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North Korea has confirmed that dictator Kim Jong Un “gave the order” to bail out Vladimir Putin by sending North Korean troops to fight in Putin’s “holy war” against Ukraine. The troop deal was confirmed at a meeting between North Korean foreign minister Choe Son Hui and the Kremlin’s top diplomat Sergei Lavrov in Moscow. More than 10,000 North Korean troops are reported to be deployed to Russia, with some already in the area of operations. The Pyongyang envoy said: “From the very beginning of the special military operation, respected comrade Chairman of State Affairs Kim Jong Un gave the...

If Joe Smith, a McDonald's worker decided to start investing. He invests whatever he could and he teaches his children everything he learns and charges them to add to their knowledge and that their children continue, and so on. While there is no guarantee, but is there a point in time this family might be join the ranks of the Rockefellers or Gates?

Is Google trying to censor Jesus Christ and Christians?

" Historically, only until recently have Mormons wanted to be called Christians, preferring not to be included with Christian denominations which Joseph Smith said were, "all wrong...all there creeds were an abomination in his sight, and that those professors (Christians) were all corrupt." (Pearl of Great Price, Joseph Smith, 2:18-19) In the past Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (the Mormons) have preferred to be called "saints." However, in the recent years the LDS church has spend millions in an intense public relations campaign aimed at moving their church into the mainstream of Christianity. (slice) First: Mormons do not...

SARASOTA, Fla. (AP) - A former mechanic was convicted Thursday of raping and strangling an 11-year-old girl whose abduction was captured by a car-wash security camera.

Two days after the arrest, Department of Corrections officials said Rapkin had two opportunities to have Smith arrested for probation violations before Carlie's death, but let the violations go unpunished. Rapkin contends that the probation officers never said they wanted Smith arrested in the first case, and did not make a case for his arrest in the second case. "I did the best I could," Rapkin said at the time. He quickly became a symbol for people who complain that the criminal justice system is a revolving door for repeat offenders. In the days after Carlie's death, he would not...