Did a baseball team win the first U.S. pro soccer league title?
Los Angeles Times - Thu May 24, 1:58 pm ETBASEBALL/SOCCER URBAN LEGEND : The first American professional soccer league championship was won by a moonlighting baseball team.
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Simon English: Are shoots of recovery rooted in £5 pint of lager?
Independent - Thu May 24, 7:26 pm ETOutlook The £5 pint of beer, a horror fleetingly spotted whose existence could never be confirmed, can no longer be dismissed as an urban myth.
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Won over at Huks Fluks in the flutter of a heartbeat
The Copenhagen Post - Thu May 24, 6:06 am ET“Bystro, bystro!” yelled the Russian cossacks when they wanted a quick serving of food during the Russian occupation of Paris in 1815. At least that’s the urban legend behind the nowadays familiar restaurant term ’bistro’, which apparently means ‘quickly’ in Russian.
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Even in summer, it’s smart to give your nails a break
Hamilton Spectator - Tue May 22, 2:29 pm ETI grew up in New Jersey, often stereotyped as the land of big hair and long nails. I have been getting regular manicures and pedicures for as long as I can remember without ever worrying about the potential hazards of these little indulgences. That is, until a friend recently proved those urban legends true by contracting a nasty fungal infection after having her toes painted — and at a high-end ...
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Paranormal Team Investigates Local Theatre
WROC Rochester - Mon May 21, 8:15 pm ETThe City of Rochester is full of urban legends about buildings that are haunted. The Auditorium Theatre is no expection. Those who work there swear there are spirits.
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Urban Legend
Lo Spettacolo.it - Thu May 17, 8:19 pm ETIn un college del New England, un serial killer ispira i suoi delitti ai racconti del folklore moderno, le cosiddette ‘leggende metropolitane’, studiate dal sinistro professor Wexler.
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Exploding the 98% Myth About Burglar Alarms
PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance - Thu May 17, 2:03 pm ETFRISCO, Texas, May 17, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Is it true or just an urban myth that 98% of all burglar alarms reported to the police are false? The claim has been around for decades, but the statistic is ...
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The urban myths of KILLIN’ GRILLIN’
The Canton Repository - Thu May 17, 8:35 am ETThe dirty little secret: If you have a decent-size gas or charcoal grill, you have a smoker. Now how can that be?
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Jim Hillibish: Busting open the urban myths of grilling
Peoria Journal Star - Thu May 17, 2:25 pm ETMyth: Soak chips for three hours. The time is immaterial, so is the water. Dry chips smoke almost as well in a covered grill. Wet ones extend the smoking time somewhat. Dry directly on charcoal increases the temperature.
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Morning Jolt: Haunted home for seniors?
The Observer-Dispatch - Thu May 17, 10:41 am ETAn abandoned hospital in Los Angeles that is believed by many to be haunted will be transformed into a senior home. The Linda Vista Community Hospital – which is so creepy that it is often used in movies – has been the site of numerous ghost reportings over the years. Amcal Multi-Housing Inc. says the stories are just urban legends and will change the facility to senior housing in the near future.
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Charles Nesson Says RIAA Creating “Urban Legend” Around Copyright
WebProNews - Wed May 16, 11:43 am ETYou may recall the story of Joel Tenenbaum, the young man who chose to fight the RIAA when the group began to go after individual file sharers during the last decade. He has been caught in a legal hell for …