United Press International LOS ANGELES, Nov 9, 2007 (UPI via COMTEX) — The Los Angeles Police Department announced a mapping program used by its anti-terrorism bureau to identity likely terrorist breeding grounds in Muslim areas. Michael P. Downing, a deputy Los Angeles police chief, detailed a joint program with the University of Southern California to…

Associated Press New York – A priest has been arrested on charges of stalking late-night talk show host Conan O’Brien by writing him threatening notes on parish letterhead, contacting his parents and showing up at his studio, prosecutors said Wednesday. The Rev. David Ajemian, a priest in the Archdiocese of Boston, was arrested last week…

United Press International WASHINGTON – A majority of Americans asked said they support allowing civil unions for same-sex couples, a new ABC News/Washington Post poll indicated. A record 55 percent of people in the United States polled said they support such unions to give same-sex couples the same inheritance, pension and health insurance rights as…

Associated Press Beijing – Beijing Olympic organizers angrily disputed allegations of religious intolerance Thursday, saying Bibles and other religious items for personal use will be welcome at next summer’s games – except for the banned Falun Gong spiritual movement. Recent reports by a religious news agency and European media saying Bibles would be banned at…

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