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Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ, Our Beloved Brother Alpha-8-25-02 is Very Ill, And is in the VA Hospital. Please Go to the Throne of Grace And Ask our Shepherd for Alpha's Healing and Strength.

Stanislav Petrov, a lieutenant-colonel in the military intelligence section of the Soviet Union's secret service, reluctantly eased himself into the commander's seat in the underground early warning bunker south of Moscow. It should have been his night off but another officer had gone sick and he had been summoned at the last minute. Before him were screens showing photographs of underground missile silos in the Midwest prairies of America, relayed from spy satellites in the sky. He and his men watched and listened on headphones for any sign of movement - anything unusual that might suggest the U.S. was launching...

(AgapePress) - "This is the White House calling. You need to call us." These are the words Gianna Jessen heard as she listened to her voicemail.Eager to the return the call she assumed was a joke, she dialed the number. The voice on the other end gave her news she never expected to hear: "You need to get on a plane within two days because you're going to meet the president in Pittsburgh. He's signing the bill that you testified in favor of a couple of years ago."Reality set in as Jessen arrived in Pittsburgh and was led into...

Little Girl Walks Mile For Help After Car WreckPOSTED: 4:27 pm EST March 4, 2006 MATOAKA, W.Va. -- A 7-year-old may have saved her grandmother's life after their SUV flipped in rural West Virginia. Authorities said the vehicle slipped off a mountain road and rolled at least seven times. The adult was trapped -- but the child was able to wiggle out, climb a 100-foot hill and walk more than a mile for help. A Mercer County sheriff's office spokesman said little Danyelle Kinser only had a few scratches and bruises, but kept her cool and "managed to save" her...

OLYMPIA, Wash. -- Local and federal investigators have determined that a fire at an abortion clinic was intentionally set. After sifting through the damage, the federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, and the Olympia police and fire departments concluded the fire was started with incendiary materials on the roof, said Scott Thomasson, assistant special agent in charge of ATF's Seattle division. Thomasson, who estimated damage at $500,000, said he could not specify what type of flammable materials were used. The early Sunday morning fire damaged the roof at the Eastside Women's Health Clinic, causing heat, water and smoke...