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  • April 2008

    • David Blaine Breaks Breath-Holding Record

      newser  |  Associated Press  |  Apr 30, 08 12:11 PM CDT

      David Blaine Breaks Breath-Holding Record

      David Blaine broke the world record for holding one’s breath today when he was submerged for 17 minutes and 4 seconds during a taping of Oprah. The endurance artist looked relaxed emerging from a water-filled sphere, the AP reports. Blaine had undergone simulated altitude training and pure oxygen treatment to prepare for the feat. The previous record was 16 minutes, 32 seconds. More »

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      celebrity  • Oprah Winfrey  • Guinness Book of World Records  • magic  • magician  • breath  • David Blaine

  • September 2007

    • The Boss Works Old, New 'Magic'

      newser  |  New York Times  |  Sep 30, 07 1:25 PM CDT

      The Boss Works Old, New 'Magic'

      In an era of has-been acts making a mockery of themselves, Bruce Springsteen rolls out his fourth album in five years—a poppy album with steely political undertones that proves he's as relevant as ever. Magic drops sugar-coated bombs on the Bushies, the New York Times' A.O. Scott writes, and the Boss is taking his E-Street Band polemic on world tour. More »

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      music review  • pop music  • Bruce Springsteen  • classic rock  • magic

  • August 2007

    • Sleight of Hand Gets the Academic Treatment

      newser  |  New York Times  |  Aug 21, 07 4:16 PM CDT

      Sleight of Hand Gets the Academic Treatment

      Magicians got in on the act at this summer’s Magic of Consciousness conference, hobnobbing with—and even tricking—cognitive scientists as they helped dissect their own profession. The New York Times visits Las Vegas, where master illusionists were welcomed for what one scientist calls "their specific interest in the cognitive principles underlying the magic." More »

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      magic  • magician

  • July 2007

    • Potter Pages Leaked in Web Hocus Pocus

      newser  |  Boston Globe  |  Jul 18, 07 5:24 AM CDT

      Potter Pages Leaked in Web Hocus Pocus

      The world's favorite boy wizard flies onto bookshelves for the final time Saturday, but scanned pages of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows —some real, some phony—have already landed on the Internet. Photographs of what seem to be every page of the 784-page tome have been posted on several file-sharing sites, despite enormous security measures. More »

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      Harry Potter  • publishing  • wizard  • magic  • Scholastic Books

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