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A formidable dark wing covers our land. In its penetrating darkness a demonic outpouring roars over our land, spreading chaos, death, and evil. Its dark energies animate all dwellers of Satan’s Kingdom who are there because they either hate Christ Jesus or simply prefer a life of sin in the darkness. All of these citizens will be the objects of the terrifying Big Storm that is coming.A great demonic outpouring prefaced and facilitated the crucifixion of Christ. But when the Crucified Risen Christ rose from the dead He had decisively defeated demonic powers and made possible the liberation of souls...

It is a stirring sight that has awed Wisconsinites for six years now: an ultralight aircraft aloft in the fading sunlight, leading endangered whooping cranes from the Necedah National Wildlife Refuge on their maiden migration south. News that 17 of the 18 birds from the 2006 migration have died at their winter habitat in Florida has devastated conservationists and the volunteers who raised them. But they said Saturday that the loss reinforces their commitment to re-establishing one of the world's most endangered species. "This is such a heartbreak . . . such a loss. The news of this brought us...

NASA's Cassini spacecraft has seen something never before seen on another planet -- a hurricane-like storm at Saturn's south pole with a well-developed eye, ringed by towering clouds. The "hurricane" spans a dark area inside a thick, brighter ring of clouds. It is approximately 8,000 kilometers (5,000 miles) across, or two thirds the diameter of Earth. "It looks like a hurricane, but it doesn't behave like a hurricane," said Dr. Andrew Ingersoll, a member of Cassini's imaging team at the California Institute of Technology, Pasadena. "Whatever it is, we're going to focus on the eye of this storm and find...

Ferocious Storm Hits Southern California LOS ANGELES — A freak storm pummeled parts of Southern California with up to 5 inches of rain and hail, forcing motorists to abandon swamped cars at the height of rush hour and leaving thousands of residents without power. Lightning lit up the region as fast-flowing water turned some streets to rivers Wednesday night. Water swept trash and other debris to the doorsteps of homes and stores. In areas where the hail was deep, adults snapped photos and children frolicked Thursday in a landscape that looked more like Minneapolis than Los Angeles. "It was just...