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Cohn refused to remove the site, responding, "This is completely noncommercial website, which exists for the sole purpose of expressing, through a parody, my opinion that your client is a jerk." Now the dispute will head to the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), which is somewhat inconsistent in such cases. It allows BosleyMedical.com to accuse the Bosley Medical Group of misconduct, but ordered the owner of Madonna.com to hand the site over to the pop singer.

Church of the Nativity standoff continues
Guns are ready both inside and outside the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem. As Weblog finishes up, Christian clergy inside the church said Israeli forces blew off one of the church's doors, but the Israeli military denies it. A caretaker at the church was reportedly shot to death by Israeli troops.

Crime:

• Pakistan still probing church attack | Investigators say they need more time to determine how law enforcement agencies failed to prevent bombing (Associated Press)
  
  
• Also: Bomber died in church blast, Pakistani authorities conclude | Police are probing possible links between the attack and suspected terrorists arrested in FBI-assisted roundups. (Los Angeles Times)
  
  
• BFA lawyers strive to save Andersen settlement | Lawyers for the bankruptcy trust of the Baptist Foundation of Arizona are scrambling to salvage a $217 million settlement that accounting firm Arthur Andersen scrapped last week (Arizona Daily Star)
  
  
• Monument honors Wedgwood seven | For the loved ones of the seven shooting victims killed in 1999 at Wedgwood Baptist Church, Saturday night's memorial service was all about the hereafter and moving on after tragedy (Fort Worth [Tex.] Star-Telegram)
  
  
• Punishment in pastor attack needs meaning | Witnesses say a teen leaned out the window of a passing car and punched a Methodist minister as he was riding his bicycle (Editorial, Eastside Journal, Seattle suburbs)
  
  
• Minister convicted of insurance scam | Bamidele Ajayi, invented, insured, then killed off "a brother." (New York Post)
  
  
• Vt. AG rules shooting was justified | Agitated, knife-wielding man entered church pleading for sanctuary (Associated Press)
  
  
• Pastor, prosecutors discuss deal | Investment scheme plea bargain hinges on sale of facilities (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)
  
  
• Jailed killer is ordained a priest | Osman Charles Fero, a former principal serving a life sentence for killing his school superintendent, was ordained a priest of the Catholic Apostolic Church of Antioch (Associated Press)
  
  

Church & state:

• Free speech at risk | Focus on the Family Canada calls for "transparent and fair" media complaints process (ChristianWeek, Canada)
  
  
• Church shelters fight zoning laws | Legal experts and homeless advocates say churches are increasingly willing to face off with municipal zoning committees because the number of homeless is on the rise. (Associated Press)
  
  
• The church's candidates? | If The Houses of Worship Political Speech Protection Act passes, there will be fewer unbelievers in Congress than in a proverbial foxhole. (James L. Evans, The News & Observer, Raleigh, N.C.)
  
  
• Case could affect Naval Academy prayer | VMI cadets challenge required meal grace (The Baltimore Sun)
  
  
• Blair adviser sent to settle school creationism row | Tony Blair is brokering a secret compromise deal with an evangelical Christian businessman to allow the promotion of creationism in state-funded schools. (The Daily Telegraph, London)
  
  
• Also: 'Creationism' in schools attacked | Religious fundamentalism should not be allowed to interfere with science lessons, the Liberal Democrat education spokesman has warned (BBC)
  
  

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April (Web-only) 2002, Vol. 46