Did McCain lift his cross-in-the-sand anecdote from Solzhenitsyn's "Gulag Archipelago"? August 21, 2008 There's no such story in "Archipelago." There is a somewhat similar story attributed to Solzhenitsyn, which we've traced back to Rev. Billy Graham by way of former Richard Nixon aide Charles Colson. But that's not proof that McCain's story isn't...

Is Nancy Pelosi heavily invested in T. Boone Pickens' alternative energy company? August 20, 2008 No, but her husband bought stock in Clean Energy Fuels Corp. last year. It amounted to a tiny fraction of the couple's assets.

Did 200,000 people show up in Berlin for food, beer and a free concert and not to hear Obama's speech? August 15, 2008 It's possible that some people were there for those reasons, but there's no way of knowing for sure. The lead singer of one of the bands says that Obama was definitely the main attraction.

Did ABC News misrepresent which candidate troops in Iraq support, as a chain e-mail alleges? August 13, 2008 No. The e-mail is bogus, and the major general to which it is attributed says he never wrote it.

Did Obama replace the U.S. flag on the tail of his campaign plane with his campaign symbol? August 8, 2008 Yes. Obama's newly designed campaign plane features the campaign's logo on the tail. However, an image of the U.S. flag appears on the side of the plane.

Did Obama urge supporters to help him change "the greatest nation in the history of the world"? August 6, 2008 No. Obama never said what's being attributed to him in a number of chain e-mail messages. The line was meant as a joke about John McCain, Hillary Clinton and politicians in general.

Was it recently revealed that the U.S. found uranium in Iraq after the invasion in 2003? August 3, 2008 No. Uranium recently shipped from Iraq to Canada was left over from Saddam Hussein's defunct nuclear weapons program and had been in sealed containers, under guard, since the end of the first Gulf War in 1991. Claims that this material...

Is the U.S. government paying factions in Iraq not to fight us? August 1, 2008 We are paying Iraqis, some of whom were formerly hostile insurgents, to police areas and fight terrorists.

Is there 60 years worth of oil for 60 million cars in the U.S.? July 29, 2008 The oil industry claim is mathematically correct, but it accounts for about a quarter of the vehicles on the road in the U.S.

Did Obama snub U.S. troops in Afghanistan to shoot baskets for publicity pictures? July 25, 2008 This is another viral e-mail falsehood. The author now says it's not true; the Army says it's not true; and video and photos show Obama shaking hands with troops and eating breakfast with them as well.