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<title><![CDATA[Scott Hollifield: Thankfully, lion attacks now rare in the workplace]]></title>

<link><![CDATA[http://www2.mcdowellnews.com/content/2009/nov/05/scott-hollifield-thankfully-lion-attacks-now-rare-/entertainment/]]></link>


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<description><![CDATA[It was a good day at work. I wasn't eaten by a lion. ]]></description>
<pubDate><![CDATA[Thu, 05 Nov 2009 21:00:00 EST]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Mike Conley's Tales of the Weird: Rines never found his 'Nessie']]></title>

<link><![CDATA[http://www2.mcdowellnews.com/content/2009/nov/04/mike-conleys-tales-weird-rines-never-found-his-nes/entertainment/]]></link>


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<description><![CDATA[Many years ago as a boy, I once saw a murky, grainy photograph in a magazine that showed the face of a horned, dinosaur-like creature that lived underwater. Another dark grainy photo showed the creature's flipper.]]></description>
<pubDate><![CDATA[Wed, 04 Nov 2009 18:26:00 EST]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Scott Hollifield: It doesn't take an Einstein to make your baby a genius]]></title>

<link><![CDATA[http://www2.mcdowellnews.com/content/2009/oct/29/scott-hollifield-it-doesnt-take-einstein-make-your/entertainment/]]></link>


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<description><![CDATA[The Walt Disney Co. is offering parents who bought Baby Einstein videos for their youngsters a refund because, as it turns out, moms and dads can't park Junior's high chair in front of the flat screen and return an hour later to find him piecing together the great American novel from leftover alphabet soup. ]]></description>
<pubDate><![CDATA[Thu, 29 Oct 2009 22:37:00 EDT]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Mike Conley's Tales of the Weird: 'Witches' get a very late apology]]></title>

<link><![CDATA[http://www2.mcdowellnews.com/content/2009/oct/28/mike-conleys-tales-weird-witches-get-very-late-apo/entertainment/]]></link>


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<description><![CDATA[On Halloween in 2001, the governor of Massachusetts proclaimed that a group of people who had been found guilty in a court of law and executed as punishment for their alleged crimes were actually innocent after all. These 19 people had not been put to death for killing someone or even stealing. They had been executed more than 300 years before for the crime of witchcraft.]]></description>
<pubDate><![CDATA[Wed, 28 Oct 2009 18:33:00 EDT]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Scott Hollifield: Stolen rack story captivates tiny portion of entire nation]]></title>

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<description><![CDATA[Last week's column, in which I described in vivid detail the theft of one our newspaper racks, my comically heroic efforts to recover it from behind a grocery store and the debilitating back injury I suffered while loading its remains onto a truck, drew much sympathy from readers. ]]></description>
<pubDate><![CDATA[Thu, 22 Oct 2009 22:57:00 EDT]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Mike Conley's Tales of the Weird: Sanatorium has spooky reputation]]></title>

<link><![CDATA[http://www2.mcdowellnews.com/content/2009/oct/21/mike-conleys-tales-weird-sanatorium-has-spooky-rep/entertainment/]]></link>


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<description><![CDATA[In 1910, a new hospital opened in Louisville, Ky. for the treatment of around 40 to 50 tuberculosis patients. In those days, the Louisville area was severely stricken with an outbreak of the dreaded disease, which was highly contagious.]]></description>
<pubDate><![CDATA[Wed, 21 Oct 2009 17:54:00 EDT]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Scott Hollifield: Top 10 reasons not to steal a newspaper rack]]></title>

<link><![CDATA[http://www2.mcdowellnews.com/content/2009/oct/15/scott-hollifield-top-10-reasons-not-steal-newspape/entertainment/]]></link>


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<description><![CDATA[After someone stole one of our newspaper racks and left its dented carcass behind a grocery store, I compiled a list of the top 10 reasons not to steal a newspaper rack and leave its dented carcass behind a grocery store in an effort to discourage future crimes of this nature. ]]></description>
<pubDate><![CDATA[Thu, 15 Oct 2009 22:16:00 EDT]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Mike Conley's Tales of the Weird: Make room for a ghost]]></title>

<link><![CDATA[http://www2.mcdowellnews.com/content/2009/oct/14/mike-conleys-tales-weird-make-room-ghost/entertainment/]]></link>


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<description><![CDATA[CORONADO, Calif. – For more than 120 years, it has stood like a heavenly vision along the white sandy beach just a few miles from downtown San Diego. But for almost as long, both the famous and the not so famous who have stayed there tell tales of a tragedy which continues to haunt this beautiful resort.]]></description>
<pubDate><![CDATA[Wed, 14 Oct 2009 18:24:00 EDT]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Scott Hollifield: New plan -- a dinosaur and our future]]></title>

<link><![CDATA[http://www2.mcdowellnews.com/content/2009/oct/08/scott-hollifield-new-plan----dinosaur-and-our-futu/entertainment/]]></link>


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<description><![CDATA[I've got a new plan. 
And if this were a movie, and you were in the movie and I explained my new plan, you would say, "That's just crazy enough to work." ]]></description>
<pubDate><![CDATA[Thu, 08 Oct 2009 22:25:00 EDT]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Mike Conley's Tales of the Weird: A visit to 'nation's most haunted house']]></title>

<link><![CDATA[http://www2.mcdowellnews.com/content/2009/oct/07/mike-conleys-tales-weird-visit-nations-most-haunte/entertainment/]]></link>


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<description><![CDATA[SAN DIEGO – The tour guide asked me to stand in a certain spot in the upstairs hallway, close my eyes and wait for the paranormal energy to take over.]]></description>
<pubDate><![CDATA[Wed, 07 Oct 2009 17:45:00 EDT]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Scott Hollifield: Parents lie and that's the truth]]></title>

<link><![CDATA[http://www2.mcdowellnews.com/content/2009/oct/01/scott-hollifield-parents-lie-and-s-truth/entertainment/]]></link>


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<description><![CDATA[Parents lie to kids. 
I told my daughter they don't, but that was just another in a long line of whoppers that roll easily off the tongues of moms and dads, according to new research from the University of Toronto and the University of California, San Diego. 
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<pubDate><![CDATA[Thu, 01 Oct 2009 22:29:00 EDT]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Mike Conley's Tales of the Weird: Man recalls '86 encounter with strange craft]]></title>

<link><![CDATA[http://www2.mcdowellnews.com/content/2009/oct/01/mike-conleys-tales-weird-man-recalls-86-encounter-/entertainment/]]></link>


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<description><![CDATA[If you're driving at night through North Carolina mountains, you may spot something out of the ordinary, something that might even change your life. It happened for one couple back in 1986.]]></description>
<pubDate><![CDATA[Thu, 01 Oct 2009 15:33:00 EDT]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Scott Hollifield: Disturbance-avoiding radar on the fritz]]></title>

<link><![CDATA[http://www2.mcdowellnews.com/content/2009/sep/24/scott-hollifield-disturbance-avoiding-radar-fritz/entertainment/]]></link>


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<description><![CDATA[It was the first day of autumn - the early evening, actually - when I was called home to investigate a disturbance. 
I never saw it coming. We were putting the finishing touches on another edition of the newspaper — yep, we still make 'em — and I could almost feel the warm familial greeting and taste the ice-cold beverage that I was sure awaited me at my aluminum-sided castle. 
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<pubDate><![CDATA[Thu, 24 Sep 2009 22:36:00 EDT]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Scott Hollifield: Men's grooming raises eyebrows]]></title>

<link><![CDATA[http://www2.mcdowellnews.com/content/2009/sep/17/scott-hollifield-mens-grooming-raises-eyebrows/entertainment/]]></link>


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<description><![CDATA[A lot of British men are going to brow bars to get threaded. 
Yeah, that's what I thought, too, but it doesn't mean that at all. ]]></description>
<pubDate><![CDATA[Thu, 17 Sep 2009 22:44:00 EDT]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Mike Conley's Tales of the Weird: Birth of an urban legend: Paul is dead]]></title>

<link><![CDATA[http://www2.mcdowellnews.com/content/2009/sep/16/mike-conleys-tales-weird-birth-urban-legend-paul-d/entertainment/]]></link>


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<description><![CDATA[It was 40 years ago today that an article first appeared in a university student newspaper which gave birth to a weird rumor about the greatest rock band of all time. It left music fans everywhere taking a closer look at their album covers and listening intently to some of their favorite songs as they searched for the hidden clues.]]></description>
<pubDate><![CDATA[Wed, 16 Sep 2009 18:18:00 EDT]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Scott Hollifield: Stay in school -- they've got tater tots]]></title>

<link><![CDATA[http://www2.mcdowellnews.com/content/2009/sep/10/scott-hollifield-stay-school----theyve-got-tater-t/entertainment/]]></link>


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<description><![CDATA[Note: Inspired by President Barack Obama's recent speech to the nation's school children, columnist Scott Hollifield decided to give his own back-to-school address. So far, no schools have accepted his offer and all media outlets have ignored him, but that did not stop him from releasing this transcript of his prepared remarks in an effort to stave off criticism and outrage that has not yet materialized. ]]></description>
<pubDate><![CDATA[Thu, 10 Sep 2009 22:27:00 EDT]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Mike Conley's Tales of the Weird: Tale of ghostly tunnel has multiple versions]]></title>

<link><![CDATA[http://www2.mcdowellnews.com/content/2009/sep/09/mike-conleys-tales-weird-tale-ghostly-tunnel-has-m/entertainment/]]></link>


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<description><![CDATA[In Kingsport, Tenn., there is an old tunnel that is seldom used and judging by pictures on the Internet appears to be something that the Tennessee DOT has forgotten.]]></description>
<pubDate><![CDATA[Wed, 09 Sep 2009 18:33:00 EDT]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Scott Hollifield: Just what the doctor ordered - a $3.2 billion fine]]></title>

<link><![CDATA[http://www2.mcdowellnews.com/content/2009/sep/03/scott-hollifield-just-what-doctor-ordered---32-bil/entertainment/]]></link>


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<description><![CDATA[Pharmaceutical giant Pfizer will pay fines totaling $3.2 billion for, among other irregularities, plying doctors with golf outings, massages and lavish vacations to encourage them to prescribe medications for uses other than intended, which may explain why I received a Viagra prescription for post-nasal drip. ]]></description>
<pubDate><![CDATA[Thu, 03 Sep 2009 22:00:00 EDT]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Mike Conley's Tales of the Weird: An unexpected encounter with a hairy visitor]]></title>

<link><![CDATA[http://www2.mcdowellnews.com/content/2009/sep/02/mike-conleys-tales-weird-unexpected-encounter-hair/entertainment/]]></link>


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<description><![CDATA[Sixty-eight years ago this month, a family in British Columbia had a scary visit from an unexpected hairy visitor. ]]></description>
<pubDate><![CDATA[Wed, 02 Sep 2009 18:03:00 EDT]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Scott Hollifield: Froggy no longer goes a-courtin']]></title>

<link><![CDATA[http://www2.mcdowellnews.com/content/2009/aug/27/scott-hollifield-froggy-no-longer-goes--courtin/entertainment/]]></link>


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<description><![CDATA[It's enough to give Kermit road rage. ]]></description>
<pubDate><![CDATA[Thu, 27 Aug 2009 22:52:00 EDT]]></pubDate>
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