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• Rusnak is finding comfort in faith | Charged in a banking scandal, former currency trader John M. Rusnak has taken up good works while receiving the counsel of a former Baltimore Colt tackle who is now a pastor. (The Baltimore Sun)
  
  
• Sect demands biblical proof | Critics say that the Jehovah Witnesses' decision to accept sex abuse accusations only if the abuse has two independent witnesses is unlikely to solve the problem. (The Guardian, London)
  
  
• Miskito tribe finds cocaine no 'gift of God' | Several years ago, sacks of Colombian cocaine arrived accidentally, floating in on the tides, in what the locals called a "gift of God." (The Washington Times)

Frontline revisits the Church of the Nativity standoff
ER is in reruns, and nobody really wants to watch ice hockey in mid-June, so let Weblog recommend Frontline's "The Siege of Bethelehem," airing on PBS tonight. Weblog hasn't seen the program yet, but it looks promising. "With unprecedented inside access to key figures involved in the standoff, Frontline reveals the secret negotiations, strategies, gambits, and maneuvers employed throughout the ordeal, as the combatants sought to maintain the delicate balance between diplomatic persuasion and military might," says a press release. The Boston Globe likes it, saying the program "provides a narrow look at one incident in a broader war."

Church and state:

• 1801 Jefferson letter supporting religious freedom discovered | A thank-you note from Thomas Jefferson to Baptist supporters, found at a historic home that is being converted to a museum, is authentic, a manuscript expert says. (Freedom Forum)
  
  
• Traffic ticket spurs fight on religion | A ticket given to a member of a Pennsylvania Amish community has sparked a constitutional debate reminiscent of William Penn's own fight (The New York Times)
  
  
• Ten Commandments must vacate court | In a case that has drawn national attention, U.S. District Judge Kate O'Malley ordered a poster taken down from inside a Mansfield courthouse because it violates the First Amendment's separation of church and state. (The Plain Dealer)

Pop culture:

• Praise the Lord and pass the mic | The worlds of gospel and hip-hop are coming together. (The Boston Globe)
  
  
• Two Franklin teenagers to participate in new Christian reality TV show | On Truthquest: California nobody will be rejected or humiliated or be made to eat worms. (The Tennessean)
  
  
• Hurricane Carter | Outside law school, a novelist is born. (The Boston Globe)

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June (Web-only) 2002, Vol. 46