Freak Shows
By the mid-twentieth century the display for profit and entertainment of people known in the United States as "freaks" had for the most part become an anachronism. Parading d...
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She may have taken the Miss USA title in 2004, but Shandi Finnessey won't be crowned the winner of "Dancing With the Stars." After ranking in the bottom two last week, Finnessey was eliminated Tues...
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ROUEN, France, Oct 24 (Reuters) - A French court stepped in
on Wednesday to block the return to New Zealand of the mummified
head of a Maori warrior held in a provincial museum since the
19th cent...
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Here are some popular Halloween destinations around the country and what they have to offer this year.Key West, Fla., is holding its annual Fantasy Fest 2007 Oct. 19-28 with a "Gnomes, Toads & ...
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New Delhi (dpa) - Surgeons in the southern Indian city of
Bangalore began a 40-hour surgery Tuesday, hoping to give a
2-year-old girl born with eight limbs a new lease on li...
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New Delhi (dpa) - Surgeons in the southern Indian city of
Bangalore said Wednesday they had successfully completed a surgery to
separate extra limbs from a 2-year-old girl b...
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Ah, the narcissism of loudly sounding off in public.These days, we have the options of Web sites, blogs and chat rooms, but back in 1987 the dominant place to proclaim outrageous opinion was radio....
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NO ONE BELONGS HERE MORE THAN YOUBy Miranda JulyScribner, 205 pages, $23
After Me and You and Everyone We Know, Miranda July became known as “that pooping back and forth forever...
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The San Francisco Giants sent Armando Benitez back to where he enjoyed his greatest success, trading the struggling closer to the Florida Marlins for reliever Randy Messenger on Thursday night.Beni...
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On her new CD, "Blackout," Britney Spears acknowledges that 2007 hasn't been a charmed year. "I'm Mrs. Bad Media Karma, another day another drama," the 25-year-old pop princess croons to a thumping...
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New York Times critic Margo Jefferson has written a risky little book on Michael Jackson. “Risky” because, at 146 pages, it avails itself of none of the satisfactions of a proper biogra...
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Freak Shows
'Dancing With the Stars' drops Finnessey
