Wacky News Stories ...

Great, time to start raking leaves ...

1. On some spooked cities banning teenage trick-or-treating:
"Teenage trick-or-treating?!?!?!? I'm going to go out on a limb and guess these kids will have trouble finding a prom date."
http://abcnews.go.com/Health/wirestory?id=11949660&page=2

2. On the possibility that come Nov. 3, California could become the first state to allow legal, regulated, taxed marijuana;
"Dude ..."
http://www.mercurynews.com/elections/ci_16408972?nclick_check=1

3. On Virginia possibly raising the speed limit to 70 on some highways:
"Oh man, somebody better tell Sammy Hagar he needs to update his song!"
http://www.wtop.com/?nid=600&sid=2086387

4. On a story that on October 23, the Earth will be 6014 years old:
"Dinosaurs are rolling over in their tar-pit graves ..."
http://www.rationalskepticism.org/news-politics/october-23-earth-will-be-6014-years-old-t11986.html">http://www.rationalskepticism.org/news-politics/october-23-earth-will-be-6014-years-old-t11986.html

5. On a hungry showjumper causing chaos after he led his horses to a Liverpool McDonald’s drive-thru:
"I just love it when a guy decides to 'horse-around!'"
http://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/liverpool-news/local-news/2010/10/23/showjumper-leads-horses-on-foot-through-liverpool-mcdonalds-drive-thru-for-late-night-snack-100252-27529107/