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(Excerpted from Chapter VIII. of this English Puritan's manual on family life, "Christian Economics," found in his book A Christian Directory, which was first printed in 1673 and reprinted by Soli Deo Gloria in 1990.) by Richard Baxter He that will expect duty or comfort from his wife, must be faithful in doing the duty of a husband. The failing of yourselves in your own duty, may cause the failing of another to you, or at least in some other way as much afflict you, and will be bitterer to you in the end, than if a hundred failed their...

  Girl weds dog to break 'evil spell'A nine-year-old tribal girl in eastern India has married a stray dog as part of a ritual to ward off an "evil spell" on her, Indian newspapers have reported.The girl, Karnamoni Handsa, had to be married quickly because she had a tooth rooted to her upper gum, which is considered a bad omen by her Santhal tribe in the remote village of Khanyhan, about 60 kilometres (37 miles) from Calcutta. (9,243 miles from BOSTON) "Members of the village jury asked us to get her married to a dog or to face the bad...

The old saying about men and women being from different planets isn't always a joke: You may really be married to someone from outer space! "As many as 5 million aliens are living in the United States after taking on human form," says Dr. James Kune, a physicist and former government UFO expert. "They're evenly split between male and female, and most of them are married though childless. "My research has determined that the average person has a 50-50 chance of being married to one." Dr. Kune says he has researched human-alien marriages for the past 10 years and uncovered...

<p>DENVER, Colorado (AP) -- A judge sentenced an Arizona woman to 60 days home detention for intercepting her husband's ex-wife's e-mail, saying the penalty is a warning to others who might be tempted to do the same.</p> <p>"Privacy is still a cherished value," U.S. District Judge Richard P. Matsch said in sentencing Angel Lee, 28, of El Mirage, Arizona.</p>

LONDON (Reuters) - President Saddam Hussein makes wives spy on their husbands and sows religious hatred in a way that will be hard to mend even if he is overthrown, according to the commander who once directed Iraq's psychological warfare programme. Major General Saad Obeidi said the United States, which is seeking Saddam's ouster, was facing an intelligent foe who made Iraqis mistrust each other and encouraged division between Shi'ites, who make up around 65 percent of the people, and the rest of the population, which includes Saddam's Sunni sect. "Saddam has transformed a significant part of Iraq into a...

<p>TEHRAN, Iran (AP) -- Married at age 13 to a man 18 years her senior, Ferdows was the wife that Iranian society expected her to be: obedient, and silent, despite the beatings and humiliation.</p> <p>But after 30 years of marriage, she had had enough. She arranged to have her husband, Hedayat, killed, authorities say.</p>