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CHAKE CHAKE, Tanzania (Reuters) – Mohammed Juma starts to sweat and fidget as he recalls his rape by Popo Bawa, the most feared spirit-monster of the Zanzibar spice islands. “We believe reading the Koran is our only defense, nothing else,” says the 41-year-old driver and father of four. “But Popo Bawa is real, and well…

MOSCOW (Reuters) – A Russian village was left baffled Thursday after its lake disappeared overnight. NTV television showed pictures of a giant muddy hole bathed in summer sun, while fishermen from the village of Bolotnikovo looked on disconsolately. “It is very dangerous. If a person had been in this disaster, he would have had almost…

This is pretty amazing. It seems like the practical applications for this virus would be pretty far ranging. Huge, as a matter of fact. AN OBESITY VIRUS? By Sean Henahan, Access Excellence NEW ORLEANS (4/07/97) Is obesity caused by a virus? New virological and biochemical findings could lead to new treatment approaches for obesity, according…

Kim Jong Il let famine kill 1.5 million North Koreans because he wouldn’t accept aid from the capitalist pigs (us), and when any surviving citizens tried to flee on a snack run they were shot on sight. You know, in doing a little research I realized it was Kim Jong Il’s dad that claimed to…

COLUMBIA, Md. — The U-shaped street in Columbia was supposed to be named Satin Wood Drive, based on an obscure poem by a whimsical poet. But the devil, it turns out, was in the details. About 30 years ago, somewhere between the developer’s plans and the county’s official map, a misplaced letter doomed the residents…

When we last checked in on Canadian mad scientist Troy Hurtubise, his Angel Light — a homebrew device that he said could see through walls and stop electronics from working — was the subject of speculation, ridicule and financing (he got $40,000 from the French government for the project). Now the eccentric inventor has upped…

Okay, so it’s not really called Nazi town…but check out this story from Yahoo news. I used to be stationed near there back in my USMC days. It’s strange…you would go from the racial mix that is Memphis to lily white Germantown… GERMANTOWN, Tenn. – Some residents of this upscale Memphis suburb say ordinances have…

Fill in the blanks for Jesus….. Biblical Mad Libs