Is it Bad to Crack/Pop My Neck

Did you ever here the story about the guy who popped his neck and dropped dead because he'd severed his spinal cord? I was told that by a college mate who swore he new the necking cracking dead guy...he even said it happened in a mall in Indiana.

I sometimes crack or pop my neck and I've always wondered if it's somehow hurting me. Here's the lowdown - including a response from the President of the Amerian College of Rheumatalogy: Joint Popping - Bad for you or not.