A man claims the Church of Scientology forced him to work as a "virtual slave" for 16 years at jobs ranging from washing pots and pans to restoring old films produced by Scientology founder L. Ron Hubbard.

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A vicar has warned his congregation of an increase in "satanic activity" after he found a severed sheep's head mounted on a pole outside a church in his Gloucestershire parish.

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Last week at Syracuse University, Michelle Deferio, Syracuse resident (not student), and her father stood on a street corner on campus holding a sign that read, "Homosexuality is a sin, Christ can set you free." Chris Pesto, a junior drama major, decided to take action.

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20-year-old Craig Hoyle, who was brought up in the Exclusive Brethren Church, risked losing everything when he told his priests and family he was gay.

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The Church of Scientology says allegations made in Federal Parliament by Independent Senator Nick Xenophon are an abuse of parliamentary privilege.

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Pity the lowly snow globe with white flakes raining down on a snowman or Santa Claus tucked inside its liquid dome.

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A Supreme Court trial has heard a man accused of murdering his three-year-old son and dumping the body in a mine shaft in the outback was suffering from paranoid schizophrenia and believed his son was possessed by the devil.

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Police in Perth say they may have solved two crimes after finding a suspected burglar asleep on the job.

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A staff member of the right-wing NSW Liberal MP David Clarke has stood aside after being linked to a spoof You Tube video involving Adolf Hitler.

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A GROUP of past and present University of Sydney students set up a ''pro-rape'' page in the sports and recreation section on Facebook, describing themselves as ''anti-consent''.

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A British man on the run from police sent a picture of himself to his local paper because he disliked the mug shot they had printed of him as part of a public appeal to track him down.

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The two Bic multipurpose lighters and a package of smaller lighters Joe Paolucci bought at the Niles Wal-Mart on Aug. 16 cost $15.84.

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The bizarre case of the Huntington Beach man charged with trying to burn down Orange County Church of Christ not one, two, three but four times (!) just keeps getting bizarrer.

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JOHN DELLA BOSCA, the MP being described as ''delusional'' by colleagues, believes he can still be premier.

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A luckless Indian romeo is suing Lynx after he failed to land a single girlfriend during seven years of using their products.

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The following hate mail is making the rounds of the internet, sent by the usual anti-Muslim bigots and racists. First the ridiculous hate mail, then we'll point out the major faults. America, Canada , all of Europe ....... needs a President like this [1]

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The Catholic Church in Poland is investigating claims of a miracle after a piece of communion wafer was reported to have been transformed into human heart tissue after falling into water during a mass.

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A Kent man and his estranged wife have been arrested after authorities say they filmed themselves raping a 4-year-old girl and sending photos of the abuse to a man facing child-molestation charges in Southern California.

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It's been labelled the worst disguise ever - two men arrested over a burglary attempt in the US were found with fake beards and masks scrawled on their faces with a permanent marker.

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A blushing burglar turned himself in to North Shore police after realising he had left too many clues behind.

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A would-be bank robber held a teaspoon to the neck of a cashier pretending it was a knife, a Polish news website said Tuesday.

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Police allege that the friends, fascinated by Hollywood fashion, would case the stars' homes and then break in, taking clothing and jewelry.

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Paul Haggis, the Oscar-winning writer-director whose credits include "Crash," "Million Dollar Baby" and "Letters From Iwo Jima," has left the Church of Scientology.

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THE EXCLUSIVE Brethren Church is being rocked by accusations that it has covered up a "plague" of sexual abuse in its ranks.

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NOTORIOUS evangelical nutjob, Danny Nalliah, has been mouthing off once again, claiming this week that "dark forces" were at work in Australia's Federal Parliament.

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