"Have you heard that a giant asteroid is due to strike Earth sometime between Sept. 15 and Sept. 28?"

"If so, you probably thought it was a hoax. And you'd be right."

"But some people who read "numerous recent blogs and web postings" about impending doom from space weren't sufficiently skeptical. NASA on Thursday sought to clarify:"

"Not one shred of evidence." Our team debunks rumors of a September doomsday asteroid. http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.php?feature=4692 …"

"The space agency, in a statement, said: "On one of those dates, as rumors go, there will be an impact — 'evidently' near Puerto Rico — causing wanton destruction to the Atlantic and Gulf coasts of the United States and Mexico, as well as Central and South America."