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• Mar 3, 2013

  Calif. Beauty Queen Says ChristianMingle.com Rape Suspect Threatened Her

  A Christian contestant in the Miss California 2012 pageant says she could have been the next victims and was threatened not to talk with police by a man charged with raping another woman he met using the dating website ChristianMingle.com.

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  Mar 3, 2013

  Obama's Top Campaign Fundraisers in Q4: Will Smith, Eva Longoria, Anna Wintour, Gwen Stefani

  The Obama campaign released on Saturday an updated list of bundlers from the fourth quarter of 2012, carrying several big-name fundraisers, including actors Will Smith and his wife, Jada Pinkett-Smith.

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  Mar 2, 2013

  Conversion Rumor Leads to Violence Outside Church in Egypt

  A mob of Muslims carrying makeshift bombs clashed with police outside a church in southern Egypt on Friday over a rumor that a Muslim woman who disappeared had been kidnapped by Christians to force her to convert.

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  Mar 2, 2013

  FRC Lauds Texas Leaders for Backing Boy Scouts' No-Gay Policy

  Family Research Council has praised more than 60 Texas elected officials for joining Gov. Rick Perry in encouraging the Boy Scouts of America, which is considering changing its no-gays membership policy, to stay true to their support of family values and moral principles.

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  Mar 2, 2013

  Homeland Security Released Over 2,000 Illegal Immigrants, Report Reveals

  Hours before President Obama authorized the government to begin cutting $85 billion from federal accounts on Friday, a newswire revealed that the Homeland Security Department had released from jails over 2,000 illegal immigrants facing deportation, and was planning to set free 3,000 more this month to deal with the "sequester."

• Feb 25, 2013

  Times Square Church Reaches Agreement With Cross-Dressers Next Door

  St. Malachy's Catholic Church in Times Square stopped calling for the cancellation of a brunch-time drag show at Lillie's restaurant next door, and the cross-dressers ended their plan to protest outside the church after they reached an understanding.

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  Feb 25, 2013

  Ex-White House Official: I Was Ordered to Not Even Acknowledge Drone Program

  Former White House press secretary and Obama adviser Robert Gibbs said in an interview Sunday that his bosses told him not to discuss the government's targeted drone strikes against suspected terrorists in countries like Pakistan, or even acknowledge its existence.

• Feb 25, 2013

  Christian Group Suing London Mayor for Banning 'Not Gay' Ads

  A Christian group is taking the Mayor of London to court this week for violating their right to free speech by banning their posters that said homosexuals can be "reoriented" through prayer and therapy, in response to a previous ad campaign by a gay rights group.

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  Feb 25, 2013

  Newtown Received 175,000 Letters; Volunteers Handwriting Thank-You Notes

  Newtown, Conn., received about 175,000 cards and letters and tens of thousands of gifts from church groups and others after December's Sandy Hook mass shooting. Volunteers are now working to preserve the mails and send handwritten thank-you notes to senders, even as officials Sunday distributed gifts to residents.

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  Feb 24, 2013

  Pope Explains Resignation; Vatican Slams Media for 'Scandals' Reports

  Pope Benedict XVI explained his decision to step down as he delivered his final public prayer ceremony Sunday, the day after the Vatican secretariat of state strongly denounced "unverified, unverifiable, or completely false news stories" linking the pontiff's resignation to scandals in the Roman Catholic Church.