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The Last Word On 'Momo Challenge': It’s A Cruel Hoax Playing On Your Paranoia, Mom The Last Word On 'Momo Challenge': It’s A Cruel Hoax Playing On Your Paranoia, Mom
The Last Word On 'Momo Challenge': It’s A Cruel Hoax Playing On Your Paranoia, Mom You know what some say is worse than a bogus video called "The Momo Challenge" that encourages children to harm themselves or others? A viral social media explosion that scares the pants off their parents. Yes, teen suicide continues to plague the U.S. But in a country of nearly 326 million, there hasn’t been a single reported incident of a child responding to "The Momo Challenge” by taking pills, stabbing someone or harming themselves, authorities said this week. “Please be aware that many trusted sources say IT IS A HOAX,” said Acting Bergen County Prosecutor Dennis Calo, one of the top l…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Neighbors
Separated At Birth: Video Shows Wayne Teacher's Emotional Reunion With Long-Lost Twin Sister Separated At Birth: Video Shows Wayne Teacher's Emotional Reunion With Long-Lost Twin Sister
Separated At Birth: Video Shows Wayne Teacher's Emotional Reunion With Long-Lost Twin Sister A 54-year-old Wayne woman was reunited with her long-lost twin sister after watching this summer's hit documentary "Three Identical Strangers." The film follows three triplets who were part of a study designed by late psychologist Dr. Peter Neubauer, who took sets of multiples and sent them to a now-defunct adoption agency called Louise Wise Services. The multiples were then separated and placed in families of varying socioeconomic backgrounds. While watching the film, Wayne's Michelle Mordkoff, a Packanack Elementary School teacher, recognized the name of the agency.  Mordkoff -…

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by Cecilia Levine