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Robert Nelson: Doomsday specifics

The Rapture billboards around the Omaha metro area are so weird they're more fascinating than hilarious. Mark May, 21, 2011, on your calendars.

“You don't usually see the dates given so specifically,” said Alexander Riley, an associate professor of sociology at Bucknell University who has spent much of his career studying the psychology of men and women who predict that the end of the world is near.

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