you as a performer' 2022-01-30T05:00:00Z But the story of the Clotilda had become almost a myth, an urban legend. The last American slave ship lies 20 feet underwater. Its legacy runs far deeper 2022-01-25T05:00:00Z Possibly because of an urban legend that claims wiping down a gun with hand sanitizer will prevent fingerprints from being left on the surface. Kim Potter trial: Daunte Wright robbery victim recounts 'evil' deed in exclusive first interview 2021-12-08T05:00:00Z It's become urban legend that England's best chance of success will be in Adelaide, where the pink ball will hopefully swing round corners under the lights in the day-night Test. How can England win in Australia? 2021-12-07T05:00:00Z And in New Jersey, an urban legend has long claimed that Hoffa's remains were buried under the old New York Giants football stadium. Jimmy Hoffa: New search for body of long missing US union boss 2021-11-19T05:00:00Z In New Jersey, a popular urban legend had Mr. Hoffa’s remains buried under the old Giants Stadium in the Meadowlands. Search for Jimmy Hoffa Leads the F.B.I. to Jersey City Landfill 2021-11-18T05:00:00Z Appropriately for a Halloween tradition, urban legend holds that children who go trick-or-treating do so at their peril. Why sugar may be the scariest part of Halloween 2021-10-29T04:00:00Z And we should all be very wary of hysterics peddling urban legends who want to distract us from that reality. The anti-trans hysteria is the 21st-century version of the Satanic panic 2021-10-27T04:00:00Z Poisoned candy is the stuff of “urban legends,” according to the myth-busting website Snopes.com. How to keep kids safe from COVID (and drivers) this Halloween 2021-10-26T04:00:00Z Somewhere in the gray area between mistakes and misinformation sit the urban legends and conspiracy theories. Your memory of 9/11 is probably wrong 2021-09-08T04:00:00Z Based on a Clive Barker story, the film is named after a hook-handed killer who has spawned a fearsome urban legend. Candyman: Horror reboot director Nia DaCosta makes US box office history 2021-08-31T04:00:00Z There’s an urban legend that says if you repeat the name “Candyman” aloud five times in front of a mirror, you summon a hook-handed killer. ‘Candyman’ review: Sleek modern horror film has got quite a hook 2021-08-27T04:00:00Z The true story of how Deneuve magazine — later renamed Curve — was able to launch in 1990 is as outlandish as the best urban legends. Review: ‘Ahead of the Curve’ celebrates lesbian triumph while trying to find new purpose in uncertain times 2021-06-01T04:00:00Z The company told the Times that Montañez was not involved in the testing phase of the popular snack and that “the facts do not support the urban legend.” Opinion | The origin of Flamin’ Hot Cheetos might be a hot lie. Millions will still gobble it up anyway. 2021-05-20T04:00:00Z “That doesn’t mean we don’t celebrate Richard,” the statement read, “but the facts do not support the urban legend.” Publisher stands by 'Flamin' Hot' book after Frito-Lay calls origin story 'urban legend' 2021-05-18T04:00:00Z But, as hysterias of the past demonstrate — think of urban legends like "Satanists hide messages in rock albums" and "people are hiding razor blades in Halloween candy" — many people's will to believe trumps common sense. The GOP's war on trans students hurts all kids: The right is coming for CIS girls, too 2021-03-29T04:00:00Z But local lore remains alive and well, including an urban legend about the Bunny Man. Once slated to become an airport, Burke, Va., took off as a family-friendly suburb 2021-03-23T04:00:00Z Rabbinic scholars disagree about whether Jewish law, based on Leviticus 19:28, really proscribes tattoos, and yes, the supposed cemetery ban is an urban legend. I Don’t Trust Police Testimony. Can I Lie to Get on a Jury? 2021-03-02T05:00:00Z Decades later, the editor of the Psychiatric Times, Dr. Ronald Pies, wrote that no "knowledgeable, well-trained psychiatrist" believes mental disorders are caused by chemical imbalances, saying it was "always a kind of urban legend." Opinion: The mental health industry doesn't know what it's doing with psychedelic drug studies 2021-03-06T05:00:00Z “The idea that having the snuffles a while back somehow protects you from SARS-CoV-2 infection has always left me cold, but it’s been a persistent urban legend throughout the pandemic,” he said. Childhood Colds Do Not Prevent Coronavirus Infection, Study Finds 2021-02-10T05:00:00Z An Indian sexologist, whose candid newspaper column made him an urban legend of sorts, has died aged 96. Dr Mahinder Watsa: India’s most famous ‘sexpert’ dies at 96 2020-12-28T05:00:00Z The connective tissue of Facebook is rumor and urban legends, like old-fashioned chain letters, or email forwards, except these find their way to the president’s addled mind and not just your grandparents’ shared inbox. Perspective | Trump's tweets are famous. But this is the Facebook presidency. 2020-09-04T04:00:00Z “There was even a sort of urban legend that went around for a while that mound dirt was very fertile, and so they were used as deposits of potting soil,” Rosebrough said. Wisconsin’s effigy mounds connected people to spirits 2020-09-05T04:00:00Z The Brussels Times reports that the discovery confirms a local urban legend that David’s heart was entombed in the fountain. Workers make 'astonishing' discovery: Heart of 19th-century mayor found in fountain 2020-09-02T04:00:00Z Like an urban legend, or the epic poem “Beowulf,” the Singapore Sling survives by oral tradition and collective memory, and modern versions might in no way resemble the original. We know quite a bit about the memorable Singapore Sling — except how, exactly, to make one 2020-08-05T04:00:00Z He and his friends speculated that the man had been a segregationist, but they weren’t sure, and — without access to resources such as Google — many remained convinced Thomas Chambliss’s racism was an urban legend. History meets mythology: Debate stirs over push to rename T.C. Williams High School, of ‘Remember the Titans’ fame 2020-07-28T04:00:00Z While shooting a Web series debunking urban legends, three filmmakers inadvertently summon an ancient malevolent entity in the found-footage horror film “Ouija Blood Ritual.” New movies to stream this week: ‘John Lewis: Good Trouble,’ ‘Welcome to Chechnya’ and more 2020-07-01T04:00:00Z The animator James Blagden went on to use the audio as voice-over narration for an award-winning short film that posthumously elevated Ellis’ peak performance from urban legend to mainstream yarn. 'I'm high as a Georgia pine': Dock Ellis's no-hitter on LSD, 50 years on 2020-06-30T04:00:00Z “The urban legend that I sent him away because he was gambling, ridiculous,” Stern said. The Last Dance: The 23 most fascinating takeaways from Episodes 7 and 8 2020-05-10T04:00:00Z What’s been billed as a warts-and-all chronicle doesn’t quite gloss over the less pleasant elements of Jordan’s legacy, long the fodder of whisper networks and urban legend, but he addresses them entirely on his terms. The Last Dance: Is the Michael Jordan documentary a dressed-up puff piece? 2020-05-09T04:00:00Z When asked about the whiskey policy, he calls it an “urban legend.” How The Chive built an empire out of bro-bait 2020-04-28T04:00:00Z But at this point, the truth — Lupe Hernandez from Bakersfield is almost certainly a modern-day urban legend — is not so important to those who continue to spread the story. Amid the coronavirus outbreak, a hand-sanitizer urban legend is reborn 2020-04-25T04:00:00Z There’s some truth in that, but it’s mostly urban legend. Another 'new normal' in California after coronavirus? All vote-by-mail elections 2020-04-16T04:00:00Z Q: Did an Amazon driver really spit on an order, or is this an urban legend? Stimulus check scams, sanitize food deliveries, spying bosses and more : Tech Q&Aspying bosses and more : Tech Q&A 2020-04-05T04:00:00Z If someone did get the president to sign the report that day, she finds it “hilarious,” but “I think it’s an urban legend.” What’s Trump’s signature on an impeachment report worth? $17,000, so far 2020-02-06T05:00:00Z The original film is historic in part because of an urban legend. Classic 1896 short film gets upscaled to 4K using neural networks 2020-02-05T05:00:00Z Wilson also cited a conservative urban legend: that Ronald Reagan felt the 1986 amnesty was “one of the well-meaning but serious mistakes that he had made.” Column: Pete Wilson still defending Prop. 187 and fighting for a better place in history 2019-11-17T05:00:00Z As a publicity stunt, Fazio once posed for photos seated at a desk inside one cave, which led to an urban legend that he maintained an office in the steady 50-degree environment during site visits. Inside three of the most extreme hazards in golf - Golf Digest 2019-10-25T04:00:00Z The books blended urban legend and ghostly lore into a heady nightmare stew that read very much like “A Child’s Garden of Shirley Jackson.” What the Pacific Northwest is reading: For screaming meemies, turn to ‘Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark’ 2019-10-24T04:00:00Z One aspect of the Philippines tribal exhibit is that is spawned several urban legends that the Igorot tribe left the fairgrounds and stole dogs to eat on special occasions. Scholars reveal stories about 1904 World’s Fair in St. Louis 2019-10-18T04:00:00Z This touches on a particularly sinister urban legend. The politics of the Joker, explained 2019-10-08T04:00:00Z After Grace and her friends ignore the warnings of a local urban legend, they unleash a creature called Neverknock, which uses their fears to kill them. Movies on TV this week: Sept. 29: 'Almost Famous' and more 2019-09-27T04:00:00Z Snopes began as a forum for sharing and investigating urban legends and cool folklore. How do you survive 25 years debunking fake news? 2019-09-23T04:00:00Z The Curse of Buckout Road Witches burning at the stake, backwoods albino killers and a modern day stalker prove to be more than urban legends on this New York state byway. New movies opening in L.A. this week: Renée Zellweger as Judy Garland in 'Judy' and more 2019-09-22T04:00:00Z These kinds of urban legends become a way for the kids to process their emotions. Tigers Are Not Afraid puts a dark fantasy spin on the Mexican drug war 2019-09-05T04:00:00Z Second, contrary to urban legend sports franchises like to perpetuate, subsidies to pro teams are financial losers for communities. California Editorial Rdp 2019-08-14T04:00:00Z Schwartz’s stories, culled from folklore and urban legend, are mostly just a page or two. Review: ‘Scary Stories’ is a likable Frankenstein of a movie 2019-08-08T04:00:00Z A teenage girl under house arrest discovers that the nightmarish urban legend of the Mexican boogeyman, El Cucuy, is true. Here are the feature and TV films airing the week of Aug. 4-10, 2019 2019-08-02T04:00:00Z But the hospital’s relationship to Baltimore’s African American residents is complicated – entire blocks have been destroyed by its expansion, there are urban legends about secret experiments on black children. Top 10 books about Baltimore 2019-07-24T04:00:00Z Too late to be an April Fools’ Day prank, the story seemed so far-fetched that many locals simply confined it to the territory of urban legends and demanded further proof. 'Not what you expect in Doncaster': suspected piranhas found in lake 2019-04-17T04:00:00Z “The urban legend is that they have hundreds of thousands of pieces,” Roach says. The L.A. vintage shop that has the fashion world knocking on its door 2019-04-17T04:00:00Z The result is a movie that’s a much better riff on the “Slender Man” urban legend than the terrible 2018 thriller of the same name. Review: Don’t watch the horror film ‘Mercy Black’ right before bed 2019-03-31T04:00:00Z None of this was fact-based, of course, and some of the theories seemed more like jokey urban legends than serious accusations. YouTube Unleashed a Conspiracy Theory Boom. Can It Be Contained? 2019-02-19T05:00:00Z Police and faculty believe they’re just runaways, but gossip among the students suggests an urban legend, a death god / spirit called Boogiepop, might be involved. Six new anime series to check out this winter 2019-01-04T05:00:00Z In his spirit, even Hugo’s funeral turned into a party; urban legend has it that Paris experienced a mini baby boom nine months later. Party tricks and naked writing: the eccentric life of Victor Hugo 2018-12-30T05:00:00Z "It's one of those urban legends. We simply didn't talk about mental health to each other so I didn't know. I wish I had known sooner." 'I partied all night to hide from my PTSD' 2018-11-21T05:00:00Z In 1978, Space Invaders was so popular in Japanese arcades that, urban legend has it, the game led to a nationwide shortage of 100-yen coins. From Pac-Mania to Fortnite fever: are video games becoming more addictive? 2018-11-14T05:00:00Z Personally, I much prefer the scary urban legends.” Essential California: Guess where the next political battleground is - Los Angeles Times 2018-11-07T05:00:00Z Channel Zero: The Dream Door The fourth season of the anthology series adapted from urban legends premieres Friday and runs through Halloween. Friday - Los Angeles Times 2018-10-25T04:00:00Z “I wish I could tell you,” he said, “but skinny mirrors in fitting rooms are an urban legend.” My Shameless Quest for A ‘Skinny Mirror’ 2018-10-16T04:00:00Z Mind you, for Allyson’s generation, reared on reports of mass shootings, five deaths sounds like child’s play, or an urban legend. “Halloween” Is Hellbent on Making a Fresh Start 2018-10-12T04:00:00Z After a while, the 9/11 conspiracy theories receded, but the urban legends remained. Lies, lies and more lies. Out of an old Tacoma house, fact-checking site Snopes uncovers them 2018-10-10T04:00:00Z He also promoted the infamous and false urban legend about the "knockout game," in which black teens supposedly knocked out white people for fun. Why did the NRA support 3D-gun guy Cody Wilson for so long? He was always a shady character 2018-09-26T04:00:00Z The urban legend that “the Jews” control America’s Middle Eastern policy and that Jewish power forces the U.S. to march in lockstep with right-wing Israeli governments is also an organizing principle of the Corbynite worldview. Opinion | Jeremy Corbyn and the Socialism of Fools 2018-09-10T04:00:00Z As our friends at PolitiFact documented, this is an urban legend. Analysis | Fact-checking Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s media blitz 2018-08-10T04:00:00Z But which advice is valid and which urban legend? What’s the Remedy for Car Sickness? 2018-08-15T04:00:00Z But even those urban legends have a slant of truth to them. The terrible 'what if': how OCD makes every day a matter of life or death 2018-08-01T04:00:00Z IF YOU HAVEN’T YET heard the urban legend about the rat that scurried across a sandal-clad woman’s toes in the New York subway, my apologies for ruining your summer. The Ultimate Summer Shoe (It’s Not a Sandal) 2018-07-19T04:00:00Z Then there are active propaganda efforts, conducted by the president himself as well as right-wing groups like the Remembrance Project that try to provide evidence that the urban legends are true. Why many voters believe Donald Trump’s gang lies: Decades of urban legend have paved the way 2018-07-09T04:00:00Z Somehow, this sighting became national news, eventually ballooning into an urban legend along the lines of the Loch Ness Monster and Bigfoot. Fallout 76 fans are freaking out about a flying monster 2018-06-10T04:00:00Z It’s a for-profit business whose complete reliance on advertising exposes it to the same forces that stoke fakery: Survival requires more web traffic than debunking true urban legends can easily attract. Skepticism Beats Snopes as an Antidote to Fake News 2018-06-08T04:00:00Z The idea that lowering bank capital requirements boosts lending is urban legend. Relaxing Bank Capital Requirements Would Risk Another Crisis 2018-04-26T04:00:00Z From this, he concluded that the much-publicized return to the cities is mostly an urban legend. America is plagued by experts without expertise | Michael Massing 2018-04-21T04:00:00Z These white people offer what appears to be visual proof that the urban legends are right, and MS-13 is killing random white people for sport. Why many voters believe Donald Trump’s gang lies: Decades of urban legend have paved the way 2018-07-09T04:00:00Z That may seem like the stuff of urban legends. The Spice of Death: The Science behind Tainted "Synthetic Marijuana" 2018-04-17T04:00:00Z This run-of-the-mill urban legend has taken on geopolitical significance. Real or ‘fake news’? Either way, allegations of lewd tape pose challenge for Trump 2018-04-13T04:00:00Z For years now, Facebook has struggled to contain an urban legend that the company’s ad targeting is so effective because the company listens to your conversations in real time through your phone’s microphone. The 5 biggest takeaways from Mark Zuckerberg’s appearance before the Senate 2018-04-10T04:00:00Z In today’s Senate hearing, Mark Zuckerberg addressed the urban legend yet again, issuing an absolute denial. Zuckerberg shoots down conspiracy theory that Facebook taps your microphone 2018-04-10T04:00:00Z Other popular topics included urban legends, business, terrorism, science, entertainment and natural disasters. Fake news 'travels faster', study finds 2018-03-09T05:00:00Z The researchers, from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, found that those patterns applied to every subject they studied, not only politics and urban legends, but also business, science and technology. It’s True: False News Spreads Faster and Wider. And Humans Are to Blame. 2018-03-08T05:00:00Z Political news, in particular, spread more than three times faster than tweets about terrorism, natural disasters, science, urban legends or financial information. You Can't Handle the Truth--at Least on Twitter 2018-03-08T05:00:00Z Like its namesake podcast, Lore is an anthology show that tells one-off stories, usually with a horror bent, exploring the origins of popular urban legends and myths. Amazon Prime orders a second season of its podcast-inspired TV series Lore 2018-02-26T05:00:00Z “False information is like any other challenge where humans are involved: It evolves, much like a rumor or urban legend would. It also masks itself as legitimate speech,” she said. Facebook and Google Struggle to Squelch ‘Crisis Actor’ Posts 2018-02-23T05:00:00Z Kitty Genovese is all but an urban legend. Opinion | What that horrible story about imprisoned children says about America 2018-01-23T05:00:00Z Slenderman originated in 2009 in an online forum where a user inserted the gaunt, tall, faceless figure into photos and the doctored images evolved into an urban legend. Wisconsin girl in 'Slenderman' stabbing sentenced to 25 years in psych 2017-12-21T05:00:00Z The precise number, names and whereabouts of his children — a subject around which rumor and urban legend have long coalesced — could not be confirmed. Charles Manson Dies at 83; Wild-Eyed Leader of a Murderous Crew 2017-11-20T05:00:00Z “I think the basis of this whole commission was an urban legend,” said Alan King, a probate judge in Alabama and one of the Democratic members who recently wrote commission leaders seeking information. Democrats on Trump’s voter commission say they’re in the dark about what it’s doing 2017-10-23T04:00:00Z Around the 1690s, an urban legend began circulating that it was unlucky to have 13 people around a table or in a group, he says. Why is Friday 13th a doubly unlucky day? 2017-10-12T04:00:00Z It’s a six-episode animated series that will focus on different urban legends and horror stories. 8 new trailers to watch this weekend 2017-09-02T04:00:00Z Slenderman originated in 2009 in an online forum where a user inserted the gaunt, tall, faceless figure into photos and the doctored images evolved into an urban legend. Wisconsin girl in 'Slenderman' stabbing sentenced to 25 years in psych 2017-12-21T05:00:00Z An urban legend that isn’t true, Heath said, is that the Muncie Police Department purchased black-and-white patrol cars on the chance they would be used in the movie. ‘Close Encounters’ with Muncie, 40 years later 2017-09-02T04:00:00Z In its early days, Snopes focused on classical urban legends – stories of people found dead in locked hotel rooms, strange creatures prowling sewers, and so on. Don't let the sun go down on Snopes – it helped start the internet 2017-07-25T04:00:00Z Contrary to urban legend that they flew here, he said, the parrots came via the pet trade and were subsequently introduced into the wild — largely by accident. California Today: Angelenos and Others on O.J. Simpson’s Parole 2017-07-21T04:00:00Z “This debunks the urban legend” that overlapping surgery is more efficient, he said. Is your surgeon double-booked? 2017-07-10T04:00:00Z Contrary to the urban legend, Hunko says Rupe’s attorneys never encouraged him to keep eating as a way of staving off his execution. A Washington lawyer for the toughest case 2017-06-11T04:00:00Z Were Walt Disney’s dying words really ‘Kurt Russell’? As Disney’s ‘Guardians’ opens, the urban legend persists. Analysis | Is young Kurt Russell in ‘Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2’ the best de-aging of an actor ever? 2017-05-05T04:00:00Z LaPierre has also promoted the racist myth of the “knockout game,” an urban legend about young black men punching random people for no good reason. Donald Trump and the NRA: A festival of racial fear and dark fantasy 2017-05-01T04:00:00Z The beehive was so outsized and bizarre that it reminded me of the nineteen-fifties urban legend about the woman who teased her hair so much that cockroaches moved in. Nora Ephron’s Apartment: A Love Story 2006-05-29T04:00:00Z "This is where the urban legend started," says Ducournau, chewing over the incident with the BBC in London some six months later. Cannibal film Raw is not meant to make you sick, says Julia Ducournau - BBC News 2017-04-04T04:00:00Z We were told we were an ‘urban legend’. How dare you call us diplomats 2017-03-13T04:00:00Z “There is no more diffuse urban legend than this one,” he said. Vatican and Rome’s Jewish Museum Team Up for Menorah Exhibit 2017-02-20T05:00:00Z The next day, The New York Times published an account of the event, headlined “Alligator Found in Uptown Sewer,” which helped fuel the urban legend, Mr. Miscione said. Gators in the Sewer? ‘I Want It to Be True’ 2017-02-10T05:00:00Z Though New York City was, and still is, much to their liking, the urban legend that more rats than people live here has been mathematically disproved. A Rat With a Bum Rap. And It Isn’t Even Norwegian. 2017-01-31T05:00:00Z Snopes.com, a site that calls itself the “definitive internet reference source for urban legends, folklore, myths, rumors, and misinformation,” labeled the claims by Mr. Phillips and several partisan news sites as “unproven.” A Dubious Vote-Fraud Claim Gets the Trump Seal of Approval 2017-01-27T05:00:00Z His spokesman played down the remarks, which he described as "urban legend". Philippines Duterte: I threw suspect from helicopter - BBC News 2016-12-29T05:00:00Z For 20 years, the site was dedicated to urban legends, like the purported existence of alligators in New York sewers. Snopes website is low-key warrior in fight for accuracy 2016-12-25T05:00:00Z Mr. Miscione used the alligator legend as a point of departure to recount other urban legends. Gators in the Sewer? ‘I Want It to Be True’ 2017-02-10T05:00:00Z By 2012, looking beyond his safely-red House district to the national stage, the Wisconsin congressman claimed that the idea he was inspired by Rand is “an urban legend.” The Daily 202: Ayn Rand-acolyte Donald Trump stacks his cabinet with fellow objectivists 2016-12-13T05:00:00Z Here’s where the story gets interesting, and urban legends have become difficult to dispel. The First Five-Borough New York City Marathon 2016-11-02T04:00:00Z Maybe make some effort to debunk this etymological urban legend that is unsubstantiated and more than a wee bit racist? New York Today: Indian Summer 2016-10-18T04:00:00Z Areas of key concern are “urban legends, politics, health and the media itself,” Google said in a blog post. In Heated Election Season, Google Spotlights Debunkers With ‘Fact Check’ Label 2016-10-14T04:00:00Z “New York City’s been riddled with myths, hoaxes and urban legends,” he said. Gators in the Sewer? ‘I Want It to Be True’ 2017-02-10T05:00:00Z The link between genome duplication and diversification has seemed so intuitive that it has "almost become an urban legend," says Michael Lynch, an evolutionary biologist at Indiana University, Bloomington. Fossil fishes challenge an evolutionary ‘urban legend’ 2016-09-26T04:00:00Z “The enduring Obama coalition is a bit of an urban legend,” said Democratic pollster Stan Greenberg. Clinton struggles to make Obama's coalition her own 2016-09-23T04:00:00Z After going into business with Murray, Resig said, "I can confirm that all the urban legends are true." Bill Murray's new golf clothing line is what you'd expect from a Bill Murray golf clothing line - Golf Digest 2016-09-21T04:00:00Z The communications coordinator for Palmer College of Chiropractic, Ms. Powers-Douglas teaches workshops on topics such as cemetery symbolism, art and history; proper gravestone rubbing techniques; memoir writing; creative writing; self-publishing; urban legends and ghost stories. EXCHANGE: Moline author works to ‘unbury’ actresses 2016-09-14T04:00:00Z But were musings on these sacrifices taken from historical accounts, or were they simply instances of ancient myth turning into urban legend? Mystery bones from ancient Greece may be a teenager sacrificed to Zeus 2016-08-12T04:00:00Z And those efforts are aided by urban legends about fraud. Donald Trump proves he is a bigger threat to democracy than hacking 2016-08-01T04:00:00Z A Wisconsin court ruled Wednesday that two 14-year-old girls who stabbed a classmate 19 times in homage to an internet urban legend called Slender Man will be tried as adults. Slender Man child stabbers to be tried as adults 2016-07-27T04:00:00Z The list so far is a grab bag of right-wing obsessions, urban legends, and bigotries, one that would be comical if not for the depressing realization that a lot of people believe this nonsense. GOP war on porn: The same party that nominated a libertine for president is now calling your porn a “public health crisis” 2016-07-14T04:00:00Z After years of dismissing the abduction stories as urban legends, polls show the public now overwhelmingly believes the claims need to be investigated. Israel delves into charged 1950s missing-children saga 2016-07-12T04:00:00Z The Twitter user @andrewcb explains: “It’s a bit like the urban legend about the Danish king wearing a yellow star during the occupation.” (((Echoes))): beating the far-right, two triple-brackets at a time 2016-06-12T04:00:00Z These findings show it "is more than simply an urban legend," said study leader Suzanne Swan, an associate professor in the department of psychology at the University of South Carolina. Drink Spiking a Problem on U.S. Campuses 2016-05-24T04:00:00Z In popular myth and urban legend, unsavory associations have tainted the two. It's Time to Ditch the $2 Bill 2016-05-24T04:00:00Z Claims that lurid pretty much always turn out to be right wing urban legends, and this time was no different: Two dozen states investigated Planned Parenthood and found no evidence for these claims. The anti-choice blacklist: Dems call out Republicans for abusing congressional powers to intimidate women’s health providers 2016-05-13T04:00:00Z Long thought to be an urban legend, the story gained traction when humorist Dave Barry wrote about the exploding whale in the 1990s. 'Everybody stay away': Workers begin cutting up whale carcass at Trestles surfing area 2016-04-28T04:00:00Z At this point, it’s reasonable to ask if there’s any stance Cruz has that isn’t based on urban legends rather than real world evidence. Cruz’s paranoid adviser: By aligning with an Islamophobe, Cruz is embracing ludicrous right-wing conspiracy theories 2016-04-22T04:00:00Z "Among nonprofit professionals there is an understanding that loan forgiveness exists, but some people see it as an urban legend." 5 Careers with Student Loan Forgiveness 2016-04-13T04:00:00Z By the late 1990s, as documented by the debunking site Snopes.com, Trump’s name had been grafted onto a classic American urban legend, known to folklorists as “The Grateful Millionaire.” A portrait of Trump the donor: Free rounds of golf, but no personal cash 2016-04-10T04:00:00Z It’s one of those urban legends that sound just Texan enough to be real. Everything’s better in Texas with bluebonnets on it 2016-04-10T04:00:00Z Beverly I. Strassmann, a University of Michigan anthropologist who gathered the data on paternity rates in Mali, agreed that widespread cuckoldry “was an urban legend. It seemed to have a life of its own.” Fathered by the Mailman? It’s Mostly an Urban Legend 2016-04-08T04:00:00Z Sounded like one of those Christian right urban legends and sure enough, it was. Pro-choicers under attack: Planned Parenthood hoax videos have led to an increase in violence and intimidation against clinics 2016-04-05T04:00:00Z Since you edit it out of the recording, that story has become somewhat of an urban legend. Need expert advice? Don’t ask Jake and Amir. 2016-03-31T04:00:00Z An urban legend about a “Mapplethorpe curse” arose, fed by the film Cruising with its S&M murders – and then Aids began hitting the headlines. 'He was a sexual outlaw': my love affair with Robert Mapplethorpe 2016-03-09T05:00:00Z Furek said he was 16 years old when the mine disaster happened and became fascinated with the rumors and urban legends surrounding the accident. Book revisits Sheppton mine disaster, explores mythology 2016-03-08T05:00:00Z Well, the urban legend is at least as old as Homer's Odyssey. Fathered by the Mailman? It’s Mostly an Urban Legend 2016-04-08T04:00:00Z In 2014, a local band, the Mantua Finials, released a concept album, inspired by those incidents, about the urban legend. Sweet nightmares: Fairfax quilter crafts a quilt honoring an urban legend 2016-02-24T05:00:00Z So why not throw in an urban legend of the first world war? South Carolina primary and Nevada caucus pit Trump v Cruz and Clinton v Sanders – live 2016-02-20T05:00:00Z Or that may just be an urban legend. ‘Full House’ star Dave Coulier discusses Alanis Morissette, Netflix series revival 2016-02-15T05:00:00Z The mythology of free enterprise alone leading to national wealth growth is an urban legend. The Most Popular Reader Comments on The Times 2015-11-23T05:00:00Z So can we please remove that urban legend from the discussion? Lefty Driesell belongs in Hall of Fame, a case made clear by current scandals 2015-11-12T05:00:00Z Its forbidding restroom was an urban legend in and of itself. Hank Penza, Owner of Mars Bar in the East Village, Dies at 82 2015-11-09T05:00:00Z So why not throw in an urban legend of the first world war? South Carolina primary and Nevada caucus pit Trump v Cruz and Clinton v Sanders – live 2016-02-20T05:00:00Z In each episode, the hosts would try to debunk or confirm a few classic urban legends. What We Owe the MythBusters 2015-11-05T05:00:00Z The claim stinks of an urban legend—public bathrooms have snakes in the toilets and dress-wearing rapists in the stalls!—and city-wide polling data showed that citizens weren’t buying it. These are not the only nuts: Tea Party governors and anti-LGBT statutes win when we stupidly stay home 2015-11-04T05:00:00Z Reports of past residents can be the Beverly Hills equivalent of an urban legend. Hollywood Homes With Star Power 2015-10-08T04:00:00Z “I think that is an urban legend,” Dickie says. Roberto Saviano: my critics want to caricature me as the Rushdie of Rome 2015-10-03T04:00:00Z The New York Times review said "except for its identification of actual police officers, 'Stonewall' doesn’t bother to distinguish among facts, fiction and urban legend." Why did Roland Emmerich's 'Stonewall' average only $871 per theater? 2015-09-28T04:00:00Z Either way, this short clip should be enough material for an urban legend or creepy pasta. The Simpsons VHS tape is an urban legend in the making 2015-09-22T04:00:00Z For women born in the 1960s onwards, toxic shock syndrome seemed the stuff of urban legend. Startups Bet Big On Natural Tampons, But Will Women Pay More To Ditch Chemicals? 2015-08-05T04:00:00Z He concluded that the claims of discrimination were an urban legend, a way for Irish Americans to claim victimhood when things weren’t that bad. This 14-year-old Sidwell Friends student outwitted a college historian 2015-08-03T04:00:00Z The movement has a long history of pushing breathless and implausible urban legends that are more at home on some conspiracy theory website than in grown-up politics. 5 most absurd conspiracy theories peddled by anti-choice Christians 2015-08-01T04:00:00Z Whispers even circulated about cycling’s great urban legend: secret motors concealed in bikes. How Chris Froome Won the Tour de France 2015-07-26T04:00:00Z Here are just a few of the urban legends that are circulating in the halls of state and federal legislative bodies courtesy of the whack job broadcasting set. 7 outrageously bizarre conspiracies the GOP actually believes 2015-07-21T04:00:00Z The Capote/Lee urban legend may be the most prominent example of a woman’s authorship being undermined, but it is certainly far from the only one. Harper Lee: the 'great lie' she didn't write Mockingbird rears its head again 2015-07-20T04:00:00Z The story about the sign might be an urban legend, but Sakurai’s astonishment was totally unfeigned. In Japan, even the gun enthusiasts welcome restrictions on firearms 2015-06-27T04:00:00Z “Come with me as I investigate this urban legend.” Gawker’s Moment of Truth 2015-06-12T04:00:00Z Secret sites where the cops would “disappear people” and then torture them are not urban legends. America’s grand historical deception: Why it pretends White Supremacy no longer exists 2015-05-29T04:00:00Z One of San Diego's urban legends holds that Marines at the boot camp in the mid-1920s swiped plants from Balboa Park to help beautify the camp commander's garden. Marine general to 'atone' for long-ago theft of plants from Balboa Park 2015-05-09T04:00:00Z The company also announced that horror icon Clive Barker is currently onboard to launch a web series about online urban legends. A new Justice League animated series will debut online next month 2015-05-04T04:00:00Z Our work builds on previous research exploring questions about which urban legends catch on and why? The Secret to Online Success: What Makes Content Go Viral 2015-04-14T04:00:00Z There is a popular urban legend that harvestmen are venomous, but this is completely false, as no known species possesses venom glands — unlike spiders, which often do. Video: Science Explains Why Thousands of Daddy Longlegs Swarmed This House 2015-03-09T04:00:00Z Unfortunately, much of that foul treatment was dismissed by too many white Americans as Black folks’ hysterics and histrionics, “urban legends,” exaggerations. America’s grand historical deception: Why it pretends White Supremacy no longer exists 2015-05-29T04:00:00Z But it wasn’t too long ago that unicorns were still an urban legend and a relatively rare sighting in the venture world. Too Many Unicorns? Why Billion-Dollar Startups Still Charm Us Today 2015-03-09T04:00:00Z It may sound like an urban legend, but coywolves exist throughout the northeastern U.S. and eastern Canada, and have been confirmed in northeast Lower Michigan through blood-testing and DNA analysis. University of Michigan researchers track coyote-wolf hybrids 2015-03-02T05:00:00Z It's an urban legend that won't go away in Colorado, and state lawmakers this year are poised to pass a law clarifying that public benefit cards can't be used at dispensary ATMs. Colorado considers ban on welfare cards at pot shops 2015-01-30T05:00:00Z Back in the ’80s there was an urban legend of a man/woman who picks up a willing sex partner at a bar/club and takes him/her back to an apartment/hotel. The Unrelenting Pursuer in Horror Film 'It Follows' There's an urban legend, or maybe it's true, that Microsoft kept the FreeCell experiment in Windows, because it helped new users grow accustomed to using a mouse to communicate with a two-dimensional screen. Minecraft — more than anything else — could make HoloLens a hit, and here's why 2015-01-21T05:00:00Z As with many urban legends, there are grains of truth in this one. Debunking the Myth of Muslim-Only Zones in Major European Cities 2015-01-14T05:00:00Z Although it seems the stuff of urban legend, trucks do spill cash. New York Today: Get-Rich-Quick Dreams 2015-01-15T05:00:00Z “The coupon queen, the car crash, a single parent living in her car. I was an urban legend.” The Cannabis Queen of Beverly Hills 2015-01-09T05:00:00Z Titled “On the exoneration of Dr William H. Stewart: debunking an urban legend,” the authors combed through major medical databases, hundreds of news sources, and congressional records. William Stewart and the Story of an Erroneous Quote 2015-01-05T05:00:00Z The game was one of hundreds recovered at the city’s landfill last spring as a team of documentary filmmakers investigated a decades-old urban legend that centered on Atari secretly dumping the cartridges. Atari’s ‘E.T.’ game joins Smithsonian collection 2014-12-15T05:00:00Z And then there are the endless, less credible urban legends surrounding Coke, Dasani, and other brands. Artist's machine takes a swipe at Coca-Cola by filtering it into clean water 2014-11-13T05:00:00Z And he suspects younger people who don’t remember the very real horror that gripped the area and the country might see Gacy as sort of an “urban legend.” Critics: Haunted house’s ‘Gacy room’ insensitive 2014-10-10T04:00:00Z Having since met many of those designers, I think those were just urban legends. When we were small: FUBU There’s an urban legend he once went through a nice chunk of change while trying to cash enough free throws to hit a fair jackpot. Former player shoots, scores at Tulsa State Fair 2014-10-06T04:00:00Z Apparently to appease Slender Man, the paranormal urban legend and Internet meme that haunts children. Slender Man Halloween Costume Horrifies Wisconsin Town Where Attack Occurred, Pulled from Shelves Snopes – an urban legend and rumours site, which aims to accredit or debunk. The ultimate glossary of all things internet: from 4chan to Zynga 2014-09-11T04:00:00Z In recent years, the administration has referred to regulatory costs approaching $2 trillion an “urban legend.” Hairball: The Cost Of Federal Regulation To The U.S. Economy 2014-09-10T04:00:00Z “We hunted for it. Believe me. When you hear an urban legend like that, you hunt.” Bad light leads to discovery of Legion artifacts 2014-09-04T04:00:00Z It is an urban legend that Albert Einstein once said, “Compound interest is the most powerful force in the universe.” Barry Ritholtz: Time, not timing, is key to investing success Now, she is living in a bureaucrat’s urban legend. For whistleblowers, a bold move can be followed by one to department basement It takes its inspiration from Northern Virginia’s creepy urban legend. Struck by illness, two D.C. musicians get help from their peers this weekend My new novel, Say Her Name is my version of the most famous urban legend of them all, the "Bloody Mary" curse. Top 10 urban legends 2014-07-06T04:00:00Z “Before you know it,” Moore said, “he’s an urban legend.” The Sinaloa Cartel’s 90-Year-Old Drug Mule 2014-06-11T04:00:00Z "Many are wondering: What dark forces does this online urban legend potentially release?" asked a CTV anchor. Slender Man is a convenient target for our fears. Misogyny and racism aren't 2014-06-05T04:00:00Z The story sounds like an urban legend — but it's real. Two girls, 12, charged with stabbing their friend 19 times 2014-06-04T04:00:00Z Police say the crime was inspired by the horror mythology of Slender Man, an urban legend that gained wings as an online meme. Horror Meme Slender Man Inspired Two 12-Year-Olds to Try to Stab Friend to Death 2014-06-03T04:00:00Z Here I present 10 of the scariest urban legends and examine their roots and influence. Top 10 urban legends 2014-07-06T04:00:00Z Yet another urban legend about North Korea bites the dust. North Korea leader's 'executed' ex-girlfriend shows up alive 2014-05-18T04:00:00Z These tales of wayward youth are the stuff of urban legend, not fact. What’s Really Wrong With Young People Today: Juvenoia 2014-03-12T09:45:10Z Earthquake precursors — from strange animal behavior to temperature anomalies — may sound like urban legends , but new findings have lent some scientific credence to one phenomenon called earthquake lights. Experiments at Rutgers lend credence to existence of ‘earthquake lights’ 2014-03-06T12:00:00Z “Economists say it’s an urban legend. Tell them it’s for real.” As Bailout Chapter Closes, Hardships Linger for Irish 2013-12-11T14:38:08Z New urban legends will almost certainly have some sort of viral online element. Top 10 urban legends 2014-07-06T04:00:00Z “It was like the urban legend washes up from the sewer and says, ‘What the heck am I doing here?’ and hides under a Datsun,” said Joyce Hackett, a novelist who discovered that reptile. City Room: New York Today: Wild Things 2013-08-29T10:29:20Z And until we’re honest about that it will continue to produce urban legends and junk science. What’s Really Wrong With Young People Today: Juvenoia 2014-03-12T09:45:10Z Steber says it’s a common urban legend that filing an amended return will put you in the IRS’s cross hairs for an audit, though. The Six Most Common Tax Time What-Ifs, Answered 2013-04-12T11:05:52Z The Bulls also wrapped up a postseason appearance in what must be the franchise's best week since Derrick Rose went from NBA MVP to urban legend. Bryant is best in the West as Lakers make final sprint for NBA playoff spot 2013-04-03T14:39:00Z This urban legend seems to have predicted viral marketing by twenty years or so. Top 10 urban legends 2014-07-06T04:00:00Z While it may seem from popular media that successful companies seemingly rise up overnight from the garages of teenage kids, this urban legend is just that…a legend. Perspective: A Powerful Tool for Entrepreneurs 2013-03-21T19:42:36Z According to urban legend, William Howard Taft was accidentally responsible for baseball's seventh inning stretch. Barack Obama unveiling his March Madness brackets is a Presidential tradition 2013-03-21T12:00:00Z That idea's become a little bit of an urban legend,'' Phillips said. Northwestern AD did what he had to do 2013-03-17T02:20:00Z Unlike many of the worry-wart fears that mom expressed during my childhood, these are not simply a product of urban legend. Chromebooks for Kids: How Young is Too Young For Cloud Computing? 2013-01-08T19:50:09Z Many authors have retooled urban legends as inspiration for novels or movies. Top 10 urban legends 2014-07-06T04:00:00Z Is this real or just urban legend that has taken a life of its own? What Seattle Times sports readers are saying 2012-12-30T03:51:27Z An urban legend even claims that Twinkies are so packed with preservatives, they'll last forever. Farewell Twinkies? Top 10 Iconic Junk Foods 2012-11-17T05:30:00Z I told him it sounded like an urban legend. For New York Cross-Country Runners, a Century of Testing Runners’ Speed and Spirit 2012-10-12T16:01:37Z What that means is that the urban legend that three excellent teachers in a row will close the achievement gap is not grounded in research but rather in speculation. New teacher evaluations start to hurt students 2012-09-30T10:00:00Z Nonetheless, the peacock is no urban legend; many neighbors were quick to offer photographic proof. A Mystery Peacock Wanders Queens 2012-08-22T01:22:27Z On top of this, the UK is viewed as stricter in its handling of visas compared with the rest of Europe, fed by urban legends of rejected applications. Britain needs China's tourists – why isn't it getting them? 2012-08-18T12:00:01Z He thinks it's an urban legend, like the granny on the roof rack. Simon Hoggart's Week: Politicians' nonverbal signals are a hard to report 2012-07-27T20:03:01Z He actually says that: “It’s an urban legend that the government launched the Internet.” The Government Did (and Didn't) Invent the Internet 2012-07-25T22:05:33Z It’s an urban legend that the government launched the Internet. Who Invented The Internet? Sorry Rupert, It Was People Working For The Government 2012-07-23T22:14:12Z The Internet hits the scene, and suddenly there’s an explosion of urban legends. Your Brain on Social Networks: Are We Changing How We Perceive Major Events? 2012-07-19T14:22:47Z "I like quirky stuff, just random facts and urban legends." Wikipedia: Meet the men and women who write the articles 2012-07-14T23:14:50Z “It’s science fiction, a screenplay and an urban legend.” As Golden Dawn Rises in Greece, Anti-Immigrant Violence Follows 2012-07-10T17:44:11Z "They're trying to create an urban legend out of me – the kid who downloaded music," he told the Guardian. US man fights for his right to download – but supreme court won't hear appeal 2012-05-22T21:13:50Z Still, Take Back the Park took on urban legend status in Philly: rumors spread that credit cards were being denied and fans were being relegated to deep left field. Bats: Invasion of the Phillies Fans 2012-05-04T17:19:54Z But I basically buy the Barclays idea that in the short term, at least, the idea of a surging labor force of formerly frustrated job seekers is an “urban legend.” The Unemployment Paradox: Could A Better Economy Make Jobless Rates Worse? 2012-03-02T11:45:19Z The sender, whose package identified him only as “Spang,” has become something of an urban legend among the protesters. City Room: Occupy Wall Street Protestors Dig Through Donations 2011-11-22T12:00:18Z “When we realized we were correct, we thought, ‘No one is going to believe us because this goes against urban legend,’ ” said Ellen V. Sigal, chair and founder of Friends of Cancer Research. Vital Signs: Perceptions: Cancer Drugs Get on a Faster Track in U.S. 2011-06-20T19:28:45Z Can this be confirmed or is it just another urban legend? Off the Dribble: Answers About the N.B.A. Playoffs and More 2011-05-18T18:56:55Z He reported her reply in Vassar’s student newspaper, The Miscellany News, in the spring of his senior year: Complete urban legend, Max! The Choice: College Tours, Campus Legends 2011-02-24T18:20:58Z The Super Bowl is becoming a clearinghouse of urban legends and spurious examinations of social issues. The Fifth Down: Super Bowl Is Hype. And the Hype Is Us. 2011-02-05T13:00:59Z “It’s not just urban legend,” said David S. Yassky, the chairman of the Taxi and Limousine Commission, who asked his agency to investigate the phenomenon. Where Do All the Cabs Go in the Late Afternoon? 2011-01-11T19:09:36Z At Triple-A Louisville, he hit 104 and 105 mph on the radar board, turning his fastball into an urban legend even before he arrived in the majors. LHP Chapman's fastball an overnight sensation 2010-09-01T23:21:00Z Here’s what they came up with: It’s not quite urban legend, but there is a bit of historical license at work. Off the Dribble: Answers About the N.B.A. Playoffs and More 2011-05-18T18:56:55Z “It was like the urban legend washed up from the sewer and says, ‘What the heck am I doing here?’ and hides under a Datsun.” Baby Alligator Turns Up Beneath a Car in Queens 2010-08-23T03:20:00Z The social issues at the core of these urban legends or overstated threats are by no means laughing matters. The Fifth Down: Super Bowl Is Hype. And the Hype Is Us. 2011-02-05T13:00:59Z The world is rife with urban legends on how venture capital works, and all of them come from the entrepreneur's view versus the fund investor's perspective. The New Normal: Adventure Capital ? In With 5 Out With 50 2010-08-18T14:34:00Z The performances gave birth to a stubborn urban legend that Schilling stained the sock with ketchup or paint to call attention to himself. Schilling's business, bluster bleed into politics 2010-07-29T19:13:00Z Maybe the idea of an earlier leak of the WikiLeaks video is “urban legend,” he conceded. Link by Link: Through Soldiers? Eyes, ?The First YouTube War? 2010-05-24T00:19:00Z Not, as many urban legends suggest, because the parent company or outside investors won't fund them. Market Validation: Why Ready, Aim, Fire beats Ready, Fire, Fire, Fire, Aim 2010-04-27T15:45:00Z He can separate the truth from the urban legends. The Federal Coach takes a look at the deadwood myth 2010-04-20T04:00:00Z The site was started in 1996 as an online encyclopedia of myths and urban legends, building off the couple’s hobby. At Snopes, a Quest to Debunk Misinformation Online 2010-04-05T01:59:00Z But it is an urban legend, he said, largely fueled by the fact that suicides there are often shockingly public. After 3 Suspected Suicides, a Shaken Cornell Reaches Out 2010-03-17T01:26:00Z Like the rest of the world, Usenet has its share of urban legends and questionable activities. Big Dummy's Guide to the Internet |
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