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A lament of a person betrayed by friends. The psalmist prays that the evildoers be publicly exposed as unjust. PSALM 35 Oppose, LORD, those who oppose America; war upon those who make war upon America. Take up the shield and buckler; rise up in her defense. Brandish lance and battle-ax against her pursuers. Say to her heart, "I am your salvation." Let those who seek her life be put to shame and disgrace. Let those who plot evil against America be turned back and confounded. Make them like chaff before the wind, with the angel of the LORD driving them...

Waukesha - A Menomonee Falls man whose garage was heavily damaged earlier this year in a fire told investigators the blaze was divine comeuppance for his installation of an illegal natural gas bypass that enabled him to heat the building for free, according to a criminal complaint filed today. "I think the fire was God's way of punishing me for stealing the gas," Ricky E. Adair told police, according to the complaint. The complaint charges Adair, 44, with a felony theft count estimating that the garage gas he got for free between January 2001 and Jan. 26, 2007, was worth...

BEIJING, April 16 (Xinhuanet) -- Filming in California's multi-billion-dollar porn industry has been frozen after a popular actor tested positive for the virus that causes AIDS. Porn actor Darren James tested positive for HIV this week in screening conducted routinely on the industry's 1,200 regular actors. Industry advocates immediately called for a 60-day moratorium on filming so that others could be tested. The Los Angeles-based industry normally completes three to four adult films a day. It must now wait to see if the deadly virus has spread to 14 actresses who had onscreen sex with James, or to the 35...