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Obama appeals to public about ‘fiscal cliff’
President Barack Obama is campaigning again, this time for his plan to deal with a potential fiscal crisis.
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Somali president-elect vows to reset security
Incoming Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud, the target of an assassination attempt earlier this week, says restoring security will be his first order of business once he officially assumes office Sunday.
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Keeping the Faith: Better to Lose the World
“When I needed them most, they didn’t respond. When I spoke, they didn’t listen…The pain and hurt the church has caused is deep and lasting.” Those words could fall from the lips of many a former church-goer.
13-year-old Christian girl allegedly raped by three men in Pakistan
A Pakistani Muslim man, along with two accomplices, allegedly abducted and raped a 13-year-old Christian girl on Thursday, March 29, 2012, according to her uncle, Asher.
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Morality in Media asks people to boycott Groupon over porn-related deal
Morality in Media is calling for people to boycott daily deal site Groupon for offering a pornographic deal to the public.
The deal features a walking tour of of the historic San Francisco Armory building. The building is n...
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Anti-Shariah movement loses steam in state legislatures
(RNS) At this point in 2011, 22 state legislatures had either passed or were considering bills to prohibit judges from considering either Islamic law, known as Shariah, or foreign law in their decisions. What a difference a ye...
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Man behind ‘Rapture pets’ rescue admits it’s a hoax
(RNS) The owner of a business who claimed he would provide atheist rescuers for Christians’ pets left behind in the Rapture now says his service was an elaborate hoax and never had any clients. Bart Centre, who lives in N...
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Walking the Tightrope: Free to be a Sinner
By Father Nathan Miller “The world has turned its back on Christianity with its dogmas and commandments, on the grounds that it is a religion of guilt… …Yet there has never been a time when people were so weig...
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Japanese bishops release delayed anti-nuclear message
Pressure from business people and different views of the crisis after the 11 March earthquake, tsunami and nuclear power plant disaster caused Japanese Catholic bishops to delay an anti-nuclear message for six months, according...
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Pulpits, Pews and Toxics: Panel speaks out on chemical policy
A former chemical plant manager turned pastor, a special education director, and Roman Catholic lobbyist briefed Congress on chemical policy reform on Thursday. In her 20 years of work in special education, Tricia Smith of Litt...
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