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Weird Christmas Custom: Spot the Pooping Peasant

Holiday traditions such as wrapping gifts and eating fruitcake may suck, but nothing is crappier than a bizarre Christmas custom practiced in Spain. While a typical Nativity scene in most parts of the world usually includes figurines of baby Jesus, Joseph, Mary and their entourage of Wise Men and farm animals, folks in...

New Lead in Case of Missing Family of Four

(March 7) -- More than a month after the McStay family mysteriously disappeared in Fallbrook, Calif., authorities are investigating a new lead: video surveillance of a family of four crossing the U.S.-Mexico border that appears to be consistent with Joseph McStay, 40, his wife, Summer, 43 and their children, Gianni, 4, and...

California Family of Four Mysteriously Vanished

(Feb. 21) -- Back in December, the McStays were like any other family of four settling into a new home -- picking out paint swatches and comparing tile colors, according to friends. Now their Southern California community is keeping vigil as officials investigate the family's disappearance. Homicide investigators with...

Background on Joseph

Joseph Vissarionovich Stalin (born Iosif Vissarionovich Dzhugashvili; 18 December 1878 – 5 March 1953) was the Premier of the Soviet Union from 6 May 1941 to 5 March 1953. He was among the Bolshevik revolutionaries who brought about the October Revolution in Russia in 1917 and later held the position of General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union's Central Committee from 1922 until his death in 1953. While the office of the General Secretary was officially elective and not initially regarded as the top position in the Soviet state, Stalin managed to use it to consolidate more and more power in his hands after the death of Vladimir Lenin in 1924 and gradually put down all opposition groups within the Communist Party.

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