Tabloids stretching the truth
"Michael Caine, 85: The Tragic End!" reports the Globe showing a photo of the Alfie star in a wheelchair, reporting what sounds like his final words: "I know my days are numbered." As are all our days, he might have added. Caine was in a wheelchair after slipping and breaking an ankle, and has film projects lined up for the rest of the year. And the National Enquirer headline "Scientology horror — Suri saw it all" is just a blatant fabrication.
Tom Cruise's daughter saw nothing of the alleged "brainwashing", "threats" and "bizarre rituals" at the pseudo-religion's headquarters because, like her father, she would have been kept far from any unsightly scenes or behaviour, and also because she was only an 18-month-old toddler at the time. (Source: boingboing.com)
Enough to make your skin crawl
A Toronto Health Fair becomes anything but after a needle testing blood sugar is shared 30 times. There is a very low chance of blood-borne viruses, such as hepatitis B and C and HIV, being transmitted by re-using a lancet — a fine needle typically used to prick the skin and take small amounts of blood — but Toronto Public Health has called and written to everyone who had their glucose levels checked at the fair, recommending they get blood tests as a precaution.
