Trick-or-treaters had a full moon last night. That’s the first time the celestial orb has appeared complete in 46 years. The next time is in 2020, or about
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As the Supreme Court discussed child porn on Tuesday, talk turned to movies like Traffic and Lolita, which appear to depict underage sexual activity. Justice Antonin Scalia told everyone he had never seen any of those movies after the discussion had lasted
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Two Ohio men who had thrown beer bottles at a car served an unusual sentence Monday—they had to walk down Coshocton’s Main Street in dresses for
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C. Thomas Howell, of Soul Man fame, went on trial Monday for attacking a skateboarder in Reseda in December. If convicted, the washed-up B-list actor will be in the slammer for four years, or
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Researchers on a tiny island in western France have discovered the amazing curative powers of seaweed. Apparently, the sea vegetable can cure dandruff and pimples. Cosmetics maker Algue et Mer has been developing the product for six years, or
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It’s not only NASA that pays people to sleep in bed for long periods of time. The European Space Agency is seeking 14 men to lay in bed for 90 days, or
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A week ago, a German tourist in Zambia was convicted of having oral sex, which is considered an “unnatural” and highly illegal act. Although authorities were lenient becase it was a first-time offense, he was sentenced to hard labor and jail for six years, or
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I want my MTV—jobs! The music network is laying off 450 employees, the company announced Monday. The changes are part of the network’s restructuring, the first one in 12 years, or
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Determined to keep the Harry Potter movie loyal to the plot of the book, the filmmakers are not cutting anything. The current anticipated run time is
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Tomorrow night, ABC will premeire a newsmagazine devoted to depicting the ways the country has changed since Sept. 11. People looking forward to “America ‘01” will only have to wait
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Nashville teenagers got the chance to visit the city-run “STD Free! Haunted House,” which featured full-color photos of all sorts of gross sexually transmitted diseases. The city, which has one of the higest syphilis infection rates in the country, has had the tradition for three years, or
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The last thing Gary Carter of Trimdon, England remembered was drinking at the Red Lion Pub. But he somehow wound up passed out 25ft up a sycamore tree on Monday. The rescue operation took
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The Hasty Pudding Club obtained student group status last Friday, thus ending its independence that had lasted for 206 years, or
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Steven E. Hyman, the director of the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) and a former Harvard Medical School professor, was named the University’s new provost on Monday. The 1982 movie The Secret of NIMH runs
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Cambridge residents again foiled Mian Iftikhar’s attempts to let the kids get their Tommy’s pizza. He wants to stay open until 3 a.m., but the Cambridge License Commission doesn’t seem to want to let the place sell its sesame seed product for the extra
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