snopes.com: Update #487
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New Articles - Do photographs show an SUV impaled by a guardrail?
- Images purportedly document a Hamas-organized mass wedding of adult men and young girls in the Gaza Strip.
- Was a massive earthquake poised to strike Los Angeles on 30 September 2010?
- New variant of the 'Package Delivery Failure' virus masquerades as USPS delivery notices.
- Photographs purportedly show activists displaying defaced U.S. and Arizona flags during a protest over an Arizona immigration law.
- Photographs purportedly show bighorn sheep on the face of the Buffalo Bill Dam in Wyoming.
- E-mail purportedly reproduces comedian Bill Cosby's platform as a write-in candidate in an upcoming presidential election.
- Don't forget to visit our Daily Snopes page for a collection of odd news stories from around the world!
Worth a Second Look - Did retailers mistakenly scan the wrong side of a CD bearing bar code-themed cover art, resulting in lower prices for customers?
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