March 14, 2007 (metro.co.uk) - The American Secret Service have launched an investigation into one of the candidates for the presidency in 2008 - after he pledged that as President, one of his first acts would be to impale President George W. Bush.

If a vampire turns you into one of his kind, you could say, genealogically, that he or she is your parent. Others who were turned into a bloodsucker by the same vampire would then be your siblings. With this in mind, it is easy to create a genealogy chart of the vampires from Anne Rice's _The Vampire Chronicles_.

A case in Canada that acquired the moniker, "the vampire murder" during the trial seems to have less to do with vampires than with the public's fascination with vampire-related crimes.

October 31, 2007 (AP) -- A Dracula-like force is quietly sucking a nickel of every dollar's worth of electricity from homes across America. It's called vampire electronics, and it happens when devices like computers or cell phone chargers are left plugged in or on 'standby,' instead of being completely shut down.

July 3, 2007 (AP / BUCHAREST, Romania) -- An heir of Romania's former royal family put ''Dracula's Castle'' in Transylvania up for sale Monday, hoping to secure a buyer who will respect ''the property and its history.''