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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...could we forget highlights like the Balloon Boy hoax, Mark Sanford's (ahem) hiking excursion and the gate-crashing Salahis' White House cameo? They all make the top 10 "FAIL moments" list - which also revives some gems that may have slipped your mind. Remember that time a Bolivian TV network claimed to have photos of the harrowing last moments of Air France Flight 447 - only to be informed they were actually stills of a scene from Lost...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Top 10 FAILs of 2009 | 12/11/2009 | See Source »

...most bizarre part of the most recent issue is the ads. Let’s play a little game of real or hoax. Which of these ads are legit...

Author: By Zoe A.Y. Weinberg, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Some 'Poon-Provided Procrastination | 12/2/2009 | See Source »

...Real or Hoax...

Author: By Zoe A.Y. Weinberg, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Some 'Poon-Provided Procrastination | 12/2/2009 | See Source »

...down to the business of your new book. What are Spanx? You know what? Spanx are a sham. Spanx are an evil hoax perpetrated upon womanhood. It happened to me when I was in a store. I don't have time to shop so I grabbed a pair of tights and figured I would try them on at home. I put them on and I can't get them on. I try to put these on and it's like a tourniquet ... So I thought, what is this garment? I started to do the research. It is in fact body...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Q&A: Best-Selling Author Lisa Scottoline | 11/30/2009 | See Source »

...Chamber has spent $17 million on the health-care debate, more than any other organization, but may end up losing its fight to keep any form of public option from ending up in the final legislation. And last week, the Chamber was the victim of an elaborate media hoax, when activists put out a fake press release and held a phony news conference announcing the Chamber's supposed shift in its controversial climate change stance...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Is the Chamber of Commerce Its Own Worst Enemy? | 10/31/2009 | See Source »

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