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Don't expect to see any Billy Graham bobblehead dolls at the evangelist's Cincinnati mission next week. And there won't be any T-shirts, hats or other memorabilia for sale that would trade on Graham's name and reputation built during his 50-plus-year career crisscrossing the globe preaching the Gospel. Graham has "never been comfortable" with mission souvenirs, said Rick Marshall, the evangelist's director of missions. "He didn't want his name put on trinkets or posters or fliers." That prohibition will extend to business and religious organizations that appealed to the Graham organization for permission to sell their own promotional items at the...

(New York-AP) -- Donna Hanover has filed for divorce from former Mayor Rudolph Giuliani on grounds of cruelty, and her lawyer calls Giuliani's ``open and notorious adultery'' responsible. The 52-year-old Hanover filed for divorce last Monday in Manhattan's State Supreme Court, more than a year and a half after Giuliani filed to divorce her on grounds of cruel and inhuman treatment.Hanover's lawyer, Helene Brezinsky, says her client rejected Giuliani's divorce because she rejected the grounds on which it was based.Today, the state Supreme Court Justice who is hearing the divorce issued several rulings in the case. One of the rulings...

(Chappaqua, New York-AP) -- Former President Bill Clinton's new puppy has joined the family in their Chappaqua home. His name is Seamus, and he's a chocolate Labrador retriever like the Clintons' late beloved dog -- Buddy.A spokeswoman for the ex-president says the new dog was a Father's Day gift from Clinton's wife, Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton.Buddy, Clinton's White House dog, was killed by a car in Chappaqua in January. The ex-president has said the accident was ``by far the worst thing'' to happen to him after leaving office.Clinton contacted the Maryland breeder that produced Buddy and ended up with one...

Shaath: We want a state on 1967 borders, won't forfeit right of Shaath: We want a state on 1967 borders, won't forfeit right of return [want Jew hunting rules like the Grapes of Wrath Understanding] [IMRA: Israeli Foreign Minister Peres also recently mentioned the dubious "achievement" of the Grapes of Wrath April 1996 understanding that formalized the framework for Hezbollah attacks to continue.] During a trip to the US to deliver the Palestinian political view to the American administration, Minister of Planning and International Cooperation, Nabil Shaath, told Al Quds daily newspaper last Monday from Washington that the way to...

ACCORDING TO Ed O'Brien, skipper of the charter fishing boat Semper Fidelis III, the column that appeared in this space last Friday was "so inaccurate ... totally in the extremity ... way out of perspective ... read by a lot of people" and now "killing" men who make their money by taking others out on the Chesapeake to catch rockfish. Captain Ed might sound a little extreme himself, but I guess he needs to go there to counter what he sees as an attack on his livelihood. Media reports that Chesapeake rockfish are infected with a disease called mycobacteriosis were...

Questions Concerning the Reliability of AP News Agency Report On June 10, 2002 the AP news agency carried a report of the following event in Gaza, by Adel Hana: The AP news agency report ignores two very important facts: " the two operatives killed were part of the Palestine Islamic Jihad terror organization; " the two operatives were on a mission to carry out a massive murderous terror attack in the Dugit settlement. _________________________________________________________ These facts were known to the Palestinian public a day before the funeral and before publication of the report by the AP news agency. The...

(New York-AP) -- A state senator who switched to the Republican Party months ago is suing members of the Bronx Democratic County Committee because they're trying to oust him from his old party. Pedro Espada Junior says his First Amendment rights were violated when the party decided to try to eliminate him from eligibility in the Democratic primary. But the Democrats were upset that Espada had switched allegiances to the Republican caucus and now sits with the G-O-P in the chamber.Espada filed his lawsuit today in U-S District Court in Manhattan. In it, he says he joined the Republican majority...

<p>A small population from Appalachia may be linked to an ancient tribe in India, according to a long-awaited DNA study.</p> <p>Kevin Jones, a biologist at the University of Virginia College at Wise, announced the findings Thursday at the Fourth Union of the Melungeons in Kingsport, Tennessee, after two years of work.</p>

Prayers requested during week of 6/16/02 Prayers for EggsAckley's mother and familyPraise report--Update on NatureGirl's father-in-lawPrayers for VaBthang4's stepfather GaryPrayer request for JoePrayers for JohnnyGage's sister-in-law AngelaPrayer request for gwmoore's fatherPrayers for the wife of a friend Prayers requested during week of 6/09/02 Continued prayers for Betsy and for LeeMcCoy and familyPrayer request for Megan who lost her brother last summerPrayers for best friend during lossContinued prayers for Elizabeth SmartPrayers for AKA Elena with health problemsPrayer request for MotleyGirl70's best friend and family during lossPrayers requested for Elizabeth Smart still missingPrayer request for 8 year old with rare diseasePrayers for...

(Northport, Long Island-AP) -- A New York City firefighter who was injured during the search at ground zero says he's running for Congress on Long Island. Joe Finley is seeking the Republican nomination for New York's Second Congressional district -- in Suffolk and Nassau counties. He announced his candidacy yesterday at his firehouse at 29th Street and 2nd Avenue in Manhttan.Finley, a resident of Northport, Long Island suffered asthma symptoms after spending several days searching for survivors after the attack on the World Trade Center.He would be challenging incumbent Democratic congressman Steve Israel.

This town of multi-level stone homes in the hills near Nablus had not yet finished the shloshim, or, month of mourning, for the three teenaged rabbinical students who were murdered here while playing basketball, when last night, tragedy struck once again. As mothers and daughters prepared for the nearing Sabbath, reenacting a weekly ritual of baking and bonding, outside, under a full-moon sky and with winds hiding his approach, a terrorist trained by The Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine infiltrated this area of 500 families. At about 9:00 pm, Boaz Shabo was en route from Jerusalem, when his...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - An asteroid the size of a soccer field whizzed by Earth at a distance much nearer than the Moon, the biggest such space rock in decades to get this close, scientists said on Thursday. Asteroid 2002MN was not detected until Monday, three days after its closest approach on June 14, when it got within 75,000 miles of Earth and was traveling at a speed of some 23,000 miles per hour, astronomers said. It is now several million miles away, according to Brian Marsden of the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics' Minor Planet Center, which tracks asteroids. "It's the...

"As Simon made the rounds Wednesday in Washington, a behind-the-scenes shakeup was quietly taking place back at his campaign headquarters in Sacramento. As with the Washington tour, that move was orchestrated by the White House." "Ron Rogers, the strategist in charge of the campaign's day-to-day operations, was ousted in favor of John Peschong, a veteran California Republican Party operative and close ally of Gerald Parsky, the Westside businessman who acts as Bush's chief political emissary in the state." "White House political operatives, including chief strategist Karl Rove, have been privately critical of the Simon campaign, echoing widespread concerns in GOP...

<p>WASHINGTON — Two conservative groups pounded Attorney General John Ashcroft on Thursday for allowing Deputy Attorney General Larry Thompson to speak to a group of Justice Department employees at their annual Gay, Lesbian, and Bisexual Pride program held at DOJ headquarters on Wednesday evening.</p>

June 21 — Israeli forces fired on a market in the West Bank city of Jenin on Friday, killing two people and wounding dozens after Palestinians mistakenly thought a curfew had been lifted, Palestinian witnesses said. Ambulances raced to a local hospital, where officials said they were overwhelmed by the number of casualties. CLICK LINK FOR FULL STORY

STRATFORD, Conn., June 20 — The high school yearbook here will be reissued with a new cover for those who request it, in an effort to still an uproar over two students who seem to be making a Nazi salute in a group picture of the class of 2002. The two students, standing side by side in the cover photograph of 200 graduates, staunchly denied making the offensive gesture intentionally when interviewed today by school officials, insisting that they were merely waving during a pep rally in the gymnasium. The photo on the cover of The Log, the Stratford High...

Florida Teen Imprisoned For Beating Llamas One Animal Dies, Another Loses Eye Posted: 7:41 a.m. EDT June 20, 2002 CLEARWATER, Fla. -- A Florida teenager has been sentenced to three years in prison for attacking two llamas with a golf club. One of the animals died. The other lost an eye. Brandon Eldred, 18, of Palm Harbor, Fla., pleaded guilty to cruelty to animals for the February 2001 attack. He was found wandering down a road shortly after the attack with blood on his shirt and the broken shaft of a golf club in his hand. A companion who...

We will not tire, we will not falter, and we will not fail! [President Bush]Good morning!! Do not let the victims of the attacks on New York and Washington, nor the brave members of our Nation's military who have given their lives to protect our freedom, die in vain!! Israel is calling up reserves. The Supreme Court said executing the mentally retarded is unconstitutional. And 50% of those taking vacations this year say they plan to drive. For AMERICA - The Right Way, I remain yours in the Cause, the Chairman.

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Bare-Breasted Mermaid Sues NYC Lawsuit Stems From Mermaid Parade Arrest Posted: 8:04 a.m. EDT June 20, 2002 NEW YORK -- A woman who wore nothing but a thong and body paint at last year's Mermaid Parade in Coney Island sued the city Wednesday, charging police wrongfully arrested her for exposing her breasts. Amy Gunderson, a 30-year-old model from Brooklyn, filed the lawsuit in Manhattan federal court alleging police brass violated her First Amendment rights when they arrested her last June 29. The 19-year-old parade, which will be held again this Saturday, traditionally features floats with topless women dressed as...