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Mar 14, 2007
Scientology following grows first year in Chico — The Orion (California State University, Chico)
Type: Press
Author(s):
Karen McIntyre Source:
The Orion (California State University, Chico) Lafayette Ron Hubbard wrote a book in 1950 that sold 20 million copies in 50 languages and introduced what is arguably the fastest growing religion on Earth: scientology. Scientology translates to "the study of truth." Scientologists can practice other religions and are asked not to believe anything based solely on faith. "The truth" is what each person discovers to be true, said Mike Klagenberg, Northern California director for the Church of Scientology based in Sacramento. Most people don't know what scientology ...
Mar 3, 2007
Creativity helps keep roof over your head — St. Petersburg Times (Florida)
Type: Press
Author(s):
Scott Barancik Source:
St. Petersburg Times (Florida) Thousands of bay area homeowners are fighting foreclosure suits. Most will be swiftly expelled, their lender stuck with a house it never wanted. There are exceptions. Palm Harbor resident Sandra Mann-Stack hasn't paid her monthly mortgage since 1998, the year Homeside Lending Inc. sued her and husband Peter Stack for default. Over time, the couple has thwarted at least 10 scheduled auctions, twice by filing for bankruptcy protection the day before. They've gone through at least four judges and watched the ...
Mar 2, 2007
Scientology could have saved Anna Nicole, says Travolta - - Personalities news - NZ Herald — New Zealand Herald
Mar 1, 2007
Scientologists roam free among mysterious relics in the desert east of Santa Fe — Daily Lobo
Feb 23, 2007
Is There Anybody Out There? — BBC Radio
Feb 22, 2007
Scientology does detox — Sacramento News & Review
Type: Press
Author(s):
Luke Gianni Source:
Sacramento News & Review David E. Root, M.D, has traveled the world on a mission to rid its inhabitants of fat-soluble toxins. From Chernobyl to Ground Zero in New York City, Root has promoted a detoxification program that he claims has helped thousands suffering ailments like radiation poisoning and asbestos exposure. Many medical professionals have criticized the program he uses as ineffective and scientifically unsound, even dangerous. Critics point out that the program’s inventor, the late L. Ron Hubbard, founder of the Church of Scientology, ...
Feb 22, 2007
Scientology's Hard Sell — New York Inquirer
Type: Press
Author(s):
Cat Spencer Source:
New York Inquirer If you've ever been to any large retail store, you know what it's like to be greeted at the door by a salesperson with a warm smile. They are eager to help meet your needs, and they are grateful you chose their establishment. You may even feel guilty for not purchasing anything, if only because of one employee’s cheerful disposition—after all, they were helpful, weren't they? And they might be upset to lose the commission gained from your purchases. Nevertheless, in ...
Feb 21, 2007
Second Chance seeks state boost — KRQE
Feb 20, 2007
No Money, No Xenu — New York Inquirer
Type: Press
Author(s):
Elizabeth Keenan Source:
New York Inquirer For an organization as elusive as the Church of Scientology, walking to the main headquarters in Manhattan is as easy as walking to McDonalds. With an appetite for “Living a Better and Happier Life” and the financial means, you will be welcomed with open arms. Leaving with the knowledge of how you actually achieve promised happiness, and with your wallet (and sense of reality) in tact, is another thing entirely. Inquirer editor Cat Spencer and I embarked on our undercover pilgrimage ...
Feb 20, 2007
Shining stars — Honolulu Star-Bulletin
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Honolulu Star-Bulletin The Stanford Carr Development Fund gave $25,000 to Narconon Hawaii to further the war on drugs by providing education programs for children. Narconon has delivered programs to more than 21,000 children and distributed more than 9,000 parent education kits throughout the state since 2005.
Feb 17, 2007
Hubbard Love — Sunday Herald
Feb 14, 2007
Church of Scientology International Receives LA Business Journal's Real Estate Award — Earthtimes
Feb 8, 2007
Arizona to extradite Scientology protester to Riverside County — Press-Enterprise (Riverside, California)
Type: Press
Author(s):
Kenny Klein Source:
Press-Enterprise (Riverside, California) Arizona to extradite Scientology protester to Riverside County
LAW: The fugitive will be sent to Riverside County. He fled before sentencing on a misdemeanor in '01.
10:00 PM PST on Thursday, February 8, 2007
By KENNY KLEIN
The Press-Enterprise
A Scientology protester who fled to Canada before he could be sentenced to 180 days in county jail in 2001 has been arrested in Arizona and will be extradited back to Riverside County, officials reported.
Former Palo Alto resident Keith Henson, now ...
Feb 5, 2007
'Tom Cruise' missile jokester arrested — CNET
Feb 2, 2007
Scientologists Pledge To Finish Vacant Shrine — Tampa Tribune (Florida)
Feb 1, 2007
Scientology Moves On Languishing Flagship — Tampa Tribune (Florida)
Type: Press
Author(s):
Baird Helgeson Source:
Tampa Tribune (Florida) Scientology Moves On Languishing Flagship
Posted Feb 1, 2007 by Vidisha Priyanka
Updated Feb 1, 2007 at 03:37 PM
By BAIRD HELGESON
The Tampa Tribune
CLEARWATER - The Church of Scientology’s mammoth new spiritual shrine has stood vacant and unfinished for years, its dusty Mediterranean-style shell surrounded by patches of scrubby grass and “no trespassing” signs.
Now church officials say they are ready to resume work on the building as it has racked up more than $55,000 in fines for not ...
Jan 26, 2007
Keep Sunday Special: German Sunday Closing Law Applies to New Scientology Center — Spiegel
Jan 25, 2007
Celeb Church Opens In York — York Press
Jan 24, 2007
Drivers angered at signs — MetroWest Daily News
Jan 24, 2007
Texas: Penalty in case of false gas-mileage booster — New York Times
Type: Press
Author(s):
Staci Semrad Source:
New York Times Attorney General Greg Abbott filed an agreed judgment against a Dallas company that was marketing a mothball-like product as a gas-mileage booster. The company, BioPerformance, sold its product with a claim that putting a couple of the pills into an automobile fuel tank could increase gas mileage 30 percent. The state’s investigation revealed that the product had no such power and that its main ingredient was naphthalene, used in making mothballs. The state also found that the company developed a pyramid ...
Jan 24, 2007
Today's CCHR demo in Sudbury, MA — Daily KosMore: link
Jan 22, 2007
Link between drugs, school violence discounted — The Kingman Daily Miner
Type: Press
Author(s):
Terry Organ Source:
The Kingman Daily Miner KINGMAN - A watchdog organization concerned with the rising number of school shooting incidents is pointing a finger at anti-depressant drugs for having dangerous side effects responsible for the violence. An e-mail received Jan. 8 from the Citizens Commission on Human Rights details nine cases at schools and some homes across the country dating back to 1998 in which psychiatric drugs are linked to shooting incidents responsible for 40 deaths and 89 wounded individuals. It begins by stating, "According to a ...
Jan 22, 2007
Scientology Treatment Program for Prisoners Funded by Feds — Boston University School of Public Health
Type: Commentary
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Boston University School of Public Health Federal tax dollars are helping to pay for a controversial addiction-treatment program for prisoners in New Mexico based on Scientology precepts, the Wall Street Journal reported Jan. 19.
The Second Chance program is billed as an alternative treatment program for nonviolent offenders and uses the principals of Scientology – such as using saunas, diet, massage and vitamins to purge the body of toxins – to fight addiction. In New Mexico, 24 of the state's 84 district judges have referred a total ...
Jan 19, 2007
Program for prisoners draws fire over Scientology — Pittsburgh Post-GazetteMore: scientology-lies.com
Type: Press
Author(s):
Lauren Etter Source:
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – Last November, in a cedar sauna cranked up to 160 degrees, a crowd of sweaty men read books and chatted amid mariachi music. They emerged to nibble from a tray of raw vegetables or take shots of olive oil.
This is not a spa. This is Second Chance, one of the country's most unusual alternatives to the nation's prison systems. Founded by a Scientologist and former real-estate developer – and funded partly by federal tax dollars – Second ...
Jan 19, 2007
Youth group supported by Scientology — Ynet
Type: Press
Author(s):
Tali Heruti-Sover Source:
Ynet Who is behind invitation to party for 'Youth for Human Rights'? The invitation is signed by Don Shaul, 13 year old, with title of Israeli director of 'International Youth for Human Rights'. But behind heartwarming initiative stands Scientology movement “Hello everyone! I am Don Shaul, 13 years old from Haifa, and I am in charge of the Israeli campaign for ‘Youth for Human Rights’” a charming e-mail announces, one of many that have recently flooded the e-mail boxes of journalists. “People ...
Jan 13, 2007
New Scientology Center in Berlin Riles Authorities — Deutsche Welle
Jan 13, 2007
Scientologists in German push — BBC News
Type: Press
Author(s):
Tristana Moore Source:
BBC News "Are you married? What religion do you follow?" The spokeswoman from the Scientology Centre was endeavouring to steer the conversation to more personal topics. "Scientology is my religion," she said, proudly. I had been invited to go on an "educational tour" around the controversial new "Church of Scientology" in Berlin. The offices are situated over six floors in a large building on Otto Suhr Allee, one of Berlin's most exclusive addresses. There are nine Scientology "churches" in Germany, but this new ...
Jan 12, 2007
How the Church of Scientology found its way into British politics — Evening Standard (UK)
Type: Press
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Evening Standard (UK) The controversial Scientology sect was accused of trying to inflitrate British politics last night after it emerged that they paid thousands of pounds to both the Labour and Tory parties.
Members of Labour's ruling executive committee, on which Tony Blair sits, approved the payment from a charity which is closely linked to the Church of Scientology, which boasts Hollywood stars Tom Cruise and John Travolta among its members.
Labour allowed the charity, the Association for Better Living and Education (ABLE), to ...
Jan 12, 2007
Labour given thousands by Scientology charity — Evening Standard (UK)
Type: Press
Source:
Evening Standard (UK) The Labour Party received thousands of pounds from an offshoot of Scientology, it has been revealed.
The decision to accept money from a charity linked to the controversial cult was taken at the highest level by members of the National Executive Committee.
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They allowed the charity, the Association for Better Living and Education (ABLE), to take a stall at ...
Jan 9, 2007
Sect Worries: Berlin Concerned about Huge New Scientology Center — Spiegel
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