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Mar 1, 2008 9:33 PM CST

Oscar Winner Is 9/11 Doubter

French Oscar winner sees a conspiracy to burn the building and pass it off as a terrorist attack.

(Newser) - In year-old video just now resurfacing, best-actress Oscar winner Marion Cotillard says she doesn't believe the "official story" of the 9/11 attacks—and she's not sure the moon landing was real, either, the Telegraph reports. In a TV interview, the French star of La Vie en Rose speculates that...

Former UK Intel Boss Refutes Diana Charges

Feb 20, 2008 7:51 PM CST

Former UK Intel Boss Refutes Diana Charges

He says agents didn't kill princess, calls allegations absurd

(Newser) - In uncharacteristic public statements, the former head of British intelligence service MI6 denied during a court appearance today that agents were behind Princess Diana's 1997 death, the Telegraph reports. While Sir Richard Dearlove—known as "C" during his 1999-2004 tenure as agency boss—admitted MI6 can authorize assassinations, he...

Dallas DA Finds Stored
Docs on JFK Slaying

Feb 17, 2008 5:35 PM CST

Dallas DA Finds Stored Docs on JFK Slaying

Materials include transcript that could fuel conspiracy theories

(Newser) - Dallas County officials have uncovered a batch of JFK assassination materials, including a transcript between Jack Ruby and Lee Harvey Oswald that one expert laughed off as a likely fake. Other items include correspondence, records of the Ruby trial, and a gun holster, the Dallas Morning News reports.

Area 51 Gets 'Homey' Makeover

Jan 23, 2008 11:30 AM CST

Area 51 Gets 'Homey' Makeover

Top-secret Nevada site gets new name ... maybe

(Newser) - It’s been called Dreamland, Paradise Ranch, the Box and, of course, Area 51. Now the US Air Force’s Groom Lake, Nev., test site—possibly the least-secret top-secret base of all time—has a new name: “Homey Airport.” The facility now pops up on aviation software and...

Ex-Agent Claims Twist
in JFK Plot

Nov 22, 2007 6:53 PM CST

Ex-Agent Claims Twist in JFK Plot

Says Cuban killers, armed radical planned hits in Chicago

(Newser) - Feds dug up a plot to ice JFK in Chicago three weeks before he was killed in Dallas, ABC news reports. JFK's trip to the Windy City was nixed, but agents never passed on data about a Cuban hit squad and an armed radical to federal agents in Dallas. Yet...

FBI Expert Reopens JFK Shooting

May 17, 2007 8:48 AM CDT

FBI Expert Reopens JFK Shooting

Bullet analysis used to rule out second gunman is now discredited

(Newser) - Evidence proving that Lee Harvey Oswald acted alone has been discredited by a research team using techniques unavailable to previous investigators. Bullet analysis used to rule out a second JFK assassin is called "fundamentally flawed" by the new team, led by the former chief metallurgy expert for the FBI,...