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  Psychic Detectives Allow Murderer to Escape Death Penalty

  Psychic information failed to recover Brooke Wilberger, a university student missing since May 24, 2004.

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  Cammy: A New Canadian Lake Monster?

  Move over, Sasquatch: Some say there's a new monster in Canada, living in a small lake on Vancouver Island.

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  Validity of 'Repressed Memories' Challenged in Court

  There is no scientific consensus that people can completely forget traumatic events and recall them years later.

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  Jaycee Dugard Abduction Case Highlights Failure of Psychics

  Amazingly, a Reno psychic is now claiming the case proves the accuracy of her abilities.

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  Human Lifespans Nearly Constant for 2,000 Years

  Maximum human lifespan, often confused with life expectancy, has remained more or less the same.

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  The Human-Dog Hybrid Hoax

  Photo shows a strange half-woman, half-dog (or pig) hybrid mother nursing its young.

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  Rorschach Test: Discredited But Still Controversial

  The latest furor over an inkblot test reveals flaws in an popular psychology tool.

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  Fetal Memories? Not So Fast

  People should understand that the researchers are using the term "memory" very differently than most people do.

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  Star Murders Reveal Truth about Homicide

  Very few murders are committed by strangers — partly because murder is often motivated by revenge or passion.

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  40 Years After Moon Landing: Why Aren't People Smarter?

  Despite a long tradition of free, compulsory public education, as a whole we don't seem to be getting much smarter.

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  The Truth Behind Secret Recipes in Coke, KFC, Etc.

  The commercial appeal of a good mystery (real or manufactured) has not been lost on advertisers.

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  Is Nothing Safe Anymore?

  Raw cookie dough is like any other raw food: it may contain bacteria. Duh!

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  'April's Mom' Hoax Played on Faith

  A pregnant young woman spent months blogging about her compelling personal journey of anguish.

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  America's Loch Ness Monster? Or a Swimming Deer?

  New footage of Champ, the monster said to inhabit Vermont's Lake Champlain, was recently released.

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  Twitter Experiment Explores ESP

  Will be the largest ESP ("remote viewing") experiment in history.

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  Cheney vs. Obama: Dueling Unprovable Claims

  Both argue about the nation's safety. Their claims aren't provable, however.

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  Myth of the Missing Link

  The fact is that there is no such thing as "the missing link" between different stages of evolution.

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  Return of the Montauk Monster: Same Ol' Myth?

  Reports of another Montauk Monster are circulating the web.

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  Sen. Graham Perpetuates Myth: Torture Used Because it Works

  Lindsey Graham (R-SC) defended the Bush administration's interrogation techniques.

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  Why We Mourn for Strangers

  Several thousand people recently gathered in memory of 8-year-old Sandra Cantu. Most never knew her.

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  Alien Abduction: Looking Back at America's First Case

  Betty and Barney Hill claimed they were abducted by aliens in 1961.