April 1st, 2005

I’m looking for the best examples of genuine news stories or non-ironic posts (ideally with today’s dateline) that look as if they might be April Fool’s jokes or items from The Onion.

Here’s a sample.

Update

First reader submission, from Arvin Tseng of Rebuttable Presumption) , and it’s a clear winner, from Reuters via MS-NBC:

Flying squirrel wins reprieve in Canada

A move to extradite ‘Sabrina’ is reversed

At least it doesn’t mention Sabrina’s boyfriend, Rocky.

And CNN is not to be outdone:

Ms. Wheelchair stripped of title for standing up

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