Prayer candles are popular, even with non-believers (virgin, religion)

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CHICAGO - Several weeks after it first appeared, the Virgin Mary-like salt stain on the wall of an underpass in Chicago continues to draw scores of visitors -- and almost as many tall glass candles.

But these aren-t just any candles. These are a 20th-century invention that has become the official beacon of makeshift memorials and vigils. They come out for everything from miraculous sightings and

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