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"The cow is the most comical-looking creature in the world, and the notion that the Earth is being visited by UFOs is the craziest idea I have ever heard. Now there's a gift that combines the crazy and comical cow with the silly and ridiculous idea of of UFO abductions:"

May 22) -- Raymond Hewlett, a fugitive British pedophile, is under suspicion in the 2007 disappearance of Madeleine McCann in Portugal, according to reports Friday in the British media. The London Evening Standard reports that Hewlett is being treated for throat cancer at a hospital in Germany and may be extradited to England, where he is wanted for questioning in sex attacks stretching back to the 1970s.

Most abductees report being taken into spaceships from their homes or from their automobiles while driving. Once in the ship, "the atmosphere may be dank, cool, and occasionally even foul-smelling" (p. 36). Their abductors typically "appear as tall or short luminous entities that may be translucent, or at least not altogether solid. Reptilian creatures have been seen....But by far the most common entity observed are the small ‘grays,’ humanoid beings three to four feet in height....Gender difference is not determined so much anatomically as by an intuitive feeling that abductees find difficult to put into words" (p. 37). (A sketch...

Most abductees report being taken into spaceships from their homes or from their automobiles while driving. Once in the ship, "the atmosphere may be dank, cool, and occasionally even foul-smelling" (p. 36). Their abductors typically "appear as tall or short luminous entities that may be translucent, or at least not altogether solid. Reptilian creatures have been seen....But by far the most common entity observed are the small ‘grays,’ humanoid beings three to four feet in height....Gender difference is not determined so much anatomically as by an intuitive feeling that abductees find difficult to put into words" (p. 37). (A sketch...

This week is the anniversary of the tragic day in 1963 [11/22/63, 35 years ago today] when John F. Kennedy was assassinated on the streets of Dallas. Looking back, we can see that Kennedy's death marked a turning point, when the political consensus of the time gave way to the confrontational politics that we associate with the 1960s. The upheavals that followed -- along with the bitter partisanship that disfigured political life in the last third of the century, and whose echoes we still hear today -- can be traced back to that day in Dallas. The terrorist attack of...

*The question was sure to come up during press interviews for the upcoming "X-Files" movie. Rapper Xzibit, who plays an FBI agent in the film, was asked if he believes in the existence of other life forms in the universe. "I don't believe in aliens," the 33-year-old tells People magazine. "I don't think aliens or ghosts like black people. We never get abducted; our houses never get haunted. It always happens in rural areas, where no ethnic people live. The day I see somebody from South Central Los Angeles say, 'Man, I got abducted yesterday,' then I'll believe it." "The...

Two top nuclear scientists of Pakistan Atomic Energy Commission (PAEC) are currently in Taliban custody. The two were working at PAEC’s facility in North West Frontier Province. Zee News investigations reveal that the two scientists were kidnapped about six months ago. To avoid international embarrassment Pakistan Government has kept this information under wraps. According to information available with Zee News, nuclear scientists have been kidnapped by Taliban at the behest of Al-Qaeda.

An Italian priest, Giancarlo Bossi, who was kidnapped at gunpoint in the southern Philippines last month, has been freed. The news was announced by the Italian Prime Minister, Romano Prodi, and coincides with the 87th birthday of Father Bossi's mother. Fourteen government soldiers were killed last week as they searched for the priest. The Philippine army blamed their deaths on Islamists linked to al-Qaeda. Father Bossi, who plans to meet with his parishioners before heading back to Italy to see his family, said his captors treated him "with respect." "I never had the sensation that they wanted to kill...

BAGHDAD (Reuters) - U.S. forces said on Thursday they had killed more than 23 Sunni and Shi'ite fighters in two operations in Iraq and captured two al Qaeda-linked militants suspected of links to the abduction of three U.S. soldiers. ... U.S. forces said they killed 12 militants in a four-day operation against Sunni Arab fighters north of Baghdad and 11 in an overnight raid against Shi'ite militants in the south. The two men captured were described as linked to the abduction of three U.S. soldiers in May, which triggered a massive manhunt in palm groves south of Baghdad during the...

Abductions follow exchange for Italian KABUL, Afghanistan, April 7 (UPI) -- A string of kidnappings have occurred in Afghanistan following last month's exchange of five Taliban prisoners for an abducted Italian journalist. At least 13 Afghans and two French aid workers have been kidnapped in three incidents in the past two weeks, the Los Angeles Times said Saturday. The Taliban is holding at least 10 of the hostages and will free some of them only if more jailed Taliban are released. Critics of the deal that set Italian reporter Daniele Mastrogiacomo free March 19 -- after his driver had been...

The AP reports: "A Fox employee in Gaza, who declined to give his name because he was not authorized to release information about the incident, said the two kidnapped people were reporter Steve Centanni, a U.S. citizen, and a cameraman from New Zealand." > Update: 3:41pm: The headline has been updated. Centanni is a national correspondent for FNC. He has been with the network since its launch in 1996. "Currently, Centanni is covering the crisis in Iraq and is stationed in Doha, Qatar," his bio says. Centanni reported live from Gaza during the 9am hour of Fox News Live.

In these last days, the Bible says it will be a time of mass hybridization and the mixture and corruption of human DNA by fallen angels, also known as "Aliens." The government is and has been, conditioning the existence of aliens through Hollywood, science fiction, cartoons, and other sources. However, they are not telling you the whole truth. These Aliens are not ascended masters, or enlightened ones, or beings from galaxies millions of miles away, nor are they our forefathers or original creators. They are fallen angels who were kicked out of heaven for their rebellion against the headship...

ABU DHABI (Reuters) - Remote-controlled robot jockeys made their debut as camel riders in the United Arab Emirates Monday, competing in a trial race after the Gulf Arab state tightened a ban on child jockeys. Robots weighing up to 15 kg (33 lb) were dressed in the clothes of human jockeys during the race held in the capital Abu Dhabi, which officials described as "successful," the WAM news agency reported.

Early on the morning of March 16th, 1984, William Buckley left for work at the American embassy in Beirut, Lebanon. Officially, Mr. Buckley, a decorated veteran of the Special Forces, served as the political officer at the embassy. In reality, however, Mr. Buckley was the embassy’s CIA station chief. On his way to the compound, Buckley’s car was stopped by a group of masked men, who forced him from his car at gunpoint. His assailants would later be identified as terrorists from the group Islamic Jihad, which served as an alias for the real perpetrators, Hezbollah. The circumstances surrounding the...

Ban sex offenders from Georgia May 4, 2005 By William John Hagan Houston Home Journal (Warner-Robins, Perry Georgia) http://news.mywebpal.com/index.cfm?pnpid=963 Despite the recent spree of abductions and murders by registered sex offenders, this should in no way be considered a new problem. According to a U.S. Department of Justice report in 1994, within three years of release, 2.5 percent of rapists were arrested for another rape, and sex offenders were about four times more likely than non-sex offenders to be arrested for another sex crime after their discharge from prison. Many states have the common sense to warn neighbors when a...

Vanity: Question... has anyone noticed the inordinate number of child abuductions in Florida? Could this in any way relate to the cuban criminals and mentally ill that Castro "released" to the United States? Is there a database somewhere that charts abuductions nationally? Just curious.

Tonight, ABC is having a special on UFOs. Considering their past performances, I'm not holding my breath for a even-handed, scholarly or even somewhat complete investigation of the subject. Out of every 50 books on the subject, you may find one that is useful and scholarly. Lights in the Sky & Little Green Men is one such book. From the American Library Association review: Astronomer and clergyman Ross wrote nine chapters of this philosophical, Christian approach to the study of UFOs. Convinced that a small percentage of reports cannot be explained in conventional terms, he rejects the condescending skepticism of...

09:25 PM CST on Sunday, January 30, 2005 By ALFREDO CORCHADO and ANGELA KOCHERGA/The Dallas Morning News http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/dn/latestnews/stories/013105dnintvictims.5418c.html LAREDO – The mother dressed in black carries a small green case full of newspaper clippings with the faces of the missing. One of those pictures is of her daughter Yvette Martinez. "We are in hell because we don't know where they are," said Antonieta Slemaker, who last heard from Yvette, a 27-year-old mother of two young girls, Sept. 17, the night she took Brenda Cisneros to a concert across the border in Nuevo Laredo. The two were celebrating Brenda's 23rd birthday....

St. Paul police on Monday announced the arrests of a father and son from Anoka County in connection with a Sept. 17 kidnapping and sexual assault of a 12-year-old girl. Police said there is a "clear connection" to that incident and to another incident the previous day in which a car followed a 13-year-old girl who was walking home. The men also will be investigated for a possible role in three other child abductions or attempted child-abduction cases earlier this month, according to Paul Schnell, police department spokesman.

Picture credit: TheCabal"I will never cower before any master nor bend to any threat"LINK TO THREAD TEN Iran seeks swap of Brits for suicide attackers Report says 40 Revolutionary Guard 'volunteers' held by UK Iran apprehended British military personnel and Navy vessels earlier this week in order to secure release of 40 "suicide operations volunteers" held by the UK, according to an Iranian Revolutionary Guard source. The source told the London Arabic-language daily Al-Sharq Al-Awsat that the British Army command in Iraq received the demand from the Revolutionary Guard, reported the Middle East Media Research Institute. According to the source,...

BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) - About 40 foreign hostages from 12 countries are being held by Iraqi insurgents, and the FBI is investigating the abductions, a coalition spokesman said Tuesday. Dan Senor, the spokesman for the U.S.-led administration, said it would not negotiate with "terrorists or kidnappers" to gain the hostages' release. He would not comment on efforts to free the captives. "The FBI is working with coalition forces and Iraqi security forces to seek out the hostage-takers and the hostages," Senor said. "We have a number of other law enforcement agencies from the international community who are working on this."...

Amber Alert Issued for 6 Year Old Cape Coral Florida GirlPosted: Saturday 11/01/03 9:27 PM CST The Florida Department of Law Enforcement issued the Amber Alert after the girl was abducted in Cape Coral on Saturday morning. Catherine Barnes The girl was abducted in Cape Coral,FL on Saturday November 1. She is a black female, 6 yrs., 3' 06", 89 lbs., with black hair and brown eyes. She was last seen wearing turquoise shorts and shirt. Police are looking for Franklin Smiley, black male, 32 yrs., 5' 7", 160 pounds, black hair, brown eyes. The vehicle is a 2004...

Graphic and instructive streaming video lasting several minutes, tonight on Japanese TV, showing the training that defector and former North Korean prison guard Mr. Ahn and a team of other North Korean commandoes received to carry out kidnappings of civilian Japanese at night, along Japanese seashores, abducting and forceably taking them to North Korea to serve as language instructors, translators or spy trainers. Some Japanese who resisted were murdered on the spot using martial arts.300K Windows Media (cut and paste and view from this URL):http://www.bcast.co.jp/cgi-bin/yahoo/news.asx?cid=20030911-00000433-fnn-soci-movie-001&media=wm300k56K Windows Media (cut and paste and view from this URL):http://www.bcast.co.jp/cgi-bin/yahoo/news.asx?cid=20030911-00000433-fnn-soci-movie-001&media=wm56k

HONG KONG: Exactly as predicted, the sad and tragic saga of Japanese abducted by North Korean agents to North Korea has severely complicated Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi's efforts to normalise relations with Pyongyang. North Korean leader Kim Jong's frank apology for the abductions at his summit with Koizumi on September 17th, after North Korean officials had finally admitted the abductions after decades of denying them, far from winding up the issue has injected it with greater intensity, as far as Japanese are concerned. An aroused Japanese media and public opinion has greeted North Korean explanations with further questions and...

OREGON CITY, Ore. (Reuters) - The remains of at least one of two missing teenage girls discovered in an ex-convict's backyard had been put there recently -- explaining why past searches of the property had failed to find them, police said Tuesday. With a grand jury impaneled to determine whether to charge toolmaker Ward Weaver, 39, with murdering Ashley Pond, 12, and Miranda Gaddis, 13, police officials rushed to assure the public that they did everything they could to find the girls. Pond's body was found in a barrel under a concrete slab on the one-acre property rented by Weaver,...

Article published 9 August 2002 for 12 August 2002 issue Women bound by grief hunt for their daughters’ killer Aug. 12 issue — Lynne Marino’s family and friends were working six mobile phones around her missing daughter’s kitchen table in Baton Rouge, La., when they received the news. Her middle child, Pam Kinamore, a 44-year-old antiques dealer, had been found dead near a highway exit ramp on the outskirts of town. Lynne's four-day campaign of phone trees and missing-person posters ground to a temporary halt while investigators tried to determine whether her daughter’s death was due to a lone act...

NEVER FORGET On Friday, August 2, 2002 ..The BOB DORNAN National Talk Radio Show.. will be guesting K-CAL TV-9 News ..'CRIMES OF CUSTODY'.. Heroine ..IDELLE CLARKE.. who is fighting our nation's Family Law Court Judges' practice of ABDUCTING little girls from their Mothers over to their SeXually Abusing Fathers when the Child or the Mothers cry out "SeXual Abuse" about the Father in Child Custody Cases. ...The case of ..IDELLE CLARKE's.. own daughter is just such a Case and is the 1st to make it as far as the California State Appeals Court. ...IDELLE CLARKE.. will be discussing that Appeals...

What We Must Do ... To Protect Our Children A CALL TO ACTION BY ANDREW VACHSS The Difference Between "Sick" and "Evil" By Andrew Vachss Originally published in Parade, July 14, 2002 Andrew Vachss, a PARADE Contributing Editor, is a lawyer whose only clients are children. For more than three decades, he has observed the devastating effects of child abuse firsthand. In light of recent headlines, we asked him to share his unique perspective on a subject of grave importance to us all. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- E-mail this article to a friend The shock waves caused by the recent exposures of so-called...