But just as qualified for the label of intellectual is the Banana Spaceship woman in Minnesota, who could “prove” using her own version of logic that extraterrestrials descend onto the Earth in giant bananas, or the current president of the United ...

The debate began as the largest blaze ever seen in the Sierra still burned: Should officials cut down the thousands of "ghost" trees left behind by last summer's Rim fire, or leave nature alone? A decision announced Wednesday by the U.S. Forest Service ...

While “Mary” may have the name recognition, there are plenty of other incidents of paranormal activity in the Chicago area, says Trzeciak, who has had a life-long interest in all things that go bump in the night. Trzeciak's presentation on “South Side ...

With more than 9,000 professional engagements to his name and a lengthy career spent building a fiercely entertaining repertoire, Master Hypnotist Jim Wand returns to Luther College at 7:30 p.m. Friday, Sept. 5, in the Center for Faith and Life Main ...

I think Wicca is common enough nowadays that most people have heard of it, but I still think a quick note on the word "witchcraft" is due. The concept is in a funny transitional time, another in-between space. Witchcraft used to be thoroughly ...

A controversial Italian lawmaker has blamed a recent series of accidents on a witchcraft he claimed was cast on him by the African father of a rival politician he once compared to an ape. Roberto Calderoli, a senator with the anti-immigration Northern ...

(CNN) -- Gregory Sancoff thinks he knows what the Navy needs, even before U.S. war planners do. The Navy, he says, needs Ghost. Sancoff is CEO of Juliet Marine Systems — maker of a futuristic-looking, 21st-century warship that he says can protect ...

The 60-foot long Ghost is shown bristling with weapons in slickly produced Juliet videos while its stealthy silhouette slices effortlessly and ominously through the water. It surpasses 50 knots (57 mph) by surrounding each ski with a bubble of air that ...

A certified hypnotist used his techniques to lose 70 pounds in six months. Rob Malone, 52, of Red Bud, lost the weight between December 2012 and June 2013. “I recorded some self-hypnosis audios and put them on my phone,” he said. “Visualization is a ...

... garnered the most attention of all the crowdsourcing efforts, partly because some of the topics gathered enough signatures for the administration to have to consider, like building a Death Star or formal acknowledgement of the existence of ...

A spokesman for Shadows In The Dark said: "There have been many reported incidents of paranormal activity within the building including people being pushed, children being both heard and seen, lights smashing without any reason and unexplainable ...