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May 2008
- America's Most Haunted
  
  newser | LiveScience | May 11, 08 3:31 PM CDT
  
  Your local graveyard may be creepy, but mazelike mansions and murderous history make up LifeScience’s list of the most haunted places in America: Winchester Mystery House: More than 100 rooms and staircases leading nowhere fill this San Jose, Calif., mansion, built by its paranoid owner to ward off ghosts. Amityville Horror: The NY site where a son said demons possessed him to kill six family members. More »
  
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  White House • ghosts • Alcatraz • haunted locations
February 2008
- SF Voters Nix Plan to Tear Down Alcatraz
  
  newser | New York Times | Feb 7, 08 5:16 PM CST
  
  Alcatraz Island shouldn't be transformed into a global peace center, San Franciscan voters decided in rejecting a measure on Tuesday's ballot. Only 28% backed the non-binding proposal to convert the one-time penitentiary and tourist hotspot into a peace dome, the New York Times reports. But DaVid, the measure's main sponsor, says he's about to throw in the towel. More »
  
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  California • San Francisco • prison • peace • Golden Gate Bridge • Alcatraz

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