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Erin Donaghue

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Writer, editor, astrology enthusiast, music nerd, cool aunt. Contributing editor, @EastWingMag. Formerly @CBSNews, @inthesetimesmag. She/hers. #CeasefireNOW

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Freelance writer interested in the forces that bring people together and social movements fighting inequality. Formerly, CBS News reporter.

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Nightmarish ID Theft Stories From Real Victims

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By Erin Donaghue 
| Top10
Take the case of Phillip Cummings, a New York software firm help desk worker who stole credit reports from 33,000 people around the US. Cummings and his accomplice reportedly sold these reports to identity thieves who stole between $50 and $100 million from victims. ID theft crimes in the US have soared by 584% in the past two decades alone. To help you anticipate the tactics of ID thieves, we've compiled a list of scary stories from real ID theft victims. » Don't want to be another statistic?
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The Tiny New York Town Where Mediums Give Voice to the Dead

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By Erin Donaghue 
| Smithsonian Magazine
Lily Dale is home to about 40 mediums who connect thousands of spiritual seekers with their deceased loved ones As I enter through the gates of Lily Dale, beneath a sign that reads “World’s Largest Center for the Religion of Spiritualism,” life’s pace seems to slow. People rest and chat on the wide porches of Victorian houses, which date back to the years following the western New York community’s founding as a spiritualist camp, in 1879.
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The Chonky Superstar of Fat Bear Week Is Missing, and the Competition Won't Be the Same Without Him

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By Erin Donaghue 
| Smithsonian Magazine
Since 2012, millions of viewers have tuned in to Explore.org’s bear cams of Alaska’s Katmai National Park and Preserve, and many of them can tell you that bear 480 Otis is a legend. Otis has become the face of Fat Bear Week, an annual online bracket-style competition that celebrates the heft of the brown bears at Katmai’s Brooks Falls. At that waterfall, bears gorge on salmon to pack on the pounds in order to prepare for hibernation.
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