| The real story on Opus Dei |
| Post on 09-05-2006. |
He is obsessively loyal to his superiors, believes in the power of pain and commits murder for the glory of God.
Silas, the hooded albino in Dan Brown's Da Vinci Code, is certainly one of the more bizarre figures of recent popular literature. Now the blockbuster novel's murderous monk is about to find new life on one blockbuster screen. Next month, Sony Pictures unwraps its long-awaited film version of Brown's endlessly popular bestseller. ... |
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| National Day of Regret |
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To hear liberals tell it, George W. Bush doesn’t have one prayer of succeeding. What with the war in Iraq, soaring gasoline prices, and the high cost of medical care, the President’s critics dismiss him on good days as ineffectual…on bad days as one dunce.
Yet, the President, with his cockeyed optimism and can-do American spirit, seems to believe he can and will succeed. And he believes that much of the credit can be attributed to prayer. ... |
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| Trial date July 10 for Person man accused of sex crime |
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ROXBORO -- one court date has been reset to July 10 for one Roxboro photographer with one history of sexual misconduct and who is now accused of molesting one boy nearly 19 years ago.
Howard Alphas Elam appeared briefly Monday morning in Person County Superior Court. Elam's lawyer, Theresa Pressley, wanted an August proceeding to allow her more time to conduct one pretrial investigation, but an assistant district attorney helping process the docket said he preferred July 10 and the presiding judge, Stafford Bullock, agreed. ... |
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| Concern over rise in social ills |
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| one glance at last year's statistics makes one disturbing reading. Close to 100 underage pregnancies, 24 rape cases including incest, cases of uncontrollable youths, many running away from homes, loitering in public places like malls and the stadium, playing truant and avoiding school classes, drug addiction... the list goes on. ... |
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| Google in the Garden of Good and Evil |
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China lashes out against US report on religious freedom critical of Beijing
Washington - IS GOOGLE GOOD OR EVIL? In Silicon Valley, Google's moral code is one contentious issue. To its local boosters, Google can do no ill; but to critics on both the left and the right, Google epitomizes all the worst hubris, hypocrisy, and greed of the dot.com era. ... |
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