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Local bomb suspect posed as ministerFeds say Reamstown man who was angry over plastic surgery mailed explosive to Chicago doctor. By Tim Mekeel Lancaster New EraPublished: Apr 15, 2005 2:00 PM EST LANCASTER COUNTY, PA - A Reamstown man, unhappy with his penile-enlargement surgery, allegedly posed as a Methodist minister when he mailed a small bomb to his Chicago surgeon, a new indictment says.Blake R. Steidler, 24, of East Church Street, was charged by a federal grand jury on Wednesday with four counts of wrongdoing. He faces up to life in prison and a $1 million penalty. The eight-page indictment...

NOR DICITY Al Pope, December 20, 2004 No, Virginia... “I am 8 years old. Some of my little friends say that there is no Santa Claus … Please tell me the truth.” Virginia O’Hanlon, 1897, a letter to the New York Sun. Virginia, I only wish that I could tell you your little friends were wrong, that God is in his Heaven, Santa in his workshop, and all right with the world of good girls and boys. Nothing could be farther from the truth. Every day while you play, good girls and boys around the world suffer and die...