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conspiracy theory stories: 29 news summaries

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Verdict Near on Collapse of Third 9/11 Building

Group of experts still points to controlled demolition

Jul 5, 08 1:54 PM CDT
(Newser) - Experts probing the collapse of a third World Trade Center tower are expected to announce that fires brought it down, the BBC reports. The tower, known as WTC7, fell hours after the Twin Towers came down. No steel-framed skyscraper has ever collapsed due to fire, and a group of scientists,... More »

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World Trade Center • September 11 • National Institute of Standards and Technology • conspiracy theory • 9/11 attacks

 Questions Linger
 About Sirhan Sirhan 

40 years on, conspiracy theorists still wonder about RFK's shooting

Jun 3, 08 12:04 PM CDT
(Newser) - Sirhan Sirhan, convicted of assassinating Robert Kennedy 40 years ago this week, remains behind bars in California. Police at the time called the killing an open-and-shut case, but over the years so many have expressed doubts about the prosecution's version of events that the investigation may yet be reopened. The... More »

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assassination • assassin • conspiracy theory • Robert F. Kennedy • Sirhan Sirhan

Ahmadinejad Calls 9/11 'Suspicious Event'

Says attack was pretext to invade Middle East

Apr 16, 08 12:56 PM CDT
(Newser) - The September 11 attacks were a simple pretext to invade Iraq and Afghanistan, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said today, expressing doubt as to the cause and death toll of the attacks. “Four or five years ago, a suspicious event occurred in New York,” he said. “A building collapsed and... More »

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Iran • Mahmoud Ahmadinejad • September 11 • conspiracy theory • Afghanistan war

Oscar Winner Is 9/11 Doubter

French Oscar winner sees a conspiracy to burn the building and pass it off as a terrorist attack. 

Mar 1, 08 9:33 PM CST
(Newser) - In year-old video just now resurfacing, best-actress Oscar winner Marion Cotillard says she doesn't believe the "official story" of  the 9/11 attacks—and she's not sure the moon landing was real, either, the Telegraph reports. In a TV interview, the French star of La Vie en Rose speculates that... More »

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World Trade Center • September 11 • moon landings • actor • Marion Cotillard • conspiracy theory • Edith Piaf • Oscar winner

Former UK Intel Boss Refutes Diana Charges

He says agents didn't kill princess, calls allegations absurd

Feb 20, 08 7:51 PM CST
(Newser) - In uncharacteristic public statements, the former head of British intelligence service MI6 denied during a court appearance today that agents were behind Princess Diana's 1997 death, the Telegraph reports. While Sir Richard Dearlove—known as "C" during his 1999-2004 tenure as agency boss—admitted MI6 can authorize assassinations, he... More »

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Tony Blair • Princess Diana • Prince Charles • MI6 • Diana inquest • British royals • Mohamed al Fayed • Dodi al Fayed • conspiracy theory • Sir Richard Dearlove • Duke of Edinburgh

Dallas DA Finds Stored
Docs on JFK Slaying

Materials include transcript that could fuel conspiracy theories

Feb 17, 08 5:35 PM CST
(Newser) - Dallas County officials have uncovered a batch of JFK assassination materials, including a transcript between Jack Ruby and Lee Harvey Oswald that one expert laughed off as a likely fake. Other items include correspondence, records of the Ruby trial, and a gun holster, the Dallas Morning News reports. More »

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Dallas • John F. Kennedy • Lee Harvey Oswald • history • memorabilia • JFK assassination • Jack Ruby • Craig Watkins • conspiracy theory • Robert F. Kennedy

Area 51 Gets 'Homey' Makeover

Top-secret Nevada site gets new name ... maybe

Jan 23, 08 11:30 AM CST
(Newser) - It’s been called Dreamland, Paradise Ranch, the Box and, of course, Area 51. Now the US Air Force’s Groom Lake, Nev., test site—possibly the least-secret top-secret base of all time—has a new name: “Homey Airport.” The facility now pops up on aviation software and... More »

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aliens • Nevada • Area 51 • Dreamland • Paradise Ranch • Groom Lake, Nev. • Homey Airport • KXTA • conspiracy theory

Ex-Agent Claims Twist
in JFK Plot

Says Cuban killers, armed radical planned hits in Chicago

Nov 22, 07 6:53 PM CST
(Newser) - Feds dug up a plot to ice JFK in Chicago three weeks before he was killed in Dallas, ABC news reports. JFK's trip to the Windy City was nixed, but agents never passed on data about a Cuban hit squad and an armed radical to federal agents in Dallas. Yet... More »

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Secret Service • John F. Kennedy • Lee Harvey Oswald • JFK assassination • conspiracy theory

FBI Expert Reopens JFK Shooting

Bullet analysis used to rule out second
gunman is now discredited

May 17, 07 8:48 AM CDT
(Newser) - Evidence proving that Lee Harvey Oswald acted alone has been discredited by a research team using techniques unavailable to previous investigators. Bullet analysis used to rule out a second JFK assassin is called "fundamentally flawed" by the new team, led by the former chief metallurgy expert for the FBI,... More »

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FBI • John F. Kennedy • Lee Harvey Oswald • assassination • conspiracy theory

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