Beaverton Grace Bible Church Sues Family For Defamation After Bad Reviews, Critical Blog

Officials at Beaverton Grace Bible Church weren't too thrilled to learn that a former member had written negative online reviews of the service and congregation, so they filed a lawsuit against an Oregon mother and her family. Julie Anne Smith, her daughter and three other com …

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Catholic School Drops Student Health Care To Protest Contraception Coverage

Franciscan University of Steubenville, a Catholic school in Ohio, made news today for dropping its student health-care plan in protest of the Obama administration's decision that health insurers must cover contraception. (Via the Huffington Post.)The school announced online tha …

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Wrong man was executed in Texas, probe says -

He was the spitting image of the killer, had the same first name and was near the scene of the crime at the fateful hour: Carlos DeLuna paid the ultimate price and was executed in place of someone else in Texas in 1989, a report out Tuesday found.

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Veterans favor Obama Over Romney

The veteran vote in the 2012 election is trending toward Barack Obama. A new Reuters/Ipsos poll found that Obama would beat Mitt Romney by as much as seven percentage points in November.

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Ron Paul all but ends presidential campaign, continues delegate strategy

Ron Paul announced Monday that his campaign will no longer spend money on presidential nominating contests due to lack of funds, effectively ending his campaign for the Republican nomination.

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JPMorgan executives set to quit over 2 billion dollar loss

Three top executives involved with a failed hedging strategy that cost JPMorgan Chase & Co at least $2 billion and tarnished its reputation are expected to leave the bank this week, sources close to the matter said on Sunday.

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Ivy League school janitor graduates with honors

For years, Gac Filipaj mopped floors, cleaned toilets and took out trash at Columbia University.A refugee from war-torn Yugoslavia, he eked out a living working for the Ivy League school. But Sunday was payback time: The 52-year-old janitor donned a cap and gown to graduate wit …

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Jan Brewer Signs Legislation Permitting Employers to Interrogate Female Employees About Contraception Use

Arizona House Bill 2625, authored by Majority Whip Debbie Lesko, R-Glendale, would permit employers to ask their employees for proof of medical prescription if they seek contraceptives for non-reproductive purposes, such as hormone control or acne treatment.

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Limbaugh: To Save Economy, "Get Rid Of Everything Obama's Done And Simply Go Back To America The Way It Was"

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Top Republican Pollster Advises Party To Embrace Gay Marriage

A memo sent out by a Republican pollster has been making the rounds online for its conclusion that the party needs to embrace gay marriage as part of its platform because of recent trends showing increased support for this important social issue. Jan van Lohuizen, who worked as …

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It's just a coincidence the gun is pointed at Obama's head, right?

Rand Paul signs his name to a newsletter that not only lies about Obama trying to ban one million rifles or take away all of our guns rights, but it depicts a rifle and bullets pointing at his head.

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Tennessee governor signs controversial Gateway Sexual Activity Bill

Tennessee teachers can no longer condone so-called "gateway sexual activity" such as touching genitals under a new law that critics say is too vague and could hamper discussion about safe sexual behavior.Governor Bill Haslam's office Friday confirmed that he had signed the bill …

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Website Offered Gun Owners Shooting Range Targets Of Trayvon Martin

An unidentified individual from Virginia is hoping to cash in on the tragic death of Trayvon Martin by selling gun range targets meant to resemble him.While the targets don’t feature a photo of Martin, they do depict a silhouette of a hoodie clutching a can of iced tee an …

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Backlash over North Carolina's marriage vote

By the indications of posters to the state's Visit North Carolina Facebook page, the state's tourism business might take a hit this summer.The state's voters on Tuesday overwhelmingly approved Amendment One, which defines marriage as a legal union solely between a man and woman …

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Alaska militia members spoke of hanging bodies from lamp posts: prosecutor

Three members of a pro-gun Alaska militia plotted to kidnap or kill two law enforcement officers for every militiaman arrested or killed, in tough talk that included discussion about hanging bodies from lamp posts, a federal prosecutor said on Tuesday.

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Marine Returns, Son With Cerebral Palsy Walks for First Time

A North Carolina Marine got a shocking welcome home from his son, who suffers from cerebral palsy, when the young boy walked to his father on his own for the first time.When Staff Sgt. Jeremy Cooney was deployed, his 6-year-old son could not walk. What he didn’t know was  …

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Time breastfeeding cover sparks controversy

This week's Time magazine cover features Jamie Lynne Grumet, a 26-year-old woman breastfeeding her three-year-old son. Grumet was one of four mothers photographed by Time for a cover story on "attachment parenting," an approach--outlined by 1992's "The Baby Book" by Dr. Bill Se …

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Private Jobs Increase More With Democrats in White House - Bloomberg

During an election-year clash overwhich U.S. political party has the best prescription for curingunemployment, Democrats can argue that almost two-thirds ofprivate-sector job growth in the past five decades came withthem in the White House.

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'Kill The Claire Bear" Comment about Claire McCaskill Applauded By GOP Opponent's Son (VIDEO)

Sam Steelman, the son and deputy campaign manager of Missouri GOP Senate hopeful Sarah Steelman, applauded a Tea Party activist's recent call to "kill the Claire Bear," referring to Sen. Claire McCaskill (D-Mo.).

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Ephren Taylor Accused of $11 Million Christian Ponzi Scheme

"Everything he says is based on the word of God," Long pledged to the members of his megachurch. But Taylor wasn't a visiting minister. He was a financial adviser, one who claimed to have made his first million before he turned 18. And he promised he could do the same for his f …

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