Read more magic stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/5849/magic.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 11:46:58 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/65741/tiger-flees-magic-act-for-vegas-streets.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagAn escaped tiger ended up roaming the streets of Las Vegas after pulling a disappearing act from its magician owners, AP reports. Police, who heard reports from residents about a wandering tiger, say they recaptured the tame animal without incident after it was found in a back yard. The animal...http://www.newser.com/story/65741/tiger-flees-magic-act-for-vegas-streets.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 31 Jul 2009 6:13:21 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/45804/oops-broken-arm-not-part-of-trick.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagDavid Copperfield fans may feel disillusioned after one of the magician’s tricks went horribly wrong onstage in Las Vegas this week, breaking an assistant’s arm. The employee got his limb stuck in a fan during a routine stunt in which Copperfield “disappears” while passing through the whirling object, People reports;...http://www.newser.com/story/45804/oops-broken-arm-not-part-of-trick.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 19 Dec 2008 11:11:01 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/36191/gospel-illusionists-tricked-out-for-jesus.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThough the Bible places strictures on the “magic arts,” a group of faithful tricksters are using sleight of hand to convert the wayward, Mother Jones reports. Weslyan University recently hosted the annual convention of the Fellowship of Christian Magicians, where performers were more likely to quote scripture and deliver Bible...http://www.newser.com/story/36191/gospel-illusionists-tricked-out-for-jesus.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSun, 31 Aug 2008 5:52:34 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/33796/illusionist-escapes-imploding-building-barely.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagGoth illusionist Criss Angel escaped an imploding hotel in Florida last night, reports Central Florida News. During the stunt, which aired live on A&E's Mindfreak , the daredevil had three and a half minutes to pick handcuffs and four padlocked doors before catching a helicopter on the roof. While Angel failed...http://www.newser.com/story/33796/illusionist-escapes-imploding-building-barely.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 31 Jul 2008 11:17:02 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/26144/david-blaine-breaks-breath-holding-record.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagDavid 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...http://www.newser.com/story/26144/david-blaine-breaks-breath-holding-record.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 30 Apr 2008 12:11:01 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/8473/the-boss-works-old-new-magic.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagIn 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,...http://www.newser.com/story/8473/the-boss-works-old-new-magic.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSun, 30 Sep 2007 13:25:03 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/6208/sleight-of-hand-gets-the-academic-treatment.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMagicians 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...http://www.newser.com/story/6208/sleight-of-hand-gets-the-academic-treatment.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 21 Aug 2007 16:16:33 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/4446/potter-pages-leaked-in-web-hocus-pocus.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe 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...http://www.newser.com/story/4446/potter-pages-leaked-in-web-hocus-pocus.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 18 Jul 2007 5:24:27 CDT