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Monthly Archives: September 2012
Skeptic News: M&S and the British Chiropractic Association develop underwear range
Can Underwear Help Your Posture? Chiropractors Working with Marks and Spencer Believe it Can. Continue reading
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Tagged body suit, bra, chiropractic, knickers, lingerie, marks and spencers, posture, skeptic news
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Skeptic News: Missing Northwestern student update: Psychics get it terribly wrong
Indian relatives overseas told the parents of missing Northwestern student Harsha Maddula that they contacted a psychic on their family’s behalf and the word was good about a successful outcome.
The psychics got it wrong; terribly wrong.
Skeptic News: ‘Black magic’ man rapes church member he said needed ‘a blessing
A man who claims to practice “Black Magic” is accused of raping a 17-year-old Tomball girl he lured to his home by telling her she needed to be blessed, according to Tomball police. Continue reading
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Tagged Black Magic, blessing, Mario Munoz-Verudes, rape, skeptic news
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Skeptic News: Experts say it's not the end of the world
As the clock winds down to Dec. 21, experts on the Mayan calendar have been racing against time to convince the public the Mayas didn’t predict an apocalypse this year.
Some experts are now saying the Mayas may indeed have made prophecies, just not about the end of the world. Continue reading
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Tagged armageddon, end of the world, mayan apocalypse, mayan calender, skeptic news, the long count
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Skeptic News: Google Maps UFO
Friday morning, Good Morning Americashowed a photo of an unidentified flying object (UFO) that has appeared in two places on Google maps; the news has created an Internet buzz Friday morning. Continue reading
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Tagged google maps, googlemaps, jacksonville, skeptic news, texas, UFO
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Skeptic News: Woman conned out of RM1.6mil by ‘clairvoyant’ wins case
A WOMAN who lost more than S$650,000 (RM1.6mil) after being persuaded to part with it by a Thai fortune teller has won her case before the Court of Appeal. Continue reading
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Tagged con, fortune teller, Sarah tee, skeptic news
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Skeptic News: Iron Man 'carved from meteorite'
A mysterious Buddhist statue with a history that sounds like an Indiana Jones movie plot has extraterrestrial origins, researchers have discovered. Continue reading
Skeptic News: 65-year-old woman beaten to death for practising 'black magic'
A 65-year-old wife of a retired headmaster was on Wednesday beaten to death at her house in Kandlapalli village in the district allegedly by a man on suspicion that she practised ‘black magic’, police said. Continue reading
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Tagged 65 year old, beaten to death, skeptic news, witchcraft
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Skeptic News: "Yeti" sighted in Russia
A group of yetis are on the loose in Sibera, fishermen and a forestry worker have claimed. There were three reported sightings in recent weeks. Continue reading
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Tagged cryptozoology, Russia, siberia, sightings, skeptic news, yeti
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Skeptic News: Scientology to be exposed in memoir?
Jenna Miscavige Hill, 28, is the daughter of Scientology leader David Miscavige’s older brother Ron she left the church in 2005 and set up a support group for other Scientology deserters. Now she has written a book detailing her life within the church. Continue reading
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Tagged david Miscavige, Jenna Miscavige Hill, scientology, skeptic news
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