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Howard Gensler | Madonna to Russian mob: Shove-sky this MADONNA MAY BE a kidnapping target of the Russian mob. According to a report in the London Sun, Russian gangsters have threatened the Material Girl and her two children with abduction should Madonna go ahead with her Confessions tour in Moscow next month. But tough-gal Madonna is like "Law & Order's" Jack McCoy (Sam Waterston), refusing to bow to Russian mob pressure. "Madonna is well aware of the kidnap threats," said a source, "but she is brave and even a little nonchalant when it comes to her own safety." Her husband...

Romanian priest unrepentant after crucifixion of nun Sat Jun 18, 3:55 PM ET A Romanian Orthodox priest, facing charges for ordering the crucifixion of a young nun because she was "possessed by the devil," was unrepentant as he celebrated a funeral ceremony for his alleged victim. "God has performed a miracle for her, finally Irina is delivered from evil," Father Daniel, 29, the superior of the Holy Trinity monastery in north-eastern Romania, told an AFP reporter before celebrating a short liturgy "for the soul of the deceased", in the presence of 13 nuns who showed no visible emotion. He insisted...