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 <description>&lt;p&gt;Thomas W. Weeks III, the minister accused of attacking his televangelist wife in a hotel parking lot, will contest his estranged wife&#039;s petition for divorce. Attorneys for Weeks said they&#039;re weighing whether the counterclaim will accuse Juanita Bynum of cruel treatment. Bynum accuses Weeks of cruel treatment.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Week&#039;s attorney says &amp;quot;cruel treatment&amp;quot; is a vague legal term. It&#039;s true. What exactly is &amp;quot;cruel treatment&amp;quot; anyway? It could be any number of things. Who do you believe? &lt;/p&gt;In this case, Bynum alleges that Weeks choked and pushed her in a hotel parking lot late last month in an incident that stretched from the evening and continued into the next morning. Weeks was charged with aggravated assault and making terroristic threats; he isn&#039;t allowed to have contact with Bynum.&lt;p&gt;Bynum, a former hairdresser, became a Pentecostal evangelist, author and gospel singer. Her ministry centers around singles turning away from sexual promiscuity. The couple were married in a million-dollar, televised ceremony. That&#039;s &amp;quot;tele-evangelism.&amp;quot; &lt;/p&gt;Click &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.forbes.com/feeds/ap/2007/09/11/ap4105952.html&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt; for more.</description>
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 <pubDate>Wed, 12 Sep 2007 08:09:27 -0400</pubDate>
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 <description>The apartment that I live in was built in the 1930s, which means it has character. The one down side is that the laundry room is around back and in the basement. &lt;p&gt;So, two weeks  ago on Saturday morning I grabbed my laundry and headed down to do my wash. I put my key in the door, stepped inside, and heard the door shut behind me. Then I looked for my keys, only to realize that they were still in the door — on the &lt;i&gt;outside&lt;/i&gt;. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;As I tried the door knob, I realized I was locked in — no cell phone, nobody knowing I was down there. I sat down on top of my clothes to think. If I screamed who would hear me? &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;I started to panic a little, but then calmed myself down. I had to think. I decided I just had to wait it out. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;I thought of things to do to occupy my time. Thoughts of sitting on top on the washer while it was on the spin cycle went through my mind, but I decided against that. I started doing leg squats and jumping jacks, but after five minutes I&#039;d had enough of that. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Next, I started singing every song from the &lt;i&gt;Sound of Music&lt;/i&gt;, and any other musical I could think of. After singing &amp;quot;Doe A Deer&amp;quot; for the last time, I realized something. &lt;/p&gt;</description>
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 <pubDate>Tue, 11 Sep 2007 17:30:00 -0400</pubDate>
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