An undergraduate student at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago has been attracting a buzz with the piece he made for his senior show. The piece, titled "Blessing," is a paper mache sculpture of presidential hopeful Barack Obama as Jesus, complete with robes and a neon blue halo. The student, 24-year-old David Cordero, said he decided to create the sculpture because Obama's been getting an enormous amount of attention since it was rumored he might run for president.

A 62-year-old ex-felon who claims to be the second coming of Jesus Christ says he has as many as 1 million followers in 30 countries. Jose de Jesus, who is now living outside Houston, Texas, said he married twice, smokes and likes Scotch. ABC News quotes de Jesus as saying that he grew up in poverty, had a heroin addiction and spent nine months in prison for eight felony charges along the way. However, the man who claims to be Jesus says he never gets drunk just as the original Jesus.

A Miami priest who served several stints in jail and has 666 tattooed on his body claims he is Jesus reincarnated. His church members, reaching numbers in the thousands, also believe he is what he says. Jose Luis de Jesus Miranda is also called "Daddy" by his followers. Although he calls himself Jesus, some say he is no more than a cult leader.

According to U. S. police, there has been a sudden increase in extraordinary crimes over the Christmas season, which included snowman stabbers and drunk float drivers. One such person, David Allen Rodgers, 42, was arrested on Dec. 3 for driving while intoxicated. He was at the wheel of a float during the annual Christmas parade in Anderson, South Carolina, when he sped down the street in a float with 19 people aboard, ran a red light and led police on a 3-mile chase.

Some members of Poland's Parliament have introduced legislation making Jesus Christ king of the country. While the nation is overwhelmingly Catholic, some clergy have criticized the bill saying it's not needed.