Check out this news story which I still can’t believe isn’t an Onion headline – and I’ve looked at both the NY Times site (where the story appears), and The Onion site (where it doesn’t), and I still don’t believe it.
Here’s the lead-in:
“FBI Issues Alert Against Almanac Carriers”
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By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Published: December 29, 2003
WASHINGTON (AP) — The FBI is warning police nationwide to be alert for people carrying almanacs…”
Full story available here: http://tinyurl.com/29mfw
Sound off time! What do you folks think of this?
Anne
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