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BOGOTA, Colombia - Malicious gossip often results in tears and anger, but in Colombia it had lead to murder - and officials say they've heard enough. Fed up with people targeted by false rumors turning up dead or wrongfully arrested, the mayor of a small Colombian town has made gossip a crime punishable by up to four years in prison. 'Human beings must be aware and recognize that having a tongue and using it to do bad is the same as having dynamite in their mouths,' says an official municipal decree issued last year in Icononzo, 40 miles southwest of the capital, Bogota...
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