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...walk past the graveyard and the lines that are already forming for the next tour at the Salem Wax Museum. “Next available spell-casting, 3:05,” a man’s voice calls out on a loudspeaker. “Folks, many of you are asking, are our haunted houses suitable for your children? Only you,” he proclaims with Smokey the Bear certainty, “can make that decision. We do aim to scare.” He goes on to boast that the museum is “full...
Witches still walk the streets of Salem. They hawk kettle corn, sell sausages and perhaps cast a spell or two on the side. But today the only things roasting are cashews and almonds. The Salem Witch Trials of 1692—an infamous moment in our nation’s history—are now long behind us, but this small town has capitalized on its gory past. However, ghosts and ghouls are not the only attraction. Part of the town’s history lives on in sweeter forms. The magic continues in Ye Olde Pepper Companie, America?...
...Chicago Cubs, another cursed team, had no such solace after failing to end a 95-year dry spell by losing to the Florida Marlins. Are such curses for real? TIME asked Bill James, a baseball statistician who went to work for the Red Sox this year. In all the years of the Sox curse, he noted, "there have probably been 60 when the Yankees had a better team than the Red Sox did. In the other 25, we have had more than our share of bad luck. Does the run of bad luck exceed normal boundaries? The realistic answer...
...English, French, German and Italian. "I asked myself if it wouldn't be better to do something easier," she says. "Maybe if you do something a little pop, it's easier to promote. I had a choice. But I prefer this." Thank goodness. Bowmboï is mesmerizing, casting its spell with virtuoso vocals, rich textures and startling diversity. If her 2000 album Wanita was her breakthrough, winning Traoré worldwide acclaim as a rising star, then Bowmboï is a stamp of the 29-year-old's growing musical authority. Traoré's sound may be exotic, ethereal, otherworldly...
...dependency on foreign oil, at least Bush might have some luck making friends in the international arena. Unless, of course, he ditches the White House for a peaceful foreign ranch, and runs—at long last—for president of a country whose name he can spell...