This is a true story, but we are fuzzing the details for personal reasons.

FORBES: The Smarter They Are, The Harder They Fall

This is a true story that happened on May 19, 2000, that I have been holding onto for years with no outlet.

FORBES: Taking Rides from Strangers, Or How A Possible Marriage Proposal Can Make A Sane Person Crazy

This is a true story: The hot shot was basking in his success a little too grandly at the end of a major customer conference event.

FORBES: Sometimes, Silence is Golden

This is a true story.

WHITEHOUSE: Making the Right Choice for the Economy

This is based on a true story that happened almost a thousand years ago.

FORBES: Blind Activist's Blind Faith Reveals Chinese Attitude toward Authority

British billionaire Laurence Graff, the man jewelry business insiders call the new Harry Winston, swears this story is true: A woman and her husband walk into Graff's shop on London's swanky New Bond Street and ask to see the stunning diamond-and-ruby necklace in the window.

FORBES: King of Bling

"If this intentional work slowdown story is true, this behavior is an abuse of the taxpayer dollars that support the program, a neglect of the Americans that depend on these critical benefits, and raises serious questions about those charged with leading this important program, " the Republicans wrote in a letter to Social Security Administration inspector general Patrick O'Carroll.

WSJ: Probe Sought Into Disability Delays

This comedy of generosity, money lust, and skewed perception is based on a true story.

NEWYORKER: Funny and Funnier

The takeaway from this true and sad story is that we all need to keep a close watch on a 90 year old like George with memory problems.

FORBES: The Case of the Missing Cash

This dark comedy, based on a true story, and directed by Richard Linklater, is a hybrid form part dramatization, part documentary, with interviews with actual people from Carthage.

NEWYORKER: Bernie