Irish Rumor Quashing

March 17, 1998
DUBLIN, OH--Prison officials in Dublin, Ohio are vigorously and publicly denying 
reports of an outbreak of leprosy among their inmates. In order to quash the rumor 
within the prison, they  also prohibited amulets and other good luck totems that 
the prisoners had been to wearing to ward off the disease. The local paper reported:
"Prison bans lucky charms, stating there's no such thing as leper cons."