Which of these headlines are real and which are fake?


1) Statistics show that teen pregnancy drops off significantly after age 25.

2) 17 remain dead in morgue shooting spree

3) Federal agents raid gun shop, find weapons

4) Marijuana issue sent to a joint committee

5) Local university sells students, cookies

6) Parents keep kids home to protest school closure


ANSWER: All are real except for #5, which I made up. (As a former computer programmer, I know how devastating a single misplaced comma can be.)

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