Newlyweds are Tasered, arrested at reception melee, and again two days late

The wedding was on a Michigan beach, the reception was in an art gallery — but a former Chicago couple’s wedding night was spent in separate jail cells after both bride and groom got shocked by a police Taser and arrested at their raucous reception.

Andy Somora and Anna Pastuszwska’s July 19 wedding reception in tiny Lakeside, Mich., is still the talk of the town after officers from 14 police departments swarmed the art gallery to quell a melee. The groom’s father, uncle, aunt and cousin — several of whom hail from Villa Park and La Grange Park — also got arrested.

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Obama vs. Chandler, Arizona

I noticed a striking similarity between Obama’s campaign logo and the official seal of the city of Chandler Arizona. I have lived in Chandler for all of my 24 years and I can attest to the fact that the city’s logo has been exactly the same for as long as I can remember.

I’m not suggesting that the Obama camp stole the design idea (though I’m not ruling it out), but I wonder how and why the logos both ended up looking almost completely similar. Notice the color placement. Red & White stripes at the bottom (Obama logo: Stripes of the flag. Chandler logo: Irrigation in farming fields). A circular blue band creating the letters ‘O’ or ‘C’ at the top.

City of Chandler website: www.chandleraz.gov/

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Beijing Olympics opening ceremony: Soldiers ‘wore nappies’

The 900 soldiers who operated the huge scroll forming the centrepiece of the ceremony were unable to leave their posts beneath the machinery for up to seven hours.

A German newspaper has said the soldiers of the People’s Army were given nappies to cope with the conditions.

Han Lixun, a choreographer, said: “The underground area was so hot, there were 897 people there, and they had to wait until they finished their performance before they could use a proper lavatory.

“So altogether they had to stay there for six to seven hours so they all wore nappies.”

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Chronological Bible sparks debate

Bob Sanford wanted to create a Bible that would bring order and clarity to the text. Instead, he’s waded right into one of the great debates of biblical scholarship.

The Chronological Study Bible will be released this fall in the midst of a Bible-publishing boom in the United States. In an industry that now as much to do with profits as with prophets, Sanford expects his new edition to have wide appeal.

“(Our challenge) is to take the scholarship and make it enjoyable to a readership that enjoys history,” said Sanford, who oversees the Bible division for the giant Christian publisher, Thomas Nelson.

The company has carved out its share of the industry’s estimated $500 million annual haul by cornering the market on niche markets, such as families and teenagers.

The latest edition rejiggers the order of books, psalms, and Gospels in an effort to provide a historical framework for a text most scholars consider chronologically challenged.

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