The following are real strange headlines from various newspapers.

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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.

Last modified: Thursday, 16-Sep-2004 14:10:47 BST

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  1. 'Santa' Steals Painkiller From Drug Store -- AP headline
  2. [Indian] Scientists Use Radiation to Cure Flatulence -- Reuters headline
  3. Substitute Teachers Seeking Respect -- AP headline
  4. Scots Experts To Help Georgia's Rural Economy -- The Scotsman 25/01/2000
  5. S. Africa Battles Invasion Of Alien Water-Snatchers -- Daily Yomiuri (Japan)
  6. S. Florida Illegal Aliens Cut In Half By New Law
  7. Safety Experts Say School Bus Passengers Should Be Belted
  8. Saints Overrun Hapless Halifax -- Guardian.
  9. Salesman Says He Left, 4 Large Rings In Malden Bathtub
  10. Sand Found On Beach Shocker -- Hartlepool Mail
  11. Santa Accused of Slapping Child -- Reuters
  12. Santa Gives Jesus The Sack -- Guardian
  13. Santa Rosa Man Denies He Commited Suicide In South San Francisco
  14. Saudi Takes Four Wives in One Night to Spite His Ex -- AFP headline
  15. Sauerkraut Seeks New Image -- Reuters headline
  16. Save My Life And I'll Sue You, Warned Suicide Note -- Daily Telegraph
  17. Save Streams, Fish Head Warns -- Bainbridge (GA) Review
  18. Saving The Whale From Space -- BBC News Online
  19. Scared of Y2K? Head for a Nuclear Reactor -- Reuters headline
  20. Scent Foul Play In Death Of Man Found Bound And Hanged
  21. School Praised After Vandalism -- West Briton
  22. School Says Boy in Drag Can't Be Queen -- Reuters headline
  23. Science Confirms: Politicians Lie -- Reuters headline
  24. Scientists Find "Cure" For Sex-Change Fish -- Evening Standard (London)
  25. Scientists Grow Human Arms And Legs On Trees! - People & Places (Ghana)
  26. Scientists Hoping To Grow Their Own Livers -- Daily Record
  27. Scientists See Quakes In L.A. Future -- The Oregonian, January 28
  28. Scientists To Have Ford's Ear
  29. Scottish Scientists Plan Search For Laziness Gene -- Reuters headline
  30. Senate Passes Death Penalty Measure Provides For Electrocution For All Persons Over 17
  31. Senators Maintain Their Hold On Devils -- Newark (NJ) Star Ledger
  32. Seven Foreigners, Seven Locals Up Each Other At Wotulu Memorial -- Inodnesioan Observer
  33. Severed Hand Saved By Peas -- The Sun
  34. Sex Education Delayed, Teachers Request Training
  35. Sex Scandal Vicar Seeks New Position
  36. Sex Up and Down after September 11 -- Reuters headline
  37. Shanghai Adult Toy Fair Hits the Spot -- Reuters headline
  38. Shark Dies Biting Man
  39. Sharks Gored In Bullring -- Sunday Times (Johannesburg)
  40. Sheep Answers Monk's Prayer -- Darlington & Stockton Times
  41. Shell Found on Beach -- (Brighton Argus, UK)
  42. Shirtless Woman Joyrides in Stolen Police Cruiser -- Denver Post headline
  43. Shooting Suspect Said Hot-Tempered -- AP headline
  44. Shops Put "In Peril By Flowers"
  45. Shot Man Mistaken For Feral Cat: Police
  46. Shot Off Woman's Leg Helps Nicklaus To 66
  47. Sick Skunks Overrun Massachusetts -- Lewiston (Me:) Sun Journal.
  48. Silent Bar Staff And Customers With Three Legs At Inn -- West Briton (Cornwall).
  49. Silent Teamster Boss Gets Unusual Punishment, Lawyer
  50. Silicon Boys Have More Time to Look for Love -- AFP headline
  51. Six Take £8m Pot -- News Of The World
  52. Slave Sale Aids Charity -- Gloucester Echo
  53. Slimy Leeches Are Devoted Parents -- Reuters headline
  54. Slow Progress For Rotting Estate Victims -- Glossop (Derbyshire) Advertiser
  55. Small Town Celebrates "Toilet Fest" -- AP headline
  56. Smaller Families Recquire Less Food
  57. Smokers Are Productive, But Death Cuts Efficiency
  58. Smokers Have Odd Brains
  59. Snake Throws Master Into Cell
  60. Snake Venom Slows Breast Tumor Growth -- UPI headline
  61. Sneak Attack By Soviet Bloc Not Foreseen --The Atlanta Journal 4/4/79
  62. Snow Storms May Be Precursor of Winter -- AP headline
  63. Snowman Accused Of Indecency - Daily Telegraph
  64. Snowman Quits Top Opera Job -- Times
  65. Some People Have Been Gormless Since 1746 -- Daily Telegraph
  66. Some Phone Psychics Provide Useless, Erroneous Information
  67. Some Pieces Of Rock Hudson Sold At Auction
  68. Something Went Wrong In Jet Crash, Expert Says
  69. Soviet Virgin Lands Short Of Goal Again
  70. Spaniard Hits Girlfriend at Anti-Violence Rally
  71. Spaniards Study Inside of Ham
  72. Special Events Mark Domestic Violence Month -- Seattle Post-Intellgencer.
  73. Spiders Signed Up For Army
  74. Split Rears In Farmers' Movememt
  75. Spooked Elephants Riot At Suburban Mall
  76. Squad Helps Dog Bite Victim
  77. Squirrel Ransacks House Looking For Peanuts -- D Telegraph.
  78. Squirrel Sleuth Cracks Robbery -- Reuters headline
  79. Squirrel Turns City Dark, Sets Grass Fire -- Ogden (Ut) Standard-Examiner.
  80. Squirrels Eating Tokyo -- High Desert Advocate (West Wendover, Nevada).
  81. St Malo: Largest Amount Of Cannabis Ever Seized In Joint Operation -- Jersey Evening Post
  82. Stabbing Doesn't Spoil Friendship
  83. Stadium Air Conditioning Fails - Fans Protest
  84. Staff Dig Deep For Children -- Gloucestershire Echo.
  85. Stampede For Compost
  86. State Will Poison Rivers So It Can Count Dead Fish
  87. Statistics Show That Teen Pregnancy Drops Off Significantly After Age 25 -- Mary Ann Tebdo Republican Senator From Colorado Springs
  88. Steals Clock, Faces Time
  89. Stealth Fighter Crashes Into A Time Warp -- Irish Times.
  90. Steel-Eating Microbes Threaten To Devour Britain's Ports -- Independent On Sunday.
  91. Stephen King Impersonator Steals 5,000 Lobsters
  92. Sterilizations Solves Problems, For Pets, Owners
  93. Stiff Opposition Expected To Casketless Funeral Plan
  94. Stiff Opposition To Casketless Funeral Plan
  95. Stock Market Succumbs to Reality -- AP headline
  96. Stolen Painting Found By Tree
  97. Stop Strimming Hedgehogs -- Nottingham Evening Post
  98. Straw's Pledge To Rape Victims -- Express
  99. Strawberry Charged Over Sex And Drugs -- Int. Herald Tribune,
  100. Strawberry Speaks Of Death Wish -- Int. Herald Tribune
  101. Stretches Of M62 Have "Vanished" -- Huddersfield Daily Examiner
  102. Strike Over, Twinkie Shortage Ends -- AP headline
  103. Stud Tires Out
  104. Students Compete for Pillow Fight Record -- AP headline
  105. Study Finds Broad Problems in Army
  106. Study Finds Sex, Pregnancy Link -- Cornell Daily Sun, December 7, 1995
  107. Study Links Menopause, Aging
  108. Study: Alcohol May Prevent Dementia -- AP headline
  109. Study: Ape Herpes Viruses May Be Transmissible to Humans -- Reuters headline
  110. Study: Depressed Women Live Longer -- AP headline
  111. Study: Drinking, Fainting Connected -- AP headline
  112. Study: Duct Tape Doesn't Seal Ducts -- AP headline
  113. Study: Ecstasy Causes Brain Damage -- AP headline
  114. Study: Gay Clergy Disregarding Church Ban On Celibacy
  115. Study: Narcissists are Dangerous
  116. Study: Obesity Can Shorten Lifespan -- AP headline
  117. Successful Heads May Be Shared -- Daily Telegraph
  118. Sues Bride Of 4 Mouths
  119. Suit Says Hospital Mistook Constipation For Cancer
  120. Summer Treat: Ice Cream "Isn't Health Food" -- Reuters headline
  121. Superheroes Make Kids Eat Fruit and Vegetables -- Reuters headline
  122. Surgery For Duck Hurt By Anglers Left Hook -- Jersey Evening Post
  123. Survey Finds Dirtier Subways After Cleaning Jobs Were Cut -- The New York Times, November 22
  124. Survivor Of Siamese Twins Joins Parents
  125. Suspected Alien Boat Dodges Customs -- Brisbane Courier Mail.
  126. Suspected Bank Robber Leaves a Clue: Driver's License -- Houston Chronicle headline
  127. Suspended MP Accused Of Telling A Hundred Lies -- The Guardian
  128. Swallowed Diamond Ring Shows Up as Evidence -- Reuters headline
  129. Swamp Thing Bedevils Police Station -- The Record (Hackensack New Jersey)
  130. Swazi King, 2 Sons Poison Suspects
  131. Swedish Dentist Seizes Teeth in Payment Dispute
  132. Swedish Jet Hijacked By Bread Roll
  133. Swiss Hale Heroin Giveaway A Success -- Associated Press
  134. System Fails To Catch Hermaphrodite Cattle -- Irish Times
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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