You've seen them, and maybe even read them: strange, offbeat news stories that defy credibility: the young man who proposed to his own mother, the fellow who travelled with aliens on his lunchbreak, or the woman who exploded at a party. These and other possibly true news stories, which first appeared in local newspapers, have, for the first time in recorded history, been compiled within the pages of one book -- sparing you, the reader, the endless, tedious search it would require to find them by yourself, assuming you wanted to. So sit back, relax, hopefully in a nice comfy chair near an actual working fireplace, and find out what real America has been reading about. You'll be glad you did.