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Stephen McBride, Australian Man, Blames Scientology For Brother's Suicide

AP | ROD McGUIRK | Posted 11.23.2009 | World

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CANBERRA, Australia — A man who blames the Church of Scientology for his brother's suicide added his voice Monday to calls for an Australia Sena...

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Church Of Scientology Accused Of Torture And Forced Abortions In Australia

Posted 11.18.2009 | World

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The church of Scientology has entered another international controversy this week as Nick Xenophon, an independent Australian politician, tabled a num...

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Tom Cruise Talks About Beating Disobedient Scientologists

Matthew Filipowicz | Posted 11.11.2009 | Comedy

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Leading Scientologists, and Cruise's lawyer have disputed the claim. And now, in this exclusive video, Tom Cruise himself discusses the explosive charges. Take a look.

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Ex-Scientologists: Threat Of A Tom Cruise Beatdown Used Against Disobedient Members

nydailynews.com | Rush & Molloy | Posted 11.08.2009 | Entertainment

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Did Tom Cruise offer to personally "beat the living [bleep]" out of disobedient Scientologists? Cruise's lawyer and church spokesmen vigorously dispu...

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FDA Considers Caving to Scientology and Making Mental Illness Treatment Illegal

DJ Jaffe | Posted 11.05.2009 | Living

As far-fetched as it sounds, the FDA is considering making it more difficult to treat depression, bipolar disorder, schizophrenia and psychosis.

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Paul Haggis Renounces Scientology In Blistering Letter, Leaves The Church

AP | JAKE COYLE | Posted 10.26.2009 | Entertainment

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NEW YORK — "Crash" director Paul Haggis has severed his ties with the Church of Scientology, in part because of what he alleged as the organizat...

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Scientology Spokesman Storms Out Of Nightline Interview (VIDEO)

Posted 10.24.2009 | Media

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Last night ABC's Nightline aired a report on the Church of Scientology, and accusations made against the church's leader, David Miscavige, by ex-Scien...

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Tom, Katie & Suri Attend Secret Scientology Party

usmagazine.com | Posted 10.20.2009 | Entertainment

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Tom Cruise, Katie Holmes and daughter Suri reunited with John Travolta and wife Kelly Preston -- plus over 4000 other Scientologists -- at a massive p...

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Will Smith Donates $70,000 To Scientology Groups

Showbiz 411 | Posted 11.19.2009 | Entertainment

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Will Smith and his wife, Jada Pinkett-Smith, donated $70,000 to Scientology groups in 2008, according to a tax filing just obtained by this column. ...

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Katie Holmes And Tom Cruise Inspire New Church Of Scientology Uniforms

Daily Mail | Katie Nicholl | Posted 09.24.2009 | Style

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Actress Katie Holmes is gearing up for her Holmes & Yang fashion launch in Los Angeles next month, but she has also influenced the designs for a new r...

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John Travolta 'Forever' a Scientologist

people.com | Posted 08.27.2009 | Entertainment

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John Travolta's faith in Scientology remains firm. A July 25 report in Britain's Daily Mail newspaper claiming that Travolta, 55, had grown disench...

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Church Of Scientology Leadership Accused Of Widespread Violence

AP | Posted 07.23.2009 | Politics

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CLEARWATER, Fla. — The leader of the Church of Scientology struck his subordinates numerous times and set an example for physical violence among...

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Wikipedia Bans Scientology From Site

Posted 06.29.2009 | Media

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Wikipedia has banned the Church of Scientology and its members from editing its site after discovering that members of the church were editing article...

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France: Church Of Scientology To Stand Trial For Organized Fraud

AP | PIERRE-ANTOINE SOUCHARD | Posted 06.25.2009 | World

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PARIS — The Church of Scientology could be dissolved in France if it is convicted in a trial that opened Monday in a Paris court, where the grou...

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Schoolmaster Jada Pinkett Smith Looking To Open High School

AP | SANDY COHEN | Posted 04.11.2009 | Entertainment

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LOS ANGELES — Jada Pinkett Smith is adding another title to her resume: schoolmaster. The 37-year-old actress-producer-musician and her husband...

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Lisa Marie Presley Defends Travolta Family, Scientology

Lisa Marie's MySpace | Posted 02.06.2009 | Entertainment

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Lisa Marie Presley, friend to John Travolta and Kelly Preston and fellow Scientologist, has taken to her MySpace page to defend the couple after the t...

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Tom Cruise: Scientology Helped Me Overcome Dyslexia

AP | Posted 02.05.2009 | Entertainment

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MADRID, Spain — Actor Tom Cruise said Scientology teachings helped him overcome childhood dyslexia, a Spanish magazine reported. Cruise was quo...

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Will Smith Gives $122,500 To Scientology

Fox News | Posted 01.17.2009 | Entertainment

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Will Smith gives generously to many causes, and one of them is the Church of Scientology. A Fox News report on his charitable foundation's tax return ...

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Holiday Songs for Scientologists

Matthew Filipowicz | Posted 01.12.2009 | Entertainment

Being a secular progressive, I want everyone to be included in the forced holiday cheer. And I got to thinking, why aren't there holiday songs for Scientologists?

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Scientology Author V. Tom Cruise In Book Battle

NY Daily News | Posted 01.01.2009 | Entertainment

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Tom Cruise is denying that he pressured Amazon to stop selling a book critical of the Church of Scientology. On Oct. 31, Irish publisher Merlin relea...

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Scientology Shooting: Man Killed Had Church Ties

AP | THOMAS WATKINS | Posted 12.25.2008 | Politics

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LOS ANGELES — An Oregon man who was fatally shot as he wielded samurai swords and tried to attack guests at a landmark Scientology building was ...

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Germany Drops Scientology Ban Attempt

AP | MICHAEL FISCHER | Posted 12.22.2008 | Politics

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POTSDAM, Germany — Germany is dropping its pursuit of a ban on Scientology after finding insufficient evidence of illegal activity, security off...

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Jennifer Lopez Defends Scientology, Says She Had A Nervous Breakdown

The Daily Beast | Posted 11.07.2008 | Entertainment

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Newly minted triathlete Jennifer Lopez has two new feature films in the works, a Disney 'tween series, a greatest hits album, and a globe-trotting fal...

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Katie Holmes' Broadway Debut Marred By Protesters

AP | ERIN CARLSON | Posted 10.19.2008 | Entertainment

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NEW YORK — Katie Holmes knows how to draw a crowd _ including anti-Scientology demonstrators. Nearly 100 people lined up outside the Gerald Sch...

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WIll Smith: "I Am Not" A Scientologist

Fox News | Posted 10.17.2008 | Entertainment

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Fox News ran into Will Smith this week, and asked him about Scientology: This year, news broke that Will had funded a school in suburban Los Angeles ...

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