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DrDebug Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-25-05 10:00 AM
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Misreading headlines: "BBC: Hamster kills three people"
I actually thought that at first glance and instinctively pressed it, but it said Hamster virus.

So what was the funiest misreading of a headline you can remember?
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dutchdemocrat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-25-05 10:20 AM
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1. Here's some








Give the Palestinians a homeland - Ottawa
Toronto Star, 31 July 1982

Babies are what the mother eats
The Times-Herald, 7 November 1984

Never Withold Herpes Infection From Loved One
Alburquerque Journal, 26 December 1984

Kampala - A hand grenade exploded on board a passenger train killing a Uganda Army soldier who was toying with it and two civilian passengers.
The Times, 27 March 1982

How to combat that feeling of helplessness with illegal drugs
The Royal Gazette, 9 May 1985

Infertility unlikely to be passed on
Montgomery Advertiser

Study Finds Sex, Pregnancy Link
Cornell Daily Sun, December 7, 1995

Whatever Their motives, Moms Who Kill Kids still Shock Us
Holland Sentinal

Survey Finds Dirtier Subways After Cleaning Jobs Were Cut
The New York Times

Larger Kangaroos Leap Farther, Researchers Find
The Los Angeles Times

Teenage girls often have babies fathered by men
The Sunday Oregonian

Low Wages Said Key to Poverty
Newsday

Man shoots neighbor with machete
The Miami Herald

Dirty-Air Cities Far Deadlier Than Clean Ones, Study Shows
The New York Times



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DS1 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-25-05 10:23 AM
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2. Special Patrol Group
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