Porn actress Mary Carey's message may not be resonating with many voters but her bid to become California governor has her videos flying off shelves. The blond, buxom adult film actress is one of 132 candidates running to replace Democratic Governor Gray Davis in a recall election. The 23-year-old has certainly grabbed plenty of headlines and photo opportunities as she promotes legalizing gay marriage, a plan to tax breast implants and, of course, her own career, in a gubernatorial run that has created a growing number of fans at her appearances.
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Bankers miss out on prayers
Even bankers and stockbrokers need moral support, a British Christian think tank has said, complaining that financial service workers were not getting their fair share of prayers in Sunday church services. The Industrial Christian Fellowship, a cross-church group founded in 1877, said those in the financial sector missed out to "caring" professions, such as teachers and nurses, when it came to prayers in church. The group said it had already prepared some prayers for those in the financial world and was distributing them on its website under the headline "When did you last pray for your stockbroker?"
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Hacker arrested over worm
Prosecutors in Seattle said on Friday that they had arrested a juvenile for releasing a variant of the Blaster worm that devastated computers worldwide and targeted Microsoft Corp's computers. The arrest of the juvenile, whose identity was sealed from the public, was for "intentionally causing damage and attempting to cause damage to protected computers," a federal offense, said John McKay, US Attorney for the Western District of Washington. Blaster and its variants are self-replicating Internet worms that bore through a Windows security hole. The attack targeted a Microsoft update page that would have fixed the flaw, but Microsoft had changed its Web address in order to thwart the attack.
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Kylie gets disturbing mail
Australian singer Kylie Minogue has called in British police to investigate disturbing letters sent to her, police sources said. A Scotland Yard spokesman said police in west London were investigating an allegation of harassment made on September 18, adding that no arrests had been made. The complaint was made on Minogue's behalf by her management after 700 threatening letters were addressed to her, the Sun newspaper reported yesterday.
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Priest gets 10 more years
A Roman Catholic priest in Kentucky imprisoned for abusing children was sentenced on Friday to serve 10 more years for a second set of counts. The sentence will start after the Reverend Louis Miller, 72, completes the 20-year prison term he is already serving. The judge denied his attorney's request that the sentences run together. Miller pleaded guilty in June to abusing the victims while they were between the ages of 10 and 15 in the 1970s. He pleaded guilty in March to charges involving 21 children in Jefferson County. One of eight victims in neighboring Oldham County, Mike Turner, shook Miller's hand in court but was adamant that Miller should spend his life behind bars. "I forgive you, but I don't want you to get out," Turner said.
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