Here is the canonical list of April 1 news items that were not April Fools jokes, but might have been.
(Via Arthur D. Hlavaty)
Commented Apr 3, 2011 on April What? An Open Thread at Obsidian Wings
April What? An Open Thread
by Gary Farber It's still April 1st on the Left Coast for another two hours and five minutes (when I started this post; an hour and ten minutes when I finished), no matter what date you read above this post. Some foolish links are in order! So, out of order! Japan is on everyone's mind, but ...