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It was the peak of the satanic ritual accusations that swamped America in the 80's and 90's. This trial was used as proof that satanists were running wild. But, there's a problem.....

In 1994, three teenagers in the small city of West Memphis, Ark., were convicted of killing three 8-year-old boys in what prosecutors portrayed as a satanic sacrifice involving sexual abuse and genital mutilation. So shocking were the crimes that when the teenagers were led from the courthouse after their arrest, they were met by 200 local residents yelling, “Burn in hell.”

But according to long-awaited new evidence filed by the defense in federal court on Monday, there was no DNA from the three defendants found at the scene, the mutilation was actually the work of animals and at least one person other than the defendants may have been present at the crime scene.

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/10/30/us/30satanic.html?_r=1&ref=us&oref=slogin Yep, we've come along way from the Salem Witch era........innocent kids. In jail for liking heavy metal. My gods.............

Uh oh. The Japanese have begun asking if the atomic bombs were really necessary...

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/culture/features/hibakusha/news/20070815p2g00m0fe033000c.html

AIDS came to U.S. from Haiti in '69. That means for years people were dying from it, but were misdiagnosed. http://www.azstarnet.com/sn/hourlyupdate/208822.php

Woman on crutches rescued from rapist by five bystanders http://www.kptv.com/news/14441750/detail.html

Ten great moments in art

http://www.pantherhouse.com/newshelton/ten-radical-moments-in-20th-century-art/

This could actually save a life. How do you recognize a stroke? This very important post comes to us from Ayala Leyser in Chicago

http://www.healthsuperstore.com/community/t70.aspx

Ed Gein is working hard to dethrone Martha Stewart as America's favorite houseware designer. Skin Bag has developed a synthetic material that mimics the look and feel of human skin and they are using it for everything from handbags to bed sheets. If you've been dying to be all Silence Of The Lambs without putting in the work, this is for you. via InventorSpot http://inventorspot.com/articles/clothing_shocks_awes__7215

This foreign TV prank of a naked and aroused skeleton in a museum must be seen to be believed. It might have been on TV in Euro, but here it's not ok for work!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZEfn54GixAg

This is one strange ashtray- from Japan. http://www.nodaya-net.com/erosmokecut.htm

What is it like to work at American Apparel? Well, do you like cocaine?

http://jezebel.com/gossip/i-work-retail/working-at-american-apparel-is-all-its-coked-up-to-be-316322.php

From movies to burlesque, old fashioned cocktails and a great sign- check out The Motel Bar

http://www.themotelbar.com/events.html

I was walking down Wells Street downtown when I came upon Tizi Melloul (which is both a mountain and slang for BIG BUTT) when I noticed a sign that said $3 martinis and select appetizers. Curious I walked in in at 531 N. Wells and sure enough- I got a big bowl of mussels and two martinis- for under $10. The special is Monday and Tuesday.

http://tizmelloul.com

My life with strippers, a gift to Chicago from Elizabeth Taylor becomes a mob run porno house, when strippers had an act!

http://subgeniusslack.blogdrive.com/archive/47.html