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• Apr 28, 2013

  Rapper Shai Linne Explains Why He Named Names in 'Fal$e Teacher$'

  Rapper Shai Linne, who criticized the "prosperity gospel" and identified popular televangelists like Joel Osteen, T.D. Jakes, Paula White and Benny Hinn as its preachers in his new song "Fal$e Teacher$," explains why chose to name names despite knowing it was "dangerous."

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  Apr 28, 2013

  US Military Unblocks Southern Baptist Website

  The website for the Southern Baptist Convention was unblocked after a piece of malware briefly shut down access to www.SBC.net on some military installations this week. Some Christian activists had accused the Defense Department of blocking the site intentionally.

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  Apr 28, 2013

  Obama Asks God to Bless Planned Parenthood; Blasts Opponents

  President Barack Obama has praised Planned Parenthood while lambasting its pro-life critics at the pro-choice group's national conference in Washington D.C., ending his prepared remarks with seeking God's blessing upon the organization.

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  Apr 27, 2013

  Boston Bombing Suspect Moved From Hospital to Prison; FBI Shifts Focus to Deadly Plot

  The surviving Boston Marathon bombings suspect was moved from a hospital on Friday to a federal prison medical center. FBI agents have, meanwhile, shifted the focus of their probe to how the deadly plot was carried out and searched for evidence in a landfill near the college he attended.

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  Apr 27, 2013

  LDS Church Criticized for Endorsing Boy Scouts' Proposal on Accepting Gay Members

  The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, which is the nation's largest sponsor of the Boy Scouts of America, is being criticized for endorsing a BSA proposal that would allow gay youths to join local troops while continuing to exclude gay leaders.

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  Apr 27, 2013

  Pastor Saeed Abedini Excluded From State Department's Iran Prisoners List

  The U.S. State Department's "virtual embassy" to Iran, which highlights that country's human rights abuses, has a site listing those jailed for dissent or religious beliefs but it doesn't include imprisoned American Pastor Saeed Abedini, who has been tortured because of his Christian faith.

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  Apr 19, 2013

  Slain Boston Bombing Suspect was 'Very Religious'

  New details have emerged about the life of Tamerlan Tsarnaev, one of the two Boston Marathon bombing suspects who was shot dead by police early Friday morning. A refugee from Chechnya, the suspect appears to be a "very religious" Muslim with no American friend.

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  Apr 19, 2013

  World Vision Launches $500 Million 'Rescue Mission' Initiative to Fill Gap of Foreign Aid Cuts

  Evangelical Christian humanitarian group World Vision has launched a $500 million initiative to help 10 million poor children globally with water, health services and child protection, at a time when foreign aid continues to be threatened by government cuts and sequestration.

• Apr 19, 2013

  Megachurch Pastor's Niece, Disney Star Fight US Hunger in Schools

  Pastor Joel Osteen's niece, Olivia Osteen, and Jake Short, star of the Disney comedy hit show "A.N.T. Farm," are promoting a nationwide charity aimed at fighting hunger in schools through a public service announcement filmed at Lakewood Church in Houston, Texas.

• Apr 19, 2013

  Out-of-Wedlock Births Need to Be 'Stigmatized,' Welfare Expert Says

  The American society and public policy need to be much more authoritative about communicating the norm because certain behaviors and lifestyles are undesirable, one of the nation's leading experts on poverty and welfare said, adding that out-of-wedlock births needs to be "stigmatized."