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Apr 10, 2010
Adams County judge orders William Fowler to be tried for first-degree murder in ex-business partner's death — Denver Post
Type: Press
Author(s): Monte Whaley
Source: Denver Post
BRIGHTON — William Rex Fowler lured his former business partner into a deadly trap last year, killing 42-year-old Thomas Ciancio over claims Fowler was embezzling money from the company he founded, an Adams County prosecutor said Friday. But the second half of Fowler's plan failed when the 58-year-old tried unsuccessfully to kill himself, prosecutor Dave Young said in a preliminary hearing. "His intent was suicide," Young said. "He was going to take care of his business before he took care of ...
Jan 1, 2010
Coroner: Man first reported to be gunman in Adams County shooting was victim — Denver Post
Type: Press
Author(s): Jeremy P. Meyer
Source: Denver Post
The investigation into a shooting at an Adams County office building took a turn Thursday when authorities said the man who was first reported to be the shooter was instead a victim. The Adams County Sheriff's Office said Thomas Ciancio, 42, of Castle Rock, "was the victim of a hom icide and not the gunman." Authorities wouldn't say who shot Ciancio, one of 10 children of a prominent Adams County family, or how his employer wound up with a gunshot wound ...
Nov 10, 2009
Scientology uses Cruise’s image to coerce the faithful — First Post
Type: Press
Author(s): Tim Edwards
Source: First Post
New revelations from disaffected Scientologists suggest the cult uses Tom Cruise’s image to keep members in line New revelations about the Church of Scientology suggest Tom Cruise is fast becoming the cult's figurehead, used to inspire the faithful to acts of greatness - and to strike fear into the hearts of those who stray. A former high-ranking Scientologist claims that the cult's leader, David Miscavige, invoked Cruise's name in order to incite a mob to beat up three disaffected members, telling ...
Oct 29, 2009
Did Scientology play a role in Australian suicide? // Soldier was contacted 19 times in 48 hours by church before electrocuting himself — First Post
Type: Press
Author(s): Jonathan Harwood
Source: First Post
Scientologists are used to making the headlines in America, where only this month there has been a row over a TV interview and a high-profile defection by the Oscar-winning Crash director Paul Haggis. But the controversial sect now has problems on the other side of the world, in Australia. Questions are being asked about the role of local Scientologists in the suicide of Edward McBride, a Northern Ireland-born soldier who killed himself in Brisbane in 2007. It now transpires that his ...
Jan 7, 2008
Scientologists to fight Cruise claims — First Post
Type: Press
Source: First Post
Tag(s): First Post
Item contributed by: Ron Sharp
Mar 3, 1974
Expensive trip to spirituality [first of a series] — St. Louis Post-Dispatch (Missouri)
Type: Press
Author(s): James E. Adams, Elaine Viets
Source: St. Louis Post-Dispatch (Missouri)
The Church of Scientology of Missouri, a branch of a controversial organization promising total spiritual freedom for all followers, opened in 1969 with a six member staff at a small Brentwood office. Today, the church has a staff of 150 and is in the process of moving from rented, two-story quarters at 4225 Lindell Boulevard to an even larger building of its own at 3730 Lindell. For fees that can total $5700, the staff conducts personal enlightenment and improvement courses for ...
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Other web sites with precious media archives. There is also a downloadable SQL dump of this library (use it as you wish, no need to ask permission.)   In May 2008, Ron Sharp's hard work consisting of over 1260 FrontCite tagged articles were integrated with this library. There are more contributors to this library. This library currently contains over 6000 articles, and more added everyday from historical archives.