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An Oregon dad awoke to his 7-year-old daughter’s screams at 4:30 a.m. Tuesday to find a stranger trying to climb through her bedroom window, The Oregonian reported. The soaking wet intruder bolted away, with the father, Ryan Luchs, giving chase through his Bethany, Oregon, apartment complex until he lost track of the man, KATU reported. Washington County sheriff’s deputies found a wallet on a plastic chair by a nearby hot tub and shortly afterward arrested Kord Knudsen, 30, also a complex resident, on suspicion of burglary, KGW reported. Deputies say Knudsen, who left clothes scattered in his wake as he...

On Sunday evening, 10 May 2009, the Holy Father blessed two foundation stones, at Bethany beyond the Jordan, one for a Latin church and one for a Greek Melkite church. The Pope recalled, in addition to the Baptism of Christ, the biblical association of the prophet Elijah with this area. Dear Brother Bishops, Dear friends, It is with great spiritual joy that I come to bless the foundation stones of two Catholic Churches to be built beside the river Jordan, a place marked by many memorable events in biblical history. The prophet Elijah the Tishbite, was from this area, not...

<p>Did anyone else read this story in the New York Post about wolves in Connecticut?</p> <p>Once native to the state, Wolves were hunted out. However, Wolf sightings have increased dramatically across the state, as Wolves make their way back into Vermont, Maine, etc.</p>

A mountain lion attacking a small animal was spotted by students living near Gerhart Hall on the Bethany University campus in Scotts Valley Monday night, the second such sighting in as many days... Students reported seeing the cougar on both Sunday and Monday nights... Students are also being advised to avoid jogging or walking alone during the early morning hours or at dusk to avoid coming into contact with a mountain lion.

Monday of Holy Week "Is it not written: 'My house will be called a house of prayer for all nations'? But you have made it a den of robbers" ( Blessed Apostle Saint Mark 11:17 ). The events of Jesus' final week appear to be accounted for by the Gospel writers within the clear context of either Sunday, Monday, or Tuesday. The exact timing of what happened on subsequent days, however, appears less certain. Monday >Following Mark's chronology, the day after his triumphant entry into Jerusalem, Jesus left Bethany for a return visit to the Temple precincts. Along the...

Can anyone refer me to a charitable organization that INdirectly helps to discourage abortions, by providing such things as: - direct aid (shelter, food, medical care for mother and fetus, job assistance, counseling) to poor pregnant women who otherwise might feel more economic pressure to abort; - assistance in linking up pregnant women with adoptive parents, perhaps with the latter helping to provide medical care $$. Ideally, I'm looking for a charity that does NOT expressly DIScourage abortion -- it just keeps quiet about it -- and instead ENcourages adoption as an alternative. (I have nothing against peaceful protest against...