Sunday, July 29, 2007

Elvis Sightings Expected to Plummet!

"The World's Most Reliable Newspaper" has died at the age of 28. The New York Times has passed away, you asked? Or perhaps The Wall Street Journal? Nope, it's the Weekly World News, that paper that has amused us at the checkout lines for years. Emil Steiner, a Washingpost.com blogger, writes about its demise in the printed form. Starting on Aug. 27, the Weekly World News will only be available online. So in light of this shocking, amazing, earth-shattering news, Steiner decided to list his favorite headlines from the paper over the years and asked his readers to add their own. So here's a sampling of those gems you wish you could have written:

Man Poses as CPR Dummy To Meet Women

Mother Nature Endorses Gore for President

Astronomer Rebuked For Endless Staring into Space

Man Marries Computer -- Becomes Gigamist

Pit Bull Eats Mobile Home

200 ELVES LAID OFF! Santa moves operation to Honduras sweatshop

VENGEFUL FROGS EAT FRENCH CHEF'S LEGS

VENTRILOQUIST IS IN COMA -- BUT HIS DUMMY'S STILL TALKING!

GRAVY TRAIN DERAILS!

Chocaholic Mom Has Sugar-Coated Baby

MEEK SUE TO INHERIT THE EARTH!

Woman gives birth to baby rabbits

Hitler's Brain Found in Mayonnaise Jar

HITLER'S NOSE ALIVE IN A JAR -- AND IT'S GROWING A MUSTACHE!

Gay Dinosaurs: the real reason they went extinct

Doctors Reattach Siamese Twins

Man searches for his own severed head

CONCRETE ENEMAS A BAD IDEA, DOCS WARN

You can read the full blog item here. (George Bush photo by AP)