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For those who have not followed the story on Courage: http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2509699/posts http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2504206/posts http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2497257/posts http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2492661/posts The preliminary hearing for Kimberly Nizato, a Bellflower woman charged with animal cruelty in the case of a severely emaciated German shepherd, began Monday and then was continued to July 26.

(CNSNews.com) - When asked, in the context of Arizona's new immigration law, about a Justice Department report showing that one-out-of-five American teenagers uses illegal drugs and that most of those drugs come out of Mexico, Sherri Shepherd, a co-host of ABC’s “The View,” said she did not care. Arizona’s new law against illegal immigration is “very unfair,” she said, and America has got to do better.

As nighttime cloaked my velvet dream I heard Him call your name, He said “I Am the Shepherd King; It was for you I came.

I am calling you into a oneness of abundance and grace can you see it ?! For the children "know" ! This is not a work but a surrender \o/ \o/ \o/ Allow me alone to be and become your shepherd . Through times of darkness I am your light , Through times of division and hardship I AM The Love that brings " all " together . You see ?! See me in all things for I am your eyes and your submission to me must be complete that I may be resurrected in you ! Psalm 23 1The...

A WORD FROM THE LORD OF WHAT IS KEEPING THE BODY OF CHRIST FROM HIS FULLNESS On the 22nd of September 2009 I received this word of revelation concerning the body of Christ . . . Why am I shedding tears ? These are tears of remission ,They have come close as babyl yet not entered into a oneness with me ,You see " I AM The Good Shepherd " and there can be no other for I AM the Way , The Truth and The Life ... And no man comes unto the father but by Me ! ALL...

James Symington is about to find out whether you can clone heroism. The retired Canadian police officer – who took part in the rescue operation after the Sept. 11, 2001, terror attacks in New York City – is scheduled to take possession Wednesday of five puppies cloned using DNA from his beloved late German shepherd Trakr, the rescue dog credited with finding the last survivor in the smoking rubble of Ground Zero. Symington, who won the opportunity to have Trakr cloned in an essay contest last year, first met his new pups in an emotional encounter on June 14. "They're...

“It is fundamental for our faith and our Christian witness that we proclaim the resurrection of Jesus of Nazareth as a real, historical event,” the pope said. “His resurrection was not a simple return to existence, but an entrance into a new dimension of life meant to transform every human being, all history and the whole cosmos. By dying he put an end to death, and by rising he brought new life to the world. May the joy of the resurrection of Christ give us courage to live his Gospel faithfully and bear witness to it generously!”

State Senator Derrick Shepherd has been released from the Jefferson Parish Jail after being arrested on charges of simple battery, theft and unauthorized entry of a dwelling. Thaise Ashford, 29, Shepherd's former girlfriend, reported the aggravated burglary early Saturday morning. She says he broke into her home, punched her in the stomach, stole her cell phone and $100 cash. Deputies from the Jefferson Parish Sheriff's Office secured a search warrant for Shepherd's home in Gretna. There, sheriffs say they found Shepherd on the sofa with a "young female on top of him performing what appeared to be a lap dance."...

Mosul, Iraq Press, May 11, 2004 –Six people have died and many other are taken ill due to a disease whose symptoms doctors say resemble those caused by anthrax, according to hospital sources. The sources, refusing to be named, said doctors in the Republican Hospital, the largest medical center in northern Iraq, suspect that the victims were exposed to anthrax. They said a whole wing of the sprawling hospital has been cordoned off as doctors fear the disease might spread to other patients. The sources said the doctors suspect that a patient brought to hospital two weeks ago was the...

RUSTY COSTANZA / THE TIMES-PICAYUNEState Sen. Derrick Shepherd, left, leaves the Hale Boggs Federal Courthouse in New Orleans accompanied by his attorney Clarence Roby on Thursday morning. A federal grand jury indicted state Sen. Derrick Shepherd today after months investigating allegations that the Marrero Democrat laundered $141,000 for an unlicensed bond broker. From his Poydras Street office, U.S. Attorney Jim Letten announced the 41-count indictment on charges of conspiracy to commit mail wire fraud, mail fraud, wire fraud, participation in the business of insurance by a person previously convicted of a felony involving dishonesty, conspiracy to commit money laundering and...

Grand Jury Indicts Woman Linked To ShepherdUPDATED: 12:27 pm CDT October 25, 2007 NEW ORLEANS -- A federal grand jury handed down a 15-count indictment Thursday against a New Orleans woman who has been linked in court testimony to a state senator from Marrero. Gwendolyn Joseph Moyo is the only person named in the indictment. All 15 counts accuse her of selling insurance after being convicted of a felony. On Monday, an FBI agent testified that state Sen. Derrick Shepherd helped Moyo launder nearly $141,000 in bogus construction bond fees, and kept almost half the money. Shepherd, a Democrat, was...

Senator aided fraud, court toldShepherd laundered cash, FBI agent says Tuesday, October 23, 2007 By Gordon Russell An FBI agent testified in open court Monday that state Sen. Derrick Shepherd helped a twice-convicted felon launder nearly $141,000 in fraudulently generated bond fees last year, keeping close to half the money as part of the arrangement. Shepherd was easily re-elected to the state Senate on Saturday, winning 61 percent of the vote. Last year, he finished a strong third in a 2006 run for Congress and then endorsed the embattled incumbent, U.S. Rep. William Jefferson, helping him secure a ninth term....

AL FAYIL, Iraq (Oct. 6, 2007) -- Whenever coalition forces drive into a village children come running, screaming and waving. “Mista, mista, you give me futbol,” or “Mista, please, chocolate, give me,” are the most common phrases used by Iraqi children. As soon as the trucks stop they are engulfed by a frenzy of children, resembling an ice cream truck on a hot summer day. But recently, Marines brought more than soccer balls and candy to this small farming community; they brought home a child wounded by war. He is thirteen and shy. His black hair is short and his...

The regional police have withdrawn 230 kg of marijuana from a local shepherd in the Krasnodar Region, Southern Russia. The police found the drugs in an abandoned field, where the shepherd took the officers for customers and tried hard to advertise his product.

Mar. 25 - For at least two days, neighbors at a city apartment complex noticed an acrid aroma, black smoke and leaping flames coming from two barbecue grills on the balcony of a second-floor apartment. What, neighbors at the Red Oak Place apartments wondered, was going on in the unit where 27-year-old Timothy Wayne Shepherd lived? What was he burning at all hours, for days at a time? The answer turned their stomachs. According to law enforcement officials, Shepherd dismembered, and then burned the body of his former girlfriend, Tynesha Stewart, a 19-year-old Texas A&M University student. Nothing remains of...

Your Pastor: Shepherd or CEO? Many observers have recently expressed concern that the biblical model of the pastor as shepherd has been replaced with the model of the pastor as manager. Some biblical priorities are threatened when such a managerial model of the pastorate replaces the shepherding model. In what follows, I will place the priorities of a managerial model in contrast to what I believe to be biblical priorities. I do not intend to suggest that such priorities are inherently opposed to each other, but I do suggest that lower values have replaced higher values.Quality vs. Quantity The effect...

CLEVELAND - Brian Jones' purchase of a house in Cleveland has linked the California man's future to "A Christmas Story," the nostalgic holiday film he loves. He wants to create a museum in the home where the film family lived and the main character, a boy named Ralphie, daydreamed of shooting bad guys with the BB gun he hoped his parents would buy him for Christmas. "I'm getting overwhelmingly positive feedback," Jones, 29, of San Diego, said of owning the house. "People who are fans (of the film) think it's the greatest idea ever." The former Navy man with a...

US PRESIDENT George W Bush yesterday told how he fooled a coach-load of fellow Texans into believing he was a Scottish shepherd.The young president visited Scotland to work on a sheep farm as a 14-year-old in the 1950s. He joked about his time in Scotland as he was being interviewed at the White House by European journalists ahead of his trip to Belgium, Germany and Slovakia, which begins tomorrow. Bush has strong family connections with Scotland - the W of his middle name stands for Walker. He said he was also looking forward to going to Scotland in July for...

http://www.chitralnews.com/Latest%20New450.htm Cross border dacoits raid Badugal village CHITRAL,15 Nov 04: A group of Afghan nationals from Kunar province raided a Pakistani village Badugal and decamped with 70 heads of goats and kidnapped its shepherd. The raid is said to be for the second time within a short span of one month. The village is situated at a distance of 40 kms from the Arandu border. The looters allegedly entered the village with heavy arms. The locals could not challenge them being unarmed. in the previous raid last month, the same group had snatched with 18 heads of goats. According to...

  Home | Previous Page | Source URL: http://www.lifesite.net/ldn/2004/oct/04102201.html LifeSite Daily News Friday October 22, 2004 Denver Archbishop Says Catholics Refusing to Defend Morality "Demonstrating Cowardice" Indirectly slams Kerry citing "dishonest", "dangerous" avoidance phrases used by some CatholicsDENVER, Colorado, October 22, 2004 (LifeSiteNews.com) - Denver Archbishop Charles Chaput has once again come out in the New York Times powerfully teaching the serious obligation and right of Catholics to defend moral principles during elections. In his New York Times Op-ed article today, "Faith and Patriotism", the outspokenly faithful Denver archbishop responds to "lectures" that Roman Catholics must not "impose their...