L.A.: Report of Gator Capture Is Hoax

LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Authorities on Tuesday dismissed a claim that a wrangler had nabbed a 7-foot-long alligator named ''Reggie'' from a city lake, where he had been dumped several months ago and repeatedly avoided capture.

Now how about a report on Ray Nagin's hoax when he said that 10,000 people died in New Orleans due to Katrina?

In New Orleans, Nagin upticked his estimate of the probable death toll in his city from merely thousands to telling NBC's "Today" show: "It wouldn't be unreasonable to have 10,000."

Just remember, you read about it here on this blog a week and a half ago.