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The Inside Scoop

George Heymont | Posted 04.29.2013 | Arts
Read More: Alexandre O. Phillipe, Film, Heinrich Heine, Vienna Staatsoper, The Life and Times of Paul the Psychic Octopus, Robert Schumann, Thomas Quasthoff, Old Wicked Songs, Patrick Russell, Center Rep, Nina Ball, Super Bowl Sunday, Dachau, Dan Hiatt, Kurt Waldheim, Jessica Heidt, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Fifa World Cup, P.T. Barnum, Jon Marans, Dichterliebe, Video, Arts News
George Heymont

From psychics who claim to be communicating with the soul of the dead octopus to hucksters trying to establish whether Paul is an English or German citizen, The Life and Times of Paul the Psychic Octopus gives new meaning to Barnum's claim that "There's a sucker born every minute."

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PHOTOS: Amazing Photos From American Circus History

Posted 10.12.2012 | Books
Read More: Circus Archive, Video, Ringling Bros, Circus History, Historical Clowns, Bard, Pt Barnum, American Circus, Clown Archive, Circus Photos, Barnum and Bailey, Yale, Books News

Roll up, roll up! We love a great circus, and Yale University Press and the Bard Graduate Center would like to invite you all to the big top via t...

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David Moye

WATCH: Another Cardiff Giant Is Coming Your Way (At Least If You're Gullible)

HuffingtonPost.com | David Moye | Posted 12.14.2011 | Weird News
Read More: Video, HuffPost Weird News, Cardiff Giant, Punk'd, P.T. Barnum, Abraham Lincoln, Yes Men, Ripley's Believe It or Not, Famous Hoaxes, Joey Skaggs, Weird New York, Ty Marshal, Pranks, Weird Syracuse, George Hull, Weird News News

In 1869, the petrified remains of a 10-foot-4-inch giant, pulled from the ground in upstate New York, became a national sensation. Newspapers acros...

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After the Sideshow

Richard 'Skip' Bronson | Posted 07.06.2011 | Technology
Read More: Internet Gambling, Online Gaming, Gambling, Financial Services, Black Friday, Silicon Valley, P.T. Barnum, Sideshow, Gaming, Technology News
Richard 'Skip' Bronson

Black Friday comes and goes and has many wondering, does this mean that U.S. Internet gaming is doomed? My answer is no, Black Friday didn't ruin the emergence of U.S Internet gaming; it actually helped it.

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America's Royal Wedding: General and Mrs. Tom Thumb

Melanie Benjamin | Posted 06.19.2011 | Style
Read More: Charles Stratton, Tom Thumb Wedding, General Tom Thumb, Royal Wedding, Kate and William, Charles and Diana, Lavinia Warren Stratton, P.T. Barnum, The Autobiography of Mrs. Tom Thumb, Melane Benjamin, Style News
Melanie Benjamin

Before there were Kate and William, before there were Diana and Charles, there were -- Lavinia and Charles Stratton. Their wedding captured a nation's imagination like no other wedding in America's history, before or since.

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HuffPost Review: Season of the Witch

Marshall Fine | Posted 05.25.2011 | Entertainment
Read More: Movie Reviews, Ron Perlman, Marshall Fine, Season of the Witch Movie Review, Claire Foy, Jerry Bruckheimer, H.L. Mencken, Season of the Witch, P.T. Barnum, Sword-and-Sorcery, The Sorcerer's Apprentice, Marshall Fine Movie Reviews, Nicolas Cage, Movies, Nic Cage, Entertainment News
Marshall Fine

The sole suspense lies in figuring out which of the supporting players will survive the trip. That's because there's barely anything else of interest amidst the standard-issue action setpieces.

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Did Your Vote Count?

Mary Ann West | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
Read More: Democrat, Bridgeport, Ballot, Election Day, Photocopied, President Obama, Ct, FOI Request, Get Out the Vote, Unknown, Secretary of State, No Vote, Connecticut, P.T. Barnum, Republican, Connecticut Post, Recount, Circus, Politics News
Mary Ann West

Think back to this past Election Day -- you went to the polls, checked in, received a ballot, voted and placed your ballot in the scanner -- bam: you'...

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Apparently, You CAN Fool All of the People All of the Time

Brian Ross | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
Read More: Polls, Ignorance, American Intelligence, Gop, Stupidity, Fear, Obama Birther, Ann Coulter, President Obama, Ignorance-and-Voting, Franklin Roosevelt, Media, Obama Socialism, America, Barack Obama, Fdr, Politics, Obama Birth Certificate, Polling, H.L. Mencken, Surveys, P.T. Barnum, Fox News, Republicans, Health Care, Obama Socialist, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Fcc, Birthers, Mark Lloyd, Birther Movement, Health-Action, Politics News
Brian Ross

We are a fear-driven culture. There is a large segment of the population that, no matter how well you document it, will not let a good fact get in the way of their fears about health care reform.

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Do Progressives Have What It Takes To Win?

Tom Sullivan | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
Read More: Darcy Burner, Karl Rove, Netroots Nation, H.L. Mencken, Dick Polman, John Kerry, Rick Perlstein, P.T. Barnum, Dick Durbin, Progressives, Al Gore, Health Care, Dukakis, Town Hall Debate, Obama Healthcare, Healthcare System, Universal Healthcare, Mencken, Healthcare Reform, Town Hall Meetings, Politics News
Tom Sullivan

Conservatives believe -- with justification -- that if they get angry enough and loud enough, liberals will back down from fights like this one.

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New Tunes On Monday: Elvis Costello, Marshall Crenshaw, eels, Alex Woodard, and Buckwheat Zydeco

Mike Ragogna | Posted 05.25.2011 | Entertainment
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Mike Ragogna

You've heard Elvis Costello sing country music before, but not like this. The lad who gave us Almost Blue is quite mature and worldly wise now.

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