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Northeast Ohio's History of Killers

CLEVELAND -- The discovery of at least 10 decomposing bodies at a home on the east side of Cleveland adds another chapter in a long history of serial killers and mass murderers with their roots in the northeast corner of Ohio. Jeffrey Dahmer, who devoured some of his 17 victims; Jeffrey Lundgren, the defrocked Mormon...

Rickey Jackson: Louisiana's Deadbeatest Dad

Back around Christmas, I stumbled upon the knowledge that former Saints linebacker and Hall of Fame aspiree Rickey Jackson was on Louisiana's list of Most Deliquent Child Support offenders. Apparently he's been training hard and working on his game (that game being, coincidentally, not paying your child support), because...

Background on Canton

The 26 cantons of Switzerland are the member states of the federal state of Switzerland. Each canton was a fully sovereign state with its own borders, army and currency from the Treaty of Westphalia (1648) until the establishment of the Swiss federal state in 1848. The most recently created canton is the Canton of Jura, which separated from the Canton of Bern in 1979.

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