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News of the Weirdis asyndicatednewspaper columnoriginated byChuck Shepherdthat collects bizarre news stories. It was created in 1988. As of 2006,it is syndicated byUniversal Press Syndicateand published in more than 250 newspapers in theUnited StatesandCanada.As of July 2008, the daily internet column has merged with two other "weird" websites to form Weird Universe.

Shepherd announced his July 2, 2017 column would be his last after 30 years.[1]Starting the next week, columns were credited to "the Editors atAndrews McMeel".[2]The September 9, 2022 column announced Shepherd died the previous day.[3]

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  1. ^"Lead story: Playing the Hits".Uexpress.July 2, 2017.RetrievedJuly 6,2017.
  2. ^"News of the Weird by the Editors at Andrews McMeel".Uexpress. July 9, 2017.RetrievedJuly 12,2017.
  3. ^"News of the Weird by the Editors at Andrews McMeel".Uexpress. September 9, 2022.RetrievedSeptember 11,2022.
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