On this April Fools day, perhaps truth really is stranger than fiction:

The official website for Wordpress, a popular open-source blogging software package, was also hosting over a hundred thousand "junk" articles on their website. These articles are designed specifically to game the Google Adwords program, and bring money in for the developers.
Wordpress Website's Search Engine Spam [Waxy.org]
Why shouldn't you be soliciting strangers on the internet to write your college papers? Aside from the fact that they might slip the words, "I made a doody," into the paper, you could getting real (in)famous. [A Week of Kindness]
Probably the first and last time you'll see an AP story with the line, "The hunt is on for a turd burglar."
Thief Steals Poop From Woman Walking Dog [AP]