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Recently, some 20,000 people were evacuated from an area of Cologne, Germany, while authorities removed a 1-ton bomb that had been discovered during construction work. The bomb was leftover from the bombing of Germany by the allies during WWII. Just a few years earlier another 20,000 people in Dortmund…

The editor of The Lancet medical journal says that up to 50 percent of all scientific papers “may simply be untrue.” Richard Horton says that researchers “too often sculpt data to fit their referred theory of the world or run badly designed experiments that confuse association with causation or inflate…

In 2009, a high school girl named Wanetta Gibson falsely accused a High school football star named Brian Banks of rape. That accusation caused the loss of several college scholarships and a five years sentence when he could have played college football. The future after than we will never know, for he…

According to news reports, Joshua Tackett, a 29-year-old New Hampshire resident crashed his car in front of his local police headquarters. Police later arrested him on the suspicion of drunk driving. In his mug shot, he is wearing a t-shirt that says, “This guy needs a beer.” While many viewing the picture…

Some people are bad liars. A Nebraska man was fined $100 for marijuana possession after police searched his car and found his stash. The sheriff said that his deputies stopped the 21-year-old man on suspicion of driving drunk and did a quick search of his vehicle. Under the passenger seat they discovered…

Police arrested Jeff Waters when he tried to cash a $368 billion check. When questioned by police Waters claimed he bought the check for $100 from a man named Tito. “Blame Tito,” Waters told police. “I’m as innocent as a schoolgirl.” It is hard to tell which delusion Jeff Waters had was the most serious.…

In his book, Making the Grass Greener on Your Side, Ken Melrose writes, “When we honestly walk our talk, we link our beliefs and our behaviors. There’s congruence between the two because why we do something is as important as what we do. Both beliefs and behaviors are integral parts of our character.…

In January of 2015, believers and non-believers were shocked to hear an admission from Alex Malarkey that he lied about going to heaven and coming back to tell about it while in a coma after an auto accident. The Boy Who Came Back from Heaven: A Remarkable Account of Miracles, Angels, and Life Beyond…

A social experiment put teens in a room by themselves to play a bean-bag toss game. After they played the game researchers asked the teens to report on their own scores. Unknown to the youngsters there was a hidden camera to verify the results. They found that eighty percent of the participants lied,…

Just before Christmas in 2015, Stephen Roseman posted a picture on Facebook of a dog with the caption "badly burned and disfigured trying to save his family from a house fire. One like=one prayer, one share=ten prayers." Thousands of users responded. The good news is that the dog is OK, but it was not…

Premier Health Plans has a new salesperson presenting their insurance plans to the public for purchase. Samantha West is a charming, jovial, and very knowledgeable about insurance plans. The only thing is she is a robot. She is controlled by people operating a call center who use her to cover up their…

A museum in Iowa was shocked to learn that an African leopard Tortoise they owned might have been stolen. They were more surprised a few days later, when they discovered that a misguided employees had later found the turtles and then lied to keep up the story about ti being stolen. Authorities said,…

Unmarried women living in Beijing are under great pressure to find husbands. That pressure has created a burgeoning industry in rental boyfriends, especially around holiday seasons when they go home to the countryside to visit their families. Boyfriends cost about a month’s salary for a visit home posing…

On January 11th 2014 Major League Baseball suspended Alex Rodriguez for the use of performance enhancement drugs (PED). Defiant, Rodriguez would not admit that he used steroids, and maintaining his innocence throughout the league’s investigation. It wasn’t until he was under oath in front of prosecutors…

At the second Inauguration of President Barack Obama on January 21, 2013, vocalist and performer Beyoncé Knowles delivered a moving rendition of the National Anthem. It was immediately regarded by news organizations as a historical moment. US Magazine called it “Beyoncé’s proudest moment ever” and Business…

In Confessions of a Shopaholic, Rebecca Bloomwood sits with her editor, Luke Brandon, in front of the live studio audience of a morning talk show. Promoting her popular articles as the Girl with the Green Scarf, she mentions her inspirations in writing financial advice for non-business professionals.…

In 2012, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences published the results of a study indicating that an increasing number of scientific studies are ultimately retracted because they are wrong. The study found that the majority of the retractions are not due to honest mistakes, but rather the result…

Education officials in New Jersey say they decided to stop using a standardized test question asking third graders to reveal a secret and then write about why it was difficult to keep. The question appeared on the writing portion of the test given to 4000 students in 15 districts. It drew criticism from…

Lance Armstrong, the legendary cyclist recently stripped of seven Tour de France titles for doping, appeared on Oprah Winfrey’s talk show to “come clean.” During the interview, he revealed the condition of his conscience during the time he was cheating. Oprah asks, “Was it a big deal to you? Did it feel…

Recently, satellite pictures provided by the media confirmed the existence of unauthorized illegal modifications in the private residence of Leung Chun-ying, the Chief Executive of Hong Kong Special Administration Region (HKSAR). Since Mr. Leung was a former senior housing inspector, it was a surprise…

We are told in the Bible that we should be honest in our dealings with others. Yet when you eat fish at restaurants these days you can never be sure of what you are getting. The group, Oceana tested tuna sold at grocery stores and restaurants in the U.S. and discovered that nearly 60% is not tuna but…

An election season calls forth charges and then countercharges. An army of fact checkers head for the news to verify, fact or lie. “Daniel Patrick Moynihan once said, ‘Everyone is entitled to his own opinion but not to his own facts.” As believers we ought to value truth very highly. After all, it is…

Major League Baseball executives say they have difficulty faulting players for trying to gain an edge by using illegal drugs that enhance their performance. Cleveland Indians President Mark Shapiro said, “The mentality to do whatever possible exists throughout society, in any free market system, the…

When a temporary job staffing firm surveyed employees they sent replacements to cover, they found some interesting results about taking time off. Approximately one quarter of workers said they were willing to lie about a death in the family, an illness, or jury duty in order to avoid going to work. Twenty-six…

Lance Armstrong captured Americans hearts as a cancer survivor who won seven Tour de France titles. Americans love an underdog. His Livestrong foundation has raised approximately $500 million. For many years he denied the accusations of cheating. The adoring American public chose to believe him. His…