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OAKLAND - Your Black Muslim Bakery leader Yusuf Bey IV pleaded not guilty Thursday to more than two dozen felony charges including kidnapping, torture and real estate fraud. Wearing a red Alameda County Jail jump suit, Bey answered "yes sir" to questions posed by the judge as his attorney said he would plead not guilty to the criminal charges filed against him. Bey IV and two other members of the bakery, Joshua Bey, 21, and Tamon Halfin, 20 are accused of using a fake police cruiser to capture two women they thought had money. They then drove the women to...

Palm Harbor, Florida - Andrea Weiler of Palm Harbor knows what it's like to have her homeowners insurance policy dropped by Nationwide Insurance. She got her notice in March. Andrea Weiler, Former Nationwide Insurance Customer:“I was angry because I had been a customer with them so long, had my auto with them for 16 years.” Weiler says she never filed a claim and always paid on time, but that didn't matter. She got the non-renewal notice shortly after legislators announced they had fixed the insurance crisis in a special session. Andrea Weiler:“It’s worse than it was now in my opinion,...

Laptop design has advanced a great deal over the past decade, but a few things still generally hold true: Batteries won't last through a cross-country flight, and affordable laptops weigh too much. This is supposed to be the most innovative part of the computing business. But too many portable machines are designed with no more attention to detail than the average desktop. Laptop battery life can vary widely. In terms of how long batteries lasted during DVD playback, (1) Apple's MacBook led the way, followed by (2) the Toshiba Satellite U305, (3) the Dell Inspiron 1520 and (4) the HP...

George Bush, meet John Major The string of Republican scandals and sense of political drift is reminiscent of the Conservative party's sleazy meltdown in the 1990s. Ewen MacAskill August 30, 2007 11:00 AM | Printable version Not many people know, or at least remember this, but my Guardian colleague Mike White was mainly responsible for the string of sex and financial scandals that helped bring down John Major's government. At the 1993 Conservative party conference, Tim Collins - then a very young and inexperienced press officer before going on to become an MP - was briefing ahead of the prime...

Internet talk show host Reuben Armstrong announced he will file a multi-million dollar lawsuit against a faith-based broadcast portal for dropping his show over a controversial book he authored. StreamingFaith.com, used by churches to broadcast their programs online, removed Armstrong's show earlier this month from the website because the talk show host "slandered a few of our beloved partners," Armstrong quoted Streaming Faith managers as saying. Armstrong's self-published Snakes in the Pulpit blasts four prominent megachurch pastors who preach what critics call the "prosperity gospel," alleging that they are "false prophets." "These four pastors – Bishop T.D. Jakes, Joel Osteen,...

Direct quote of the cop from the TRANSCRIPT: "I just, I just, I guess, I guess I'm gonna say I'm disappointed in you sir. I'm just really am. I expect this from the guy that we get out of the hood..." (emphasis added)

New Muslim cartoon protests grow By Harry de Quetteville Last Updated: 6:15pm BST 30/08/2007 Fears grew of a new confrontation over images deemed blasphemous by Muslims as Pakistan joined Iran in protest over a sketch by a Swedish artist portraying the prophet Mohammed as a dog. Pakistan's foreign ministry said it had summoned the Swedish charge d'affaires to condemn "in the strongest terms, the publication of an offensive and blasphemous sketch of the Holy Prophet". The move adds to a chorus of criticism over the series of drawings, by artist Lars Vilks, one of which was published earlier this month...

WASHINGTON (AFP) - Trousers that dangle way below the belt and expose what the wearer has on -- or just has -- underneath have been banned in two cities in the southern state of Louisiana, city officials said Wednesday. "We unanimously passed the legislation because we have had so many complaints from citizens who don't want to see young men with pants hanging so low, showing their underwear and, in some cases, their posterior," Louis Marshall, a city councillor in Alexandria, told AFP by phone. "The legislation is gender neutral: we wouldn't want to see young ladies walking down the...

Police Officers Question Craig After Arrest at Minneapolis Airport Aug. 30, 2007 — The following is an unedited transcript of an interview between police Sgt. Dave Karsnia and police Detective Noel Nelson with Sen. Larry Craig, R-Idaho, regarding a June 11 incident at the Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport. Audiotapes and a transcript of the interview were released today. Craig was arrested June 11 in an airport bathroom by Karsnia, who was working undercover. Karsnia said Craig exhibited behavior in the men's restroom that was "often used by persons communicating a desire to engage in sexual conduct." Craig later pleaded guilty...

WILLS POINT — Entomologists are debating the origin and rarity of a sprawling spider web that blankets several trees, shrubs and the ground along a 200-yard stretch of trail in a North Texas park. Officials at Lake Tawakoni State Park say the massive mosquito trap is a big attraction for some visitors, while others won't go anywhere near it. "At first, it was so white it looked like fairyland," said Donna Garde, superintendent of the park about 45 miles east of Dallas. "Now it's filled with so many mosquitoes that it's turned a little brown. There are times you can...

Prolific paedophile jailed for life Updated 19.23 Thu Aug 30 2007 Keywords: Oxford Crown Court, Anthony Barron, Paedophile A grandfather who kept a video record of a campaign of sex attacks on girls aged as young as three has been jailed for life. Anthony Barron, 54, was found guilty of the rape and attempted rape of a 12-year-old girl having already pleaded guilty to 87 offences against 11 children in a catalogue of abuse spanning nine years. Anthony Barron had already pleaded guilty to 87 offences against 11 children in a catalogue of abuse spanning nine yearsThe 89 crimes included...

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Currently, there are four major transformations that are shaping political, economic and world events. These transformations have profound implications For American business owners, our culture and our way of life. 1. The War in Iraq There are three major monotheistic religions in the world: Christianity, Judaism and Islam. In the 16th century, Judaism and Christianity reconciled with the modern world. The rabbis, priests and scholars found a way to settle up and pave the way forward. Religion remained at the center of life, church and state became separate. Rule of law, idea of economic liberty, individual rights, human rights-all these...

Why I Returned to the Catholic Church (Al Kresta) . . . Including a Searching Examination of Various Flaws and Errors in the Protestant Worldview and Approach to Christian LivingPart V: The Catholics and the Pope (edited and transcribed by Dave Armstrong; originally uploaded on 16 November 2004). [Part breakdown and part titles by Annalex] Operation Rescue was another major turning point for me, because it exposed the papal pretensions of many evangelical leaders. When I saw the obvious biblical justification for Operation Rescue, and yet the resistance it got from major evangelical leaders, I said to myself, "there's...

KeepArkansasLegal met with Vic Snyder and tried to get some answers about what he is doing to stop illegal immigration. Here is the video footage of that meeting: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c3v-3bsbbBE

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A ruse about Che hitting the U.S. airwaves targeting Latinos © 2007 ABIP Commentary by Agustin Blazquez with the collaboration of Jaums Sutton Fasten your seat belts! The latest installment of Che-junk will be broadcast soon, polluting the airways of America directed to the Latinos. That's all we need, to get the masses of Latinos in the U.S. all prey to that romantic and fake image of the notorious Argentinean criminal - known by his victims as "The Butcher of the Cabana" (a fortress made into a prison where Che executed many without trial). For the largely ignorant masses in...

Pakistan has added its voice to that of Iran in condemning the publication of a cartoon of the Prophet Muhammad in newspaper Nerikes Allehanda. Sweden has told Pakistan it is sorry if the publication hurt Muslim feelings. The protest concerned a cartoon by artist Lars Vilks, which showed the head of Muhammad on the body of a dog. In a statement, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Islamabad said Pakistan condemned the publication "in the strongest terms." Related Articles Paper defends Muhammad dog cartoon 28th August 2007 Ahmadinejad claims 'Zionists' behind Swedish cartoon 28th August 2007 Iran protests over Swedish...

The Bush administration urged a federal appeals court Thursday to let Mexican cargo trucks cross the border and freely travel anywhere in the country, arguing that to do otherwise could strain diplomatic relations between the U.S. and Mexico. The Teamsters Union on Wednesday asked the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals to stop the program, which could go into effect as early as Saturday. The union argues that the administration plan, which would let as many as 100 registered Mexican trucks deliver their cargo anywhere in the country for the next year as part of a "demonstration program," would endanger...