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...other bodies have been burning since dawn. The funeral pyres, once piled more than a meter high, are now nothing but smoldering heaps of ash and fragmented bone. A blackened skull is all that remains of one; on the other a heat-shriveled thigh juts out, still attached to a cracked pelvis bone. Curiously, there is no odor of burnt flesh or hair. The bodies, in preparation for burning, have been dipped in the Ganges. "The holy river purifies all beings," says Papu, spitting betel juice from between blackened teeth. "That is why there is no odor...
...afraid of nobody, in the ring or out of the ring, if they got a gun or a knife. And I'll show him that, too," Tyson told reporters here the other day. "I'm just ready to get it on - and crush this guy's skull...
...authorities have recovered a skull and other bones as well as sneakers and a pair of jogging pants allegedly tied in a knot, suggesting Levy may have been bound. The skull reportedly was cracked, though that may have been caused by animals after her death. When examining the skeleton, experts will try to determine if any injuries were sustained in a struggle. A broken hyoid bone in the neck could indicate strangulation. Bones from the hand could show trauma from fending off an attack. They will also try to determine if in fact Levy was killed where she was found...
...down 4%, the worst the industry had to worry about--hair spray and tight pants aside--was that some listeners liked to mix their own cassette tapes with favorite tunes from the latest Phil Collins or Duran Duran albums. Record companies dealt with this casual piracy by printing a skull and crossbones on the backs of tapes along with the claim that HOME TAPING IS KILLING MUSIC. If that was the case, then it was the compact disc, which really took off in the mid-'80s, that brought the music industry back to life. Sure, you could hook your cassette...
...throughout the Philippines for its black magic and mangkukulam, or traditional healers. The real hair-raiser is a statue of the Virgin Mary in the village of Maria, a winding 15-km drive through the mountains from the main port of Larena. In her right hand she clutches a skull and in her left an inverted crucifix. Leave before dark: word is she's a nightwalker...