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• Oct 12, 2013

  Grammy-Award Winning Casting Crowns Member Waits for New Heart for 5-Month-Old Son

  The #PrayForSilas hashtag, created for the five-month-old son of Grammy Award-winning Christian band Casting Crowns bassist Chris Huffman, is going viral on social media even as "Super Silas" recovers from a surgery that will help him survive for some time until he gets a donor heart.

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  Oct 12, 2013

  German Homeschool Family Takes Asylum Case to US Supreme Court

  An evangelical Christian family from Germany that fled to the United States to be able to homeschool their children has filed an appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court against a lower court's ruling that they do not qualify for a political asylum.

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  Oct 12, 2013

  Amid Optimism, Obama Presses for Debt Deal Beyond Christmas Season

  Amid cautious optimism after President Barack Obama's conversation with House Speaker John Boehner on the phone, the president Saturday urged Congress to end the government shutdown and that House Republicans increase the debt ceiling to get the economy through the Christmas shopping season.

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  Oct 7, 2013

  Mark Driscoll on 7 Reasons We Sabbath; 7 Ways We Kill It

  Pastor Mark Driscoll of Mars Hill Church in Seattle, Wash., spoke to his congregation about the fourth of the Ten Commandments on Sunday, sharing with them seven reasons why Sabbath is important, and also seven ways some Christians often kill it.

• Oct 7, 2013

  Atheists Happy Without Religion, Claims Mich. Billboard Campaign

  "Millions of Americans are living happily without religion," reads the message on billboards an atheist group has installed along several Michigan freeways, including in Grand Rapids, Kalamazoo and Madison Heights areas, to let people without religion know they are not alone.

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  Oct 7, 2013

  Boehner to Obama: No Way House Passing Debt Deal Without Spending Cuts; We're Currently on Path to Default

  With more than a week ahead of the debt ceiling deadline and six days into a partial shutdown, House Speaker John Boehner said Sunday President Obama is risking default by not discussing House Republicans' demand for delay or defunding of the health care law and new spending cuts.

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  Oct 7, 2013

  US Supreme Court to Hear Public Prayer, Abortion, 'Obamacare' Cases as New Term Begins

  The U.S. Supreme Court is scheduled to hear and decide several contentious cases, including matters related to public prayers at government meetings and states' right to restrict access to abortion, as it begins a new session on Monday after a summer break.

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  Oct 6, 2013

  House Passes Bill to Prevent Arrest of Priests for Holding Services at Military Bases During Shutdown

  The House passed a bill on Saturday to let military chaplains hold services during the shutdown, as Catholic priests under government contract were not allowed to offer communion and other religious services on military bases. Priests could even get arrested for volunteering.

• Oct 6, 2013

  Florida City Orders 'God Bless America' Signs Removed; Baptist Church Had Given Residents Signs

  The city of Bartow in Florida has ordered residents to remove "God Bless America" signs from their front lawns by Monday or allegedly pay fines. The signs violate a 13-year-old ordinance, the city says.

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  Oct 6, 2013

  Al Qaeda 'Can't Hide,' Kerry Warns as Navy SEALs Raid Terror Targets in Somalia, Libya

  Secretary of State John Kerry said Sunday terrorists "can run but they can't hide" after Navy SEALs raided the house of a top leader of the Somali group al Shabaab and separately captured in Libya an al Qaeda leader wanted for bombing U.S. Embassy in 1998 in east Africa.