Politics
Obama's Secret Divorce Papers
Tabloids periodically claimed Barack and Michelle Obama had secretly filed for divorce. No credible evidence ever emerged, and the marriage endured.
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India Politics
What They Said: Spreading Fear Across India
What India's leaders said during the August 2012 panic exodus — from the Prime Minister's assurance to the Home Secretary's charge of a foreign hand.
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India Politics
The Panic Train
In August 2012, rumor-driven panic sent tens of thousands of Northeasterners fleeing southern cities on packed trains — India's first great social-media scare.
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Business
Rumor: iPhone 5 to use 'liquid metal' casing
In April 2012, Korean IT News reported Apple's iPhone 5 might use Liquidmetal alloy — the rumor fizzled; the iPhone 5 shipped in aluminum that September.
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