Did gun control in Australia lead to more murders there last year? May 10, 2009 This 'Gun History Lesson' is recycled bunk from a decade ago. Murders in Australia actually are down to record lows.

Has a "smoking gun" been found to prove Obama was not born a U.S. citizen? Did he attend Occidental College on a scholarship for foreign students? May 7, 2009 This chain e-mail is a transparent April Fools' Day hoax. It fabricates an AP news story about an nonexistent group, and makes false claims about Obama and the Fulbright program.

Was H.R. 1388 passed "behind our backs"? May 5, 2009 This latest e-rumor is a double-header. It recycles one false claim and alludes to another. We've debunked both before.

Did Oliver North warn Al Gore about Osama bin Laden at Senate hearings in 1987? April 30, 2009 This ridiculous hoax has been circulating since 2001, even though the secretary of the U.S. Senate and North himself have debunked it.

Did Obama ask Georgetown University to remove all religious symbols before he would speak there? April 27, 2009 A religious symbol was covered at the Catholic and Jesuit institution after the White House asked for a neutral TV backdrop.

Did Obama delay the rescue of Captain Phillips? April 24, 2009 No. Military officials say that the claims being made in a widely circulated chain e-mail are false.

Have 84 members of Congress been arrested for drunk driving in the last year? Have seven been arrested for fraud? April 22, 2009 We judge these statistics to be not credible. They originated nearly a decade ago with a Web site that still refuses to provide any proof or documentation, or even to name those accused.

Do immigrants and refugees get more in benefits than a retired U.S. citizen gets in Social Security? April 17, 2009 This is nonsense. The claims propagated by a viral e-mail are not even close to the truth.

Would a bill in Congress require looking into possible reparations for slavery? April 15, 2009 Such a bill exists but President Obama has nothing to do with it, contrary to what a chain e-mail implies.

Is Snopes.com run by "very Democratic" proprietors? Did they lie to discredit a State Farm insurance agent who attacked Obama? April 10, 2009 A chain e-mail that "exposed" Snopes contains falsehoods. And in fact, the site is run by someone who has no political party affiliation and his non-voting Canadian wife. A State Farm spokeswoman confirms what they reported about the Obama-baiting agent.