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Joe Strummer's Life After Death

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Joe Strummer performs with his solo project, The Latino Rockabilly War, in 1989. The Clash frontman died of heart failure in December 2002.

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Originally published on Thu December 20, 2012 10:37 am

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Thu December 20, 2012

In A French Village, Protection From The Apocalypse

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Doomsayers claim the French village of Bugarach, population 200, will be spared when the world supposedly ends Friday.

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French journalists film the Pic of Bugarach, a mountain in the village that is said to have magical powers.

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Doomsayers claim the French village of Bugarach, population 200, will be spared when the world supposedly ends Friday.

By Eleanor Beardsley

Originally published on Thu December 20, 2012 10:37 am

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Friday is the last day of a 5,125-year cycle in the Mayan calendar, sparking talk about the possible end of the world. About two years ago, a rumor began circulating on the Internet that the French village of Bugarach, population 200, would be the only place to survive this apocalypse.

But despite many news stories of people flocking to the village, less than two weeks before "doomsday," there was no one on the streets. Houses were shuttered against the cold.

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Thu December 20, 2012

Maya Expert: The 'End Of Times' Is Our Idea, Not The Ancients'

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Tourists are seen in front of the "Gran Jaguar" Mayan temple at the Tikal archaeological site in Guatemala, where ceremonies will be held to celebrate the end of the Mayan cycle known as Baktun 13 and the start of the new Maya Era on December 21.

By Bill Chappell

Originally published on Fri December 21, 2012 10:00 am

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Update at 7 a.m. ET, Dec. 21: We're Still Here.

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It is Dec. 20, 2012 — and citizens of Earth are panicking, consumed by the idea that the world will end Friday, something they say was predicted by Mayan astronomers. Of course, most people are not panicking, and Maya expert David Stuart says no one should. The calendar, he says, has plenty of room to go.

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Wed December 19, 2012

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