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Forget the voice. Forget the hair. Theresa Caputo's attention-grabbing attribute is that she claims to speak with the dead. TLC has been airing her show, Long Island Medium, for a few weeks now, and last night she was on Jay Leno's show, joking about how those who have passed on may send her messages, but they don't watch her have sex with her husband. More »
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As the economy continues to go down the toilet, most of us are cutting back on small luxuries and spending our cash on the essentials instead. Gone are the days of frivolous spending, as the news seems to get worse and worse, and images of Hoovervilles and unemployment lines are replacing sugarplums in the dreams of many worried citizens during the holiday season. But some people are handling their recession panic in another way: forking over "anywhere from $75 to $1,000 an hour" to check in with a special kind of economic advisor. Not an accountant, mind you. Not a financial planner. Those people, apparently, are just as panicked and confused as the rest of us. In these difficult times, as Ruth La Ferla of the New York Times discovers, some citizens are looking to an otherworldly solution to their problems, dropping the big bucks for good ol' fashioned psychic readings. More »
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