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Exclusive: Mysterious Deaths Posted Friday, February 29, 2008 ; 06:11 PM Updated Friday, February 29, 2008 ; 10:22 PM Watch Story Video Three West Virginia military men die within a three week period, but they weren't at war when they lost their lives. Share your reaction Story by Sara Gavin Email | Bio | Other Stories by Sara Gavin CHARLESTON -- The last time Janette Layne saw her husband Eric was January 24th. "He would normally stay up watching TV at night because it was hard for him to sleep and I went ahead and went to bed. The next...

Local Police Arrest 26 Illegal Immigrants POSTED: 4:47 pm EST February 6, 2007 UPDATED: 6:02 pm EST February 6, 2007 Ohio County police have arrested 26 illegal immigrants in the past 24 hours. Police arrested nine persons around 2 p.m. Tuesday at the Exxon gas station in Dallas Pike. All were arrested and will remain jailed until they are transferred into the custody of immigration officials. Officials said the illegal immigrants were staying at the Holiday Inn Express on Exit 11 off of Interstate 70. The hotel manager called police because he thought "something was suspicious," police said. When police...

A Department of Peace. Bill number update: As of 2007, we have a new Congress (the 110th). Therefore, the legislation to establish a Department of Peace will need to be re-introduced. This will happen in early February of 2007. In the meantime, the previous bill numbers from the 109th Congress, House Resolution 3760 and Senate 1756, can still be used as a reference when urging your members of Congress to sign on as co-sponsors for the bills re-introduction.

FBI Interested in Large Prepaid Cell Phone Purchases Posted 8/3/2006 06:06 PM Store clerks in Grafton say people have been coming into their stores and buying several phones at a time. Story by Sarah Kapis Email | Bio Folks at the Dollar General in Grafton say in the past few days, several men have come into the store attempting to buy large numbers of prepaid phones. However, store policy only allows a customer to buy two phones at a time, in fact, they are locked away from the general public. The clerks say after they were in the Dollar General,...

For anyone with a big dish...Fox News service G7-18 is down and they don't know how long until it's up and running. They have a recording telling us about it. Bummers!!!!

The Donora Boro Police Department, Washington County, Pennsylvania, has reported an Amber Child Abduction Alert. The Donora Boro Police Department are searching for Devin Megela, a white male child, seven months of age wearing blue pajamas and a blue jacket with red hood. At approximately 8:45 this evening the child was in a blue Chevrolet S-10 pickup truck with PA reg. YMM1195 when the vehicle was stolen from a Unimart convenience store located along PA route 837 in Donora Borough, Washington County. The blue Chevrolet S-10 pickup truck was last seen traveling south on PA route 837 in Donora Borough....

The Pocono Mountain Regional Police Department have reported an Amber Alert. The Pocono Mountain Regional Police Department is searching for Hadley Bilger, a white female, 13 years of age. She is 5'4" tall and 150 pounds, with straight, shoulder-length hair and blue eyes. She was last seen wearing pajamas with a teddy bear print. She was abducted from her home on Pa State Route 940, Pocono Lake, Tobyhanna Township, Monroe County, Pennsylvania on April 19, 2003 at 9:19 P.M. Her parents were killed by the abductor as she was taken by force from her home. Her abductor is reported to...

CIA Releases New 'Noah's Ark' Documents Posted Nov. 13, 2002 By Timothy W. Maier Is it the Ark, or just a piece of rock? Two years after Insight filed an appeal charging that the CIA withheld documents and imagery concerning the Mount Ararat anomaly in Turkey, the CIA has released two new documents to Insight that indicate the search for "Noah's Ark" reached the level of the White House under former president George H.W. Bush. The appeal, filed one month after Insight's exclusive story (see "Anomaly or Noah's Ark?"; Nov. 20, 2000), comes on the heels of the CIA's releasing...

THE FATHER OF MODERN EDUCATION John Dewey is recognized as the Father of modern education. The N.E.A. gave him high recognition for his works. All he did was made possible by the theory of evolution being so strongly accepted after the writings of Charles Darwin. John Dewey wrote a theory of education and democracy that was based on evolution. The education theories of Dewey would not have been so acceptable to people had it not been for the previous acceptance of Darwin's Theory of Evolution.That theory was widely received around the world. Evolution praises change and declares the highest good...

School Supports Satanist Club Based on Anton LeVey's Satanic Bible In Defense of the Faith 10/2/2002 Jack Kinsella A group of students in San Mateo, California formed an on-campus club dedicated to the First Church of Satan founded by Anton LeVey. Calling themselves The Satanic Thought Society, co-president of the club James Doolittle admits he originally started the club with his friend Matt Heeney to "rile things up a bit." But now that the two juniors have studied the teachings of Anton LaVey, founder of the Church of Satan, they say Satanism helps people to express themselves. "Its (Satanism's) purpose...

THE RAPTURE Compiled from sermon notes by Leo Giovinetti. Edited by Shawn Nelson. Gleans from Every Prophecy of the Bible by John F. Walvoord. WHAT IS THE RAPTURE? According to the Bible, the next prophetic event to occur is the Rapture of the church. This prophetic event is unique in that it is absolutely imminent—it can happen at any time. What is the rapture? It is defined in 1 Thessalonians 4:17. This verse says that all believers will suddenly be "caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air." What an encouraging thought for...

WASHINGTON -- Sen. Robert Torricelli will testify under oath to the Senate ethics committee in its investigation of allegations he accepted gifts from a New Jersey businessman in return for official favors. The closed-door appearance Monday will mark the first time the New Jersey Democrat will answer committee questions regarding allegations made by now-jailed businessman David Chang. In January, the U.S. attorney's office in New York dropped its criminal investigation of Torricelli's finances, his fund-raising practices and his relationship with Chang, and referred the matter to the Senate ethics panel. Torricelli, up for re-election in November, denies the allegations. Torricelli...

Traficant juror changes his mind; now convinced conviction was wrong 07/20/02 Sabrina Eaton and John Caniglia Plain Dealer Reporters Washington - A juror who helped convict U.S. Rep. James Traficant says his vote to find the Youngstown congressman guilty of 10 felonies in April was a mistake. He says he changed his mind after watching televised testimony before a House ethics panel this week. "I know it's after the fact, but now I believe that there's no doubt that the government was out to get him, and if they want you, they'll find enough evidence to make you believe that...