Believe it or not, a museum in Salem dedicated to something macabre failed to thrive. The "40 Whacks Museum" closed 2.5 years after it opened because of high rent and utility costs during a slow season, according to owner Leonard Pickel. The Salem News was not upset to see the museum close as Borden was from Fall River. The Lizzie Borden Bed & Breakfast in Fall River, where Borden lived when she killed her father and stepmother in 1892 with an ax, sued Pickel's museum that was called The True Story of Lizzie Borden when it opened in 2008. [Globe], [The Salem News]
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The Lizzie Borden Bed and Breakfast is the Fall River joint in the house where Lizzie Borden's parents died, possibly under her whacking ax. It's also now the proud owner of a trademark on Lizzie Borden's name. Basically, the B&B is the only entity that can legally sell merchandise in the United States emblazoned with the famous spinster's name. But can they do that?
Kevin Funk and Steven Fake, Scramble For Africa: Darfur - Intervention and the USA
--With this winter's especially foul weather, we have entered a new level of pothole hell. [Boston Globe]
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