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Man takes father's remains from cemetery VERSHIRE, Vt., Aug. 4 (UPI) — A man who said he missed his late father allegedly brought home the man's remains from a Vershire, Vt., cemetery, police said. Dominik A. Bailey Jr., 43, was charged with felony removal of human remains, WPTZ, Pittsburgh, reported. Police in Thetford, who patrol…

By most political and worldly standards, Catherine II was a successful monarch. She had her share of enemies and detractors, and there were those who questioned her legitimacy as the ruler of Russia. Her moral and ethical choices might have raised some eyebrows.  However, in diplomacy, border expansion, economic development, arts, and culture, her accomplishments earned her…

August 5, 2009: The Real Paul The Apostle Paul was "a conflict-ridden polemicist" who became "the future of an ancient movement of unlettered, agrarian, Semitic-speaking, indigenous Palestinians," writes New Testament scholar Allen Dwight Callahan. I am not sure I could ever find myself on the same page as Borg and Crossan, but these are some…

KIM LAWTON, anchor: A tense national debate about racial profiling has continued since Harvard scholar Henry Louis Gates, Jr., was arrested in his Cambridge home for disorderly conduct. Gates, who is African-American, was arrested by Sergeant James Crowley, a white officer who had responded to a 9-11 call about a possible break-in. The controversy intensified…

Jeff Howell, 28, an Iraq War veteran who served 2004-2006, seeks solace in prayer during a Point Man International Ministries meeting, a support group for veterans with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), in Leetonia, Ohio. via www.usatoday.com More people are surviving our modern wars and more are coming home with majot debilitating injuries. How the church…

I am sure this is true in most quarters …  August 5, 2009 by Rick JervisUSA Today LAKE PROVIDENCE, La. — The Rev. Michael Owens says nothing compares with dunking someone toward salvation. Owens, the pastor at New Hope Baptist Church in this small church-crowded hamlet in northeast Louisiana, recently joined a dozen other pastors…

Teddy Roosevelt is quoted in 1912 as saying, "My hat's in the ring. The fight is on and I'm stripped to the buff." It strikes the eyes a bit crude and un-presidential, but the blunt truth is a pretty fair template for our undertakings whether they are in business, ministry, or social entrepreneurship. Throw your…

I love to hear Les Brown. I can hear his stories over and over again and still benefit.   He is compelling and encouraging.   Enjoy a little Les today to get yourself going.   Tom Wood and Les Brown show you how to get your mind ready for massive success. This is the first…

"If you don't know where you are going, you will probably end up somewhere else." – Laurence J. Peter "A goal properly set is halfway reached." – Zig Ziglar "Those who cannot tell what they desire or expect, still sigh and struggle with indefinite thoughts and vast wishes." – Ralph Waldo Emerson "Obstacles are those…

You have today to do, to be, to experience, and to share whatever it is that burns within you heart to do, be, experience, and share. You have today, and while it may not be enough for you, it is what you have for as long as it lasts. You have already begun today as…