November 21, 2007 (Spiegel Online) -- Ottomar Rodolphe Vlad Dracula Prince Kretzulesco, an adopted descendant of Count Dracula, has died in Germany aged 67 after spending a colorful life organizing blood donor parties and medieval festivals at his estate in eastern Germany.

These knees have been scarred by the faith
Flowing through the veins of a fragile man
Fingers purple, interlaced and woven
Head bowed and broken by repentance
Wounds healed with grace and love
Ripped open again by ignorant sin
Wishing only brings about another torment
Luck exists only through logic
Enlightenment comes through the touch of a hand
Believe, ask, know it shall be
One breath brings in chaos
Another allows this silent peace

Proximo
June 4, 2001

September 11, 1997 (NEWPORT, R.I./AP) - Rhode Islanders have been guarding themselves for months against mosquitoes infected with a potentially deadly virus, but Christopher Rondina says the state's past is filled with stories of a far scarier bloodsucker: vampires.

May 30, 2007 (theage.com.au / Dan Oakes) -- A BALLARAT schoolgirl who made references on the internet to killing her schoolmates also posted a tribute online to the man responsible for massacring 32 people at Virginia Tech university last month.

September 4, 2007 (Courier News / Martin C. Bricketto) -- Halloween is almost two months away, but Readington, NJ police responded to what must have been a spooky scene of indecent exposure for several local drivers Saturday night.