Police Blow Up Church Porn CDs

This is a follow-up to alaaron's earlier posting. Maybe detonating the offending CD players was a bit excessive. The "off" switch would have sufficed, no?"Three CD players hidden under a cathedral's pews blared sexually explicit language in the middle of an Ash Wednesday...

Ash Wednesday Mass Interrupted by Porno Recordings

"The Roman Catholic Cathedral Basilica of St. Francis of Assisi was evacuated during noon Mass on Ash Wednesday when three CD players duct-taped to the bottom of pews began blaring sexually explicit language. The players were set to turn on at 12:22 p.m. as parishioners were...

Chavistas go fluorescent

"Taking Cuba’s lead, Venezuela has distributed millions of fluorescent bulbs in recent months, giving a blue-gray glow at nighttime to slums that used to be swathed in common yellow incandescent light. “We see the savings,” said Francis Izquierdo, a single mother in...

German Football Fans Single Out 'Racist'

Racial tension has long been a spectre haunting European football, brought to non-European attention mainly by mega-moments such as the Zidane head-butt during the last Wold Cup final. For every one of those moments, how many are there that go unreported or unanswered?...

'Hilton is the best for romps'

"PARIS HILTON is better in bed than KIMBERLY STEWART and LINDSAY LOHAN – with TARA REID way behind in last place. So says Joe Francis – the owner of American adult website and DVD company Girls Gone Wild – who has dated all four Hollywood babes. Joe revealed: “Paris...

Africa: Oil, Global Influence Driving Hu Jintao's Trip

"Africa: Oil, Global Influence Driving Hu Jintao's Trip Email This Page Print This Page Inter Press Service (Johannesburg) January 29, 2007 Posted to the web January 29, 2007 Moyiga Nduru Johannesburg China's energy-hungry economy and global influence are...

Two Killed in Carjacking of U.S. Embassy Car

"Gunmen carjacked a U.S. Embassy vehicle on the outskirts of the Kenyan capital Saturday and killed two women in the car, police said. "The thugs ordered the two women out but they hesitated," said Isaiah Osugo, a criminal investigations officer in Nairobi. "Then they were...

Canadian prof at Tehran Holocaust Conference.

"ONDON — Gathered in a Tehran auditorium yesterday were some of the world's most notorious figures: Holocaust deniers, neo-Nazis, leaders of the Ku Klux Klan. And among them, somewhat incongruously, was a soft-spoken political science professor from Nova Scotia. The...

Local Aberavon MP visits cancer support day unit.

"Aberavon MP, Dr Hywel Francis, has recently paid a visit to Y Rhosyn, a Cancer Support Day Unit, based at Neath Port Talbot Hospital, which provides support and advice for people who have or have had cancer and their families."

Aberavon MP vows support for IndependetAge campaign

"Dr Hywel Francis, MP for Aberavon, is supporting the IndependetAge's campaign to reach out to older carers and raise awareness of the difficulties they face. IndependentAge is a charity that champions independence for older people. Its aim is to enable older people in...

Aberavon MP Dr Hywel Francis urges residents to protect their identity

"Dr Hywel Francis, MP for Aberavon has urged local constituents not to hand their identity over on a plate to fraudsters. The calls come as Dr Francis signed a Parliamentary Early Day Motion in support of National Identity Fraud Prevention week, being held from 16th to 22nd...

Aberavon MP offers support to Port Talbot seafarers station

"The Mission to Seafarers station at Port Talbot Harbour extended a warm welcome to Dr Hywel Francis MP when he visited recently. The Mission to Seafarers, formerly called The Missions to Seamen, is a missionary society of the Anglican Church, which cares for the spiritual...

Local MP praises Neath Port Talbot constables

"The work of Special Constables in Neath Port Talbot has been highlighted and praised by Aberavon MP Dr Hywel Francis. Neath Port Talbot Division of South Wales Police has a dedicated set of 18 Specials who give up their own time to help make the communities safer."

Today in history - Sept. 14

"Today is Thursday, Sept. 14, the 257th day of 2006. There are 108 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On Sept. 14, 1814, Francis Scott Key was inspirebd to write his poem "The Star-Spangled Banner" after witnessing the British bombardment of Fort McHenry in...

Maker of 'Girls Gone Wild' Runs Afoul of Law on Minors

"Joe Francis and the Santa Monica-based company he built on soft-core "Girls Gone Wild" videos pleaded guilty Tuesday to violating federal laws designed to prevent the sexual exploitation of children and agreed to pay fines totaling $2.1 million."