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It Came From the Potomac

Unlike most of what’s shown on the Sci Fi Channel, the plot of Snakehead Terror edges uncomfortably close to reality. Two summers ago, the snakehead–a hardy, aggressive species that dates back to the Paleozoic era and can survive for a time outside of water–began to turn up in ponds in Wisconsin and Maryland, devouring plants, […]

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Baath House

From any serious distance, it looks like any other monumental stone building along Embassy Row, with its brick structuring and gated entrance. But come closer, and you see visible signs of rot: Cords of ivy slither inside open windows, stacks of unopened newspapers have deteriorated into wet pools of gray mush, and weeds, creepily, have […]

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