Portis Subject of Hoax
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Redskins running back Clinton Portis was the subject of some Internet hijinx Thursday when someone created a Web page reporting that Portis was out for as much as three months because of an injury suffered lifting weights.
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BIRMINGHAM, Ala. -- The defense in Richard Scrushy's corporate fraud trial sought to poke holes yesterday in the claims of a key witness who contends the fired HealthSouth chief executive was behind a scheme to overstate earnings.
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A leading Croatian daily was deeply embarrassed when it published an interview with the prime minister that turned out to be a hoax by a journalism student who answered the editor's questions by e-mail.
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Cardinals safety Ifeanyi Ohalete is suing former Redskins teammate Clinton Portis, claiming the running back owes him $20,000 for changing his uniform number this season.
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In the latest in a disturbing string of campus fakes, a Princeton student's assault and death threats turn out to have been a hoax
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Before Clinton Portis opens his mouth again to make light of dog fighting, maybe he should know something about what he's defending.
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A Dutch reality show in which a supposedly dying woman had to pick one of three contestants to receive her kidneys was revealed as a hoax on Friday.
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Ken Silverstein says he lied, deceived and fabricated to get the story.
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The Drudge Report on Wednesday carried a banner headline proclaiming âMedia Tricked Again: Brit Faked Wedding.â It cited âdocumentsâ uncovered by US Weekly that âshow Britney Spears
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Clinton Portis will miss the rest of the preseason and perhaps more. Junior Seau is done altogether. Portis, who set a Redskins record with 1,516 yards rushing last season, partially dislocated his left shoulder making a tackle in an exhibition game Sunday. Coach Joe Gibbs said Portis' shoulder was sore and he would begin rehabilitation once the soreness abates.
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A man who boasted to reporters around the world that his Web site allowed strangers to turn his outdoor Christmas lights off and on admitted Monday it was an elaborate hoax designed, he said, to spread holiday cheer.
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If lightning strikes once, then why not again? This irrational logic will tempt the victims of any senseless tragedy to believe in miracles, or so Portia Iversen assures us by way of explaining her long, determined slog toward a miracle of her own. Whether she actually found one or not, readers will have to decide for themselves.
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CHAPEL HILL, N.C. - The Valentine's Day breakup of two North Carolina college students that featured singers, hundreds of spectators and a profanity-laced tirade was a hoax after all.
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LONDON The BBC says it&#39;s fallen victim to a hoax by a fake corporate spokesman. The hoaxter claimed to take responsibility for a deadly cyanide gas leak that killed ten-thousand people in India 20 years ago.
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Washington Redskins coach Joe Gibbs ruled Clinton Portis out for Sunday's game against the Dallas Cowboys, an announcement that surprised Portis and created yet another twist in the running back's injury saga.
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Clinton Portis asserts that his problems Sunday were partially attributable to the Browns defense calling out Washington's plays before the team could run them.
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An author sued by a film company after her novel about life as a truck-stop prostitute was exposed as a hoax was found liable for fraud on Friday in a case involving tales of the author's multiple personalities.