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Schreiner Believes He's Blessed GROVE CITY, Ohio -- A Grove City man's injury has revealed something he never expected -- an "inner angel" he never knew he had, NBC 4's Mike Bowersock reported. Sean Schreiner underwent a magnetic resonance imaging of his right shoulder last month after injuring his rotator cuff while playing softball. When he saw the results, Schreiner said the image of an angel jumped right out at him. "To me, it looked like an angel," Schreiner said. "A lot of people are going to say, 'Yeah, it's just a coincidence.' But if you take a good look...

Kennewick Man to be studied in Seattle This story was published Monday, June 20th, 2005 By Anna King, Herald staff writer Scientists say they are wrapping up final arrangements to study Kennewick Man's remains in early July at University of Washington's Burke Museum in Seattle. The 9,400-year-old skeleton found along the banks of the Columbia River in 1996 has been the focus of a bitter nine-year court battle between the federal government, Mid-Columbia Native American tribes that claim the bones as their ancestor and the scientists who want to study the remains. Scientists from around the country plan to convene...

LONDON (AP) - A British man who with his wife set the record two weeks ago for the world's longest marriage at 80 years died Wednesday at the age of 105, his bishop said. Percy Arrowsmith and his 100-year-old wife, Florence, celebrated their 80th wedding anniversary and a place in the Guinness Book of World Records on June 1. Arrowsmith died at his home in Hereford, northwest of London, with his wife by his side. "Percy and Flo were very happy when I saw them on their anniversary," said the Rev. Anthony Priddis, the bishop of Hereford. "They were still...

A man called Yuri hammered a 12-cm nail into his head. He survived a ghastly experience "The patient was brought to our hospital by ambulance, he was accompanied by his mother who told us that the man had a mental disorder and the nail had been driven into his head by himself," says Yuri Tanvel, a doctor with neurosurgical ward of a local hospital. Mr. Tanvel has seen patients with various head injuries before. But he never saw a nail head sticking out of the cranium. The doctor was even more surprised to find the 37-year-old patient fully conscious. Without...

RICHMOND, Calif. (AP) - A man who made threats and was seen leaving suspicious packages on an Amtrak train was being questioned Wednesday by the FBI as a bomb squad examined the items, police said. The man, described as Middle Eastern and in his mid-30s, was approached by an Amtrak ticket taker and apparently became agitated after being told he had missed his stop, Lt. Mark Gagan said. The man said "the train was going to fall into the sea and the train was going to disappear," according to Gagan. Business and homes in the area were evacuated after an...

A 24-year-old man fearing he was having a heart attack rushed to the hospital, hitting first a fence, then a light pole and finally a Timpanogos Regional Hospital sign on the way. Derrick L. Sundquist was not having a heart attack Wednesday morning, but did have symptoms from taking drugs, police said. He was cited for DUI, leaving the scene of three accidents, driving on a revoked license and having no insurance on his vehicle, said Lt. Doug Edwards of Orem's Department of Public Safety. Utah County Jail records indicate Sundquist has been arrested 14 times since 2000 on drug,...

May 16, 2005 - While we at TheRant.us freely admit that the story you are about to read may not reflect the events in every marriage between a Muslim man and a non-Muslim woman, the events as conveyed by "Ann" - her name changed at her request citing safety issues - are true and her first-hand story. All views expressed in this article are "Ann's." The following is the story of “Ann,” told in her own words, about life married to a Muslim. Well, gosh there is so much to say. I guess you could say when I met “Ahmed”...

Man 'not to blame' for extinction of giant wombat By Roger Highfield, Science Editor (Filed: 31/05/2005) Humans may have been unjustly accused of wiping out the giant kangaroos, wombats and other massive marsupials that roamed Australia 40,000 years ago, new research suggests. One study by British and Australian scientists reveals today that humans co-existed with megafauna - large native animals such as the Diprotodon, a three-ton, wombat-like creature, a ferocious, marsupial "lion" and the world's all-time biggest lizard - for at least 15,000 years. Another, by a Queensland team, suggests it was climate change, rather than early Australian aborigines, that...

Piano Man hunt switches to Prague By David Sapsted (Filed: 30/05/2005) The hunt to establish the identity of the "Piano Man" switched to Prague yesterday on the basis of a 22-year-old picture of a teenager with a stocking over his head. The name Tomas Strnad has came to the fore as a possible identity for the mute man found wandering by a beach on the Isle of Sheppey, Kent, almost two months ago who reportedly "comes alive" when he plays the piano. The picture of Mr Strnad, reproduced yesterday in a tabloid newspaper, was supplied by Klaudius Kryspin, a Czech...

Scientists explain the 'man in the moon' By Roger Highfield, Science Editor (Filed: 26/05/2005) The "man in the moon" was created by an upheaval in planetary orbits that took place hundreds of millions of years after the birth of the solar system, says an analysis published today. Apollo mission scientists found the dark areas of the moon are huge impact basins During the Apollo missions scientists found that the dark areas of the moon were huge impact basins flooded with now-solidified lava. These basins formed 700 million years after the birth of the Earth and moon and were caused by...

EAGLE, Idaho — An Idaho man has been arrested and accused of attempting to kidnap his daughter's boyfriend because he didn't like the couple dating. Paul David Thomas, 49, has been charged with felony kidnapping and aggravated assault. He was being held in the Ada County jail on $20,000 bond. He could face up to 25 years in prison if convicted on the kidnapping charge. Sheriff's investigators say Thomas allegedly grabbed the 18-year-old boyfriend in front of Eagle High School west of Boise during the school's lunch hour Wednesday and forced the young man, whose name was not released, into...

HILL MAN HAD ME 'FIX' $$ By KENNETH LOVETT Post Correspondent May 19, 2005 -- LOS ANGELES — **SNIP** Bretta Nock, a hired event planner, said Clinton's former national finance director, David Rosen, also ordered her to obtain an invoice that she believed low-balled part of the cost of the event in 2000. **SNIP** She testified that Rosen told her that "the overall [budget] figure needed to project a lower cost, so hence, items were adjusted accordingly," she testified. The altered budget, she said, "was to their liking." The budget documents that Nock prepared were circulated to various people involved...

SASKATOON, SK, May 18, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A Saskatchewan man has been charged and ordered to pay $17,500 in damages to several homosexuals as a result of a flyer he distributed in Regina, containing warnings against the dangers of a homosexual lifestyle that a human rights tribunal ruled was “hate speech.” On May 2, the Saskatchewan Human Rights Tribunal ordered William Whatcott to pay homosexual Guy Taylor $2,500 and $5,000 each to homosexuals Brenden Wallace, James Komar and Kathy Hamre for damages. The four had sued Whatcott for a flyer he had distributed in mailboxes between September 2001 and April...

Does this man strike a chord with you? By David Sapsted (Filed: 16/05/2005) The identity of a man found wandering on a beach in an evening suit and who will not talk but who expertly plays piano concertos for hours is baffling police. The six-foot tall man, believed to be in his 20s or 30s, has been dubbed the 'Piano Man' since being found, soaked to the skin, on a beach on the Isle of Sheppey, Kent, five weeks ago. Now in a psychiatric unit at Medway Maritime Hospital, in Gillingham, he will not speak but, when left a pen...

EDITOR'S NOTE: Portions of this article could offend some readers. Preparations for a Sunday morning fishing trip resulted in a man allegedly being assaulted after stymieing sexual advances from his wife. The husband, Richard Brown, of Exeter Drive, stated in a Murfreesboro Police report that his wife, Misty Brown, also of Exeter Drive, walked into the back yard and was "trying to act sexy" as he was preparing for a fishing trip. According to the report, the wife told her husband to "bite her on the butt." When the husband told his wife no, she became very angry. The husband...

4/15/2005 - F. E. WARREN AIR FORCE BASE, Wyo. (AFPN) -- Besides the issued M-9 or M-16, an installation entry controller here packs additional weapons like a left hook, upper cut and jab that would make even the boldest intruders stop in their tracks. Senior Airman Celsa Reyes, with the boxing team here, is an up-and-coming boxer who, when not pulling guard duties for the 90th Security Forces Squadron, can be found in the gym or on the road running, sparring and training. For this Los Angeles native, boxing started early, and it was a family affair. “I started boxing...

A Windsor hairstylist who suffered "recognizable psychological injury" after discovering a dead fly in a bottle of Culligan water has been awarded more than $340,000 in damages. Waddah (Martin) Mustapha, who operates two outlets of Martin's Coiffure and Spa at the Radisson Hotel and Casino Windsor, claimed "nervous shock, emotional distress and resulting anxiety, depression and physical and psychological conditions" arising from a breach of contract with Culligan. "It's long overdue," Mustapha said of the settlement. On Nov. 21, 2001 Mustapha and his wife Lynn, who was seven months pregnant, were preparing a new bottle of Culligan water to put...

Sow! That's gotta hurt. A worker at a slaughterhouse east of the city accidentally shot a co-worker in the leg Wednesday when the intended target, a pig, bumped into the weapon. "It's not a typical incident," Alberta Occupational Health and Safety spokesman Chris Chodan said yesterday. The owner of a slaughterhouse in Marwayne, 245 km east of Edmonton, was attempting to shoot the pig around 11 a.m. but his efforts were hampered by a sling on his right arm, said Chodan. "He was attempting to shoot a pig with his left hand," said Chodan. A single bullet was discharged after...

Aizawl: A well-known wildlife enthusiast in India's northeastern state of Mizoram has offered his corpse to be left for wild animals to feed on as part of a bizarre will, court officials said Wednesday. A spokesperson at the District Council Court in Mizoram's capital Aizawl said 46-year-old New World Laldingliana, a Christian tribal, has made a will wishing that his mortal remains be left in the forest for wild animals to eat.

Over the past couple of years, evangelicals have taken an increased interest in the environment. You may have read about some of the meetings that have been held recently in Washington. This is a good thing, because evangelicals have often forgotten that we have a stewardship responsibility for all of God’s creation. That means the air we breathe, the water we drink, the wilderness areas we all enjoy. I applaud some of the evangelical leaders who have been pricking our consciences—and some who have been setting good examples by driving fuel-efficient vehicles. But evangelicals need to remember that we are...