Doctrine of Devils

GENEVA (AP) - The father of a theoretical subatomic particle dubbed "the God particle" says he's almost sure it will be confirmed in the next year in a race between powerful research equipment in the United States and Europe.

Earthquakes

GRANTS PASS, Ore. (AP) - Scientists listening to underwater microphones have detected an unusual swarm of earthquakes off the central Oregon Coast.

Homosexuality

The state of New Mexico has ordered a family owned photography company to pay more than $6,600 for declining a demand to take pictures at a same-sex ceremony, and a lawyer who is working on an appeal says it is an example of how "non-discrimination" or "hate" laws can be weapons in the hands of homosexual activists.

Mark of the Beast

A group of House Republicans have introduced legislation that would require the State Department to use U.S.-made components for new electronic passports and to assemble the booklets here.

Perilous Times

New satellite imagery exposed a site where Iran was developing long-range ballistic missiles, the Times of London reported Friday.

Pestilence

Bat populations are being closely monitored by other states along the East Coast for the spread of WNS, which has wiped out 80 to 90 percent of the bats from affected hibernaculas in New York, where it was first reported two years ago. The affected species in Connecticut are the little brown bat (Myotis lucifugus) and northern long-eared (Myotis septentrionalis). Both are fairly common and found statewide.

Persecution

A Chinese man has been taken into custody and faces a possible sentence of death for charges alleging "subversion of the national government and endangering national security." But several Christian organizations that monitor human rights activities in China say Alimujiang Yimiti could face the penalty simply because he is a Christian.

Gog and Magog

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia will take military and other steps along its borders if ex-Soviet Ukraine and Georgia join NATO, Russian news agencies quoted the armed forces' chief of staff as saying on Friday.

Pestilence

The Bush administration is likely to move its research on one of the most contagious animal diseases from an isolated island laboratory to the U.S. mainland near herds of livestock, raising concerns about a catastrophic outbreak.

Weather Woes

ST. LOUIS - A line of severe thunderstorms, tornadoes and even snow pounded the nation’s heartland, flooding nearly 200 roads in Missouri, closing schools in Arkansas and ripping off the roofs of dozens of houses in Texas. Several deaths were also blamed on the latest round of storms to hit the Midwest.

As in the Days of Noah

Obama in interview with the Advocate (advocate.com) In a sit-down interview with the "gay" magazine the Advocate, Sen. Barack Obama said, if elected, he foresees eliminating the military's "don't ask, don't tell policy" and passing the Employment Non-Discrimination Act, opposed by many faith-based groups that argue it would force them to accept homosexuals in leadership.

Perilous Times and Israel

Gazans will storm into Egypt and Israel if they don't lift their embargo of the territory, leading Hamas official Khalil al-Haya said Tuesday.

Doctrine of Devils

VIENNA (Reuters) - They knew it would be risky to exhibit a homoerotic version of Christ's Last Supper, but curators at museum of Vienna's Roman Catholic Cathedral weren't ready for a barrage of angry messages and calls to be shut down.

Sinful Generation

REEDSBURG, Wis. (AP) - After what happened last week, elementary-school officials in Reedsburg won't be encouraging kids to dress as members of the opposite gender.

Pestilence

BEIJING, April 7 (Xinhua) -- China's Ministry of Agriculture (MOA) on Monday confirmed an outbreak of bird flu at a farm in a Tibet Autonomous Region village.

Earthquakes

Several earthquakes have jolted various sections of Alaska's remote Aleutian Islands.