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Hello again from snopes.com, your corner of urban legends sanity onthe World Wide Web!This update details pages added to the Urban Legends Reference Pages(http://www.snopes.com) since our July 21 2001 mailing.If after this update you're still left wondering about something newlyarrived in e-mail, we hope you'll feed a few keywords from it to oursearch engine at http://www.snopes.com/search, air your suspicionsto our knowledgeable band of regulars on the message board athttp://www.snopes.com/message, or send an e-mail to snopes@....And now, to the legends!------------------------------------------After a spectator at a Fourth of July celebration in Philadelphia toldPresident Bush that he was "disappointed" with his work, the Presidentresponded, "Who cares what you think?" (10 August 2001) http://www.snopes.com/inboxer/outrage/hangley.htmDid Senator Hillary Clinton snub a delegation of Gold Star mothers? (7 August 2001) http://www.snopes.com/inboxer/outrage/goldstar.htmMarlboro, Coca Cola, and Budweiser: the three most valuable brandnames on Earth? (3 August 2001) http://www.snopes.com/business/market/brand.htmWe've resurrected and revamped our Quick Reference Guide.(2 August 2001) http://www.snopes.com/info/quick.htmA legendary collegiate prank: Students pit police and road repaircrew against each other. (1 August 2001) http://www.snopes.com/college/pranks/roadwork.htmHenry Kissinger: The last student to graduate from Harvard withperfect grades? (31 July 2001) http://www.snopes.com/college/admin/straight.htmMore hoaxes -- AOL, MSN, or Yahoo! is not about to start charging forits instant messaging service unless an Internet petition opposing thefee increase attracts a specified number of signatures by a named date.(31 July 2001) http://www.snopes.com/inboxer/petition/im.htmDoes the expression "hoity-toity" come from the French words "hauttoit," meaning "high roof"? (31 July 2001) http://www.snopes.com/language/foreign/hoity.htmWhen Hancock affixed his famously large signature to theDeclaration of Independence, he proclaimed, "There, I guess King will be able to read *that*!" Or so says history. (30 July 2001) http://www.snopes.com/history/american/hancock.htmBy law, must a driver surrender his vehicle to a policemen whorequests its use in order to chase a fleeing suspect? (27 July 2001) http://www.snopes.com/autos/law/posse.htmMore roadkill from the Misinformation Superhighway: The claim thatthe combination of shrimp and Vitamin C tablets will cause arsenicpoisoning. (26 July 2001) http://www.snopes.com/toxins/shrimp.htmDid F. Kennedy trigger a precipitous decline in the sales ofmen's hats by appearing hatless at his 1961 inauguration? (26 July 2001) http://www.snopes.com/history/american/jfkhat.htmWas 8-year-old Jessie Arbogast mauled by a bull shark that his unclehad been fishing for and fighting on a line for two hours? (25 July 2001) http://www.snopes.com/inboxer/outrage/shark.htmM & Ms could have been the candy that lured E.T. from his hiding place,but they turned down the opportunity. (24 July 2001) http://www.snopes.com/business/market/mandms.htmIt can run, but can a nauga hide? (24 July 2001) http://www.snopes.com/business/market/nauga.htmA death too gruesome to contemplate: Man is burned to death attemptingto rescue dog from boiling hot spring. (24 July 2001) http://www.snopes.com/horrors/freakish/hotsprng.htmStill Haunting the Inbox------------------------Virus announcement and virus hoax e-mails are afoot! We try to keepcurrent on them and do our best to point readers to authoritativelinks confirming or debunking them. http://www.snopes.com/inboxer/virus/virus.htmSeems like everyone has become the recipient of mysterious e-mailspromising untold wealth if only one helps a wealthy African quietlymove millions of dollars out of his country. The venerable Nigerianscam has discovered the goldmine that is the Internet. Beware --there's still no such thing as "something for nothing," and thecontents of your bank account will end up with these wily Africansif you fall in with this. http://www.snopes.com/inboxer/scams/nigeria.htmNo, there is still no Captain Abraham Sands of the ville PoliceDepartment who is warning folks about HIV-laden needles affixed to gaspump handles. This hoax that was all the rage in June of last yearhas been revived for another go-round. Some versions now put thefictitious Captain Sands with the Buffalo Police Department. http://www.snopes.com/horrors/mayhem/gaspump.htmThe "roach eggs in the envelope glue" tale is back -- we first sawit in December 1999. It's a hoax, and just another version of the"roach eggs in the taco" story. http://www.snopes.com/horrors/food/tacobell.htmNo one is trying to get "Touched By An Angel" cancelled, nor is therea plot afoot to remove all mentions of religion from the airwaves.This tomfoolery has been around for more than *25 years* and therewas never anything to it, even while Madalyn Murray O'Hair was alive. http://www.snopes.com/inboxer/petition/fcc.htm