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News for: June 2, 2002
Cultist on trial in baby's starvation death
The Boston Herald
"Wrapping up a bizarre and controversial three-year probe into the disappearance of an Attleboro cult baby, the reclusive sect's reputed leader was slated to go on trial today for allegedly starving the boy to death and secretly burying his body in Maine."
CALIFORNIA
Jane Goodall preaching a green gospel
The Dallas Morning News
"SAN FRANCISCO - When legendary primatologist Jane Goodall speaks, she always draws huge crowds. So on "Jane Goodall Day" at Grace Cathedral, when she delivered the Sunday sermon, Ms. Goodall packed the vast neo-Gothic church. A tiny woman, her head barely cleared the pulpit, her red turtleneck sweater a flash of color in the gothic darkness."
FLORIDA
Polygamist could draw life on sex battery convictions
St. Petersburg Times
"BROOKSVILLE -- Bruce D. Behensky, a 51-year-old polygamist who tried to impregnate two teenage girls living in his home, was found guilty last week of nine counts of sexual battery. He could receive a life sentence."
GEORGIA
Georgia man believes he's a real prophet
The Associated Press
"WOODBURY -- Beyond the beer cans that litter the lawn, beside stale stacks of empty juice cartons, beneath spray-painted pocketbooks strung from a rotten ceiling sits an old man who believes he is a prophet."
INDIANA
Psychic performs readings on the go
The Associated Press
"FORT WAYNE -- The psychic sits quietly in the guest bedroom of an apartment. She has brought no candles, crystal balls or tarot cards. The guest room might be an unlikely scene for a session with a psychic, but for Emily Garrett, it's no different from the many other locations where she's performed readings."
MARYLAND
'Pet Psychic' unmasks traumas, true feelings
USA Today
"POOLESVILLE — Moments after meeting Ernie, an affable 4-year-old mutt, Sonya Fitzpatrick gasps suddenly and throws her hands over her nose and mouth. "He can't open his mouth," she whispers with alarm. "They put something over his nose and mouth ... taped his nose up." That quickly, the Pet Psychic solves the mystery."
MASACHUSETTS
Murder trial begins for Attleboro religious leader in death of son
The Associated Press
"BOSTON- It was said to be a prophecy from God: Karen Robidoux, a young mother and member of a tiny religious sect, needed to overcome her vanity. To do so, according to the prophecy delivered by her sister-in-law, she should drink only the liquid of boiled almonds and withhold solid food from her infant son, Samuel, feeding him only breast milk."
NORTH CAROLINA
Raleigh doctor accused of unprofessional conduct
The Herald Sun
"RALEIGH -- A Raleigh doctor has been accused by the North Carolina Medical Board of failing to follow acceptable treatment standards of a patient."
OHIO
Landlord sues over faith rights
The Beacon journal
"David Grey says he takes his religion to heart. To defend it, he's taking it to court.
As a landlord, Grey freely acknowledges he conveys his Christian beliefs to the tenants he accepts. That's his right to practice his religion, he says."
UTAH
Wildfire neared Mountain Meadows Massacre site
The Associated Press
"ST. GEORGE -- A wildfire burning in southern Utah spread to 1,500 acres Sunday and threatened the Mountain Meadows Massacre site until the wind changed."
AUSTRALIA
Euthanasia activists like cult members watching suicide
AAP
"Euthanasia activists gathered around Nancy Crick's deathbed were like cult members watching a ritual suicide, an anti-euthanasia campaigner said today."
AZERBAIJAN
Azeri Muslim women reconsider studies as schools ban headscarves
Agence France-Presse
"BAKU -- Dozens of female students in the secular Muslim state of Azerbaijan say they could be forced to give up their studies after university chiefs barred them from wearing headscarves, an attribute of their Islamic faith, on campus."
ENGLAND
Reggie's secret murder
The Sun
"Gangster Reggie Kray has confessed to another murder from beyond the grave, it was claimed yesterday...Reggie’s "confession" came after he and twin Ronnie were contacted by psychic Sally Morgan."
UZBEKISTAN
Uzbek Muslims Find Consolation in Lamb
The Associated Press
"DURMEN VILLAGE -- Just three days before a major Islamic holiday, a lamb was born with white patterns on its black fleece resembling the Arabic words for Allah on one side and Mohammed on the other."
