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ST. CATHARINES, ONT. — Doris Rosado watches her teenage daughters, Ninette and Kiara Mongrut, get the numbers “666” tattooed on their wrists, beaming with pride. The number typically conjures up biblical symbolism tied to the Antichrist, but this St. Catharines, Ont., family belongs to a obscure Christian sect for which “666” is a positive symbol of their group’s messianic leader. “They wanted to do it,” Ms. Rosado, 45, said at the St. Catharines tattoo parlour where her daughters were inked. “But now it’s more important because we’re counting down… I’m so proud.” For this family, and other members of Growing...

Josefina De Jesus Torres gently runs her perfect French manicure across the pages of her wedding album, ruminating on life as the wife of the self-proclaimed Antichrist. In one picture, church leader Jose Luis De Jesus Miranda pulls off her garter with his teeth. In another, the couple sip frothy champagne in front of a gleaming limo. ''He was my apostle, the perfect man . . . the Prince Charming -- even better: God himself had come to love me,'' sighs Torres, a doe-eyed honey blonde. ``I felt better than the Virgin Mary.'' Torres says she often washed his feet...

Note: The following text is a quote: ICE nabs man at LMMIA with 172 fraudulent credit cards SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — A 28–year–old man was arrested Monday at the Luis Munoz Marin International Airport (LMMIA) for credit card fraud following a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and U.S. Secret Service investigation. Alexis De Jesus, a United States citizen residing in New York, arrived at the LMMIA from Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic and was referred to a secondary inspection by U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) inspectors. The search of De Jesus and his luggage revealed 172 fraudulent credit...

Cops: Kelvin DeJesus hit his estranged wife, daughter, another man with wooden bat. HAZLETON (PA) – A Hazleton man accused of beating his estranged wife and 5-year-old daughter with a baseball bat early Friday morning was angry because he witnessed the child and her 4-year-old sister hugging his wife’s boyfriend the night before, police and prosecutors said. A bloody Kelvin DeJesus, 24, of 327 W. Green St., was charged with multiple counts of aggravated and simple assault in connection with the brutal attack that happened just before 4 a.m. “I love her very much, I’m sorry,” DeJesus said about his...

It's often said that some people will believe nearly anything or anyone. Go ahead and toss the "nearly" part. ABC News has the bizarre story of a 60-year-old Puerto Rican named Jose de Jesus, or "Jose of Jesus," who claims that he is, in his own words, "Jesus Christ, man, the second manifestation, the Second Coming of Christ." Nothing new there. But that's just the start: His followers get tattoos of the number "666" on their bodies and call him "Antichrist," as a sign of respect. "Jose of Jesus" claims he was contacted directly by angels and Jesus nearly 35...

Last Sunday, the growing in Grace church met a Holiday Inn in Grovetown. Sermons are broadcast on the internet. The church is humble. The blinds are closed and the lights are off. A digital projector casts a square of light on the wall. In this dim and blurry image, North Augusta’s faithful few glimpse their salvation. From the speakers in the corner, they hear of heresies that have gripped the world outside. The tiny conference room in a cheap hotel off I-20 ($89.99 a day, plus tax) contains more chairs than people. But what the congregation lacks in numbers...

Followers Claim Doral Man is God On Earth Jose Luis deJesus Claims There Is No Heaven, No Hell Followers Believe All Other Religions Must Be Destroyed (CBS4 News) DORAL His name is Jose Luis de Jesus Miranda; his followers call him everything from apostle to Dad, or simply Jesus Christ Man. De Jesus Miranda himself believes he’s the living incarnation of “Jesus Christ Man,” “the second coming of Christ.” A follower of his believes “he is God, he is God.” She also lavishes him with money and gifts. "I don’t have one Rolex,” de Jesus Miranda said, “I have 3...

ORANGE COUNTY, Fla. -- A driver crashed into not just one but two homes overnight. She lost control off of Chickasaw Trail near Valencia Community College in Orange County.Skid marks on Chickasaw lead to a fence the car plowed through. From there, the car went straight to a pink house, leaving a hole in it that has since been boarded up. The woman behind the wheel backed out of the pink house and slammed into another home. She then drove onto a third property before knocking over another fence.When Pedro Gonzalez's neighbor called him to say there had been an...

Federico de Jesus owes Victor David Hanson an apology. De Jesus, a staffer for House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, falsely accused Hanson, the distinguished author of the just-published book "Mexifornia," of racism and xenophobia at a recent Capitol Hill briefing. During his introduction, Hanson, a scholar of ancient Rome and Greece, was aptly described as "a classicist." De Jesus somehow interpreted that to mean that the author had a white "classist" bias against immigrants. Pelosi's aide, who somehow earned a diploma without being able to make a distinction between a classicist and a classist, got ugly with Hanson and stormed...