Remedy 'cures arsenic poisoning'
BBC
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/3208528.stm
"Scientists in India believe they may have found a cheap and effective cure for arsenic poisoning."
Homeopathy reduces arsenic poisoning in mice
NewScientist.com
http://www.newscientist.com/news/news.jsp?id=ns99994305
"A homeopathic remedy based on arsenic oxide has shown "highly promising results" in mice poisoned with arsenic, say Indian scientists."
Orgasmatron Puts Tech in Sex
By Leander Kahney
Wired
http://www.wired.com/news/technology/0,1282,60943,00.html
"A Texas company claims to have invented a kind of Orgasmatron for women -- an electrical stimulation device that takes women to a pre-orgasmic state."
Explorers on the trail of Lost City of Atlantis
by Roger Highfield
The Telegraph
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2003/10/27/natlan27.xml
"For more than two millennia, many of the world's greatest adventurers, explorers and thinkers have sought the fabled Lost City of Atlantis."
Durangoan reports he saw UFO
By Patricia Miller
Durango Herald
http://durangoherald.com/asp-bin/ar...=tech&article_path=/technology/tech031025.htm
"Tim Butler doesn’t believe in flying saucers. His perception is more sophisticated. It was a flying boomerang that caught his attention."
Campbell beast out of season
By BOB HODGE
Knoxville News
http://www.knoxnews.com/kns/outdoors/article/0,1406,KNS_326_2376606,00.html
"There's good news and bad news for hunters wanting a crack at whatever it is scaring folks and eating cats in Campbell County."
Samples from Possible Skunk Ape Prove Inconclusive
By VINCE LENNON
WATE
http://www.wate.com/Global/story.asp?S=1498430
"The search for the so-called Campbell County skunk ape continues Tuesday, after a lab reported inconclusive test results."
Three 'witches' kill themselves
BBC
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/3211535.stm
"Three members of the same family accused of being witches have committed suicide, Indian police say."
The Most Unconventional Weapon
By DANIEL BERGNER
New York Times
http://www.nytimes.com/2003/10/26/magazine/26CANNIBALISM.html
"In Beni, a town of one paved street where motorbikes buzz past a dusty clothing shack called the Armani Shop, Amuzati Ndjoki sat in a white plastic lawn chair on a guest-house porch. He is a Pygmy. As he told what he had seen, the soles of his shoes didn't touch the concrete. But his voice was steady enough."
Archaeology's great hoax
By Pat Shellenbarger
Grand Rapids Press
http://www.mlive.com/news/grpress/index.ssf?/base/news-11/106716720348450.xml
"In a storeroom of the Michigan Historical Museum, state archaeologist John Halsey examined the newly acquired artifacts purported to be the remnants of an ancient Middle Eastern civilization that settled in Michigan thousands of years ago."
Mormon church donates artifacts to Grand Rapids museum
Associated Press
http://www.woodtv.com/Global/story.asp?S=1497992
"Some of the now-debunked Michigan Relics, once considered by some influential Mormons as evidence of the church's connection to a Near Eastern culture in ancient America, have a new home."
Clear lent sympathetic ear to people reporting alien abductions
By Laura Jesse
San Antonio Express-News
http://news.mysanantonio.com/story.cfm?xla=saen&xlb=180&xlc=1074089
"Constance Clear spent her life as a seeker of truth, a psychotherapist, a radio talk show host and novelist who tried to make people aware of different ideas."
In search of Bigfoot: 'I was so scared...'
By SETH McLAUGHLIN
Providence Journal
http://www.projo.com/northwest/content/projo_20031024_scfoot.220d5.html
"In the early 1970s a shoeless Dave Downs moved along a railroad track about a mile from downtown Sykesville, Md. Trains hadn't been seen down this section of abandoned track for more more than a year, but a modern-day myth had."
Taranaki man ready for the apocalypse
By SVEN CARLSSON
The Daily News [New Zealand]
http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/0,2106,2703760a4560,00.html
"A Taranaki man _ one of a world-wide group that believes the apocalypse is overdue _ is preparing for impending storms and floods by building self-contained underground shelters in high ground at a secret Waikato location."
Legend of Bell Witch remains alive
ASSOCIATED PRESS
http://www.msnbc.com/news/984731.asp
"John Bell didn’t tell anyone in 1817 when he first spotted strange-looking animals in his cornfield that mysteriously vanished when he tried to shoot them."
Bell Witch expert tells tales to local residents
By HATZEL VELA
Jackson Sun
http://miva.jacksonsun.com/miva/cgi-bin/miva?NEWS/news_story.mv+link=200310265509632
"Theresa Sipes and her family take an annual two-hour drive to the Bell Witch cave on land once owned by the reportedly haunted John Bell."
Psychic says gift runs in family
By ALONZO WESTON
St. Joseph News-Press
http://www.stjoenews-press.com/Main.asp?SectionID=81&SubSectionID=272&ArticleID=46420
"Some babies are born with a thin, filmy membrane of skin that covers their faces and heads. Surely doctors have their name for it. But since ancient times, lay people have recognized it as a spiritual caul or veil."
Cold noses, warm crowd welcome pet psychic
By ANNE LINDBERG
St. Petersburg Times
http://www.sptimes.com/2003/10/26/Artsandentartainment/Cold_noses__warm_crow.shtml
"Your pets know all your secrets and sometimes they blab. If they do, pet psychic Sonya Fitzpatrick just might be listening."
Conference highlights discussion of the paranormal
By Kristin Colella
Penn State Collegian
http://www.collegian.psu.edu/archive/2003/10/10-27-03tdc/10-27-03dnews-01.asp
"A tale of horror came to life Saturday night as George Lutz, a man who lived in the reportedly haunted Amityville House in 1974, retold his spooky experiences."
Kelly green men documentary filmed this weekend in L.A.
By MICHELE CARLTON
Kentucky New Era
http://www.kentuckynewera.com/cgi-b...+Kelly-green-10-27-03_news.html+20031027+news
"A documentary film featuring the 1955 invasion of "little green men" in the Christian County community of Kelly began filming this weekend in the Angeles National Forest just north of Los Angeles."
Fear Factor: Witches and Witchcraft
By Katie Wigginton
The Battalion
http://www.thebatt.com/news/539878.html
"Most episodes of the 1960s and 70s popular sitcom "Bewitched" play out in a typical fashion. Samantha twinkles her nose in a cheery fashion to finish sweeping the kitchen. Her mother Endora pops in the scene to say hello to her daughter, and goes on to jokingly caste cast a lighthearted spell on Sam's mortal husband Darren."
These locations are legendary for scaring up ghost stories
By Michael Kenney
Boston Globe
http://www.boston.com/news/globe/li...s_are_legendary_for_scaring_up_ghost_stories/
"Over the years, upcountry editor Charles J. Jordan has collected tales traditionally told in northern New Hampshire, tales of apparitions and local characters. Such stories are the building blocks of regional folk memory and its history -- and of Halloween storytelling."
Next stop, the Pearly Gates
By K. Connie Kang
Los Angeles Times
http://www.sunspot.net/news/nationworld/bal-heaven1024,0,7895415.story
"An overwhelming majority of Americans continue to believe that there is life after death and that heaven and hell exist, according to a new study. What's more, nearly two-thirds think they are heaven-bound."
Disgraced priest finds home in secretive sect
By EVAN MOORE
Houston Chronicle
http://www.chron.com/cs/CDA/ssistory.mpl/front/2178259
"It's a twisted trail that leads from Texas to this Central American village, and along it stretches the strange and disturbing odyssey of Father Alfredo Prado."
Expert on the Occult Pioneers Study of Ritualistic Crimes
BY SHARON SCHLEGEL
Newhouse News Service
http://www.newhousenews.com/archive/schlegel102403.html
"Police were puzzled by the crime. A corpse had been disinterred in the cemetery, mutilated and left near a mausoleum covered with graffiti."
Can you see the Great Wall of China from space?
by David Adam
The Guardian
http://www.guardian.co.uk/life/thisweek/story/0,12977,1068401,00.html
"Not according to Yang Liwei, China's first man in space. "The scenery was very beautiful," Yang told Chinese TV when he returned to Earth last week. "But I didn't see the Great Wall.""
UW speaker: Love heals all things
by Andi Balla
Laramie Boomerang
http://www.laramieboomerang.com/news/more.asp?StoryID=100166
"Love and thankfulness to the universe are the best tools to keeping a healthy and happy life, a mystic motivational speaker told a University of Wyoming audience Thursday night."
Meditation shows promise fighting illness
By Garret Condon
Hartford Courant
http://www.thesunlink.com/redesign/2003-10-27/features/health/295579.shtml
"Marietta Sabetta decided that the way to make a stand against her moderately high blood pressure was to sit still."
Crop circle attempts reported
Billings Gazette
http://www.billingsgazette.com/index.php?id=1&display=rednews/2003/10/28/build/state/40-circles.inc
"A couple of attempts at crop circles were found during harvest at the Fort Keogh Livestock and Range Research Laboratory this fall, according to manager Byron Hould."
Palaces of Peace
By Dawn Wotapka
New York Newsday
http://www.newsday.com/news/local/longisland/ny-lipeac1025,0,2838877.story
"If enough donors come through, followers of an Indian guru say they can bring peace and harmony to the world -- one palace at a time."
Town still haunted by ghost, some say
by Iris Vacante
New Orleans Times-Picayune
http://www.nola.com/news/t-p/index.ssf?/base/news-3/106714882457910.xml
"October is the month for spook houses, urban legends and frightful stories."
Iowa City has vast haunted history
By Jeff Charis-Carlson
Iowa City Press-Citizen
http://www.press-citizen.com/news/102603sundayqna.htm
"This week's Q & A is with Todd Ristau, graduate of the University of Iowa's Playwriting Workshop, former editor of "Third Eye Over Iowa," and self-proclaimed paranormal investigator (retired)."
Scientifically, implant ban was a bust
By Alex Beam
Boston Globe
http://www.boston.com/news/globe/living/articles/2003/10/28/scientifically_implant_ban_was_a_bust/
"So Marcia Angell was right."
Astro guides predict market run
NDTV
http://www.ndtv.com/business/showbusinessstory.asp?slug=Astro+guide+to+predict+market+run&id=15685
"If you can go to an astrologer for advice on a good time to buy a house, start a business or even marry your child, why not for the stock markets?"
So, you still read horoscopes? Fine, unless you believe them
By Michael Pakenham
Baltimore Sun
http://www.sunspot.net/features/booksmags/bal-bk.mpcol26oct26,0,2986163.story
"If I can develop my "own lovely illusion" and communicate it well, "powerful people will perk up their ears." So says my horoscope as I work on editing this week's column."
Japan cult guru trial nears end
Associated Press
http://edition.cnn.com/2003/WORLD/asiapcf/east/10/28/japan.east.ap/
"After a seven-and-a-half-year trial, the chief lawyer defending doomsday cult guru Shoko Asahara, charged with masterminding the deadly 1995 nerve gas attack on Tokyo's subway, is about to wrap up his case and wait for a verdict."
Some swear ghost has yet to check out of former Waverly hotel
By ALLISON GRAENING
Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier
http://www.wcfcourier.com/articles/2003/10/28/news/regional/49ef8ed96730c6e486256dcd004a8bb3.txt
"Dead men tell no tales."
TV special refutes Texas outlaw legend
By Bud Kennedy
Fort Worth Star-Telegram
http://www.dfw.com/mld/startelegram/news/local/7121886.htm
"A Granbury outlaw legend has been shot down."
Let the spirits move you
By Kathleen Laufenberg
TALLAHASSEE DEMOCRAT
http://www.tallahassee.com/mld/democrat/7087616.htm
"A dozen beams of light slashed through the night, revealing old tombstones, crumbling grave slabs and vines that slither like snakes across the leafy ground."
Ghost hunters track phantoms imprisoned at derelict Ohio lockup
By BOB DOWNING
Knight Ridder Newspapers
http://www.dallasnews.com/travel/unitedstates/stories/102603dntraohioprison.c887c.html
"Derek Wilson of Canton, Ohio, says he has seen lots of strange things inside the old Ohio State Reformatory."
Ghost hunter prowls paranormal
by JOHN LARRABEE
Woonsocket Call
http://www.woonsocketcall.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=10415172&BRD=1712&PAG=461&dept_id=24361&rfi=6
"Ghosts have no real need to be in a bathroom -- yet almost anyone who’s lived in a haunted house will tell you it’s the spookiest spot."
Owen blanket giveaway a hoax
By Clarke Morrison
Asheville Citizen-Times
http://cgi.citizen-times.com/cgi-bin/story/buncombe_news/43960
"False reports of a charity giveaway sent hundreds of people into a darkened, condemned warehouse, where they snatched up an estimated 10,000 blankets, some stuffing as many as they could in their cars."
Some South Siders have had enough of 'Ghost Tracks' hoopla
By Lisa Marie Gómez
San Antonio Express-News
http://news.mysanantonio.com/story.cfm?xla=saen&xlb=180&xlc=1075436
"For those seeking Halloween fun, it's spooky, creepy and parts of it are downright scary. For neighbors, it's noisy, messy and parts of it are just downright annoying."
A Night In Search Of The Grey Lady Ghost
WFIE
http://www.14wfie.com/Global/story.asp?S=1497708&nav=3w6oIk1R
"Practically everyone around this area has heard of the "Grey Lady," and many claim to have seen her at Evansville's Willard Library."
Real hoax of Martian invasion is on us
by WILLIAM BURRILL
Toronto Star
<http://www.thestar.com/NASApp/cs/Co...247&call_pageid=968867495754&col=969483191630>
"Did the infamous Orson Welles The War Of The Worlds broadcast actually cause mass hysteria, or was it the biggest hoax to be found in the fact that we believe so many panicked?"
Hobbyists explore afterlife
By John Charles Robbins
Holland Sentinel
http://www.detnews.com/2003/metro/0310/29/c06w-310263.htm
"As the moon hangs low in the chilly October sky, thoughts turn to children bundled in store-bought Halloween ghost and goblin costumes, begging for candy."
Hearing for woman accused of cancer hoax
Associated Press
http://www.wndu.com/news/102003/news_22394.php
"Brookelyn Walters, a 24-year-old former college student from Culver, appeared in a Muncie court today to face charges that she faked cancer in order to get money. Walters' attorney, Jay Hirchhauer, said she will plead innocent. Walters has reportedly repaid the money and is cooperating with authorities."
Alleged cancer scam dates back years
By T.J. WILHAM
Muncie Star Press
http://www.thestarpress.com/articles/4/008080-5704-004.html
"Brookelyn Walters first told someone she had cancer when she was 15 years old."
Trial set for woman charged in cancer scam
By DOUGLAS WALKER
Muncie Star Press
http://www.thestarpress.com/articles/6/008153-3886-004.html
"A former Ball State University student accused of posing as a cancer victim was described by her attorney Monday as "a very sick young lady" with "a significant, long-term psychological condition.""
Cry Baby Bridge, and other tales of terror in Chester County
By MARISSA C. WHITE
Chester News & Reporter
http://www.onlinechester.com/ONLINE...articles566774.asp?P=566774&S=485&PubID=11209
"What you are about to read is true. Names have been left out to protect the not-so-innocent and/or criminally insane. The events described below happened very close by — maybe down the street from you, maybe in your own backyard. Terror waits around every shadowed corner, ready to leap out and drag you headlong into this horrifying journey into the dark side of Chester County."
Monticello's claim: 'South's Most Haunted Small Town'
By Kathleen Laufenberg
TALLAHASSEE DEMOCRAT
http://www.tallahassee.com/mld/democrat/7087618.htm
"A ghost hunt in Monticello never disappoints the Big Bend Ghost Trackers. That's because apparitions abound in this antebellum town 25 miles northeast of Tallahassee, ghost trackers said."
Dead and breakfast inns
by Les Christie
CNN/Money
http://money.cnn.com/2003/10/21/pf/hauntedhospitality/
"Old inns often come complete with spirits, of the non-potable variety."
The Witch's Ball
By Mark J. Price
Akron Beacon Journal
http://www.ohio.com/mld/beaconjournal/7113427.htm
"According to local legend, the witch was buried standing up."
Haunting license
By Jack Thomas
Boston Globe
http://www.boston.com/news/globe/living/articles/2003/10/28/haunting_license/
"Any ghosts hanging around St. Peter Street the other day must have been laughing like drunken sailors, assuming that the spiritual world has a navy, that ghosts are patriotic enough to enlist, and that they're not above enjoying an occasional pop."
Misunderstanding is blamed in research controversy
By Aaron Zitner
LOS ANGELES TIMES
http://www.bayarea.com/mld/cctimes/news/7121248.htm
"An apparent misunderstanding with Congress prompted the National Institutes of Health to put more than 150 researchers on notice in recent weeks that lawmakers were taking a skeptical look at their studies on AIDS, sexuality and high-risk behaviors."
CNN Blows!
by Alexandra Wolfe
New York Observer
http://observer.com/pages/transom.asp
"Early in October, thousands of frat boys e-mailed what looked like a CNN.com Web page to thousands more of their brothers, buddies and buddies’ girlfriends. It was an article about a new study that "Fellatio may significantly decrease the risk of breast cancer in women." The story, which carried an Associated Press byline, claimed that the Journal of Medicine had published the study and, in its online form, included supposed links to other CNN.com stories as well as the news organization’s copyright. But those who read the story realized it was a goof when they saw that among those quoted were Dr. B.J. Sooner, Dr. Len Lictepeen and Dr. Inserta Shafteer, who says in the piece: "Since the emergence of the research, I try to fellate at least once every other night to reduce my chances.""
A test of Pa.'s child-witness standard
By Larry King
Philadelphia Inquirer
http://www.philly.com/mld/inquirer/news/local/7113161.htm
"A 5-year-old Bucks County boy testified against his mother last spring, telling of how she once bound him with duct tape to keep him quiet."
Spirited accounts and grave matters are the subjects of Rodger Gerberding's book
by GREG JERRETT
Council Bluffs Daily Nonpareil
http://www.zwire.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=10411713&BRD=2554&PAG=461&dept_id=507134&rfi=6
"Rodger Gerberding has always had an interest in ghosts. Not so unusual, really. Most children develop an interest in ghosts at some point. For Gerberding, however, his interest was based on very personal experiences."
Chasing a mystery
By Mike Walbert
Penn State Collegian
http://www.collegian.psu.edu/archive/2003/10/10-29-03tdc/10-29-03dnews-09.asp
"The vast field behind State College Park apartments is sprawling with bright green rolling hills. Sprouts of wild grass shoot up in sporadic clumps throughout the field in between the bare trees that have changed with the season."
Notable psychic Edgar Cayce also was a healer
by LARRY HALL
Richmond Times-Dispatch
<http://www.timesdispatch.com/servle...1795670&path=!news!columnists&s=1045855935174>
"Why we dream and the significance of what we experience during sleep are subjects of continuing fascination with few clear answers."
Tanzania arrests 'witch killers'
BBC
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/3209047.stm
"Police in Tanzania say they have arrested a number of people suspected of murdering old women in the belief that they were witches."
GHOST CHASER
by CHRISTY STRAWSER
ROYAL OAK DAILY TRIBUNE
http://www.zwire.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=10419000&BRD=989&PAG=461&dept_id=140315&rfi=6
"They wander the halls like children lost at the mall, with no idea who they are or what they need."
Research team takes paranormal seriously
By ALONZO WESTON
St. Joseph News-Press
http://www.stjoenews-press.com/Main.asp?SectionID=81&SubSectionID=272&ArticleID=46410
"For Brenda Marble, ghost busting is a hobby — and serious business."
Specter search: Group devoted to finding haunts, paranormal activity
By ALONZO WESTON
St. Joseph News-Press
http://www.stjoenews-press.com/Main.asp?SectionID=81&SubSectionID=272&ArticleID=46423
"The evening seemed right for a haunting. A cool draft of autumn carried a whiff of wood smoke mixed with decaying leaves through the twilight air. Sunday evening stillness intensified the smallest creaks and footsteps."
Homing in on the paranormal
by C. Woodrow Irvin
Daily Vanguard
http://www.dailyvanguard.com/vnews/display.v/ART/2003/10/29/3f9f61b508872
"The Fairfax Station home that the Virginia Ghosts & Hauntings Research Society recently investigated looks nothing like the traditional haunted house of fiction. The immense two-story, 11-room wood-and-stone dwelling has nary a Victorian nor Gothic beam in its contemporary body. But to the family who lives there, what the house looks like is irrelevant. They are sure the place is spooked, and they want proof."
Indiana brothel law only a myth
By KURT COUCHMAN
The Penn
http://www.thepenn.org/vnews/display.v/ART/2003/10/27/3f9d4cf84553a
"IUP students have heard about the brothel laws for years but no such law exists."
Men rape children 'because of myth'
Reuters
http://www.iol.co.za/index.php?click_id=79&art_id=vn20031027032436172C628966&set_id=1
"A myth is fuelling a heinous crime across southern Africa. It goes like this: to succeed at work or cure yourself of Aids, you need to have sex with a minor or one of your own children."
$ 2m NIH Grant for Maharishi varsity
Press Trust of India
http://www.hinduonnet.com/thehindu/holnus/00325100088.htm
"The US Government's National Institutes of Health has awarded a grant of $ 2 million to medical researchers at the Maharishi University's Institute for Natural Medicine and Prevention, a part of the College of Maharishi Vedic Medicine in the United States."
A spirited search for Harry Houdini
by Lori Varosh
King County Journal
http://www.kingcountyjournal.com/sited/story/html/147094
"Not even Harry Houdini could escape the irony."
Handwriting Analyis Revisited: Are elements of personality revealed through handwriting?
The Straight Dope
http://www.straightdope.com/columns/031024.html
"In your column about handwriting analysis you wrote <http://www.straightdope.com/columns/030418.html>, "More than 200 objective scientific studies have demonstrated that graphology is worthless as a predictor of personality." After I whined a bit, you conceded that you had misstated matters. It wasn't that 200 studies had independently concluded graphology was worthless; rather, one researcher, Geoffrey Dean, made this judgment based on a "meta-analysis" of 200 previous studies. Even Dean's study is seriously flawed and doesn't support the conclusions drawn."
Claims about homeless vets don't add up
By Steve Chapman
Baltimore Sun
http://www.sunspot.net/news/opinion/oped/bal-op.chapman24oct24,0,886708.story
"Our soldiers in Iraq face an array of dangers, including hostile fire, accidents and suicide. But apparently they are not out of the woods once they return to the United States. Here, we are told, they confront another serious hazard: homelessness."
Plywood short; cost soars
Many blame shipments to Iraq; other factors seen
BY SUNSHINE DEWITT
Daily Hampshire Gazette
http://www.gazettenet.com/story.cfm?id_no=10240039
"Plywood prices have skyrocketed the past few months, with the costs of popular grades double what they were a year ago."
Sci Fi special puts Kecksburg mystery under a microscope
By Ann Saul Dudurich
Connellsville Daily Courier
http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/dailycourier/news/s_161683.html
"It has remained an enigma for nearly 40 years -- a saga that began on Dec. 9, 1965, when a fireball was observed streaking across the Westmoreland County sky."
NASA Releases Documents as a Result of Sci Fi Investigation Into Kecksburg UFO Incident
Press Release
http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/031024/nyf090_1.html
"A day after SCI FI Channel announced its unprecedented support for legal action against the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to release its records on the 1965 UFO incident in Kecksburg, PA, NASA informed Lee Helfrich, attorney for the Coalition for Freedom of Information (CFi), that it is releasing 36 pages of documents connected to the incident."
Between the lies
The Guardian
http://www.guardian.co.uk/arts/features/story/0,11710,1070444,00.html
"One afternoon in 1995, I paid a visit, accompanied by my four-year-old son, to a museum of toys and childhood ephemera. As we approached the entrance, a young man flourishing a clipboard suddenly appeared in front of us. He explained that he was doing market research on behalf of the museum and he wanted just a few seconds of my time."
Lonely graveyard great for ghosts
By MIKE MARSHALL
Huntsville Times
http://www.al.com/news/huntsvilletimes/index.ssf?/base/news/106707344633700.xml
"The road to Tally Cemetery snakes through barren farmland, then forks at the base of Crow Mountain, twisting past the hickories and sweet gums about 10 miles south of the Tennessee line."
'Cough CPR' could save heart patients, doctor says
By EMMA ROSS
Associated Press
http://www.chron.com/cs/CDA/ssistory.mpl/world/2178230
(see also <http://www.snopes.com/toxins/coughcpr.htm>)
"Coughing vigorously until an ambulance arrives could save the lives of heart patients who are going into cardiac arrest, a doctor said Tuesday."
They range from the Alamo's walls to phantom school buses
By Scott Huddleston
San Antonio Express-News
http://news.mysanantonio.com/story.cfm?xla=saen&xlb=180&xlc=1074878
"San Antonio's most noteworthy ghost stories date at least as far back as 1836, the year of the battle of the Alamo."
Nigerian Islamic leader declares UN vaccines unsafe
Australian Broadcasting Corporation
http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/s976330.htm
"Officials in northern Nigeria have halted an immunisation drive by the World Health Organisation (WHO) designed to prevent an outbreak of polio."
White Wolves’ claims ufounded, Firn says
by Manuela Da Costa-Fernandes
New Haven Register
http://www.zwire.com/site/news.cfm?BRD=1281&dept_id=517514&newsid=10414777&PAG=461&rfi=9
"Claims that a white supremacist group is recruiting members at Jonathan Law High School and that a student allegedly carved a swastika in her skin are "unfounded," said Superintendent of Schools Gregory A. Firn."
DNA tests debunk blond Inuit legend
CBC
http://www.cbc.ca/stories/2003/10/28/inuit_blond031028
"Two Icelandic scientists have shot holes in the theory of the missing Norse tribes of the Arctic."
Jacko Charity Single Raising $$ for Scientology
FOX News
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,101399,00.html
(Second Item)
"A lot of big name stars are unwittingly about to start raising money for Scientology, thanks to Michael Jackson."
40 years later, man still too scared to talk about encounter
By Bernie Delinski
Florence Times-Daily
http://www.timesdaily.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20031029/NEWS/310290319/1011
(see also <http://www.snopes.com/horrors/ghosts/vanish.htm>)
"It's been more than 40 years, but Geneva Yerbey's brother still doesn't want to talk about it."
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BBC
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/3208528.stm
"Scientists in India believe they may have found a cheap and effective cure for arsenic poisoning."
Homeopathy reduces arsenic poisoning in mice
NewScientist.com
http://www.newscientist.com/news/news.jsp?id=ns99994305
"A homeopathic remedy based on arsenic oxide has shown "highly promising results" in mice poisoned with arsenic, say Indian scientists."
Orgasmatron Puts Tech in Sex
By Leander Kahney
Wired
http://www.wired.com/news/technology/0,1282,60943,00.html
"A Texas company claims to have invented a kind of Orgasmatron for women -- an electrical stimulation device that takes women to a pre-orgasmic state."
Explorers on the trail of Lost City of Atlantis
by Roger Highfield
The Telegraph
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2003/10/27/natlan27.xml
"For more than two millennia, many of the world's greatest adventurers, explorers and thinkers have sought the fabled Lost City of Atlantis."
Durangoan reports he saw UFO
By Patricia Miller
Durango Herald
http://durangoherald.com/asp-bin/ar...=tech&article_path=/technology/tech031025.htm
"Tim Butler doesn’t believe in flying saucers. His perception is more sophisticated. It was a flying boomerang that caught his attention."
Campbell beast out of season
By BOB HODGE
Knoxville News
http://www.knoxnews.com/kns/outdoors/article/0,1406,KNS_326_2376606,00.html
"There's good news and bad news for hunters wanting a crack at whatever it is scaring folks and eating cats in Campbell County."
Samples from Possible Skunk Ape Prove Inconclusive
By VINCE LENNON
WATE
http://www.wate.com/Global/story.asp?S=1498430
"The search for the so-called Campbell County skunk ape continues Tuesday, after a lab reported inconclusive test results."
Three 'witches' kill themselves
BBC
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/3211535.stm
"Three members of the same family accused of being witches have committed suicide, Indian police say."
The Most Unconventional Weapon
By DANIEL BERGNER
New York Times
http://www.nytimes.com/2003/10/26/magazine/26CANNIBALISM.html
"In Beni, a town of one paved street where motorbikes buzz past a dusty clothing shack called the Armani Shop, Amuzati Ndjoki sat in a white plastic lawn chair on a guest-house porch. He is a Pygmy. As he told what he had seen, the soles of his shoes didn't touch the concrete. But his voice was steady enough."
Archaeology's great hoax
By Pat Shellenbarger
Grand Rapids Press
http://www.mlive.com/news/grpress/index.ssf?/base/news-11/106716720348450.xml
"In a storeroom of the Michigan Historical Museum, state archaeologist John Halsey examined the newly acquired artifacts purported to be the remnants of an ancient Middle Eastern civilization that settled in Michigan thousands of years ago."
Mormon church donates artifacts to Grand Rapids museum
Associated Press
http://www.woodtv.com/Global/story.asp?S=1497992
"Some of the now-debunked Michigan Relics, once considered by some influential Mormons as evidence of the church's connection to a Near Eastern culture in ancient America, have a new home."
Clear lent sympathetic ear to people reporting alien abductions
By Laura Jesse
San Antonio Express-News
http://news.mysanantonio.com/story.cfm?xla=saen&xlb=180&xlc=1074089
"Constance Clear spent her life as a seeker of truth, a psychotherapist, a radio talk show host and novelist who tried to make people aware of different ideas."
In search of Bigfoot: 'I was so scared...'
By SETH McLAUGHLIN
Providence Journal
http://www.projo.com/northwest/content/projo_20031024_scfoot.220d5.html
"In the early 1970s a shoeless Dave Downs moved along a railroad track about a mile from downtown Sykesville, Md. Trains hadn't been seen down this section of abandoned track for more more than a year, but a modern-day myth had."
Taranaki man ready for the apocalypse
By SVEN CARLSSON
The Daily News [New Zealand]
http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/0,2106,2703760a4560,00.html
"A Taranaki man _ one of a world-wide group that believes the apocalypse is overdue _ is preparing for impending storms and floods by building self-contained underground shelters in high ground at a secret Waikato location."
Legend of Bell Witch remains alive
ASSOCIATED PRESS
http://www.msnbc.com/news/984731.asp
"John Bell didn’t tell anyone in 1817 when he first spotted strange-looking animals in his cornfield that mysteriously vanished when he tried to shoot them."
Bell Witch expert tells tales to local residents
By HATZEL VELA
Jackson Sun
http://miva.jacksonsun.com/miva/cgi-bin/miva?NEWS/news_story.mv+link=200310265509632
"Theresa Sipes and her family take an annual two-hour drive to the Bell Witch cave on land once owned by the reportedly haunted John Bell."
Psychic says gift runs in family
By ALONZO WESTON
St. Joseph News-Press
http://www.stjoenews-press.com/Main.asp?SectionID=81&SubSectionID=272&ArticleID=46420
"Some babies are born with a thin, filmy membrane of skin that covers their faces and heads. Surely doctors have their name for it. But since ancient times, lay people have recognized it as a spiritual caul or veil."
Cold noses, warm crowd welcome pet psychic
By ANNE LINDBERG
St. Petersburg Times
http://www.sptimes.com/2003/10/26/Artsandentartainment/Cold_noses__warm_crow.shtml
"Your pets know all your secrets and sometimes they blab. If they do, pet psychic Sonya Fitzpatrick just might be listening."
Conference highlights discussion of the paranormal
By Kristin Colella
Penn State Collegian
http://www.collegian.psu.edu/archive/2003/10/10-27-03tdc/10-27-03dnews-01.asp
"A tale of horror came to life Saturday night as George Lutz, a man who lived in the reportedly haunted Amityville House in 1974, retold his spooky experiences."
Kelly green men documentary filmed this weekend in L.A.
By MICHELE CARLTON
Kentucky New Era
http://www.kentuckynewera.com/cgi-b...+Kelly-green-10-27-03_news.html+20031027+news
"A documentary film featuring the 1955 invasion of "little green men" in the Christian County community of Kelly began filming this weekend in the Angeles National Forest just north of Los Angeles."
Fear Factor: Witches and Witchcraft
By Katie Wigginton
The Battalion
http://www.thebatt.com/news/539878.html
"Most episodes of the 1960s and 70s popular sitcom "Bewitched" play out in a typical fashion. Samantha twinkles her nose in a cheery fashion to finish sweeping the kitchen. Her mother Endora pops in the scene to say hello to her daughter, and goes on to jokingly caste cast a lighthearted spell on Sam's mortal husband Darren."
These locations are legendary for scaring up ghost stories
By Michael Kenney
Boston Globe
http://www.boston.com/news/globe/li...s_are_legendary_for_scaring_up_ghost_stories/
"Over the years, upcountry editor Charles J. Jordan has collected tales traditionally told in northern New Hampshire, tales of apparitions and local characters. Such stories are the building blocks of regional folk memory and its history -- and of Halloween storytelling."
Next stop, the Pearly Gates
By K. Connie Kang
Los Angeles Times
http://www.sunspot.net/news/nationworld/bal-heaven1024,0,7895415.story
"An overwhelming majority of Americans continue to believe that there is life after death and that heaven and hell exist, according to a new study. What's more, nearly two-thirds think they are heaven-bound."
Disgraced priest finds home in secretive sect
By EVAN MOORE
Houston Chronicle
http://www.chron.com/cs/CDA/ssistory.mpl/front/2178259
"It's a twisted trail that leads from Texas to this Central American village, and along it stretches the strange and disturbing odyssey of Father Alfredo Prado."
Expert on the Occult Pioneers Study of Ritualistic Crimes
BY SHARON SCHLEGEL
Newhouse News Service
http://www.newhousenews.com/archive/schlegel102403.html
"Police were puzzled by the crime. A corpse had been disinterred in the cemetery, mutilated and left near a mausoleum covered with graffiti."
Can you see the Great Wall of China from space?
by David Adam
The Guardian
http://www.guardian.co.uk/life/thisweek/story/0,12977,1068401,00.html
"Not according to Yang Liwei, China's first man in space. "The scenery was very beautiful," Yang told Chinese TV when he returned to Earth last week. "But I didn't see the Great Wall.""
UW speaker: Love heals all things
by Andi Balla
Laramie Boomerang
http://www.laramieboomerang.com/news/more.asp?StoryID=100166
"Love and thankfulness to the universe are the best tools to keeping a healthy and happy life, a mystic motivational speaker told a University of Wyoming audience Thursday night."
Meditation shows promise fighting illness
By Garret Condon
Hartford Courant
http://www.thesunlink.com/redesign/2003-10-27/features/health/295579.shtml
"Marietta Sabetta decided that the way to make a stand against her moderately high blood pressure was to sit still."
Crop circle attempts reported
Billings Gazette
http://www.billingsgazette.com/index.php?id=1&display=rednews/2003/10/28/build/state/40-circles.inc
"A couple of attempts at crop circles were found during harvest at the Fort Keogh Livestock and Range Research Laboratory this fall, according to manager Byron Hould."
Palaces of Peace
By Dawn Wotapka
New York Newsday
http://www.newsday.com/news/local/longisland/ny-lipeac1025,0,2838877.story
"If enough donors come through, followers of an Indian guru say they can bring peace and harmony to the world -- one palace at a time."
Town still haunted by ghost, some say
by Iris Vacante
New Orleans Times-Picayune
http://www.nola.com/news/t-p/index.ssf?/base/news-3/106714882457910.xml
"October is the month for spook houses, urban legends and frightful stories."
Iowa City has vast haunted history
By Jeff Charis-Carlson
Iowa City Press-Citizen
http://www.press-citizen.com/news/102603sundayqna.htm
"This week's Q & A is with Todd Ristau, graduate of the University of Iowa's Playwriting Workshop, former editor of "Third Eye Over Iowa," and self-proclaimed paranormal investigator (retired)."
Scientifically, implant ban was a bust
By Alex Beam
Boston Globe
http://www.boston.com/news/globe/living/articles/2003/10/28/scientifically_implant_ban_was_a_bust/
"So Marcia Angell was right."
Astro guides predict market run
NDTV
http://www.ndtv.com/business/showbusinessstory.asp?slug=Astro+guide+to+predict+market+run&id=15685
"If you can go to an astrologer for advice on a good time to buy a house, start a business or even marry your child, why not for the stock markets?"
So, you still read horoscopes? Fine, unless you believe them
By Michael Pakenham
Baltimore Sun
http://www.sunspot.net/features/booksmags/bal-bk.mpcol26oct26,0,2986163.story
"If I can develop my "own lovely illusion" and communicate it well, "powerful people will perk up their ears." So says my horoscope as I work on editing this week's column."
Japan cult guru trial nears end
Associated Press
http://edition.cnn.com/2003/WORLD/asiapcf/east/10/28/japan.east.ap/
"After a seven-and-a-half-year trial, the chief lawyer defending doomsday cult guru Shoko Asahara, charged with masterminding the deadly 1995 nerve gas attack on Tokyo's subway, is about to wrap up his case and wait for a verdict."
Some swear ghost has yet to check out of former Waverly hotel
By ALLISON GRAENING
Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier
http://www.wcfcourier.com/articles/2003/10/28/news/regional/49ef8ed96730c6e486256dcd004a8bb3.txt
"Dead men tell no tales."
TV special refutes Texas outlaw legend
By Bud Kennedy
Fort Worth Star-Telegram
http://www.dfw.com/mld/startelegram/news/local/7121886.htm
"A Granbury outlaw legend has been shot down."
Let the spirits move you
By Kathleen Laufenberg
TALLAHASSEE DEMOCRAT
http://www.tallahassee.com/mld/democrat/7087616.htm
"A dozen beams of light slashed through the night, revealing old tombstones, crumbling grave slabs and vines that slither like snakes across the leafy ground."
Ghost hunters track phantoms imprisoned at derelict Ohio lockup
By BOB DOWNING
Knight Ridder Newspapers
http://www.dallasnews.com/travel/unitedstates/stories/102603dntraohioprison.c887c.html
"Derek Wilson of Canton, Ohio, says he has seen lots of strange things inside the old Ohio State Reformatory."
Ghost hunter prowls paranormal
by JOHN LARRABEE
Woonsocket Call
http://www.woonsocketcall.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=10415172&BRD=1712&PAG=461&dept_id=24361&rfi=6
"Ghosts have no real need to be in a bathroom -- yet almost anyone who’s lived in a haunted house will tell you it’s the spookiest spot."
Owen blanket giveaway a hoax
By Clarke Morrison
Asheville Citizen-Times
http://cgi.citizen-times.com/cgi-bin/story/buncombe_news/43960
"False reports of a charity giveaway sent hundreds of people into a darkened, condemned warehouse, where they snatched up an estimated 10,000 blankets, some stuffing as many as they could in their cars."
Some South Siders have had enough of 'Ghost Tracks' hoopla
By Lisa Marie Gómez
San Antonio Express-News
http://news.mysanantonio.com/story.cfm?xla=saen&xlb=180&xlc=1075436
"For those seeking Halloween fun, it's spooky, creepy and parts of it are downright scary. For neighbors, it's noisy, messy and parts of it are just downright annoying."
A Night In Search Of The Grey Lady Ghost
WFIE
http://www.14wfie.com/Global/story.asp?S=1497708&nav=3w6oIk1R
"Practically everyone around this area has heard of the "Grey Lady," and many claim to have seen her at Evansville's Willard Library."
Real hoax of Martian invasion is on us
by WILLIAM BURRILL
Toronto Star
<http://www.thestar.com/NASApp/cs/Co...247&call_pageid=968867495754&col=969483191630>
"Did the infamous Orson Welles The War Of The Worlds broadcast actually cause mass hysteria, or was it the biggest hoax to be found in the fact that we believe so many panicked?"
Hobbyists explore afterlife
By John Charles Robbins
Holland Sentinel
http://www.detnews.com/2003/metro/0310/29/c06w-310263.htm
"As the moon hangs low in the chilly October sky, thoughts turn to children bundled in store-bought Halloween ghost and goblin costumes, begging for candy."
Hearing for woman accused of cancer hoax
Associated Press
http://www.wndu.com/news/102003/news_22394.php
"Brookelyn Walters, a 24-year-old former college student from Culver, appeared in a Muncie court today to face charges that she faked cancer in order to get money. Walters' attorney, Jay Hirchhauer, said she will plead innocent. Walters has reportedly repaid the money and is cooperating with authorities."
Alleged cancer scam dates back years
By T.J. WILHAM
Muncie Star Press
http://www.thestarpress.com/articles/4/008080-5704-004.html
"Brookelyn Walters first told someone she had cancer when she was 15 years old."
Trial set for woman charged in cancer scam
By DOUGLAS WALKER
Muncie Star Press
http://www.thestarpress.com/articles/6/008153-3886-004.html
"A former Ball State University student accused of posing as a cancer victim was described by her attorney Monday as "a very sick young lady" with "a significant, long-term psychological condition.""
Cry Baby Bridge, and other tales of terror in Chester County
By MARISSA C. WHITE
Chester News & Reporter
http://www.onlinechester.com/ONLINE...articles566774.asp?P=566774&S=485&PubID=11209
"What you are about to read is true. Names have been left out to protect the not-so-innocent and/or criminally insane. The events described below happened very close by — maybe down the street from you, maybe in your own backyard. Terror waits around every shadowed corner, ready to leap out and drag you headlong into this horrifying journey into the dark side of Chester County."
Monticello's claim: 'South's Most Haunted Small Town'
By Kathleen Laufenberg
TALLAHASSEE DEMOCRAT
http://www.tallahassee.com/mld/democrat/7087618.htm
"A ghost hunt in Monticello never disappoints the Big Bend Ghost Trackers. That's because apparitions abound in this antebellum town 25 miles northeast of Tallahassee, ghost trackers said."
Dead and breakfast inns
by Les Christie
CNN/Money
http://money.cnn.com/2003/10/21/pf/hauntedhospitality/
"Old inns often come complete with spirits, of the non-potable variety."
The Witch's Ball
By Mark J. Price
Akron Beacon Journal
http://www.ohio.com/mld/beaconjournal/7113427.htm
"According to local legend, the witch was buried standing up."
Haunting license
By Jack Thomas
Boston Globe
http://www.boston.com/news/globe/living/articles/2003/10/28/haunting_license/
"Any ghosts hanging around St. Peter Street the other day must have been laughing like drunken sailors, assuming that the spiritual world has a navy, that ghosts are patriotic enough to enlist, and that they're not above enjoying an occasional pop."
Misunderstanding is blamed in research controversy
By Aaron Zitner
LOS ANGELES TIMES
http://www.bayarea.com/mld/cctimes/news/7121248.htm
"An apparent misunderstanding with Congress prompted the National Institutes of Health to put more than 150 researchers on notice in recent weeks that lawmakers were taking a skeptical look at their studies on AIDS, sexuality and high-risk behaviors."
CNN Blows!
by Alexandra Wolfe
New York Observer
http://observer.com/pages/transom.asp
"Early in October, thousands of frat boys e-mailed what looked like a CNN.com Web page to thousands more of their brothers, buddies and buddies’ girlfriends. It was an article about a new study that "Fellatio may significantly decrease the risk of breast cancer in women." The story, which carried an Associated Press byline, claimed that the Journal of Medicine had published the study and, in its online form, included supposed links to other CNN.com stories as well as the news organization’s copyright. But those who read the story realized it was a goof when they saw that among those quoted were Dr. B.J. Sooner, Dr. Len Lictepeen and Dr. Inserta Shafteer, who says in the piece: "Since the emergence of the research, I try to fellate at least once every other night to reduce my chances.""
A test of Pa.'s child-witness standard
By Larry King
Philadelphia Inquirer
http://www.philly.com/mld/inquirer/news/local/7113161.htm
"A 5-year-old Bucks County boy testified against his mother last spring, telling of how she once bound him with duct tape to keep him quiet."
Spirited accounts and grave matters are the subjects of Rodger Gerberding's book
by GREG JERRETT
Council Bluffs Daily Nonpareil
http://www.zwire.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=10411713&BRD=2554&PAG=461&dept_id=507134&rfi=6
"Rodger Gerberding has always had an interest in ghosts. Not so unusual, really. Most children develop an interest in ghosts at some point. For Gerberding, however, his interest was based on very personal experiences."
Chasing a mystery
By Mike Walbert
Penn State Collegian
http://www.collegian.psu.edu/archive/2003/10/10-29-03tdc/10-29-03dnews-09.asp
"The vast field behind State College Park apartments is sprawling with bright green rolling hills. Sprouts of wild grass shoot up in sporadic clumps throughout the field in between the bare trees that have changed with the season."
Notable psychic Edgar Cayce also was a healer
by LARRY HALL
Richmond Times-Dispatch
<http://www.timesdispatch.com/servle...1795670&path=!news!columnists&s=1045855935174>
"Why we dream and the significance of what we experience during sleep are subjects of continuing fascination with few clear answers."
Tanzania arrests 'witch killers'
BBC
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/3209047.stm
"Police in Tanzania say they have arrested a number of people suspected of murdering old women in the belief that they were witches."
GHOST CHASER
by CHRISTY STRAWSER
ROYAL OAK DAILY TRIBUNE
http://www.zwire.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=10419000&BRD=989&PAG=461&dept_id=140315&rfi=6
"They wander the halls like children lost at the mall, with no idea who they are or what they need."
Research team takes paranormal seriously
By ALONZO WESTON
St. Joseph News-Press
http://www.stjoenews-press.com/Main.asp?SectionID=81&SubSectionID=272&ArticleID=46410
"For Brenda Marble, ghost busting is a hobby — and serious business."
Specter search: Group devoted to finding haunts, paranormal activity
By ALONZO WESTON
St. Joseph News-Press
http://www.stjoenews-press.com/Main.asp?SectionID=81&SubSectionID=272&ArticleID=46423
"The evening seemed right for a haunting. A cool draft of autumn carried a whiff of wood smoke mixed with decaying leaves through the twilight air. Sunday evening stillness intensified the smallest creaks and footsteps."
Homing in on the paranormal
by C. Woodrow Irvin
Daily Vanguard
http://www.dailyvanguard.com/vnews/display.v/ART/2003/10/29/3f9f61b508872
"The Fairfax Station home that the Virginia Ghosts & Hauntings Research Society recently investigated looks nothing like the traditional haunted house of fiction. The immense two-story, 11-room wood-and-stone dwelling has nary a Victorian nor Gothic beam in its contemporary body. But to the family who lives there, what the house looks like is irrelevant. They are sure the place is spooked, and they want proof."
Indiana brothel law only a myth
By KURT COUCHMAN
The Penn
http://www.thepenn.org/vnews/display.v/ART/2003/10/27/3f9d4cf84553a
"IUP students have heard about the brothel laws for years but no such law exists."
Men rape children 'because of myth'
Reuters
http://www.iol.co.za/index.php?click_id=79&art_id=vn20031027032436172C628966&set_id=1
"A myth is fuelling a heinous crime across southern Africa. It goes like this: to succeed at work or cure yourself of Aids, you need to have sex with a minor or one of your own children."
$ 2m NIH Grant for Maharishi varsity
Press Trust of India
http://www.hinduonnet.com/thehindu/holnus/00325100088.htm
"The US Government's National Institutes of Health has awarded a grant of $ 2 million to medical researchers at the Maharishi University's Institute for Natural Medicine and Prevention, a part of the College of Maharishi Vedic Medicine in the United States."
A spirited search for Harry Houdini
by Lori Varosh
King County Journal
http://www.kingcountyjournal.com/sited/story/html/147094
"Not even Harry Houdini could escape the irony."
Handwriting Analyis Revisited: Are elements of personality revealed through handwriting?
The Straight Dope
http://www.straightdope.com/columns/031024.html
"In your column about handwriting analysis you wrote <http://www.straightdope.com/columns/030418.html>, "More than 200 objective scientific studies have demonstrated that graphology is worthless as a predictor of personality." After I whined a bit, you conceded that you had misstated matters. It wasn't that 200 studies had independently concluded graphology was worthless; rather, one researcher, Geoffrey Dean, made this judgment based on a "meta-analysis" of 200 previous studies. Even Dean's study is seriously flawed and doesn't support the conclusions drawn."
Claims about homeless vets don't add up
By Steve Chapman
Baltimore Sun
http://www.sunspot.net/news/opinion/oped/bal-op.chapman24oct24,0,886708.story
"Our soldiers in Iraq face an array of dangers, including hostile fire, accidents and suicide. But apparently they are not out of the woods once they return to the United States. Here, we are told, they confront another serious hazard: homelessness."
Plywood short; cost soars
Many blame shipments to Iraq; other factors seen
BY SUNSHINE DEWITT
Daily Hampshire Gazette
http://www.gazettenet.com/story.cfm?id_no=10240039
"Plywood prices have skyrocketed the past few months, with the costs of popular grades double what they were a year ago."
Sci Fi special puts Kecksburg mystery under a microscope
By Ann Saul Dudurich
Connellsville Daily Courier
http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/dailycourier/news/s_161683.html
"It has remained an enigma for nearly 40 years -- a saga that began on Dec. 9, 1965, when a fireball was observed streaking across the Westmoreland County sky."
NASA Releases Documents as a Result of Sci Fi Investigation Into Kecksburg UFO Incident
Press Release
http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/031024/nyf090_1.html
"A day after SCI FI Channel announced its unprecedented support for legal action against the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to release its records on the 1965 UFO incident in Kecksburg, PA, NASA informed Lee Helfrich, attorney for the Coalition for Freedom of Information (CFi), that it is releasing 36 pages of documents connected to the incident."
Between the lies
The Guardian
http://www.guardian.co.uk/arts/features/story/0,11710,1070444,00.html
"One afternoon in 1995, I paid a visit, accompanied by my four-year-old son, to a museum of toys and childhood ephemera. As we approached the entrance, a young man flourishing a clipboard suddenly appeared in front of us. He explained that he was doing market research on behalf of the museum and he wanted just a few seconds of my time."
Lonely graveyard great for ghosts
By MIKE MARSHALL
Huntsville Times
http://www.al.com/news/huntsvilletimes/index.ssf?/base/news/106707344633700.xml
"The road to Tally Cemetery snakes through barren farmland, then forks at the base of Crow Mountain, twisting past the hickories and sweet gums about 10 miles south of the Tennessee line."
'Cough CPR' could save heart patients, doctor says
By EMMA ROSS
Associated Press
http://www.chron.com/cs/CDA/ssistory.mpl/world/2178230
(see also <http://www.snopes.com/toxins/coughcpr.htm>)
"Coughing vigorously until an ambulance arrives could save the lives of heart patients who are going into cardiac arrest, a doctor said Tuesday."
They range from the Alamo's walls to phantom school buses
By Scott Huddleston
San Antonio Express-News
http://news.mysanantonio.com/story.cfm?xla=saen&xlb=180&xlc=1074878
"San Antonio's most noteworthy ghost stories date at least as far back as 1836, the year of the battle of the Alamo."
Nigerian Islamic leader declares UN vaccines unsafe
Australian Broadcasting Corporation
http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/s976330.htm
"Officials in northern Nigeria have halted an immunisation drive by the World Health Organisation (WHO) designed to prevent an outbreak of polio."
White Wolves’ claims ufounded, Firn says
by Manuela Da Costa-Fernandes
New Haven Register
http://www.zwire.com/site/news.cfm?BRD=1281&dept_id=517514&newsid=10414777&PAG=461&rfi=9
"Claims that a white supremacist group is recruiting members at Jonathan Law High School and that a student allegedly carved a swastika in her skin are "unfounded," said Superintendent of Schools Gregory A. Firn."
DNA tests debunk blond Inuit legend
CBC
http://www.cbc.ca/stories/2003/10/28/inuit_blond031028
"Two Icelandic scientists have shot holes in the theory of the missing Norse tribes of the Arctic."
Jacko Charity Single Raising $$ for Scientology
FOX News
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,101399,00.html
(Second Item)
"A lot of big name stars are unwittingly about to start raising money for Scientology, thanks to Michael Jackson."
40 years later, man still too scared to talk about encounter
By Bernie Delinski
Florence Times-Daily
http://www.timesdaily.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20031029/NEWS/310290319/1011
(see also <http://www.snopes.com/horrors/ghosts/vanish.htm>)
"It's been more than 40 years, but Geneva Yerbey's brother still doesn't want to talk about it."
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/skepticsearch/
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