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• Feb 17, 2013

  Libya Arrests Four Suspected Christian Missionaries

  Libyan authorities have arrested four foreigners on suspicion of distributing Christian books and proselytizing in the eastern city of Benghazi. Evangelism in the "100 percent Muslim" nation is a crime, assert police, who have allowed Islamist extremists to drive Christian out of Libya.

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  Feb 17, 2013

  Tebow Criticized for Planned Visit to Robert Jeffress' Dallas Megachurch

  New York Jets quarterback Tim Tebow is being criticized for his planned visit to speak at the First Baptist Church of Dallas, Texas, led by Pastor Robert Jeffress, who some media are decrying as "anti-gay."

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  Feb 17, 2013

  Marco Rubio Rejects Obama's Immigration Plan Offering Path to Residency

  Sen. Marco Rubio was quick to express opposition to a leaked draft of a White House immigration plan, which calls for a new visa for undocumented immigrants and would allow them to become legal permanent residents within eight years.

• Feb 16, 2013

  NY Trinity Church Rector Announces Retirement amid Allegations

  The Rev. Dr. James H. Cooper, the rector of the historic Trinity Church in Lower Manhattan, has announced he will retire in 2015, even as a congregant has sued him for voting improprieties in an internal election last year.

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  Feb 16, 2013

  Senate Democrats Unveil Plan to Avert Automatic Cuts

  Senate Democrats have proposed a $110 billion mix of tax increases and spending cuts to put off $85 billion in automatic spending cuts set to hit March 1. But Republicans, who are against any new taxes, say it's a waste of time.

• Feb 11, 2013

  Mich. Attorney Offers Free Divorce on Valentine's Day

  While Valentine's Day is viewed as a day to celebrate love, and groups like National Marriage Week USA plans to highlight the benefits of marriage, an attorney from Michigan is offering a free divorce to the couple from the state with the best break-up story.

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  Feb 11, 2013

  Substance Abuse Was Zachery Tims' 'Lifestyle,' Ex-Wife Says

  More than one-and-a-half years after her former husband was found dead inside a New York City hotel room, Riva Tims tells a lifestyle magazine that she believes the late Florida megachurch pastor, Zachery Tims, did not have a struggle with substance abuse, but it was his "lifestyle."

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  Feb 11, 2013

  Tornado Causes Injuries, Destruction in Southern Mississippi

  Even as the Northeast was still digging out on Sunday after a massive blizzard, a tornado, part of a wave of severe storms, ripped through southern Mississippi, injuring at least a dozen people, damaging hundreds of homes and parts of the University of Southern Mississippi, and causing widespread power outages.

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  Feb 10, 2013

  Pentecostal Minister Joshua DuBois Departs White House Faith-Based Office

  It was the last week in office for Joshua DuBois as President Barack Obama's official liaison to faith-based organizations. DuBois plans to author a book of devotionals for leaders based on the ones he sent the president each day, and teach at New York University.

• Feb 10, 2013

  Russell Moore: What Is Christian Ethics?

  Pastors and church leaders have to deal with ethical issues every day, but what is Christian ethics, and how can they sharpen their sense of ethics? Theologian Russell D. Moore offers answers to these frequently asked questions in an interview.