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# Virus Report: http://www.antivirus.com/trendsetter/virus_report/
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# Who's been sleeping in my bed ... (CNN) Rumors abound of ghostly guests
at hotels and inns around the world. Some try to hide the unexplainable,
while others are making a profit from it. Take a look at some of the
properties where a room for the night sometimes comes with more than
you bargained for. GHoSTS CHeCK iN BuT THeY WoN'T CHeCK ouT:
http://cnn.com/TRAVEL/NEWS/9910/26/haunted.hotels.lat/index.html
: Have your accomodations lately been infested by good/evil/indifferent
spirits, undead/unborn/inhuman entities, aliens, politicians? Who's worst?
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# Second-hand screams: Artist makes haunted fortress from junk. STANFORD,
New York (AP) -- Books fly off shelves in the cobweb-lined library. In the
tiny church, a bloodstained priest conducts an exorcism as a tin-can snake
jumps out of the holy water bowl. In the evil veterinary laboratory of Dr.
Mel Practice, a toilet seat rattles the nerves when its lid flies up with
a bang. The commode is among the discarded objects recovered from junk
yards and trash bins that Peter Wing has incorporated into "Frankenstein's
Fortress." "Stuff that you picked out from a Dumpster has that trashed-out
look that you can't get with new materials," Wing said. "Death and decay
is unsettling -- and that's what we're going for here."
http://cnn.com/US/9910/27/frankensteins.fortress.ap/index.html
: Do you prefer art that includes living or dead stuff? Do you artistically
do torture, mayhem, murder, suicide? Are art critics better dead or alive?
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# Halloween candy not the usual fare. ATLANTA (CNN) Don't expect apples in
the Halloween loot bag this year. For 1999, trendy confections rule --
gummi burgers, Mega Warheads sour candies, Atomic Fireballs, bloodshot
"Eyes of Terror" gumballs and "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" lollipops which
paint your trick-or-treater's tongue red. No TReaTS. aLL i GoT WaS CLiCKs:
http://cnn.com/FOOD/news/9910/22/halloween.candy/
: Are Hallowe'en candies symbolic of ritual cannibalism, the same as Xian
sacramental wine/wafers? Do you prefer symbolic or actual cannibalism? Have
you devoured anyone lately? Whom would you most/least like to devour? Why?
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# Message Board: Great Halloween costumes. Are you looking for the perfect
disguise for that masked ball you were invited to? Have you found a way to
turn that old couch slipcover into a space man costume? Trying to decide
if that Austin Powers costume is "groovy?" Seek and share Halloween
costume tricks and treats here. What is the most creative costume you have
ever seen? What is an easy, fun costume for those who need last-minute
help? i GoT aN iDeaR: http://community.cnn.com/cgi-bin/WebX?13@@.ee94ef2
: Do you costume yourself? Can you pass for human? Are many actual aliens/
zombies/monsters in your neighborhood? Are they perferable to real humans?
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# Suspect nabbed in missionary death. BHUBANESWAR, India (AP) - A suspect
was arrested in the burning death of an Australian missionary and his two
sons, but police are concerned of more Hindu-Christian trouble during the
pope's visit to India next week. The gruesome killings are linked to Hindu
radicals struggling against missionaries accused of illicitly winning con-
verts to Christianity by offering inducements - a charge the missionaries
deny. See http://www.infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2561825110-24a
: Are religious prosletysers committing cultural genocide? Have you burnt
any/many missionaries lately? Is religious war more fun than work? Why not?
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# Israel deports doomsday Christians. JERUSALEM (AP) - Israel will deport 17
Americans, two Britons and a Jamaican suspected of membership in Christian
doomsday sects. Israeli police busted 21 foreign Christians for allegedly
preparing the ground for groups from abroad planning apocalyptic acts for
the year 2000. The raid, in a neighborhood on the Mount of Olives, was the
third Israeli operation in recent months against such Christian groups.
See http://www.infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2561825835-5f7
: What's your favorite doomsday cult? Are you in a doomsday cult? Have you
been deported lately? Are you planning apocalyptic acts? Will you survive?
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# Falun Gong members ask for tolerance. BEIJING (AP) - Bruised and battered
from beatings and on the run from Chinese police, members of the banned
spiritual movement Falun Gong vowed to press their protest campaign to end
the communist government's crackdown. As police searched across Beijing,
group members converged on Tiananmen Square Thursday for a fourth day.
They kept quiet vigil while a national legislative committee met in the
neighboring Great Hall of the People to consider a proposed law to
suppress Falun Gong and other suspected cults. Police detained at least
20 people on the vast square Thursday, putting them into blue-and-white
minibuses and driving them away. Squads of police visited local hostels
and private homes overnight, trying to ferret out adherents, witnesses
said. See http://www.infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2561823616-7c1
: Is your cult a threat to gov't? Is your gov't a threat to cults? Is your
gov't a cult, or vice versa? Would you rather suppress gov't or cults? Why?
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"Anything for a joke, grumbled the ship's doctor, as he swiftly stitched
the little priestess (now in deep alpha) into the fish belly with stout
twine; whereupon, Captain Jolly -- after a practice kick to tease the
sharks -- dispatched the wench with such force that 'HOLY MACKEREL!'
sprang spontaneously from every throat." --Jean Farmer
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