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32 Teen Moms Rescued From Nigerian 'Baby Factory'

Kevin Spak — Fri, 03 Jun 2011 13:11:05 CDT

Nigerian police have rescued 32 pregnant girls aged 15 to 17 from what they termed a “baby factory” in the southern city of Aba. Police allege that the women who went to the Cross Foundation clinic were forced to sell their babies for around $170 to $190. The hospital’s owner,...

Jared Loughner Has Skull, Creepy Shrine in Backyard

Kevin Spak — Mon, 10 Jan 2011 07:33:00 CST

As though Jared Lee Loughner didn’t already seem crazy enough, a strange shrine complete with a replica of a human skull has been found in his backyard. Inside a camouflage tent, Loughner has a small altar, atop which sits a pot filled with shriveled oranges, the skull replica, a row...

My New Vid's Not Satanic: Jay-Z

Will McCahill — Sat, 16 Jan 2010 15:33:41 CST

With the conspiracy-theory corners of the Internet gnawing through the idea that Jay-Z’s latest video, for the single On To The Next One , is chock-full of Satanic imagery and the symbols of Freemasonry, the rapper and the vid’s director are laughing it all off. “That’s crazy to me,” Jay-Z tells...

Meet Lady Gaga, Puppet of the Occult

Evann Gastaldo — Sun, 10 Jan 2010 11:22:43 CST

Lady Gaga: The next Madonna, or a “puppet of the Illuminati”? If you read the Vigilant Citizen blog, she’s the latter. LA Weekly boils down a three-part series analyzing Gaga to a helpful top 10 list of reasons the pop star is really a puppet of occult forces in disguise:...

UK Psychics Foresee Trouble

Kevin Spak — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 14:05:03 CDT

Britain’s mediums are consulting their crystal balls about a new EU law that might expose them to lawsuits, the Independent reports. A group of them marched up Downing Street today to deliver a 5,000-signature petition to No. 10, hoping to convince the government not to adopt the European measure....

Nigerian Prez Accuses VP of Death Threat

Dustin Lushing — Tue, 22 May 2007 07:27:51 CDT

The president of Nigeria and his former vice president are locked in a jihad of words, after the latter allegedly consulted Islamic holy men about when the former would die, and assured other ministers the date was not far off. President Olesugun Obasanjo decried the treasonous consultation, but added that...