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(CNN) -- Remember "You're money, baby"? Vince Vaughn and Jon Favreau making the L.A. bar scene in "Swingers" back in 1996?

In the film, couples go to the Eden Resort, which is offering a great package deal on relationship counseling.

They were young and hungry then, and there was insolence in their hustle, but at least they pressed their case: They knew they were sharp enough to be players.

Since then, Favreau has gone on to direct blockbusters like "Elf" and "Iron Man," and his buddy Vaughn has stacked up a string of hits in the company of Frat Packers Will Ferrell, Ben Stiller and Owen Wilson.

Well, they're not hungry anymore, and not so young either. Between them (and with an assist from Dana "What Happens in Vegas" Fox), they have cooked up "Couples Retreat," a marriage comedy that coincidentally doubles as an enviable excuse for an extended shoot in Bora Bora.  Watch the stars talk about the shoot Â»

That's the tropical location of the Eden Resort, which is offering a great package deal for married couples looking for relationship counseling. Jason and Cynthia (Jason Bateman and Kristen Bell) want to give it a shot, and persuade their supposedly happily married friends Dave and Ronnie (Vaughn and Malin Akerman), Joey and Lucy (Favreau and Kristin Davis), and Shane and his 20-year-old girlfriend Trudy (Faizon Love and Kali Hawk) to join in the fun. Apparently, nobody has trouble raising the fare, even in these recessionary times.

Once there, however, they are dismayed to find Eden is run with iron discipline, and the mandatory therapy sessions soon expose serious cracks in each of the relationships.

Directed by Peter "A Christmas Story" Billingsley -- another old friend of Vaughn's -- "Couples Retreat" can't decide if it's satirizing New Age-y therapies or exploring marital breakdown. So it gives us a little of both, with some sub-Apatow sex humor on the side.

As a commercial recipe, that's fine. America's ticket buyers have shown time and again they're desperate for a laugh and willing to overlook widespread mediocrity to get it. But you might hope for something a bit less lazy from this team.

And shouldn't a movie with "Couples" in the title be less lopsided in its approach to the sexes? I guess in contrast to such boys-will-be-boys romps as "The Hangover" and "Wild Hogs," at least this time the wives get to come along, not that any of them has much to say for herself.

Trudy wants to party. Lucy has eyes for the yoga instructor (Carlos Ponce). Ronnie wants some romance. And Cynthia ... I don't know what Cynthia wants, but getting away from her control freak husband certainly seems like the way to go.

The guys are noticeably chubbier, but equally one-dimensional. It's just that that dimension enjoys rather more screen time as Billingsley indulges Vaughn and Favreau's less-than-inspired improvisational riffs on marital frustration, machismo and middle-age spread. We even have to endure a Guitar Hero duel.

For a movie made by a bunch of friends, it's strange that we don't get any sense of how or why these couples hang out together. But so long as there's a pretentious Frenchman to scoff at, an officious Brit and a sexy Hispanic, at least they're united by what they're not.

Whether by accident or design, "Couples Retreat" does such a good job exposing what selfish, insensitive jerks these guys are, the contrived and conventional ending actually has a feel-bad undertow. You've got to suspect that back home in suburbia, these couples are doomed to live unhappily ever after.

"Couples Retreat" is rated PG-13 and runs 107 minutes.

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Washington (CNN) -- A Washington-based imam told CNN on Monday that alleged Fort Hood shooter Nidal Malik Hasan approached him for help finding a wife.

Imam Yahya Hendi, the Muslim chaplain at Georgetown University, said Hasan came to him at least two years ago as the cleric conducted services at Bethesda Naval Hospital in Maryland.

"He said he wanted someone to help him serve, deploy and be understandable and understanding of his own military career," Hendi said. "He saw himself as someone ... continuing his service with the U.S. military till the end of his career."

The imam said he spoke with Hasan on at least two occasions about his search for a spouse.

"It's not easy to find, in general, someone who will be willing to travel with you and deploy with you every two years," Hendi said. "But he did want a wife who would stand by him, is [a] loyal American, who will help him do his work and his service for the U.S. military."

The imam's comments about Hasan's search for someone who would remain with him throughout his military career were at odds with some statements by Hasan's family. Relatives have said Hasan tried unsuccessfully to leave the military early -- requests that may have come after Hasan contacted Hendi.

The cleric said he did try to help Hasan in his search, thinking of women he knew to whom he could introduce the Army psychiatrist, but he never heard from Hasan again.

Authorities say Hasan opened fire at a military processing center at Fort Hood Army Post on November 5, killing 13 people. Hasan, who was seriously wounded in the incident, was charged with 13 counts of premeditated murder -- charges that make him eligible for the death penalty.

Two other imams have told CNN similar stories about Hasan's search for a wife, and about his conservatism and apparent devotion to Islam -- but those accounts seem to be inconsistent with behavior Hasan exhibited in the last few months.

The manager of a strip club near Fort Hood has told reporters that Hasan visited the club a handful of times, staying for several hours each time.

"You know, for me, everything that he did is against the teachings of Islam. Killing fellow soldiers, fellow citizen men and women, the shooting, the bloodshed, speaks of someone who did not understand his faith very well. Islam is against going to strip clubs, but it's also against killing fellow citizens," Hendi told CNN.

When taken as a whole, Hasan's actions in the weeks before the attack at Fort Hood -- the giving away of his possessions, his sometimes conservative dress in white Muslim clothing, and his previous defense of suicide bombings during presentations to classmates -- seem to be those of someone who was preparing for his own death, said CNN terrorism analyst Peter Bergen.

"I think what he was doing was sort of a jihadist 'death-by-cop,'" said Bergen, who based his observations on news reports about Hasan. "Here's a guy who obviously had personal problems. He's a loner, he avoids women basically, has few friends, and then grafted onto that, he finds sort of a jihadist ideology as a way of making sense of everything, and he decides to martyr himself."

Bergen and other experts say Hasan could be someone who engaged in what they call "self-radicalization": the idea that militant religion might provide an answer to psychological problems that someone already has.

Hasan remained hospitalized in Texas, paralyzed from the waist down, his lawyer said. He was shot by a civilian police officer, who was also wounded in the attack.

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Washington (CNN) -- Even as he charges into his re-election battle, President Barack Obama has a festering weakness on a flank that, by all accounts, ought to be rock solid: the one held by African-American Democrats. Their support for his programs, belief in his leadership and enthusiasm for another term is softening just as he needs it most.

In the past few weeks, the president has been chastised by the Congressional Black Caucus for avoiding troubled inner-city districts, peppered with tough questions on BET, and suffered plummeting poll numbers among black voters.

That last item is critical. During the 2008 election, their turnout was massive and their support almost unanimous. Now, however, a Washington Post/ABC News poll finds that black voters with a "strongly favorable" view of Obama dropped from 86% to 58% in just five months.

"Patience is running out," says Reginald Daniel, a professor of sociology at the University of California Santa Barbara. Daniel has written extensively about race and politics. "People are disappointed because I think their expectations were way too high to begin with."

Many political analysts sum up those "expectations run amok" this way: White voters heralded the election of a black president as a sign that long-standing racial gaps were closing, and they expected Obama to play a post-racial role; a president for everyone, who just happened to be black.

Meanwhile, many African-American voters just as clearly saw his election as a great leap forward and hoped the presence of a black president in the Oval Office would bring a new level of understanding, acknowledgment, and relief for their community's problems.

"Finding a middle ground is almost an impossibility," Daniels says. "It's just the worst position to be in."

The driving problem, however, is neither black nor white -- it is green. Joblessness, bad for everyone, is much worse in African-American communities, where unemployment is pushing 17%, the worst since the 1980s. That is what triggered the revolt in the CBC and those stinging questions during that TV interview.

The president is pushing back, pointing out that his initiatives, such as health care reform and the recent jobs bill, especially help lower-income families, many of whom are black. On BET, he quickly dismissed talk about a dearth of specific programs for minorities.

"What people are saying all across the country is we are hurting and we've been hurting for a long time," the president said. "The question is: How can we make sure the economy is working for every single person?"

He also insisted that even if black leaders are grousing, it's not really about him or his policies. "There's always going to be somebody who is critical of the president of the United States." And at a CBC fundraising dinner he raised eyebrows by telling members to quit complaining and start "marching" with him for change.

But if the reaction of Rep. Maxine Waters, D-California, is any gauge, he'll have to do a lot more selling. She summed up his comments in a word: "Curious."

To be sure, most African-Americans still support Obama. Political analysts do not expect a massive shift of their votes to the Republicans; and even the president's most adamant black critics often follow their barbs with a quick salve, saying African-American voters ultimately will not oppose him.

Still, the danger for the White House is not that black citizens will vote against Obama, but that they won't vote at all.

A lackluster turnout in just a few key states could tip the electoral balance against him. What's more, every moment he spends making sure black Democrats come to the polls increases his risk of alienating white voters, and is time lost winning over independents, whom he also must have.

Politically, it is hard for a candidate to tiptoe through such a black-and-white minefield. For a president, it is even tougher.

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(CNN) -- Strange things seem to happen when Grant Wilson enters a room.

Grant Wilson, left, and partner Jason Hawes were driven by personal experiences to track ghosts.

Human forms materialize in darkened hallways. The dead whisper greetings from beyond the grave. Unseen entities attack and hurl terrified people to the ground.

Every day is Halloween for Wilson, co-star of the Sci Fi Channel's hit show, "Ghost Hunters." Close encounters of the paranormal kind would drive most people to look for another hobby, but Wilson says he ain't afraid of no ghosts.

"That's part of the job," says Wilson, who investigates suspected hauntings with his co-host, Jason Hawes.. "We tell everyone that we train that you'll be punched, slapped and grabbed. Be prepared for it."

Anyone who has watched their 401(k) account evaporate during the recent stock market dive knows something about horror. But Wilson is part of a growing community that prefers getting their chills the old-fashioned way. They are ghost hunters, or, as they prefer to be called, paranormal investigators.

"Ghost-Hunters," which airs a special live show at 7 p.m. Halloween night, is helping lift the stigma once attached to paranormal investigators. The show has become so popular that the group featured in each episode -- The Atlantic Paranormal Society - has spawned imitators across the United States and affiliates in 12 countries.

TAPS, as the "Ghost Hunters" group is informally known, even has its own "Beyond Reality Radio" show, magazine, lecture tours, T-shirts --and groupies.

"Ghost Hunters" has made creepy cool, says David Schrader, a paranormal investigator and co-host of "Darkness Radio," a radio show that investigates paranormal activity.

"Five or six years ago, you'd be embarrassed to sit around the water cooler talking about ghosts, but now everybody talks about it -- it's gone mainstream," Schrader says.

It's also gone Hollywood. Paranormal shows like "Paranormal State" on A&E Television; "Haunting Evidence" on truTV (which, like CNN.com, is owned by Time Warner); "Dead Famous" on the Biography Channel; and "A Haunting" on the Discovery Channel are trying to mimic the success of "Ghost Hunters."

Paranormal investigators aren't just chasing ghosts anymore; they're chasing television gigs, Schrader says.

"Everybody I know has a pilot in development -- including me," Schrader says. "They throw it around like Frisbees. It's become a joke."

The paranormal shows have also created a paranormal circuit. Families and friends attend ghost-hunting conventions, retreats (one was dubbed "GhoStock,") swap tips on ghost-hunting gear and make pilgrimages to famous haunted places like The Stanley Hotel in Colorado, the setting for the Stephen King movie, "The Shining."  I hear dead people. ÃÂ»

Why they chase ghosts

Many of these amateur paranormal investigators are inspired -- and freaked out - by what they see on "Ghost Hunters."

Some of the incidents recorded by "Ghost Hunters" are mystifying: Ghostly forms appear on camera, chairs lurch across rooms by themselves and voices of people long dead are played back to their wide-eyed relatives.

In one of the most famous "Ghost Hunters" episodes, a cameraman is grabbed and hurled to the ground --though no one appears to touch him. The cameraman is so shaken that he sobs and quits the show.

Wilson says people who think they have a ghost at home should not try a do-it-yourself home ghost repair. A person who uses Ouija boards or anything else to contact ghosts can unleash malevolent spirits.

"You might not be ready for what happens," Wilson says. Watch Grant's encounter with a ghost ÃÂ»

Some ghost-hunters say they entered the field because, like Wilson, they had personal experiences with the supernatural. Others want to know if there is something beyond death.

Others like Marley Gibson, an author and paranormal investigator says they're more scared by current events.

"We're living in a world where we're fighting two wars, we've got poverty, homelessness, people not having health care and a job -- people want escapism," says Gibson, author of  "Ghost Huntress: The Awakening" a forthcoming book that follows the exploits of a 16-year-old girl who forms a paranormal research team.

Ask ghost hunters if they get scared and many give the same reply -- I don't do scared, just startled. Gibson says many ghost-hunters go into investigations armed with strong spiritual beliefs.

"I've never met such spiritually-grounded, religious, God-fearing people as I have in the paranormal community," she says.

'I felt a ... very large finger or a paw poke me in the back'

Sometimes paranormal investigators, though, admit they experience what Schrader, the Darkness Radio co-host calls, "Oh [bleep]' moments."

Schrader had one last December, when he apparently took his job home with him one evening. He visited his ex-wife and children after coming back from a ghost-hunting retreat and decided to spend the night in the basement.

Around three in the morning, he says, he heard his then one-year-old daughter screaming. He ran upstairs to hear her say that a shadow was watching her in her room. He comforted his daughter and returned to sleep downstairs.

His wife then called him an hour later on his cell phone from her bedroom and whispered: "Get up in my room. There's something here and I can see it."

Nothing was there but Schrader says some spirits had apparently thought it was OK to pay a visit to his family. He says people who are open to the existence of ghosts sometimes become "beacons" that attract spirits.

Schrader decided to solve the problem by calling for a supernatural version of pest-control. He blessed the house with holy water and called in two "demonologist" to cleanse the house. No more ghosts.

Patrick Burns, a paranormal investigator and co-host of "Haunting Evidence," had one of his teeth-chattering moments when there was no one around to call.

He says he was working on a documentary on ghosts from his home computer one night when he felt something touch him.

"I felt a very pronounced poke with a very large finger, or possibly a paw, just above my beltline on the back," he says.

Now the average person might have taken that as a cue to run from the room. But Burns is a professional, and besides, he has his own paranormal television show. He shrugged and kept working.

Then, he says, he felt the room temperature drop. Cold spots are often associated with hauntings, but Burns kept working because, as he said later: "No way is my house is haunted."

Finally, he heard a thud that sounded like a body slammed against the wall. The impact is so hard that it shook the house, he says.

"I throw off my headphones and say, 'Okay you have my attention now,' "Burns says. "After that, nothing else happened. It just wanted me to acknowledge that it was there."

Sometimes encounters with the living can be just as strange as their encounters with the paranormal, ghost hunters say.

Wilson, the  "Ghost Hunters" co-host, says he's more leery of people than ghosts. Paranormal investigators like him and Burns are now so famous that they have adoring fans.

Wilson is a Roto-Rooter plumber by day, but he had to stop answering residential calls because too many people were breaking their toilets just to meet him Hawes, his ghost hunting/plumbing partner.

Though Wilson says he's never been scared by a ghost, he still sounds shaken by one encounter.

He says he once met an entity that displayed a personal interest in him. She appeared in front of him, displayed a tattoo of his face stenciled on her leg, and asked him what he thought.

The "entity" was a fan Wilson met during a public appearance.

"That," Wilson admits, "was a little scary."

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text: success

text: of

text: Ghost

text: Hunters

text: Paranormal

text: investigators

text: are

text: n't

text: just

text: chasing

text: ghosts

text: anymore

text: they

text: 're

text: chasing

text: television

text: gigs

text: Schrader

text: says

text: Everybody

text: I

text: know

text: has

text: a

text: pilot

text: in

text: development

text: including

text: me

text: Schrader

text: says

text: They

text: throw

text: it

text: around

text: like

text: Frisbees

text: It

text: 's

text: become

text: a

text: joke

text: The

text: paranormal

text: shows

text: have

text: also

text: created

text: a

text: paranormal

text: circuit

text: Families

text: and

text: friends

text: attend

text: ghost

text: hunting

text: conventions

text: retreats

text: one

text: was

text: dubbed

text: GhoStock

text: swap

text: tips

text: on

text: ghost

text: hunting

text: gear

text: and

text: make

text: pilgrimages

text: to

text: famous

text: haunted

text: places

text: like

text: The

text: Stanley

text: Hotel

text: in

text: Colorado

text: the

text: setting

text: for

text: the

text: Stephen

text: King

text: movie

text: The

text: Shining

text: I

text: hear

text: dead

text: people

text: ÃÂ

text: Why

text: they

text: chase

text: ghosts

text: Many

text: of

text: these

text: amateur

text: paranormal

text: investigators

text: are

text: inspired

text: and

text: freaked

text: out

text: by

text: what

text: they

text: see

text: on

text: Ghost

text: Hunters

text: Some

text: of

text: the

text: incidents

text: recorded

text: by

text: Ghost

text: Hunters

text: are

text: mystifying

text: Ghostly

text: forms

text: appear

text: on

text: camera

text: chairs

text: lurch

text: across

text: rooms

text: by

text: themselves

text: and

text: voices

text: of

text: people

text: long

text: dead

text: are

text: played

text: back

text: to

text: their

text: wide

text: eyed

text: relatives

text: In

text: one

text: of

text: the

text: most

text: famous

text: Ghost

text: Hunters

text: episodes

text: a

text: cameraman

text: is

text: grabbed

text: and

text: hurled

text: to

text: the

text: ground

text: --though

text: no

text: one

text: appears

text: to

text: touch

text: him

text: The

text: cameraman

text: is

text: so

text: shaken

text: that

text: he

text: sobs

text: and

text: quits

text: the

text: show

text: Wilson

text: says

text: people

text: who

text: think

text: they

text: have

text: a

text: ghost

text: at

text: home

text: should

text: not

text: try

text: a

text: do

text: it

text: yourself

text: home

text: ghost

text: repair

text: A

text: person

text: who

text: uses

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text: anything

text: else

text: to

text: contact

text: ghosts

text: can

text: unleash

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text: spirits

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text: might

text: not

text: be

text: ready

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text: Grant

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text: encounter

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text: a

text: ghost

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text: they

text: entered

text: the

text: field

text: because

text: like

text: Wilson

text: they

text: had

text: personal

text: experiences

text: with

text: the

text: supernatural

text: Others

text: want

text: to

text: know

text: if

text: there

text: is

text: something

text: beyond

text: death

text: Others

text: like

text: Marley

text: Gibson

text: an

text: author

text: and

text: paranormal

text: investigator

text: says

text: they

text: 're

text: more

text: scared

text: by

text: current

text: events

text: We

text: 're

text: living

text: in

text: a

text: world

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text: 're

text: fighting

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text: wars

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text: 've

text: got

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text: care

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text: a

text: job

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text: of

text: Ghost

text: Huntress

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text: Awakening

text: a

text: forthcoming

text: book

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text: follows

text: the

text: exploits

text: of

text: a

text: old

text: girl

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text: hunters

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text: they

text: get

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text: many

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text: ghost

text: hunters

text: go

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text: strong

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text: 've

text: never

text: met

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text: religious

text: God

text: fearing

text: people

text: as

text: I

text: have

text: in

text: the

text: paranormal

text: community

text: she

text: says

text: I

text: felt

text: a

text: very

text: large

text: finger

text: or

text: a

text: paw

text: poke

text: me

text: in

text: the

text: back

text: Sometimes

text: paranormal

text: investigators

text: though

text: admit

text: they

text: experience

text: what

text: Schrader

text: the

text: Darkness

text: Radio

text: co

text: host

text: calls

text: Oh

text: bleep

text: moments

text: Schrader

text: had

text: one

text: last

text: December

text: when

text: he

text: apparently

text: took

text: his

text: job

text: home

text: with

text: him

text: one

text: evening

text: He

text: visited

text: his

text: ex

text: wife

text: and

text: children

text: after

text: coming

text: back

text: from

text: a

text: ghost

text: hunting

text: retreat

text: and

text: decided

text: to

text: spend

text: the

text: night

text: in

text: the

text: basement

text: Around

text: three

text: in

text: the

text: morning

text: he

text: says

text: he

text: heard

text: his

text: then

text: one

text: year

text: old

text: daughter

text: screaming

text: He

text: ran

text: upstairs

text: to

text: hear

text: her

text: say

text: that

text: a

text: shadow

text: was

text: watching

text: her

text: in

text: her

text: room

text: He

text: comforted

text: his

text: daughter

text: and

text: returned

text: to

text: sleep

text: downstairs

text: His

text: wife

text: then

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text: him

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text: hour

text: later

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text: his

text: cell

text: phone

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text: her

text: bedroom

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text: whispered

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text: room

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text: 's

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text: I

text: can

text: see

text: it

text: Nothing

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text: there

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text: spirits

text: had

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text: thought

text: it

text: was

text: OK

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text: pay

text: a

text: visit

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text: his

text: family

text: He

text: says

text: people

text: who

text: are

text: open

text: to

text: the

text: existence

text: of

text: ghosts

text: sometimes

text: become

text: beacons

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text: attract

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text: solve

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text: problem

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text: supernatural

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text: pest

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text: He

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text: the

text: house

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text: holy

text: water

text: and

text: called

text: in

text: two

text: demonologist

text: to

text: cleanse

text: the

text: house

text: No

text: more

text: ghosts

text: Patrick

text: Burns

text: a

text: paranormal

text: investigator

text: and

text: co

text: host

text: of

text: Haunting

text: Evidence

text: had

text: one

text: of

text: his

text: teeth

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text: moments

text: when

text: there

text: was

text: no

text: one

text: around

text: to

text: call

text: He

text: says

text: he

text: was

text: working

text: on

text: a

text: documentary

text: on

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text: from

text: his

text: home

text: computer

text: one

text: night

text: when

text: he

text: felt

text: something

text: touch

text: him

text: I

text: felt

text: a

text: very

text: pronounced

text: poke

text: with

text: a

text: very

text: large

text: finger

text: or

text: possibly

text: a

text: paw

text: just

text: above

text: my

text: beltline

text: on

text: the

text: back

text: he

text: says

text: Now

text: the

text: average

text: person

text: might

text: have

text: taken

text: that

text: as

text: a

text: cue

text: to

text: run

text: from

text: the

text: room

text: But

text: Burns

text: is

text: a

text: professional

text: and

text: besides

text: he

text: has

text: his

text: own

text: paranormal

text: television

text: show

text: He

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text: and

text: kept

text: working

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text: he

text: says

text: he

text: felt

text: the

text: room

text: temperature

text: drop

text: Cold

text: spots

text: are

text: often

text: associated

text: with

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text: but

text: Burns

text: kept

text: working

text: because

text: as

text: he

text: said

text: later

text: No

text: way

text: is

text: my

text: house

text: is

text: haunted

text: Finally

text: he

text: heard

text: a

text: thud

text: that

text: sounded

text: like

text: a

text: body

text: slammed

text: against

text: the

text: wall

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text: impact

text: is

text: so

text: hard

text: that

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text: shook

text: the

text: house

text: he

text: says

text: I

text: throw

text: off

text: my

text: headphones

text: and

text: say

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text: you

text: have

text: my

text: attention

text: now

text: Burns

text: says

text: After

text: that

text: nothing

text: else

text: happened

text: It

text: just

text: wanted

text: me

text: to

text: acknowledge

text: that

text: it

text: was

text: there

text: Sometimes

text: encounters

text: with

text: the

text: living

text: can

text: be

text: just

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text: strange

text: as

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text: encounters

text: with

text: the

text: paranormal

text: ghost

text: hunters

text: say

text: Wilson

text: the

text: Ghost

text: Hunters

text: co

text: host

text: says

text: he

text: 's

text: more

text: leery

text: of

text: people

text: than

text: ghosts

text: Paranormal

text: investigators

text: like

text: him

text: and

text: Burns

text: are

text: now

text: so

text: famous

text: that

text: they

text: have

text: adoring

text: fans

text: Wilson

text: is

text: a

text: Roto

text: Rooter

text: plumber

text: by

text: day

text: but

text: he

text: had

text: to

text: stop

text: answering

text: residential

text: calls

text: because

text: too

text: many

text: people

text: were

text: breaking

text: their

text: toilets

text: just

text: to

text: meet

text: him

text: Hawes

text: his

text: ghost

text: hunting

text: plumbing

text: partner

text: Though

text: Wilson

text: says

text: he

text: 's

text: never

text: been

text: scared

text: by

text: a

text: ghost

text: he

text: still

text: sounds

text: shaken

text: by

text: one

text: encounter

text: He

text: says

text: he

text: once

text: met

text: an

text: entity

text: that

text: displayed

text: a

text: personal

text: interest

text: in

text: him

text: She

text: appeared

text: in

text: front

text: of

text: him

text: displayed

text: a

text: tattoo

text: of

text: his

text: face

text: stenciled

text: on

text: her

text: leg

text: and

text: asked

text: him

text: what

text: he

text: thought

text: The

text: entity

text: was

text: a

text: fan

text: Wilson

text: met

text: during

text: a

text: public

text: appearance

text: That

text: Wilson

text: admits

text: was

text: a

text: little

text: scary

question: What poked the ghost hunter?

answer: ... very large finger or a

text: ... very large finger or a

question: What supernatural entity is being talked about?

answer: ghosts,

text: ghosts,

question: Who said ghosts can get pushy?

answer: Grant Wilson,

text: Grant Wilson,

question: What channel are the ghost hunters on?

answer: Sci Fi

text: Sci Fi

question: What does "Ghost Hunters" inspire others to do?

answer: spawned imitators across the United States and affiliates in 12 countries.

text: spawned imitators across the United States and affiliates in 12 countries.

question: Wht do Sci Fi Channel ghost hunter say about ghosts?

answer: ain't afraid of no

text: ain't afraid of no

question: What did one ghost hunter say regarding an experience with a ghost?

answer: he ain't afraid of no

text: he ain't afraid of no

question: What channel is being mentioned?

answer: Sci Fi

text: Sci Fi


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Beijing, China (CNN) -- China has threatened to slap sanctions on American companies that sell arms to its rival Taiwan as part of a range of punitive actions Beijing is taking to protest the deal.

China also summoned U.S. ambassador Jon Huntsman to express its anger over Washington's announcement, the official Chinese news agency Xinhua said, citing the Foreign Ministry.

Beijing also suspended plans for visits between the Chinese and U.S. militaries and postponed a high-level arms control meeting, it announced Saturday, following Washington's $6.4-billion arms deal with Taiwan.

China's Defense Ministry said the decision was made "in consideration of the serious harm and impacts on Sino-U.S. military relations" brought about by the arms deal, according to Xinhua.

"China will make further judgments as appropriate," Xinhua reported.

China had already complained to the United States about the deal, announced Friday by the Obama administration.

Chinese Vice Foreign Minister He Yafei called it a "rude interference in China's internal affairs, severely endangering China's national security" and said China expressed its "strong indignation."

The arms sale includes 60 Black Hawk helicopters, totaling $3.1 billion; 114 advanced Patriot air defense missiles; a pair of Osprey mine-hunting ships; and dozens of advanced communications systems.

The deal with Taiwan -- which neither China nor the United States recognizes as an independent country -- does not include F-16 fighter jets, which China has vehemently opposed.

The State Department described the latest round of arms sales to Taiwan as a way to guarantee security and stability, despite China's objections.

"This is a clear demonstration of the commitment this administration has to provide Taiwan with defensive weapons it needs and as provided for in the Taiwan Relations Act," State Department spokesman P.J. Crowley said Friday.

He said the action is consistent with Washington's "one-China" policy and will help maintain security and stability across the Taiwan Strait.

The arms sales come as the United States is hoping to persuade China to sign on to harsher sanctions against Iran and just after Secretary of State Hillary Clinton criticized China for its policies relating to the Internet.

Crowley would not speak directly about the timing of the announcement of the sales, and about the fact that the arms package does not include F-16s.

A senior U.S. official said later that the United States expected Chinese criticism of the arms deal, but does not expect permanent damage.

The official said he believed Clinton had discussed the sale in London with her Chinese counterpart on the sidelines of Thursday's international conference on Afghanistan.

"This relationship between the United States and China is broad, it's deep. There are a large number of issues. We don't see eye to eye with them and we have to have and do have the ability to speak honestly," the official said.

The arms deal is the latest chapter in a decades-long uneasy standoff. China claims Taiwan is its own territory and has threatened to invade if Taiwan ever declares independence. The United States has said it will defend Taiwan if China ever attacks.

The government in Taiwan began as the remnant of the government that ruled over mainland China until a Communist insurrection proved victorious in 1949. With the Communist takeover of mainland China, the losing faction fled to the island of Taiwan. Taiwan is formally known as the Republic of China, while Communist China's official name is People's Republic of China.

Many Western nations and the United Nations recognized Taiwan as the legitimate Chinese government until the 1970s.

CNN's Eve Bower and Charley Keyes contributed to this report.

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answer: 60 Black Hawk helicopters, totaling $3.1 billion; 114 advanced Patriot air defense missiles; a pair of Osprey mine-hunting ships; and dozens of advanced communications systems.

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CLARENCE CENTER, New York (CNN)  -- Recovering all the bodies from Thursday's deadly passenger plane crash may take four days as investigators work through freezing temperatures and piles of wreckage, a federal transportation official said Saturday.

Only a few pieces of the Continental Connection Dash 8 turboprop were recognizable after the crash.

"The medical examiner believes that three to four days are going to be required to recover the victims of this crash, and they're in the process of doing that," Steve Chealander of the National Transportation Safety Board said. "They've already pulled some of the folks out of there, but they've got a long way to go."

All 49 passengers aboard Continental Connection Flight 3407 died when the 74-seat Bombardier Dash 8 Q400 turboprop crashed into a home in Clarence Center, New York, on Thursday night. A 61-year-old man in the house died also, but his wife and daughter survived.

Fifteen bodies have been recovered, and efforts to identify the victims and conduct autopsies are under way, Erie County Health Commission Anthony Billittier said Saturday evening. A federal disaster mortuary team was called to assist local forensic officials.

Despite reports from local authorities who said the plane hurtled toward the house from a sharp nosedive, Chealander said the current orientation of the plane indicates that it fell flat on its belly.

The Continental flight from Newark, New Jersey, operated by Colgan Air, crashed about 10:17 p.m. Thursday northeast of Buffalo Niagara International Airport.  Follow the plane's path Â»

Chealander said the recovery effort and the investigation have been hampered by freezing temperatures as authorities try to sift through the wreckage of the flight and the home it struck. Some parts of the plane have fallen as deep as the basement, he said.

"Keep in mind, there's an airplane that fell on top of a house," he told reporters. "The house and the airplane are together."

Authorities said it would probably take weeks to identify remains of the victims, with DNA testing required in many cases because of the intensity of the crash and subsequent fire.

A 2-square-mile area around the crash site, about 6 miles from the Buffalo airport where the plane was headed, remained sealed off Saturday as investigators sought to determine the cause of the crash. But the extent of the restricted area belied the concentrated force of the impact into the one house.  Watch what investigators are saying Â»

Karen Wielinski was watching television inside the house when she heard a plane making an unusually loud noise.

"I thought to myself, 'If that's a plane, it's going to hit something,' " she told Buffalo radio station WBEN.

"And next thing I knew, the ceiling was on me," she said.

Wielinski and her daughter Jill, 22, were in the front of the home, and they escaped the house with minor injuries. Wielinski's husband, Doug, who was in the dining room, was killed.

On Friday, federal investigators released information from the plane's cockpit voice and flight data recorders, indicating that icing may have been a major factor in the crash.

The plane's pilot and co-pilot discussed "significant ice buildup" on the plane's windshield and wings as it descended toward the Buffalo airport. The plane underwent "severe" pitching and rolling motions after the landing gear was lowered and wing flaps were set for the approach, Chealander said.

There was a mix of sleet and snow in the area, but other planes landed safely at the airport about the time the flight went down.

Chealander said the flight crew reported that visibility was about 3 miles and there was snow and mist as they descended.

The voice and data recorders indicated that the plane's internal de-icing was on during the landing approach, he said.

"A significant ice buildup is an aerodynamic impediment," he added.  Find out why Â»

Keith Burtis was driving about a mile from the crash site when he heard the impact.

"It was a high-pitched sound," Burtis said. "It felt like a mini-earthquake."

A ball of fire filled the night sky as the jet fuel erupted, Burtis said, and he saw a steady stream of fire trucks rush past as smoke billowed. At least nine volunteer fire departments responded.  Watch iReporters' close-up accounts Â»

Among the passengers killed was Beverly Eckert, widow of a September 11 attack victim.

Also aboard was Alison Des Forges, senior Africa adviser for Human Rights Watch, one of her colleagues said. Des Forges spent four years in Rwanda documenting the 1994 genocide and had testified about the atrocity and the situation in central Africa to Congress and the United Nations, according to the organization. Read more about the victims

Also on the flight was Susan Wehle, a cantor at Temple Beth Am in Williamsville, outside Buffalo, a synagogue official said.

Colgan Air identified the crew as Capt. Marvin Renslow, the pilot; First Officer Rebecca Shaw, who was co-pilot; and flight attendants Matilda Quintero and Donna Prisco. In addition, an off-duty crew member, Capt. Joseph Zuffoletto, was onboard.

"This is easily the saddest day in the history of our airline," said Philip Trenary, the company's CEO.

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(CNN) -- South Carolina authorities have located a 555-pound teenager and his mother, who faces a charge of violating a custody order, police said Thursday.

Alexander Deundray Draper, 14, "is possibly at a stage of critical health risk," social services said.

Alexander Deundray Draper, 14, of Travelers Rest, South Carolina, and his mother, Jerri Althea Gray, were located at about 4:30 p.m. near a laundromat in Baltimore, Maryland, by the Baltimore County Sheriff's Office, said Matt Armstrong, a spokesman for the Greenville County Sheriff's Office in Greenville, South Carolina.

"Draper was checked out by EMS [Emergency Medical Services] personnel and turned over to the Maryland Department of Social Services," Armstrong said.

The South Carolina Department of Social Services will work with its Maryland counterpart to have the boy returned to South Carolina, he told CNN affiliate WYFF.

The mother is being held in a detention center and will be extradited to South Carolina on an outstanding warrant, he said.  Watch report on finding teen and his mother Â»

"The understanding was that the individual was of the weight where it was decided by medical authorities that he needed treatment that was not being provided for by his mother," Armstrong said.

Earlier in the day officials said the boy "is possibly at a stage of critical health risk."

Gray was supposed to appear in family court Tuesday with her son and failed to do so, the sheriff's office said. During the family court hearing, the boy was ordered into state custody because of medical neglect, as well as his mother's failure to appear. The Department of Social Services then contacted the sheriff's office, authorities said.

The warrant said Gray was served with papers Monday and told to report to court for a hearing in which the department would seek state custody of Draper. "The defendant has avoided the custody proceeding and has concealed the child," the warrant says.

Travelers Rest is about 10 miles north of Greenville, South Carolina.

CNN's Jackie Damico contributed to this report.

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question: Where was the boy found?

answer: near a laundromat in Baltimore, Maryland,

text: near a laundromat in Baltimore, Maryland,

question: what was boys name?

answer: Alexander Deundray Draper,

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question: the mother of the Teen was sought after what?

answer: of violating a custody order,

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question: what is the name of the person whose the judge have ordered to get into custody because of medical neglect?

answer: Alexander Deundray Draper,

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question: what were found near laundormat in Baltimore, Maryland?

answer: Alexander Deundray Draper,

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question: What did the judge order?

answer: the boy was ordered into state custody because of medical neglect,

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question: what city was mother, son found?

answer: Baltimore,

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question: how much did ten weigh?

answer: 555-pound