COMPUTER
WORM EXPLOITS TSUNAMI: A mass e-mail posing as a plea
for aid to help the victims of last month's Asian tsunami
disaster is actually a vehicle for spreading a computer
virus. The worm appears with the subject line: "Tsunami
donation! Please help!" and invites recipients to
open an attachment called "tsunami.exe" -- which,
if opened, will forward the virus to other Internet users.
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MORE: Sophos.com
REMINDER:
W32.Mydoom worm infects
computers of people who CLICK ON A LINK OR HYPERLINK in
an e-mail they receive (which does NOT contain an attachment,
as some earlier versions of the worm program have done).
CNN/Money.com
Computer
virus masquerades as Christmas greeting. VERY
TRUE Read More
Scam
alert: Stranger hits you up for cabfare to get to a hospital
or money to buy gasoline or baby formula. VERY
TRUE Read More
Scam
alert? — Retail cashiers commonly steal from customers
by tricking them into requesting cash back and then pocketing
their money. UNDETERMINED
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Another
Internet-circulated essay mistakenly attributed to Paul
Harvey, this one in favor of school prayer. FALSE
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A round-up of superstitions associated with New Year's
Day. GOO
LUCK/BAD LUCK Read More
The name of Boxing Day comes from the need to rid the
house of empty boxes the day after Christmas. FALSE
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The
character 'Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer' was created
for the Montgomery Ward group of department stores. TRUE
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Telephone
solicitors are looking to hook you up with a variety of
government grants. FALSE
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Photographs
show a mule attacking a mountain lion.
UNDETERMINED
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A
nativity play takes an unusual turn when the young boy
playing the innkeeper departs from the script. FALSE
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Photographs
show damage to an airplane caused by a mid-air collision
with a goose. REAL
PHOTOS/FALSE DESCRIPTION Read More
You
should send your Christmas card to Nick Waters, a 15-year-old
physically-challenged boy living in Georgia who wants
10,000 Christmas cards, or get your friends and co-workers
to send theirs. FALSE
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A
U.S. serviceman's poem describing a soldier's lonely night
before Christmas. TRUE
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Photographs
show a series of cranes falling into water while attempting
to retrieve an automobile. MULTIPLE
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Law
firm issues Seussian response to a motion by opposing
counsel for the court to ignore a lawyer's Christmas vacation
request. FALSE
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Account
describes woman's finding wallet belonging to actress
Lindsay Lohan. UNDETERMINED
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Here's
a sports rumor regarding Tennis star Serena Williams FALSE
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Did
the practice of raising a finger when leaving the Sanctuary
originate with slaves signifying they'd received permission
from their masters to absent themselves? UNDETERMINED
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A
farmer mistakes the inscription on a banded wild bird
for cooking instructions. FALSE
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It's
the return of the Christmas mondegreens! MISHEARD
LYRICS Read More
News
article claims Canada has arrested U.S. President George
W. Bush and charged him with war crimes. FALSE
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Though
long distance calling cards are usually high on every
U.S. soldier's wish list, those undergoing treatment at
Walter Reed in Washington, DC, already have more than
they need, the e-mailed plea for them notwithstanding.
UNDETERMINED
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The
pitfalls of sending cash as a Christmas gift. HUMOR
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Were
mob-busting RICO laws named for a film gangster? UNDETERMINED
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During the Civil War, a woman was impregnated by sperm
carried on a bullet. FALSE
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