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Meanwhile, Back in Wisconsin: Madison’s Snuggle House Goes Out of Business Amid Fear…and Loathing

• December 11, 2013 • Comments Off

Posted in Class, Crime, Cultural History, Health, Journalism and Ethics, Mental Health/Psychology, Rape/Sex Crimes, The Mainstream Media (MSM)
Tags: Associated Press, Boulder Colorado, Business, California, City of Madison, Common Sense, Constables on Patrol, Cuddle Party, Governor Walker, Healing Touch, Hurtado, Jennifer Zilavy, Lt. David McCaw, Madison, Madison WI, Masseur, Masseuse, Matthew Hurtado, Montgomery Alabama, New Age, Non-Sexual, Prostitution, Rochester New York, Samantha Hess, San Francisco, Sex, Sexual Abuse, Sexual Assault, Snuggle House, The Bay Area, The Midwest, The Snuggery, The Snuggle House, Touch Therapy, Wisconsin

James Arthur Ray, Leader of Deadly Sweat Lodge Retreat, Found Guilty of Three Counts of Negligent Homicide

• June 23, 2011 • 2 Comments

Posted in Accidental Death/Death by Misadventure, Celebrities/Royals, Chicanos/Latinos, Class, Cultural History, Education, Health, Mental Health/Psychology, Native Americans/First Nations, People of Color, Religion, Spirituality, The Mainstream Media (MSM)
Tags: "Spiritual Warrior", Altered States, Arizona, Death, Food, Hawaii, Huna, Indigenous People, James Arthur Ray, James Shore, Kirby Brown, Larry King, Law of Attraction, Liz Neuman, Manslaughter, Mind Control, Negligent Homicide, New Age, Oprah Winfrey, Peru, Psychology, Q'eros, Ray, Rituals, Samurai Game, Sedona, Sedona Arizona, Sedona AZ, Self-Help Gurus, Stanislav Grof, Success, Sweat Box, Sweat Lodge, The Samurai Game, Thinking, United Indians of All Tribes, United States, Verdict, Water, Yavapai County Arizona

James Arthur Ray Arrested for Manslaughter in Connection with Sedona “Sweat Box” Deaths

• February 3, 2010 • Comments Off

Posted in Accidental Death/Death by Misadventure, Class, Crime, Health, Native Americans/First Nations, People of Color, Race, Religion, Science, Spirituality, The Mainstream Media (MSM)
Tags: "The Secret", James Arthur Ray, James Shore, Kirby Brown, Liz Neuman, Manslaughter, Murder, Native American Spirituality, New Age, Nichiren Buddhists, Sedona AZ, Seminars, SGI, Soka Gakkai International, Sweat Lodge, Workshops, Yavapai County

Sweat “Box” Survivor Steps Up to Tell Her Story

• October 23, 2009 • Comments Off

Posted in Accidental Death/Death by Misadventure, Class, Crime, Daily AM/PM Talk Shows, Health, Mental Health/Psychology, Native Americans/First Nations, Religion, Television, The Mainstream Media (MSM)
Tags: "The Early Show", 140 Degrees, Abandoned, Abandonment, CBS, Common Sense, CPR, Death by Misadventure, Dr. Beverly Bunn, Enforcers, Fasting, Guru, Harry Smith, Misuse of Native American Religion, Murder, Native Americans, New Age, Orthodontist, Physical Collapse, Playing God, Sweat Lodge, The Dream Team

The Sedona, AZ Sweat Lodge Tragedy: Why It Shouldn’t Have Happened

• October 12, 2009 • 9 Comments

Posted in Black People, Class, Education, Health, Memoir, Mental Health/Psychology, New Orleans, People of Color, Race, Religion, The Mainstream Media (MSM), The Rest of the World
Tags: "Spiritual Warrior", Abenaki, Africa, Africans, Ancestors, Angel Valley, Anger, Arizona, Asia, Asian American, Baron Samedi, Cow Hollow, Culture, Curios, Erzulie, Eucalyptus, Fasting, François Duvalier, French Quarter, George Harrison, Haiti, Haitians, Idols, Incense, James Arthur Ray, Joseph Bruchac, La Vieux Carre, Latino American, Legba, Loko Atison, Marie Laveau, Masks, Melanesia, Micronesia, Native American, Neighborhoods, New Age, New Orleans, Nichiren Buddhism, Noe Valley, Oshun, Pine Tar, Religion, Rituals, San Francisco, Sauna, Scandinavia, Sedona, Sioux, Sweat Lodge, The French Quarter, The Voodoo Museum, Turtle Island, Union Street, United States, Voudou, Voudou Flags, Yavapai County

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Flying Into Patchy Fog, Kobe Bryant’s Pilot Had a Decision to Make January 28, 2020
The weather was good when the helicopter with nine passengers left Orange County. But as they flew north, it quickly grew worse.
Doctors Could Face Criminal Charges for Treating Transgender Teens January 27, 2020
In South Dakota and other states, lawmakers are considering bills that would restrict access to hormone treatment and surgeries for young transgender people.
‘There’s Nothing Left’: An Inferno Tears Through Alabama Boat Dock, Killing 8 January 28, 2020
The fire tore through a wooden dock in Scottsboro, destroying dozens of boats and plunging survivors into the water.
The 9 Victims of the Helicopter Crash That Killed Kobe Bryant January 28, 2020
A college baseball coach. A pilot with years of experience. Young basketball players and their parents. Here is what we know about everyone on board.
Impeachment Briefing: Day 2 of Trump’s Defense January 28, 2020
John Bolton’s revelations, and the question of whether he would testify, loomed over the Senate trial.
California Father Charged With Murdering Five of His Infant Children January 28, 2020
New DNA technology helped officials crack a case that had stalled for a dozen years.
Dershowitz argues that nothing Bolton is said to have written would be impeachable. January 28, 2020
Alan Dershowitz argued that demands by United States presidents for specific actions by foreign governments are common.
Guantánamo Testimony Exposes Role of Doctors in C.I.A. Interrogations January 28, 2020
The hearings have showed the role of medical professionals, including keeping count during waterboarding sessions, in the agency black sites where prisoners were tortured.

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Coronavirus: China death toll climbs to 106 with first fatality in Beijing – live updates January 28, 2020
US updates travel warning to China to highest level as mayor of Wuhan admits authorities were too slow in releasing information about virus. Follow the latest newsWuhan mayor admits mistakesWhat is the coronavirus and how worried should we be about it?Coronavirus: how to protect yourself from infection 3.21am GMT Scott Morrison, the Australian prime minister […]
Prince Andrew giving 'zero' cooperation to Epstein inquiry, say US prosecutors January 27, 2020
US attorney for southern district of New York says so far Andrew has not responded to a request for an interviewPrince Andrew has provided “zero” cooperation with the Jeffrey Epstein sex trafficking inquiry, US prosecutors said on Monday, despite earlier promises to help investigations in any way possible.Speaking outside Epstein’s Manhattan mansion, Geoffre […]
Trump's impeachment defense team glosses over new Bolton allegations January 28, 2020
The ex-national security adviser’s book, which reportedly implicates the president over Ukraine, is hardly mentioned as trial continuesLawyers for Donald Trump opted for a high-risk strategy in the sixth day of the president’s impeachment trial on Monday, avoiding mention of a major new development in the case even as Trump tweeted about it and some Republic […]
Kobe Bryant: investigators on scene to determine cause of helicopter crash January 28, 2020
Medical examiner said rugged terrain complicated efforts to recover remains of nine victims killed in Sunday crash outside LAInvestigators worked on a rugged hillside outside Los Angeles on Monday to determine the cause of the helicopter crash that killed retired basketball star Kobe Bryant, his daughter Gianna and seven others About 20 investigators scoured […]
New Zealand election: Jacinda Ardern sets September date for poll January 28, 2020
Prime minister says vote will be held on 19 September after ‘positive, factual and robust’ campaignPrime Minister Jacinda Ardern has announced her country’s next general election will be held on 19 September.On Tuesday, Ardern said the forthcoming election campaign would be “positive, factual and robust”, and that her party had signed up to Facebook’s transp […]
'I realized I'm being raped': accuser gives tearful testimony at Weinstein trial January 27, 2020
Miriam Haley was the second of six women slated to testifyAccuser: ‘I didn’t know how to deal with it’Miriam Haley, a former production assistant for the Weinstein Company, gave tearful testimony on Monday, the fourth day of the rape trial of Harvey Weinstein.She described how the film producer allegedly assaulted her in 2006. Continue reading...
Giant fire in Alabama marina kills at least eight January 28, 2020
Blaze that began in early hours Monday destroys at least 35 boats and cuts off escape routesA huge fire killed at least eight people and destroyed dozens of boats in an Alabama marina early on Monday, with witnesses describing a terrifying, fast-moving blaze and fire officials warning the death toll could rise.Tommy Jones, a Jackson county park marina reside […]
Belgium's King Albert II admits he fathered child in 1960s affair January 27, 2020
King acknowledges result of court-ordered DNA test linking him to Delphine BoëlKing Albert II, who abdicated from the Belgian throne in mysterious circumstances in 2013, has acknowledged having fathered a child during an extramarital affair in the 1960s, following the result of a court-ordered DNA test.Delphine Boël has been fighting in the courts for six ye […]

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Coronavirus: Death toll climbs to 106 as China tightens measures January 28, 2020
Transport restrictions have been further tightened as the number of new infections almost doubles.
Kobe Bryant: Investigators work to determine cause of crash January 28, 2020
Nine people, including Bryant's teenage daughter Gianna, were killed in Sunday's crash.
Petition calls for Kobe Bryant to be added to NBA logo January 28, 2020
More than a million people have backed the campaign after Bryant's death on Sunday.
Could John Bolton be an impeachment game-changer? January 27, 2020
Democrats hope the ex-White House aide's book could deliver a plot twist in the president's trial.
Prince Andrew gives 'zero co-operation' over Epstein inquiry, US prosecutor says January 27, 2020
A US prosecutor says the FBI has contacted the Duke of York's lawyers as part of an investigation.
Belgium's ex-King Albert II admits fathering child after DNA test January 27, 2020
Albert II has admitted he has a fourth child after years of fighting the paternity claim.
Auschwitz 75 years on: Holocaust Day prompts new anti-Semitism warnings January 27, 2020
World leaders warn of resurgent hatred, 75 years after the Nazis' Auschwitz death camp was liberated.
Alabama fire: Eight killed as blaze engulfs 35 boats in marina January 27, 2020
The aluminium roof of the wooden dock in a marina in Alabama collapsed, and some of the boats sank.