Cool+Websites+of+the+Week 

=Some cool English- or journalism-related websites=  [|Snopes]  Which urban legends are true, and which are merely legends? Here's where you find out [|Factcheck] A politician said it, but is it true? This website helps you sort fact from fiction [|Weird news] News doesn't have to be dull. Just check out this site [|Thesaurus] Looking for another word for "awesome?" You'll find it here [|Prompt Generator]  Excellent writing prompts — and lots of them. [|WritingFix] Interactive writing prompts. More of a teacher’s site, but there’s good stuff for students, too. [|MoontownCafe] A free poetry community where you can read all types of poetry, and publish your own! [|The Source: Slang dictionary] An online dictionary that explains words and phrases from “all up in the kool-aid” to “zooted.” [|Baby names] What was the 859th most popular baby girl's name of 2008? Meadow. If you're thinking up character names, this site can help [|Song facts] What was that song really about? Look it up here [|Deadoralive] It sounds morbid, but this is a useful site. If you need to know if author J.D. Salinger is still alive, for instance, you just type in his name and find that, yep, he's still breathing. 