Lead Story
In March elementary school teacher Myra Obasi, 29, of Shreveport, Louisiana, was brought, bleeding from the eyes, to Parkland Memorial Hospital in Dallas by her two sisters, who eventually were charged with having gouged out Obasi’s eyes with their fingers because they thought she was possessed by the spirit of their father. Detectives were unable to question Obasi for several hours because she refused to stop chanting, “Thank you, Jesus.”
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Multiculturalism
This January, in the year of the dog, the city of Beijing prohibited its citizens from owning dogs, though many people still try to hide dogs in their homes. A park recently opened north of the city where you can rent dogs to walk for about 23 cents for ten minutes. In April Feng Quantang filed a lawsuit in Shenyang, China, asking for damages from the government because inspectors allegedly beat his illegal dog to death in front of him.
Art accompanying story in printed newspaper (not available in this archive): illustration/Shawn Belschwender.
