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MESA, Ariz. (AP) — The night manager of a Christian bookstore foiled an armed robbery by slamming the man's hand in the cash register drawer, then wrestling with him before he fled, police said. "I didn't want to hurt him, but if I would've gotten a hold of him, I would've sent him straight to the Lord," said manager Daniel Stanton, a 58-year-old retired aerospace engineer who served two tours in Vietnam. Scottsdale police said the incident happened Tuesday night at the Jesus Chapel Discount Bookstore in south Scottsdale. A scruffy-looking man wearing a black hooded sweat shirt and dark...

RICHMOND -- Stephen Murmer is known to his students as a popular art teacher who is always quick to crack a joke. But another side to Mr. Murmer has agitated school officials and resulted in his suspension. A side that focuses, almost entirely, on his backside. Outside of class and under an alter ego, the self-proclaimed "butt-printing artist" creates floral and abstract art by plastering his posterior with paint and pressing it against canvas. His creations sell for up to $900. This has not gone over well with Chesterfield County school officials, who placed Mr. Murmer on administrative leave Friday...

An emotional holy war broke out yesterday on the streets of Jersey City, where Muslims and Christians clashed and lobbed insults at the funeral for a devout family of Egyptian immigrants who may have been slain for their religious beliefs. While mourners inside the St. George & St. Shenouda Coptic Orthodox Church prayed for peace in the wake of a murder that escalated religious tensions at home and abroad, fights erupted amid the crowd that spilled outside the church, where angry Coptic Christians pointed accusing fingers at their Muslim counterparts. [snip] Officials said the religious persecution theory is still...

Oracle Commentaries 9/3/2004 The Many Faces of Islam As Zell Miller reminded America from the podium of the GOP Convention, the United States is indeed at war. It appears that it will be a long, bloody and costly war. Indeed,King Abdullah of Jordan, speaking of his nation's support for the United States following the September 11 attacks, described the war on terror in its proposed breadth and scope as being the "Third World War."But against whom are we at war? Is this a war against Muslims? A war against Islam? That is what the radical Islamists would have us...

KABC Talk Show Host Joe Crummey is on the air now interviewing best selling author, commentator, news analyst and law professor Dr. James Hirsen. Hirsen's most recent book "Tales from the Left Coast: True Stories of Hollywood Stars and Their Outrageous Politics" has become a hot bestseller. Joe Crummey is taking calls discussing reaction to the capture of Saddam Hussein, including the Vatican's sympathy for Hussein in the Vatican's reaction to Hussein's capture.