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What You Need To Know About Urban Legends >From David Emery, your Editor and Guide ------------------------- IN THE SPOTLIGHT --------------------------- Halloween History, Customs and Folklore While our modern celebration of Halloween still bears traces of its Celtic origins, it has come down to us for the most part as a cross-cultural stew of folk traditions. <a href="http://urbanlegends.about.com/cs/halloween/index.htm";>Read more...</a> http://glclk.about.com/?zi=15/GPY New Halloween Scare: Drug-Laced Candy A spate of forwarded messages circulating just in time for Halloween warns parents to be on the look-out for lollipops laced with dangerous drugs. <a href="http://urbanlegends.about.com/library/bl_drug_laced_suckers.htm";>Read more...</a> http://glclk.about.com/?zi=15/GPZ Is John Edwards to Blame for the Flu Vaccine Shortage? A new email rumor blames the current shortage of flu vaccine in the U.S. on a liability lawsuit filed in the 1980s against a major pharmaceutical company. <a href="http://urbanlegends.about.com/library/bl_flu_shots.htm";>Read more...</a> http://glclk.about.com/?zi=15/GP%5B ---------------------------- MORE TOPICS ----------------------------- Religion GuideSite http://glclk.about.com/?zi=15/GPc Sex and Scandal GuideSite http://glclk.about.com/?zi=15/GPe Accidents and Mishaps GuideSite http://glclk.about.com/?zi=15/GPg ----------------------------- ------------------------------ 1. Vampires on NY Subway? "I heard recently from a friend who lives in NYC that he (personally) saw a woman in her 20s, late at night on a Manhattan subway, with fangs that looked real, and were more than just big teeth." http://glclk.about.com/?zi=15/GPn 2. Harry Potter Is Evil... I Tell You! "So I'm one of the many Christian parents who oppose these books and find them unacceptable in our schools or geared to children. There are SO many other good books out there that there is no reason to push occult-themed books on children." http://glclk.about.com/?zi=15/GPp 3. Problems with M-16s in Iraq "I've heard for many years that the M-16 is considered a hunk of junk when compared to an Uzi or AK-47. I consider this nearly common knowledge, as it's passed into pop culture with the relative unreliability of M-16s being referenced in books and movies. Well, the subject hit a little close to home with this word, straight from the camel's mouth as it were, directly from my brother who is currently serving in Iraq." http://glclk.about.com/?zi=15/GPr --------------------------- ---------------------------- copyright 2004 About, Inc. Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/E-MAIL_TRIVIA/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
