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Will Obama make being gay compulsory?
(July 2, 2009)
Only six weeks after President Obama chose not to host a White House event commemorating the National Day of Prayer — which was a custom under the Bush administration — the President has hosted a White House ceremony celebrating “gay pride”. Obama told several hundred homosexual guests that they have “an ally and a champion” in the Oval Office. Oh dear, is this man going to try to make us all feel we have to be homosexuals to be patriotic Americans?

Michael Jackson rumors: Was he a Christian?
(July 2, 2009)
When someone famous dies, Christians like to know whether that person was also a Christian. Rumors that Michael Jackson could have received Christ should be laid to rest. Jackson was brought up as a Jehovah's Witness, was rumored to have become a Muslim, and now apparently Gospel superstar Andrae Crouch and his twin sister, Sandra, admit meeting with Michael Jackson and praying and singing with him before his death. Unfortunately, Andrae and Sandra don't seem to have convinced him to say the sinner's prayer, nor did Jackson show any evidence of conversion. [See our article Michael Jackson: He almost had it all.]

Cyber-bullying case sentence due
(July 2, 2009)
Sentencing in a major cyber-bullying case is due later today in the U.S. The case involves a woman accused of bullying a teenager so ferociously that the teenage girl committed suicide. [Read more in our story Cyber-bullying sucks!]

Perez Hilton loses fans over Michael Jackson crack
(July 1, 2009)
Celebrity blogger Perez Hilton reportedly lost hundreds of thousands of fans after he implied that Michael Jackson was faking his own death. In what has to be the worst case of faulty judgment we have seen in a long time, Hilton wrote “Heart attack, or cold feet?” above a photo of Michael Jackson shortly after Jackson died. [See also our article about Hilton's earlier unclassy attack on Miss California.]

Ark of the Covenant: Here one day, gone the next
(June 30, 2009)
The Ark of the Covenant was supposed to go on public display this week, but no-one seems to know who's got it. Last week, the leader of the Ethiopian Orthodox Church apparently told an Italian news agency there would soon be an announcement about the public display of the Ark. The announcement has now turned out to be that the Ark is not going on public display. Although many Bible enthusiasts and Indiana Jones fans believe the Ethiopian Ark is the genuine biblical one that housed the Ten Commandments, we think it is a replica.

Apostle Paul's remains found, Pope says
(June 29, 2009)
According to Reuters news service, Pope Benedict has announced that fragments of bone found in a tomb in Rome date from the first or second century, which the Pope says confirms that they belong to the Apostle Paul. Now we don't want to argue with the Pope, but no-one knows what Paul looked like and no-one has his DNA, and a lot of people lived and died in the first and second centuries. Therefore no-one can be certain that the bone fragments are actually Paul's.

Do me a favor: Listen with your right ear
(June 29, 2009)
If you want someone to do you a favor, talk into their right ear — not their left — researchers claim. The study was done in noisy discos in Italy (where else would you do scientific research?). Although the results were patchy, the researchers found they were given more cigarettes when they addressed their victims' right ear.

Calvin debates Darwin
(June 28, 2009)
A debate between two prominent dead men — religious reformer John Calvin and the man who reformed the meaning of commonsense in science, Charles Darwin, will take place in Boston starting on July 1. This year marks Calvin's 500th birthday and Darwin's 200th. Doug Philips, president of Vision Forum Ministries, sponsor of the debate, said the debate will pit the teachings of the two men against each other.

Michael Jackson: He almost had it all
(June 27, 2009)
Michael Jackson was an entertainment phenomenon. His talent brought him fame from an early age, incredible riches, and adulation from millions of fans. But between his early years of fame in The Jackson Five, and his death at the age of 50 on June 25, 2009, many things went wrong. Author Jodi Klum says we can learn a lot from Michael Jackson's life and death.

Teen sentenced for indecent MySpace photos
(June 26, 2009)
A 14-year-old New Jersey girl has been sentenced for posting nude pictures of herself on MySpace. Pat Trueman of the Alliance Defense Fund says that pictures such as those posted by the girl are circulated throughout the world, and they encourage child molesters to try to make contact. He believes the case ought to motivate parents to discuss it with their children. [See also our article Sexting kills.]

Somalia amputates thieves' limbs
(June 26, 2009)
Hundreds of people have watched four men each have a hand and foot amputated as punishment for stealing in Somalia. The four men, believed to be aged between 18 and 25, had been found guilty of stealing mobile phones and hand-guns, ABC news reports. [See also our article Ban the burqa and cut down on amputations.]

Bone flute oldest instrument found
(June 25, 2009)
A vulture-bone flute discovered in a European cave is likely the world's oldest recognizable musical instrument, researchers say. The vulture flute was found with fragments of mammoth-ivory flutes, which shows that musical instruments have been around a long time. The book of Genesis says musical intruments were around only a few generations after Adam and Eve (Genesis 4:21).

Iran to cease stoning and amputation for crime
(June 24, 2009)
Iran's parliament plans to stop stoning and amputation of a hand as punishments in a revised version of the Islamic penal code, the official IRNA news agency reports.

Burqa a sign of enslavement, Sarkozy says
(June 24, 2009)
French President Nicolas Sarkozy says the Muslim burqa is a sign of subservience for women that undermines their dignity. “I want to say officially, it will not be welcome on the territory of the French republic,” he said. “We cannot accept in our country women imprisoned behind netting; cut off from any social life, deprived of any identity. This is not the idea the French republic has of a woman's dignity.” (See also our article Ban the Burqa?)

Dutch muggers caught on Google street view

(June 23, 2009)
Dutch twin brothers who mugged a teenager in the northern town of Groningen were arrested after being photographed by a car taking images for Google's photo map service, police said. The 14-year-old victim was surfing Google Maps several months after the attack and recognized himself and the two robbers in the photo that was taken only moments before they mugged him. (See photo above.)

Creation science gains huge market
(June 23, 2009)
A huge segment of the population is interested in what creationists and intelligent designists have to say, and book publishers want to tap into this massive market. But because the media elite and evolutionists are so vocal against creation science, the publishers are puzzling how to take advantage of this intensely interesting cultural debate — Darwin vs. Moses — while maintaining enough intellectual respect to still get invited to cocktail parties in Manhattan.

Sentence upheld in child pornography case
(June 22, 2009)
A federal appeals court in Richmond, Virginia, has upheld obscenity convictions in a case with a twist. In this case there were no pictures, just 74-year-old Dwight Whorley writing down his fantasies about child molestation. Pat Trueman, special counsel for the Alliance Defense Fund, told OneNewsNow, “You do not have to have pictures for something to violate the federal obscenity law, and this was particularly vile material because it was the sexual abuse of children.”

Palin criticizes Obama's weak stance on abortion
(June 22, 2009)
Former vice-presidential candidate Sarah Palin, speaking at an anti-abortion group's dinner, has criticized President Barack Obama for supporting abortion rights and challenged the idea that unplanned pregnancies are a nuisance that can be solved by abortion. Palin said the challenges she faced during her pregnancy with her son Trig, who was born with Down syndrome, gave her an opportunity to live out her anti-abortion beliefs.

Fish and tadpoles fall from sky in Japan
(June 22, 2009)
Meteorologists in Japan are puzzled by a recent series of downpours — not heavy rain, but fish and tadpoles falling from the sky. Many people have offered many unsatisfactory theories to explain the widespread downpour.

Oops! Fossil of early human turns out to be ape
(June 19, 2009)
A fossil jaw and teeth from Longgupo Cave in China that were claimed to be a new form of human and the earliest evidence that humans inhabited Asia 1.9 million years ago have now been found to be of an ape. In a paper in Nature this week, anthropologist Russell Ciochon admits the fossil is not human at all. It is simply an ape fossil that has not yet been identified. [See our article Early-human fossil turns out to be an ape.]

Who really fired Miss California?
(June 19, 2009)
Former Miss California, Carrie Prejean, was fired because a head of the Miss California USA pageant is a strong supporter of same-sex marriage and wouldn't tolerate her anti-gay-marriage comments, according to an article in World Net Daily. He allegedly told Reuters newswire that he is openly homosexual. And he allegedly was executive producer of a same-sex marriage movie titled “For the Bible Tells Me So.” The film attempts to discredit biblical teachings concerning homosexuality. [See also our article Miss California vs. The Beast Preez Hilton.]

Obama's fly swatting evokes PETA's rage
(June 19, 2009)
Readers probably know we are not President Obama's biggest fans because of his weak stance on moral issues, but in the story of Obama and the fly, we have found someone who takes the cake for silliness. People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) have complained about Obama's swatting an annoying fly last week when he was being interviewed on television. PETA have sent the President a bug catcher so that in future he can catch flies indoors and then release them outside. Once outside, we presume the fly will tell all its friends not to go indoors, otherwise they will be caught and released.

Bird-like dinosaur supposedly shows finger evolution
(June 18, 2009)
Scientists have discovered a beaked, plant-eating dinosaur in China, which they say offers important evidence about how the three-fingered hand of birds evolved from the hand of dinosaurs. Unfortunately these scientists must have missed all the reports last week that show birds didn't evolve from dinosaurs. [See our feature article, Birds have not evolved from dinosaurs after all.]

Alcohol changes the brain … and fast
(June 18, 2009)
Only 6 minutes after consuming alcohol equivalent to 3 beers, the brain cells of 15 men and women already showed enough change to impair their driving ability. Changes were monitored with an MRI scanner, and researchers found that the brain started running on alcohol sugar instead of the normal brain food, glucose. Substances that protect brain cells decreased as the amount of alcohol intake increased. [See also our article for teens Alcohol and teenager drinking don't mix.]

Neanderthal fossil found in North Sea
(June 17, 2009)
Part of a Neanderthal man's skull has been dredged up from the North Sea, the first known specimen to have been recovered from the sea bed anywhere in the world. Scientists in Leiden, in the Netherlands, have unveiled the specimen, a fragment from the front of a skull belonging to a young adult male. [See also our article Neanderthals were humans, not ape-men.]

Muslim waitress wins payout over 'prostitute' dress
(June 16, 2009)
A Muslim cocktail waitress has won a $6000 compensation payout for having to wear a figure-hugging red dress she said made her feel 'like a prostitute'. However, British newspapers on Monday published a picture from Facebook showing Fata Lemes, a photographer who does bar work to supplement her income, in a revealing white top, smiling at the camera.

Scientology fraud charges may see end of the group in France
(June 16, 2009)
A Paris court should dissolve the Church of Scientology's French branch when it rules on charges of fraud against the organisation, a French prosecutor has recommended. Scientology is registered as a religion in the United States, where actors Tom Cruise and John Travolta are celebrity members, but it enjoys no such legal protection in France, and has faced repeated accusations of being a money-making cult.

'Miracle' in Israel attracts hundreds
(June 15, 2009)
A painting that allegedly started dripping scented oil has attracted hundreds of curious people to the Greek Orthodox Saint George church in the Israeli city of Ramle. A member of the church described it as a miracle, but we believe there is another answer. It will be interesting to see whether the media follow up this story to find the other explanation.

Boy hit by meteorite
(June 13, 2009)
A 14-year old German boy was hit by a pea-sized meteorite, which left a scar but at least he lived. Astronomers have analyzed the object and conclude it was indeed a natural object from space.

Birds evolved from dinosaurs? That myth is now busted
(June 13, 2009)
The idea that birds evolved from dinosaurs has been cracking for a while now. But researchers at Oregon State University have dealt it a death blow with new research. [See also our article Why birds never evolved from dinosaurs.]

Secret of a snake's slither
(June 12, 2009)
It's no easy task to move without legs. Yet snakes do it all the time. A study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences says that it's all in the snake's design — specifically, its scales. Overlapping belly scales provide friction with the ground that gives snakes a preferred direction of motion. Sliding forward for snakes takes less work than sliding sideways.

Obese kids don't sleep enough
(June 12, 2009)
Obesity in adolescents has been linked to lack of sleep. Researchers found that reduced sleep could be related to a higher caffeine intake, more hours of technology use and increased symptoms of sleep disorders, such as snoring. Results indicated that children who slept less drank more caffeine and had more hours of screen time (television, internet, computer and video games. 'Lose weight while you sleep' could be a catchy slogan for a childhood anti-obesity campaign.

Miss California fired
(June 11, 2009)
Miss California USA Carrie Prejean, who rattled gay blogger Perez Hilton so much when she said that marriage was between only a man and a woman, got the word from pageant poobah Donald Trump on Wednesday: “You're fired.” Trump implied that Prejean's sacking from the Miss USA pageant had nothing to do with her racy photo shoot or her biblical approach to marriage, but because she was not fulfilling her contract conditions to make appearances on behalf of the Miss USA organization. [See also our article Miss California vs. The Beast Perez Hilton.]

Tiller's abortion clinic closing down
(June 11, 2009)
The family of murdered late-term abortionist George Tiller has announced that the Wichita clinic where he practiced will close permanently. Before Tiller was gunned down on May 31, his clinic killed tens of thousands of unborn children, according to OneNewsNow. [See also our article Abortion doctor shot dead.]

Obama's policies are dangerous, Rupert Murdoch says
(June 10, 2009)
Newspaper tycoon Rupert Murdoch says President Obama's financial interventionist policies are dangerous. Mr Murdoch is concerned about what he sees as the President's embrace of big government. “He's made no secret of that and I think that's dangerous,” Mr Murdoch said.

Frog worshipped as god in India
(June 9, 2009)
Hundreds of Indians are apparently worshipping a frog that changes color. Althought the frog is being worshipped as a god, unfortunately it has decided to stop eating, and may not be alive long enough to see some of the worhippers who are on their way to pay homage to it. [See also our article about the human baby born with a tail.]

Bach's mystery instrument re-created
(June 5, 2009)
Three hundred years after its last sounding, a long-lost instrument called the lituus — one of Johann Sebastian Bach's brasses — is back from the dead. Bach specified the instrument in his song O Jesu Christ, mein's Lebens Licht (Oh Jesus Christ, my life's light), but no-one alive today has ever heard, played, or seen a lituus. Historians have now re-created what they think the instrument was, and believe it was a long horn-like instrument with a haunting sound. Hear and see it on YouTube.

33 Incan sacrifice victims found
(June 5, 2009)
A new discovery in northern Peru has found 33 sacrificial victims of the Incas. The ancients, from about 600 years ago, had signs of being cut on their necks and collarbones, but otherwise seemed in good condition. Most were girls about 15 years old. Archeologists called the quantity of bodies unusual.

More premature babies surviving
(June 4, 2009)
Survival chances have greatly improved for premature babies, even those born extremely early, the BBC reported. A new study in Sweden has found that about 70% of babies born alive between 22 and 26 weeks gestation now survive past the age of one, largely thanks to medical intervention. This is the age of the babies that abortionist George Tiller, who was shot dead last week, was killing in the U.S. before he died. [See our article Abortionist shot dead in church]

Laughter evolved in common ancestor, LOL
(June 4, 2009)
You've got to hand it to evolutionists. They take their theory seriously even though it's often high on conjecture and low on fact. The latest evolutionary theory to give us all a giggle says that new research suggests that laughter evolved in a common ancestor of the great apes and humans. How do they know, you ask? Well, researchers tickled 22 apes and three humans and found that ape laughter shared “some characteristics” with human laughter. LOL. The even funnier part is that evos don't even know what that common ancestor was! LOL. [See also our article Which ape evolved into which human?]

Jailed creation evangelist Kent Hovind appeals
(June 3, 2009)
Creation evangelist Kent Hovind, now serving 10 years in prison on tax charges, is appealing his case to the U.S. Supreme Court after a final rejection in February by the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals in Atlanta. Hovind still maintains his innocence, arguing that he took a vow of poverty as a minister of the Gospel of Jesus Christ and therefore owns nothing and receives no income.

Sexting — innocent behavior or child porn?
(June 2, 2009)
An associate professor at York University in Toronto believes that sexting — sending nude photos of yourself via cell phone — is not child pornography, and senders shouldn't be prosecuted. But Pat Trueman, special counsel for Alliance Defense Fund, says sexting is children producing child pornography. “If we enforce the child pornography laws, even in the juvenile courts where the punishment will be less, these kids will stop sexting,” Trueman said. [See also our article Sexting kills.]

Dog-girl's father detained
(June 2, 2009)
Russian police have fined the father of a 5-year-old girl who seems to have lived all her life in a squalid flat in Siberia with dogs and cats. She spoke and ate like an animal when she was found.

Law bans choosing baby's sex by abortion
(June 2, 2009)
In several Asian nations, sons are preferred so highly over daughters that couples abort their babies when they find out their unborn child is a girl. But in Oklahoma, a bill now signed into law bans the practice of choosing a baby's sex by selective abortion.

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