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Poll_Blind

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Sat Feb-03-07 05:12 PM
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16. It looks like the site yanked the story. While the URL is consistent...

Edited on Sat Feb-03-07 05:14 PM by Poll_Blind

...with other stories on the site (See here for stories published today, click on one, look at URL) it's unusually and uncharacteristically brief ("alvarez-abduction") compared to all other stories posted today. One would expect of such sensational news that the headline would not be that brief given their format. "Alvarez Abduction" does not sell papers or get clicks. That last portion of the URL appears to be named, according to their format, with the same name as the article's title.

Looks like it was a hoax/hack. If it was real, based on their other links and stories, it would have a much longer descriptive title. Anyone still curious can click on a few stories and look at the URLs to see what I mean.

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Reply #16: It looks like the site yanked the story. While the URL is consistent... [View All]