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Sect's 'Messiah' arrested on sex charges

The leader of an apocalyptic New Mexico church who claims to be the Messiah was arrested Tuesday on sex charges, state police said.

When God goes to the office

Rob Skinner did not expect to find a chaplain in the office when he started his sales job at Piedmont Air Conditioning in Raleigh, North Carolina. "I was a little worried because I didn't want God shoved down my throat," says Skinner, 38, a self-described liberal Christian.

Apocalyptic daze

On October 22, 1844, a man named William Miller gathered his followers -- many of whom had sold all their earthly possessions -- and awaited the end of the world, as he had predicted months earlier.

Fortune: The outlook for veal parmigiana, the honesty industry, double taxation at 3 A.M., and other matters. THE NEXT BIG CAUSE

''Hotel Drops Veal from Restaurant Menus'' was the headline atop a UPI dispatch the other day. The story went on to recount that the Clarion Hotel in Cincinnati had taken a principled stand against...

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