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As authorities in Tampa announced the arrest of a suspected serial killer last week, hearing-impaired people tuning into the news conference got quite a different message from an American Sign Language interpreter. Instead of getting a rundown from Tampa Police Chief Brian Dugan on the timeline of the four shootings and what led up to the arrest of 24-year-old Howell Emanuel Donaldson III, interpreter Derlyn Roberts made signs that were gibberish, according to those who watched in confusion. "She sat up there and waved her arms like she was singing Jingle Bells," Rachell Settambrino, who is deaf and teaches American...

According to the report, the Pakistani officials confirmed that Maulana Faqir Muhammad was killed during the fighting between the Taliban and the Pakistani security forces in the tribal district of Bajaur Agency.Big news if true....Muhammad is friend and protector of Ayman Zawahiri.

CHICO - Peace activist Cindy Sheehan is scheduled to give a talk at 7 p.m. Wednesday in Harlan Adams Theatre at Chico State University. Doors open at 6:30. Tickets can be picked up at the Chico Peace and Justice Center, Pommes Frites and Chico Natural Foods. Current ticket holders will get priority seating. Sheehan was to have come to Chico this week, but because of a scheduling conflict, she had to cancel, said Sue Hilderbrand, director of the Chico Peace and Justice Center. Hilderbrand said she hoped Sheehan will be able to make other appearances in Chico next week in...

I recently set out to learn more about Islam. I had no agenda at the time except to broaden my knowledge on the subject. What I have learned sickened me. I had previously been accepting of the notion that Islam was a peaceful religion and that the Muslim terrorists who inflict so much pain and death around the world represented a fringe element outside of mainstream Islam. I was wrong. The Islamic deity, Allah, is a false god. While the term "Allah" does indeed carry the same meaning as "God," Mohammed's Allah is nothing more than a construct of a...