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41 From The ‘X’ Zone Newsroom 41 From The ‘X’ Zone Newsroom Can't sleep? Scare up 25 Hottest Urban Nancy Pelosi 25 Hottest Urban some ghosts to count Legends 14.Items about Speaker of the House Nancy Legends Pelosi. EL PASO -- Most of us seniors seem to This page compiles the 25 urban legends have problems sleeping though the night. Many currently circulating most widely, as determined http: vs. https: times I sleep until 3 or 4 in the morning, and by frequency of access, user searches, reader e- then I am wide awake. The harder I try, the mail, and media coverage. 15.Article explains the difference between http harder it seems to get back to sleep. Even and https web protocols. cuddling my teddy bear won't help, so I don't Obama Acceptance Speech Virus even try. I just listen to a talk show on the radio PPA Recall Alert until I fall asleep again. 1.Message offering a link to an Obama During the day they usually talk about acceptance speech video harbors malware. 16.FDA health advisory regarding drugs politics or the economy and such, which gets containing PPA (phenylpropanolamine). pretty boring to me after a while. But I found Cell Phone Directory and Telemarketers that, in the middle of the night, they have the Reverse PIN Panic Code "weird" programs. They can be pretty 2.Warning that cell phone numbers are about to entertaining. be given to telemarketers. 17.Item claims entering one's PIN in reverse at Some nights they have all the any ATM summons the police. "UFOlogists" calling in, and you should hear Microsoft / AOL Giveaway them. They can almost make a believer out of Luke Air Force Base you, if you are so inclined. Often they are well- 3.Promotion promises free cash or merchandise spoken, seemingly quite-educated individuals, for forwarding an e-mail message. 18.Resident writes to newspaper to complain who will tell you stories about abductions and about fly-by of jets headed for a fallen whatnot that will make your hair stand on end. Mail Server Report serviceman's memorial service. I always have to chuckle to myself, how seriously the emcee urges them on. But you can 4.Information about the "Mail Server Report" 'Life Is Beautiful' Virus tell, most of it is tongue-in-cheek. Well, if you computer virus. would take it all for gospel, you would probably 19.Warning about the "Life Is Beautiful" get so scared that you could never get back to Swiffer WetJet PowerPoint-based computer virus. sleep. Another night they will have 5.Warning about the Swiffer WetJet posing a Reachelle Marie Smith numerologists who add up all kinds of general danger to dogs and other pets. important numbers and claim to be able to tell 20.E-mailed plea to help find a missing girl the future that way. One even claims that he has 809 Area Code Scam named Reachelle Marie Smith. figured out what is going to happen in December 2012, when the Mayan calendar runs 6.Warning about scammers' sending pages from Burundanga Business Cards out, but he wouldn't tell us what it is. Shucks! the 809 area code. And of course the astrologers get their 21.Warning about criminals' using burundanga- turn, too. Your lot depends strictly on when, #77 or *677 Cell Phone Notification soaked business cards to incapacitate their where and under what star you were born. victims. I wonder what happens when a baby is 7.E-mail advises contacting police by calling delivered by C-section? I guess the mother #77 (or *677) on a cell phone. Juval Aviv could consult an astrologer and pick a time that will guarantee the best life for the baby. Could Remus Reid 22.Item describes Juval Aviv's predictions for be a pretty neat trick if it would work. upcoming terrorist attacks on the U.S. My granddaughter is having a baby by 8.Item claims a relative of Senate leader Harry C-section. I hope she picked a good time. Reid was a horse thief and a train robber. Jane Fonda and POWs You would be surprised how many people claim ghosts are real. Some see good #-9-0 Phone Scam 23.Rumor claims Jane Fonda betrayed U.S. ghosts of departed loved ones that come to help POWs during the Viet Nam War. them solve pressing problems. Others see bad 9.Warning about scammers' running up long- ghosts that sit on their chests and try to smother distance charges by asking victims to press #-9- Freedom of Choice Act them. Still others see poltergeists that make 0 on their telephones. things fly through the air and raise havoc with 24.Item lists consequences that will result from the furnishings. I think that's what I will claim Evan Trembley passage of the Freedom of Choice Act. the next time my house is a mess when unexpected company arrives. Awesome! 10.Missing boy: Evan Trembley Joshua Bell Last night was ghost night, and the emcee had all kinds of discussions with the Pimple Ball Dog Toy 25.World-class violinist played incognito in a callers. I had to laugh when they came up with Washington subway. a pretty good idea. What if they could gather a 11.Warning about a "pimple ball" dog toy bunch of good ghosts and form a ghostly police causing injuries to dogs. FOR THE COMPLETE force? Can you imagine a ghost disarming a STORY ON THESE gun-toting robber and relieving him of his loot Jury Duty Scam or making a carjacker drive straight to the police URBAN LEGENDS station? What a concept! 12.Scammers trick victims into revealing Well, now you know what I do when I personal info by telling them they've failed to can't sleep in the middle of the night. I don't report for jury duty. GO TO stew about it. Sometimes I even enjoy myself! To Report A UFO Sighting Contact Applebee's Gift Certificates The National UFO Reporting Center www.snopes.com 206-722-3000 13.E-mail promotion promises free gift www.ufocenter.com certificates for Applebee's restaurants.