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Supreme Court will hear church-state case over prayers at public meetings
Associated PressWASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court said Monday it will hear a new case on the intersection of religion and government in a dispute over prayers used to open public meetings. The justices said they will review an appeals court ruling that held that...Tags: 2010 Census, Vaccines, Church and State Relations, Belief and Faith, Washington, DC
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State Dept. report notes increase in anti-Semitism; special envoy named
Associated PressWASHINGTON (AP) — The State Department appointed a special envoy to monitor and combat anti-Semitism Monday as a new report documents a global increase in incidents of anti-Semitism and Holocaust denial. Ira Forman, former CEO of the National...Tags: Civil Rights, Minority Groups, Politics, Venezuela, Egypt
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Westboro Baptist Church defector struggles with her past
TOPEKA, Kan. — The house was empty, just as Libby Phelps had planned. Slipping inside that afternoon four years ago, she felt as if her heart would burst through her chest. She peeked through the curtains, terrified that her aunt and uncle ...Tags: Academy Awards, Social Issues, Baptist, Religion and Belief, AIDS
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John F. Brinson: U.S. fighting world war against a political ideology
World War I was everybody versus Germany and Austria (1914-18). World War II was everybody versus Germany, Italy and Japan (1939-45.) World War III was the Cold War, with everybody versus the Soviet communist empire (1947-91). World War IV began in 1979...
Tags: FBI, Punishment, Sociology, Politics, Interior Policy
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Oklahoma State, Wes Lunt situation shows hypocrisy of college sports
Orlando SentinelOklahoma State created a publicity firestorm Friday when the school reportedly decided to severely limit the transfer options for sophomore quarterback Wes Lunt. It was a bizarre twist, in what to this point, had been a cordial divorce between the two...Tags: Pacific-12 Conference, Big 12 Conference, Notre Dame Fighting Irish, Football, Oklahoma State Cowboys
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Pope calls for renewal in church while hewing to doctrine, staying united
VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis is calling for renewal in the Catholic church as he wrapped up two days of mass gatherings in St. Peter's Square aimed at energizing the faithful. About 200,000 people turned out Sunday for Mass celebrated by...Tags: Roman Catholicism, Religion and Belief, The Pope, Francis I, Christianity
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Latest Michigan news, sports, business and entertainment
SMART METERS-OPT OUT Mich. customers oppose fees to refuse power meters LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Some residential customers vow to continue battling Michigan's largest utilities over the freedom to not have new electricity meters installed outside...Tags: Colleges and Universities, Politics, Health and Safety at School, Muscular Dystrophy, Ceremonies
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Christ-centered mission trip
I recently went on a seven-day mission trip with Global Aid Network to Puerto Plata, Dominican Republic, where I was a co-leader of 43 high school students from Dallas. While in the Dominican Republic, my team got the opportunity to share the gospel...
Tags: Methamphetamine (drug), Dominican Republic, Travel, Trips and Vacations
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Chicago's first archbishop was 'good prelate, good man'
Chicago Tribune reporterWhen the president of All Hallows College in Ireland saw the regal man on the framed canvas, he knew the portrait buried in a Dublin basement should head home to Chicago. The painting of Patrick Feehan, Chicago's first Roman Catholic archbishop,...Tags: Republic of Ireland, Colleges and Universities, Roman Catholicism, Holy Name Cathedral, Great Chicago Fire (1871)
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Teachers elect Lewis to 2nd term as CTU head
Tribune reporterChicago Teachers Union President Karen Lewis, an often controversial leader who took on Mayor Rahm Emanuel in a strike last fall and has been leading the fight against the district’s plan to close schools, was reelected to a second three-year term...Tags: Chicago Public Schools, Elections, Chicago Mayor, Strikes, Politics
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White House fights and loses battle to withhold Benghazi records
ReutersBy Mark Hosenball WASHINGTON, May 17 (Reuters) - President Barack Obama's White House fought and lost a battle to avoid making public what it claimed were confidential records of internal deliberations over the attack on a U.S. diplomatic post in...Tags: Peter T. King, Politics, White House, Monica Lewinsky, Central Intelligence Agency
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We can choose the Dead Sea or the living well
If we were to travel west out of Jerusalem we would soon find ourselves going down out of the Judean hills. Reaching the bottomlands we would be in the Jordan Valley. The air would be very hot and sticky. The ground would be baked, dry to the point of...Tags: Grateful Dead (music group), Religion and Belief
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