Technology is Too Good

Seattle, Washington: The new U.S. Weather Service radar on Camano Island and atmospheric profiler at Sand Point began to pick up a mysterious 20 mile per hour wind out of the south each night about a month ago, a wind that started about sunset and ended at dawn. Forecasters finally realized the new instrument is almost too accurate for its own good: It was detecting no wind, but the annual nighttime migration of thousands of birds towards the north, said a meteorologist.

Educational Priority

The following is supposedly a true story. To be included, besides being true, the story is most likely strange, weird, surprising, or funny.
January 12, 1993 Rhett Jacobs, Democratic candidate for the South Carolina House and a man who listed "education" as his top priority, submitted a required campaign disclosure form in October, handwritten, on which he detailed expenses for "filling fee," "campain work" and "litature."

Actual News Headlines

These are actual newspaper headlines gathered from papers across the country.
March Planned For Next August.
Blind Bishop Appointed To See.
Lingerie Shipment Hijacked--Thief Gives Police The Slip.
L.A. Voters Approve Urban Renewal By Landslide.
Patient At Death's Door--Doctors Pull Him Through.
Latin Course To Be Canceled--No Interest Among Students, Et Al.
Diaper Market Bottoms Out.
Croupiers On Strike--Management: "No Big Deal"
Stadium Air Conditioning Fails--Fans Protest.