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Wednesday 27 August 2008

27-8-2008 Headlines

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Posted by owen whiteoak at 10:39am

Mysterious Lake Mertzbaher

Good news for Indonesia's Tree Man

Cat survives for seven weeks walled in under a bathtub

"Winged cats" blamed on hot weather

"Aliens do exist"

Man's collection of 51 venomous snakes just bites

"Mystery disease" turned out to be malaria

Two-headed baby draws crowds of 150,000

Neanderthal stone tools the equal of Cro Magnon's

UFOs and nukes

Blessed Virgin Mary image in tree trunk

Thanks to all our newshounds: boban piskulic, Dr Franklin Ruehl, Trevor Ouellette, Gotan, Kevin Fuller, plowter, Warren Port, Dirk van der Werff, Frank Warren, plowter

Tuesday 26 August 2008

26-8-2008 Headlines

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Posted by owen whiteoak at 2:59pm

Chicago's most famous ghost

Dog rescues and adopts abandoned baby

Mexico's vampire ghost

Unified theory of the paranormal

Cinderella, Snow White and Tinkerbell arrested at Disneyland

Preacher lied about having terminal cancer

Blind man convicted of driving while drunk and without a license

Yowie hunter returns to Macleay County

Counting without numbers

Derby is Britain's hot spot (or is that eerily cold spot?)

Man arrested for correcting typo

Mike the Headless Chicken remembered

Mystery virus kills 160

84-year-old man shoots himself five times in the head, once in the stomach - and survives

Burning joss sticks correlates with increased cancer risk

Cattle graze on a magnetic north-south axis

Squirrel closes down Swiss TV

Thanks to all our newshounds: boban piskulic, Marilyn Varner,, Karen J Andrade, Jennifer Hor, kristi, Robin Swope, Anthony North, Dr Franklyn Ruehl, PhD, Harry Koning, Zarqwan, Jim Gorman Jr, Warren Port, Kevin Buck

Friday 22 August 2008

22-8-2008 Headlines

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Posted by owen whiteoak at 11:46am

White House ghost photo

Indian boy cleans fish tank - fish swims up into his bladder

Oak tree clear for road widening - OAP commits suicide

Udder clouds seen over St Albans

Furnished cave discovered in Scottish cliffside

Bear steals hubcap, offers it to next driver

Red light cameras may increase number of accidents

Elephants can do arithmetic - you can count it

Goliath grouper is a new species

Baby humpback whale mistakes yachts for its mother...

... but sadly has to be put down

The Tall Guy regains title

Mexicans having tracer chips implanted to foil kidnappers

"Ghost knocked me down - because I called him a wuss"

Nigerian faces death penalty for marrying 86 wives

Public Service Announcement: make sure your shoelaces are tight before you begin that burglary

Sphinx statues uncovered in Egypt

Thanks to all our newshounds: Sarah, boban piskulic, Michael Palmer, Karen J Andrade, Jennifer Hor, Carissa Kostopoulos, Vanessa Cortez, George Alderslade

Thursday 21 August 2008

21-8-2008 Headlines

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Posted by owen whiteoak at 11:35am

Yoda the four-eared cat

Public Health Warning: When lighting flatulence, stay away from petrol cans

Arctic icecap didn't melt after all

The "sixth taste" - calcium

eBay amber purchase reveals new insect species

The health benefits of re-heated spag bol

Humans teach dogs morality

Japanese island ghost-town

The dinosaur sprinter

After 5,000km journey, yacht slams on to rocks just 500m from home harbour

"World's oldest man" dies, aged 138

61-year-old gives birth to her own grandchild

Inventors strive to perfect the flying car

Restaurant's free meal offer sent by balloon - couple take advantage, just 15 years late

Colony of Mediterranean snails camping out at Cliveden House

Black Holes can be big or small, but nothing in between

Grapefruit juice's impact on medicines

"Promiscuity leads to demonic possession"

Message in a bottle reunited with its sender 23 years on

The ultimate family tree

Oetzi's clothing suggests he was a herdsman

Magnetic monster in erupting galaxy

Colossal squid defies fierce legend

Thanks to all our newshounds: Michael Cohan, boban piskulic, Kevin Buck, Karen J Andrade, Jennifer Hor, molmatisi, Andrew Trench, Marilyn Varner, George Koprowicz

Wednesday 20 August 2008

20-8-2008 Headlines

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Posted by owen whiteoak at 2:23pm

Apologies to any of you who thought the end was nigh, but the holiday is over and we're resuming the Breaking News service.

Historic serial killers

Magpie can recognise their own reflections

Brain's counting ability is built-in

Why we "want to believe"

Corpse in Puerto Rico embalmed, kept upright for three days to celebrate wake

Sea turtles march into restaurant

US military funding for mind-reading

Latest sensational Bigfoot find - was a gorilla suit

Latest Turin Shroud controversy

Object near Moon on video

Wild dolphins do the tail-walk

Star-signs and Olympic medals

Mysterious humming keeps Sudbury awake at night

Gordon the robot has biological brain

Thanks to all our newshounds: George Koprowicz, boban piskulic, David A McIntee, Karen J Andrade, Homewrecker, Jonathan Palmer, AJ Douglas, John Hall

20-8-2008

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Posted by Jen Ogilvie at 11:26am

To those who took the absence of breaking news to mean Fortean Times was closing down, don't worry! Thanks loads for your offers of help, much appreciated, but we were just taking a brief holiday. Normal service will be resumed this afternoon.

Wednesday 13 August 2008

13-08-2008

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Posted by owen whiteoak at 6:21pm

Due to non-availability of staff, FT's Breaking News is going off the air for the next week or so. Fortean service will be resumed as soon as possible.

13-08-2008 Headlines

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Posted by owen whiteoak at 10:39am

Electronic tongue grades wine

Could wearing red gives sports teams an unfair advantage?

When the sky went black

Scimitar-tooth cat fossil found in Venezuela

"Bigfoot body" to be displayed

Chupacabra video claim

Shark versus polar bear

Man held his family captive for three years

Homer Simpson euro coin turns up

Majestic-12 Ops manual

Groom charged with being too near bride at wedding

House-sized inflatable dog turd breaks moorings and escapes

Animal extinctions due to man, not climate

Amorous man cut free from park bench

19 terrifying incidents involving fish

Roman temple found beneath Gallilean church

Werewolf boy appeals to doctors for cure

Thanks to all our newshounds: Michael Palmer, Frank Warren, George Koprowicz, boban piskulic, Leo Herrera, Jennifer Hor, David A McIntee, Kevin Buck, Carissa Kostopoulos, Kieran Stephen, Robin Swope

Tuesday 12 August 2008

12-08-2008

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Posted by owen whiteoak at 11:59am

Turning exhaust fumes into power

Spilled cashbag causes free-for-all on highway

Air traffic controller uses text messages to guide plane to landing

Two babies born at 08:08 on 08/08/08 each weighed 8lb 8oz

Lourdes tourist chief killed in freak petanque accident

Bus beheading similar to Windigo legend

Garden gnome's global tour

Investigating Lascaux cave paintings

First Neanderthal genome completed

Majestic-12 Ops manual

Groom charged with being too near bride at wedding

House-sized inflatable dog turd breaks moorings and escapes

Animal extinctions due to man, not climate

Amorous man cut free from park bench

19 terrifying incidents involving fish

Thanks to all our newshounds: Michael Palmer, Shane Brennan, George Koprowicz, boban piskulic, miskovic, Jennifer Hor, Marilyn Varner, Sandra McGill, Zarqwan, plowter, leon, Andrew James, TP

Monday 11 August 2008

11-8-2008

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Posted by owen whiteoak at 2:59pm

Three-year-old girl falls five storeys, saved by cuddly toy

Goldfish that swims belly-up

Was Montauk Monster a film hoax?

14-million-year-old lost world found in Antarctic

38 killed by rabid vampire bats

Three-year-old girl with "Sixth sense"

How grimoires work

Science close to revealing Invisible Man

Bendy electronics

Bhutan yeti

Why ice defies Third Law of Thermodynamics

"Topanga UFO" spotted over Oregon

UFO-spotter close to political office

The story that just keeps on giving... Woman who had her pet dog cloned admits she was ex-beauty queen who abducted Mormon missionary as sex-slave, escaped justice by posing as deaf-mute actor, then continued to stalk the man

Chanting the Lord's name - for 44 years non-stop

Stonehenge pranksters fess up, 42 years on

Lightning strikes reaper, said to be feeling grim

The gene for horror movie appreciation

Thanks to all our newshounds: Michael Palmer, fuzz, George Koprowicz, boban piskulic, Frank Warren, Jennifer Hor, Andy Doug, Darren Ross, John from LI, The Lizard King, George Alderslade, Anthony North, Jimmeh, David A McIntee, bobndave, Darren Beavers, Trevor Ouellette

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