Pope plans to build global network of 'exorcism squads'; online report suggests aspartame danger to public health...

9 January :: Pope Benedict XVI plans to implement a global network of "specialist exorcism squads", with a team in every diocese around the world to combat Satan; a Vatican spokesman told the press "Too many bishops are not taking this seriously and are not delegating their priests in the fight against the Devil. You have to hunt high and low for a properly trained exorcist", and lauded the Pope's devotion to training clergy to directly confront "the most extreme form of Godlessness"... New online report suggests Aspartame, commonly used in artificial sweeteners, may be more dangerous than previously thought, citing a number of studies; Pupaganda reports "It was originally approved for dry goods on July 26, 1974, but objections filed by neuroscience researcher Dr John W. Olney and Consumer attorney James Turner in August 1974 as well as investigations of G.D. Searle's research practices caused the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to put approval of aspartame on hold (December 5, 1974)"; manufacturers question the validity of the allegations, and the scientific community has mixed reaction to allegations of the dangers of the substance...