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A NIECE of Al-Qaeda mastermind Osama bin Laden has posed in nothing but high heels and ostrich feathers for photographs published in a US men's magazine. The daughter of bin Laden's half-brother, Yeslam, Wafah Dufour shows off her long legs as she reclines on a bed in a profile in in the latest edition of GQ magazine entitled, "It Isn't Easy Being the Sexy Bin Laden." The US-born aspiring singer told the magazine that she has adopted her mother's maiden name to disassociate herself from her uncle, who orchestrated the attacks on New York and Washington on September 11, 2001....

A third gender choice available to young participants of a poll on the Barbie doll website was changed after initially offering children the options of "I am a Girl," "I am a Boy," and "I don't know" – eliciting charges that Mattel, the company that owns Barbie, is intentionally promoting gender confusing among kids. Barbie poll's original options. Apparently due to the criticism, the third gender option has now been changed to "I don't want to say." Concerned Women for America, or CWA, believes by including the "I don't know" choice the company was promoting the homosexual agenda. "It's...

"That's the conclusion I reach after reviewing a new list of the year's top local news stories. Only this list is not the usual tedious recounting by news editors or pundits who profess to speak for you readers. This is the people's-choice list."

Tue, December 27, 2005 Rosie told to keep her donation By CP ST. JOHN'S, N.L. -- Federal NDP candidate Peg Norman received an offer she had to refuse from former TV chat show host Rosie O'Donnell. Norman, who is running for the second time in the Newfoundland riding of St. John's South-Mount Pearl, had to say no thanks to O'Donnell's "generous" offer of a donation in the Jan. 23 election campaign because the actress isn't a Canadian citizen. The offer not only reflects O'Donnell's left-leaning political bent, but also her affection for Canada, says Norman. "Politically, we're pretty close --...

Yesterday my husband and I were doing some errands. We were stopped at a red light and woman in a truck pulled up beside us, but just a little ahead. On her back window was a sticker that said, "I f#$%ed your boyfriend." (it was written out, no symbols like I just did) She also had several other offensive stickers, but that one was by far the worst. When the light turned green we got up beside her, my husband honked several times to get her attention but she wouldn't look at us. She finally did and I mouthed "you...

A German Protestant youth group has put together a 2006 calendar with 12 staged photos depicting erotic scenes from the Bible, including a bare-breasted Delilah cutting Samson's hair and a nude Eve offering an apple. "There's a whole range of biblical scriptures simply bursting with eroticism," said Stefan Wiest, the 32-year-old photographer who took the titillating pictures. Anne Rohmer, 21, poses on a doorstep in garters and stockings as the prostitute Rahab, who is mentioned in both New and Old Testaments. "We wanted to represent the Bible in a different way and to interest young people," she told Reuters. "Anyway,...

Wis. Law Already Protects Mothers. MADISON, Wis. -- Asking a breast-feeding mother to cover-up could soon cost people in Wisconsin $200. A proposed bill by state Sen. Fred Risser would protect mothers who breast-feed in public from being harassed. Under Wisconsin law it is perfectly legal for a woman to breast-feed her child in a public place. But while the state law may be behind the mother, the public isn't always behind the law, Madison television station WISC reported. Michelle Morgan said she has run into problems trying to breast-feed her son, Ian, in public. "A woman basically said to...

A nursing mother was separated from her baby, handcuffed, and abruptly taken to jail and now, the state patrol and the Lakewood Police Department are investigating. The mother told 7NEWS' John Ferrugia that she was terrified and humiliated by police mistakes. It all began when the woman and her husband were pulled over during a routine traffic stop. "I doubled up kids in the back seat in belts. So they were restrained, but not properly. But ... it was my fault for not having them in there properly," said father Ricky Archuleta. Ricky expected a ticket but was surprised when...

Dennis Prager recently argued that the Left values equality more than it hates evil. He is absolutely right. But I can go Dennis Prager one better: the Left hates sex. Not sexual activity, mind you. No, the Left is hyper-active sexually. I mean something much deeper: the Left is war with the fact that we are sexual beings. Let me explain. The Left can not accept that we are born as either male or female. You might expect me to say that the Left hates gender. But to say that is to accept their terms for the debate. Gender is...

Abercrombie & Fitch is under fire again, this time for selling T-shirts that are causing some controversy, reported WEWS-TV in Cleveland. The Columbus-based retailer is selling shirts marketed to teenage girls bearing slogans such as "Give me something to scream about," "I had a nightmare I was a brunette," and "I'd look great on you." Some teens say that they don't see the shirts as a big deal, and they shouldn't be taken seriously. Others say the shirts may be inappropriate for wearing to some places, such as school, and that wearing one may be sending a negative message about...

Target Corporation will continue to ban the Salvation Army from their 1,351 stores this Christmas season. The Army will not be allowed to place their red kettles in front of Target stores. Despite increased need caused by the hurricanes Katrina and Rita, Target continues to bar the Salvation Army. Many observers feel that the ban by Target is a result of pressure put on the company by homosexual groups. Homosexual activists have targeted the Salvation Army for years because of the Army's refusal to recognize their lifestyle. Target is a supporter of various homosexual causes. While Target contributes to homosexual...

<p>STEILACOOM, Wash. The parents of 14-year-old James Watkins agree he deserves school discipline for wearing a penis costume outside a dance at Steilacoom High School.</p> <p>But they want a "sexual harassment" note about the incident dropped from his school record.</p>

I know a man who had a "sex change" operation and is now a "woman." What moral teaching does the Church give on this subject? — A reader in Roseville, California Before addressing the morality of "sex change" operations, or what is more formally termed "sexual reassignment," we need to first call to mind the fundamental moral foundation governing this issue. Each person is a precious human being made in God's image and likeness with both a body and a soul. Vatican II's "Pastoral Constitution on the Church in the Modern World" asserted, "Man, though made of body and soul,...

K-Y Product Lines Heat Up in Middle America That sex sells comes as no surprise. That it's now selling quite nicely at Wal-Mart Stores -- the naughty-magazine-yanking retail nanny -- may come as a shock, AD AGE reports. Suddenly at the forefront of taking sex aids mainstream, conservative marketer Johnson & Johnson almost overnight has doubled sales of its once-sleepy K-Y brand for the second time in four years thanks to the blockbuster summer rollout of a new line of massage oils. And nowhere has that success been greater than at Wal-Mart, where K-Y Touch Massage oils have hit the...

The Winner Is... Fake Dog Testicle Creator By MICHAEL KUNZELMAN, Associated Press Writer Thu Oct 6, 9:40 PM ET BOSTON - Gregg Miller mortgaged his home and maxed out his credit cards to mass produce his invention — prosthetic testicles for neutered dogs. What started 10 years ago with an experiment on an unwitting Rottweiler named Max has turned into a thriving mail-order business. And on Thursday night Miller's efforts earned him a dubious yet strangely coveted honor: the Ig Nobel Prize for medicine. "Considering my parents thought I was an idiot when I was a kid, this is a...

MODESTO, Calif. -- Midriff-baring shirts, low-rise pants, pajamas and slippers will all be off limits this fall for thousands of student in Modesto. So, what will students wear? Several students that KCRA-TV in Sacramento talked with said they don't know what they will wear when the new dress code rules go into effect because almost everything in their closet does not comply with the dress code. Violating the dress code can draw a suspension. "I think it is ridiculous. Everywhere you shop, there is nothing to get," said student Ashley Taylor. Student Alexis Thompson said the new school rules will...

Breastfeeding women and their babies may hold the secret to developing a drug that could increase female sex drive. American researchers at the University of Chicago in Illinois have found that women's sex drive increased up to 24% after being exposed to breastfeeding compounds for two months. "This is the first report in humans of a natural social chemosignal that increases sexual motivation," says Martha McClintock, lead researcher. Invisible odors Though not necessarily perceived as odors, chemosignals affect mood and menstrual cycles when absorbed through the nose. To conduct the study, the researchers recruited 26 breastfeeding women and asked them...

(CNSNews.com) - A Florida Republican congressman introduced a bill Wednesday to prohibit so-called online "child modeling" websites that he says are "nothing more than a fix for pedophiles." "They don't sell products, they don't sell services - all they serve are young children on a platter for America's most depraved. These sites sell child erotica and they should be banned," said Rep. Mark Foley, co-chairman of the Congressional Missing and Exploited Children's Caucus, in a statement. The websites feature children as young as four- to six-years-old, Foley said, and cause "immense psychological damage to the children" as well as placing...

Chris Stephen In Bagram www.scotsman.com BRITISH marines returning from an operation deep in the Afghan mountains spoke last night of an alarming new threat - being propositioned by swarms of gay local farmers. An Arbroath marine, James Fletcher, said: "They were more terrifying than the al-Qaeda. One bloke who had painted toenails was offering to paint ours. They go about hand in hand, mincing around the village." While the marines failed to find any al-Qaeda during the seven-day Operation Condor, they were propositioned by dozens of men in villages the troops were ordered to search. "We were pretty shocked," Marine...

Newsmax has recently been posting a particluarly disgusting ad for "Man Power Swiss Vitamins", featuring a hot blonde who appears to be near orgasm hanging all over some guy. This was especially inappropriate posted next to an article about the find of a possible site of one of Jesus' miracles. Sent two emails to Christopher Ruddy, the cheif editor, to no avail, so I mailed the entire staff. I invite you to do likewise.