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Demons, ghouls and buckets of blood: For decades, filmmakers have delighted in terrorizing their audiences — and we love them for it. This month, CNN.com picked the top 10 most spine-tingling moments. From Hitchcock to Cronenberg, their choices have left us sleepless and shivering with fear. See the list here....

Armchair pilots striking Afghanistan by remote control"CREECH AIR FORCE BASE, Nevada (CNN) -- From a desert outpost northwest of Las Vegas, elite fighter pilots journey to a war zone in Afghanistan, some 7,500 miles away. It might be the world's longest commute, except that these armchair pilots at Creech Air Force Base in Nevada never leave the air-conditioned comfort of their command...

Check out the frontpage at CNN.com right now. Number of stories on John McCain's leading economic advisor saying that we're only in a "mental recession" and that we're a "nation of whiners"? Zero. Number of stories about Jesse Jackson criticizing Barack Obama? Two. Number of stories about Christie Brinkley's divorce? One. Number of stories about a wild fox attacking a cop? One....

On a rough day of ups and downs I won't bore you with, the biggest up was the boost to our Web page views from CNN.com's link to our story about the Bend 14-year-old surfer whose severed arm was reattached. And we, in turn, owe KGW in Portland for helping rush video to us of the family's news conference. You'd better bet I'll be keeping the Web desk at CNN aware of interesting, even wacky news...

Whenever I logged onto CNN's website and see "So-and-so apologizes for hurtful comments about such-and-such" I usually just roll my eyes. You see, the kinds of things that end up being characterized as "hurtful" these days are usually so boring and mild and utterly inoffensive by any reasonable standard that it's just a peculiarly gross American political spectacle. So you can imagine my delight...