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                    [Title] => Ghost stories and tours abound in southern US cities
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A doctor who used a guillotine to perform amputations, a wealthy family marred by insanity and a man murdered inside his sealed and boarded-up mansion are among the stories that frighten willing listeners who line up in towns throughout the South to tour supposedly haunted places.

[DatePublished] => 2013-10-26 08:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1514411 [AuthorName] => Melissa Nelson-Gabriel [SectionName] => World [SectionUrl] => world [URL] => http://img820.imageshack.us/img820/2861/i4lx.jpg ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 499187 [Title] => Ex-NBA ref Donaghy jailed on probation violation [Summary] => TAMPA (AP) – Disgraced former NBA referee Tim Donaghy was back behind bars Tuesday, accused of violating his federal probation by not showing up for work, the US Marshals Service said. [DatePublished] => 2009-08-26 11:54:28 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => [SectionUrl] => [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 476608 [Title] => Former NBA ref Donaghy attacked in prison [Summary] => TALLAHASSEE (AP) – A spokesman for former NBA referee Tim Donaghy says he was attacked in prison by a fellow inmate who claimed he had ties to the New York mob. [DatePublished] => 2009-06-12 06:35:14 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => [SectionUrl] => [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 263053 [Title] => ‘I need to fly to Pepsi-Cola, Florida…’(and other travel bloopers) [Summary] => They say you can tell a lot about people by how well-traveled they are. If that’s the case, then the following group of local politicians and government officials are far from cosmopolitan. This series of dialogues with a local travel agent, sent to me via e-mail from a Fil-Am friend, reveals that, no matter how much money and power they achieve, some people still shouldn’t be let out of the country. Of course, in the interest of not being sued, I’ve had to remove their actual names and titles. Guess away, though; you probably won’t be far off the mark.
[DatePublished] => 2004-08-29 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 136008 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804693 [AuthorName] => Scott R. Garceau [SectionName] => Travel and Tourism [SectionUrl] => travel-and-tourism [URL] => ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 191081 [Title] => Pacquiao eyes third world title [Summary] => International Boxing Federation (IBF) superbantamweight champion Manny Pacquiao’s dream of becoming the first Filipino to capture three world titles in different divisions may come true sooner than later.

Pacquiao’s business manager Rod Nazario told The Star yesterday negotiations are underway for the 24-year-old General Santos City fighter to challenge World Boxing Association (WBA) featherweight titleholder Derrick (Smoke) Gainer in March or April in a Home Box Office (HBO) cable TV card promoted by Lou DiBella in the US.
[DatePublished] => 2003-01-11 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804869 [AuthorName] => Joaquin M. Henson [SectionName] => Sports [SectionUrl] => sports [URL] => ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 97284 [Title] => Birth of a hero [Summary] => It was like a script from a movie. A Filipino pug left behind his wife and their four-month-old son in Manila to seek fame and fortune in America. For three months, the fighter trained in virtual seclusion in Pensacola, Florida. Then, he finally got his break. The San Francisco immigration lawyer who brought him to the US arranged a fight on ESPN cable TV.
[DatePublished] => 2001-06-16 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804869 [AuthorName] => Joaquin M. Henson [SectionName] => Sports [SectionUrl] => sports [URL] => ) [6] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 108021 [Title] => Birth of a hero [Summary] => It was like a script from a movie. A Filipino pug left behind his wife and their four-month-old son in Manila to seek fame and fortune in America. For three months, the fighter trained in virtual seclusion in Pensacola, Florida. Then, he finally got his break. The San Francisco immigration lawyer who brought him to the US arranged a fight on ESPN cable TV.
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Pinoy wins WBO title

not_entVernie Torres of Digos, Davao del Sur, pounded out a unanimous 12-round decision over Genaro Garcia of Puebla, Mexico, to capture the World Boxing Organization (WBO) Intercontinental junior bantamweight title at the Grand Theater Casino in Biloxi, Mississippi, last Saturday.

It was Torres' fifth win in six fights since transplanting to Pensacola, Florida, with trainer Ben Delgado and adviser Jimmy Zuno a year ago. [DatePublished] => 2000-03-02 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804869 [AuthorName] => Joaquin M. Henson [SectionName] => Sports [SectionUrl] => sports [URL] => ) ) )

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