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The police reached there on Sunday morning. It is suspected that one or more CDs had been kept at Bawa�s residence in which shots of at least one VIP were captured in a compromising position and the pre-planned murders might have been committed to acquire these CDs. Sources said either the divorcee principal had illicit relations with some persons or some girls were being supplied to VIPs and their shots were recorded in the CDs in a compromising position to blackmail them. Police officials have been suspecting the angle of illicit relations or a sex scandal behind the murders from day one. They have been saying this while talking off the record since Sunday, when the police came to know about the brutal murders. That was why, it had also sent the vaginal swab of the principal to the forensic laboratory in Patiala.
ORU founder returns to defend school
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The latest on this story: Oral Roberts back at ORU
Oral Roberts came to his namesake university for the first time in three years on Monday and told students and employees in a chapel service "the devil is not going to steal ORU." He said all allegations made in a lawsuit and an attached report are false. And he said Richard Roberts, who took a leave of absence as the school's president last week, eventually will return to his position. Oral Roberts also said he has moved back to Tulsa. The crowd gave him multiple standing ovations during .
A boost for family already full of hope
Jewel Wilson took in her granddaughter Shantora as an infant when the girl's mother gave her up for adoption. But Wilson said it's Shantora who's been a blessing to her all these years. Shantora, now 16, has changed bandages on Wilson's sores, cleaned up around the house and cooked many dinners, including pork chops and corn bread. But the biggest blessing Shantora has given is her constant encouragement to Wilson, who has had poor health, including failing kidneys and a diabetes-related illness that led to the amputation of her right leg. "Sometimes I feel like throwing in the towel," said Wilson, 63. "When I start crying or get upset, she says 'Mama, don't fret. Pray.' " The grandmother and granddaughter this Christmas season will receive a food basket from the News Sentinel Empty Stocking Fund.
Authorities unsure how tiger got out
Police and San Francisco Zoo officials said Wednesday that they had not determined how a Siberian tiger managed to escape her enclosure and then go on a deadly Christmas Day attack. The tiger, pictured here in December 2006, killed a 17-year-old boy identified Wednesday as Carlos Sousa Jr. of San Jose. .
Wage gap 'key problem' in retaining young adults
Ryan Johnson, a 30-year-old Des Moines native who lives in Chicago, estimates returning to Iowa would likely cost him about $20,000 in annual pay. If he and his wife make the move, he's hoping lower housing, transportation and other costs will offset lost wages. "When you turn 30 and get married, you start thinking about where you want to raise kids," said Johnson. "It would be nice not to spend an hour getting to the grocery store."
Jennifer Oswald, a 36-year-old IT recruiter in Des Moines, said higher wages are crucial to graduating students who face heavy debt. After graduating, Oswald moved to Texas to teach math because she was offered higher pay and placement before she graduated, and the state would pay her student debt after she had lived there five years.
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