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# california nightmares

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Brazil make underwhelming Copa America start against Ecuador

The result was greeted by boos from the fans.

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Jun 5th 2016, 5:41 AM

Parole hearing brings back dark memories of the notorious "San Francisco witch killers"

In the early 1980s, Suzan and Michael Carson went on a religious, drug-fuelled mission to rid the world of “witches” in California.

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Dec 5th 2015, 9:00 PM