MN woman shares social security number with NY woman

MINNEAPOLIS — For more than 2 decades, Alyssa Green of Minneapolis has lived her own, independent life. But when she applied for a student loan for college a few years ago, she learned a troubling fact. Another Alyssa Green, with the same birth date, had the exact same social security number. This Alyssa Green lives in Albany, New York.

“Yes the same number,” Minneapolis Alyssa explained, rolling her eyes. When she tried to get money for college, she was told “I already had a financial aid loan but I never applied for one.”

Then, Minneapolis Alyssa had her wages garnished for a child that wasn’t her own. Turns out, she had been paying for New York Alyssa’s child. New York Alyssa cleared up the confusion in court after the two ladies of the same names talked over the phone.

“Basically she thought I took her number and I thought she took my number,” Minneapolis Alyssa said.

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Sex offender wants permission to attend church

A New Hampshire sex offender on probation is asking the state’s highest court to allow him to go to church with a chaperone.

The case of Jonathan Perfetto marks the first time the New Hampshire Supreme Court is being asked to rule whether a probation condition that effectively bars church attendance violates constitutional rights to religious freedom.

Perfetto, 35, of Manchester, was convicted in 2002 of possessing child pornography. A condition of his probation is that he have no contact with children age 16 and under.

A lower court denied Perfetto’s request to attend Jehovah’s Witnesses services with a church elder acting as chaperone.

The New Hampshire Civil Liberties Union and Perfetto maintain the chaperone would eliminate any risk to children, and stressed that Perfetto was not convicted of assaulting a child. The state counters that public safety trumps Perfetto’s religious rights.

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Church declines PETA offer to rebuild Jesus statue with vegan message

MONROE — Officials at Solid Rock Church, where a 62-foot statue of Jesus burned down because of a lightning strike, have declined an offer from People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals to rebuild it with a vegan message.

PETA representatives suggested via a faxed letter to the church that, in exchange for a grant, Jesus would be built with a lamb in his arms and a message inscribed on the statue: “Blessed Are the Merciful. Go Vegan.”

PETA sent the letter to the church’s pastors, the Revs. Lawrence and Darlene Bishop. It said the money would be donated in part by a devoutly Christian PETA supporter, officials said. The letter states the following:

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As you can guess, the church said no.

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