
Driving through rural Ohio offers a variety of beautiful pastoral scenes: gently rolling hills, orchards in bloom in spring, tall stands of waving cornstalks...and the often seen but seldom noticed Shredded Wheat Ranches.
April Fools' Pranks See White Kremlin, Joke BillSource: The Moscow Times
Roman Abramovich will carry the Olympic torch through London, the Kremlin walls are being painted white and the State Duma is considering a bill that would outlaw jokes about politicians.
Sweden's papers show sense of humour on April 1stSource: thelocal.se
Carbonated tap water, a sell-off at liquor store monopoly Systembolaget, and and a massive zoo exhibit for earthworms are just a few of the April Fool's Day highlights from today's Swedish newspapers.

April 1st is traditionally a day when the press tries to con the British public with the odd, hopefully credible, made up story. I've just done a quick trawl through the UK news sites and provide here a list of stories which I assume to be April fools' jokes.
Red Squirrel Sails On April 1st Source:
A HAMPSHIRE ferry company staged an April Fool's Day prank this morning to support the Isle of Wight's endangered red squirrels.
As part of the stunt, one of Red Funnel's car ferry's was 'targeted' by grey squirrels, who changed the company's livery to Red Squirrel.
The ferry t …

NESA (North European Space Agency) has just released breaking news, that it has found life in our solar system on planet Sapturnus. The life revealing pictures were taken by European space shuttle Napoleon 1.4 early this morning.
Paris Hilton on National Geographic cover!Source: aol.com.au
The folks at Harvard Lampoon persuaded employees National Geographic to help them ensure their April Fool's parody - with stories on Mongolia's wildest waterparks and "Native Girls Gone Wild" - looked authentic.
Gmail paper!Source: nostatus.com
Now in Gmail, you can request a physical copy of any message with the click of a button, and we'll send it to you in the mail.
Pranking McCain - Part 3Source: cliveholloway.net
OK, this is backwards. Read the link in the first line before you read the seed. Beware NSFW.

The White House email server was overwhelmed on Saturday evening after receiving one hundred million emails with the words "We, the American people, call upon the Bush-Cheney administration to take responsibility for failing to protect America, and to resign."

Associated Press DALLAS In dramatic developments this morning former US President George H. W. Bush was taken into protective custody following release by the estate of the late former President Gerald R.
Google Launches Free In-Home Broadband WiFiSource: Google
Introducing Google TiSP (BETA), our new FREE in-home wireless broadband service. Sign up today and we'll send you your TiSP self-installation kit, which includes setup guide, fiber-optic cable, spindle, wireless router and installation CD.
This looks awesome!!
Wired: Best Geek April Fool's Pranks (vote)Source: Wired News
Everyone has a favorite April Fool's prank. We've given you ours, so here's your opportunity to tell us about yours. Add your favorite prank into the widget below (it's after the jump) and vote on the pranks that have already been entered.