The following are real strange headlines from various newspapers.
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I would like MORE. So if you have any just drop me a line to the address below.
On Thursday, September 07, 2000 this list exceeded 1000 headlines.
Unlike other headline lists on the web, this list is updated on a monthly basis and where possible
I have listed the paper where the headline origniated.
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- C.I.A. Drafts Covert Plan to Topple Saddam
- Cabbage Diced In Social Unrest - The Austrailian
- Cabbage Privatised - Guardian
- Cabbage Startles Solicitors -- Meridian News
- California Governor Makes Stand on Dirty Toilets -- Reuters headline
- California Hopes For An Alien Invasion To Solve Jobs Crisis - Times Interface Supplement
- California Seeks 13,000 Sex Offenders
- California Wildlife Destroys Over 40 Homes
- Canada Could Face Sperm Shortage -- Canadian Press headline
- Canadian Prime Minister Doesn't Think Bush Is 'a Moron' -- Reuters headline
- Cancer Society Honors Marlboro Mann
- Car Lost In Untended Garden - Daily Telegraph
- Cardigan Keeps Hampshire Cosy - Guardian
- Caribbean Bananas Are Ethical Bananas --UK Minister
- Caribbean Islands Drift To Left
- Carter Plans Swell Deficit
- Carter Ticks Off Black Help
- Cash Boost By Elderly Satan -- Dudley Express & Star.
- Cash Boost For Truancy -- Hounslow Guardian
- Cash Compost Means That Trees Can Grow On Money -- The Times
- Cash Plea To Help Dyslexic Cildren -- South Wales Evening Post
- Cat Tossing Latest Fad On Israeli Highways
- Cats To Replace Husbands -- Times
- Cattleman Grilled by Oprah's Lawyers
- Cause Of Aids Found - Scientists
- Cave Plan Arouses Stalactite Concern -- Irish Times.
- Celibacy Could Make Priests Extinct -- Dally Record.
- Cement Supplies Seen As Adequate
- Cemetery Faces Grave Problems Over Space -- Basingstoke Observer
- Central Bank Aims To Replace The Mattress -- Guardian
- Chaos As Church Split Widens -- Nairobi Nation.
- Chaos As Dead Rat Makes A Break For It - Manchester Evening News
- Chaos Warning As The Sun Explodes -- Metro (London)
- Charges Filed in Fla. Electrocution -- AP headline
- Checkout Counter Killer Sentenced To Die For Second Time In 10 Years
- Chef Finds New Game as Rat Exterminator -- Reuters headline
- Chef Gets Life for Cooking Wife -- Reuters headline
- Chef Throws His Heart Into Helping Feed Needy
- Cher Immortalized in Plastic -- AP headline
- Chicken Banned From Crossing The Road
- Chicken With Artificial Legs Dies A Hero -- Associated Press
- Child's Death Ruins Couple's Holiday
- Child Abuse Service Gains Corporate Sponsorship -- The Adelaide Advertiser.
- Childminders Get Right To Smack -- Daily Telegraph
- Children's Stool Great For Use In Garden
- Children Can Glow Safely -- Luton News
- China Drag Queens Have Officials On Their Knees
- Chinchilla Dirige El Museo Arqueologico Nacional -- (Chinchilla Is Manager Of The National Archaeological Museum) El Pais (Spain).
- Chinese Apeman Dated
- Chocolate Biscuit Bites Man In Midnight Snack Attack -- Shetland Times
- Chocolates, Kissing Could Help Fight Cavities -- AFP headline
- Chopper Search For Man In Underpants -- Luton News
- Chou Remains Cremated
- Christ's Plans Under Fire From Wandsworth -- Richmond & Twickenham Times.
- Christ Resigns As Police Chief
- Christian Cars Stoned in Nazareth -- AP headline
- Christmas Trees Don't Grow On Trees
- Church Goes Missing
- Church Homes Shut For Employing Christians
- Church In Northwick Talks -- Berrows Worcester Journal.
- Church Members Given Right To Die -- Guardian
- Church Plan Upsets Brothel -- Adelaide Advertiser
- Circumcision Now Seen As Pointless -- Straits Times (Singapore)
- City May Impose Mandatory Time, For Prostitution
- City Pact Fight Boils
- City Workers Rarely Fired for Doing a Bad Job -- Houston Chronicle headline
- Cliches, to Be Honest with You, Drive Us Mad -- Reuters headline
- Clinton Claims Credit for Y2K Quash -- AP headline
- Clinton Demands Children's Drug Dosages
- Clinton Places Dickey In Gore's Hands - Bangor Maine News
- Clinton Pledges Restraint In Use Of Nuclear Weapons -- Cedar Rapids Gazette, April 6
- Clinton Stiff On Withdrawal - The Bosnia Bugle
- Cloning Warning As Japanese Grow Frog Eyes In Laboratory -- Daily Mail
- Cocaine Use Hits New High -- Brentwood Yellow Advertiser
- Cold Is No Good For Blubs -- Richmond Borough Guardian
- Cold Wave Linked To Temperatures
- Collapsed Bridge in China Faulty -- AP headline
- Collegians Are Turning To Vegatables
- Columnist Gets Urologist In Trouble With His Peers
- Community Bands Together to Help Burn Victim's Family -- Bay City (Mich.) Times headline
- Commuter Tax On New Yorkers Killed In New Jersey
- Complaints About NBA Referees Growing Ugly
- Complaints About NHL Referees Growing Ugly
- Compromise on Ten Commandments -- AP headline
- Condom Firm Streches Product Line
- Condon's Pledge To Murder Witnesses - Daily Mail
- Confidence Sinks in September -- UPI headline
- Congressmen Try To Revive Suit -- International Herald Tribune.
- Connie Tied, Nude Policeman Testifies
- Constipation Is Not the Root of All Evil After All -- Reuters headline
- Cookies With Condoms Fail Family Taste-Test
- Cops Demanding Bribes From Aliens -- Johannesburg Star.
- Cops Halt Doughnut Shop Robbery
- Cops Quiz Victim In Fatal Shooting
- Cops: Man Steals Car to Get to [Car] Theft Hearing -- Jersey City Journal headline
- Coroner In Call To Put A Stop To Drink-All-You-Can-Nights After Death -- Sheffield Star
- Cost of Being Poor Rising -- Denver Post headline
- Council Informs Woman Who Died Two Years Ago She Is Dead -- Irish Times
- Council Not Liable Over Fatally Locked Widows -- The Times
- Council Staff Could Be Axed -- Hounslow Guardian
- County Bars Further Erections
- County Officials Seek Public Input On Adult Stores - Hunstville (Texas) Item
- County Officials To Talk Rubbish
- Couple Names Baby After Web Site -- AP headline
- Couple Slain: Police Suspect Homicide
- Court Rules Boxer Shorts Are Indeed Underwear -- Journal of Commerce, April 20
- Court Would Not Accept God Paid For TV Licence -- Somerset Standard
- Cow Attacks School Cook -- Halifax Evening Courier
- Cow Disarms Soldier, Another Kills Witch
- Cow in Police Custody Linked to Headless Chicken Case -- Lansing (Mich.) State Journal headline
- Cow Thefts Blamed on Low-Carb Craze -- Tallahassee Democrat headline
- Cowboy Warning In Tornado-Hit Town -- Ceefax (BBC Teletext Service)
- Crashed Jet May Have Flown Too Low -- AP headline
- Crazed Elephant Found In Sea
- Creepy, Crawly Creatures Invade DC -- AP headline
- Crematorium Plans Put On Back Burner -- Selkirk Advertiser
- Cretin Streaking Toward National Record -- Minneapolis (Mn) Star Tribune.
- Crime Rise Blamed On Lack Of Police -- ITV Teletext Service
- Crook Joins Barclaycard UK -- Financial Times
- Croupiers On Strike - Management: "No Big Deal"
- Cuba Tries Short Cut To Tailor Economy-- The Times
- Curious George Goes High-tech -- AP headline
- Cuts Could Hurt Animals -- The West Briton
Many thanks to Richard Edkins, Jon Hall, B G Dorgan and Hawkmoon for submitting quite a few headlines, Andy from Seagate for the trash compacter story, Colin Matthews, Mike Wilson, Jennifer Woodmansee, Newt, Dave Monk, David Cook, Lynda Featherstone, John McBride for informing me of my Googlewhack "Malaysian Gyrator" [ GoogleWhack ], Anna Tickle, Katy Smith, Jim Ness for the Air Head Fired source, Debbie Carter, Terry Shea, Steve Cawood of the Liverpool Daily Post and Echo.
Special thanks to [ Randy Cassingham ]
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