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  Nov 17, 2014

  'God Had Nothing to Do With This,' Says Christian Worship Leader Chris Picco Who Lost Wife and Son Just Days Apart

  In an emotional speech delivered at the funeral of his wife, Ashley, and young son, Lennon James, at the Loma Linda University Church in California on Saturday, Christian worship leader Chris Picco declared: "God had nothing to do with this," as he mourned his tragic loss and prepared to keep on living.

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  Nov 17, 2014

  Myles Munroe's Children Weep as Thousands Show Up for First Sunday Service Since Crash; Church Recalls Last Sermon

  Although prominent evangelical pastor Myles Munroe told the world that he had prepared his children to live without him should he die, his daughter, Charissa, and son, Myles Munroe Jr., couldn't hold back their tears as they faced his former congregation for the first Sunday since his untimely death with their mother, Ruth, and seven others in a fiery jet crash two Sundays ago.

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  Nov 14, 2014

  Christian Man Loses Wife After Son's Birth; Newborn Then Dies Days After Father Sings Touching Version of Beatle's 'Blackbird'

  Chris Picco, a Christian worship leader whose wife and newborn son died just days apart, brought new meaning to the popular 1968 Beatles hit song "Blackbird" after a recording of him singing the song to his young son shortly before he died went viral on the Internet.

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  Nov 14, 2014

  Myles Munroe Talked About Dying Accidentally, and of Legacy in Ominous Message to Leaders Shortly Before Fatal Jet Crash

  In what is being described as a message he delivered shortly before he and eight others were killed in a fiery jet crash Sunday, prominent evangelical preacher and motivational speaker Myles Munroe spoke ominously of dying by accident and being "unnecessary" to his ministry.

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  Nov 13, 2014

  Christian Actress Tasha Smith Says Husband Keith Douglas Is Trying to Kill Her While Accusing Her of Sleeping With Women

  Days after her husband, Keith Douglas, reportedly got a restraining order against her, Christian actress and Tyler Perry's "Why Did I Get Married?" star Tasha Smith, 43, shot back with a claim that he is trying to kill her while accusing her of sleeping with other women.

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  Nov 13, 2014

  Myles Munroe's Family Reveals Pain, Complete List of Dead in Crash That Killed Pastor Including Unborn Baby

  Just three days after the tragic jet crash that took the lives of renowned pastor and motivational speaker Dr. Myles Munroe and his wife Ruth, the beloved pastor's family revealed the identities of the seven others who perished on the fated flight plus the unborn child of their youth pastor and his wife.

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  Nov 13, 2014

  'Duck Dynasty' Family to Stage Musical in Las Vegas; Gay Advocates Troubled Colleagues Working With Them

  The conservative Robertson family of the popular A&E reality series "Duck Dynasty" are set to bring their signature brand of faith, food and swamp life to the stage in a Las Vegas musical with the help of a team from Broadway next year. But gay advocates are troubled some of their colleagues are working with the Robertsons whom they have branded homophobic.

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  Nov 12, 2014

  Republican Party Historic High: GOP Controls 68 of 98 State Legislatures

  After last Tuesday's impressive showing by the GOP in the 2014 midterm elections, Republicans now control 68 of 98 partisan state legislatures, the highest in the party's history.

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  Nov 11, 2014

  Mormon Founder Had Up to 40 Wives, Including 14-Y-O, Married Women; Said Angel Promised Destruction If He Hadn't Done It

  Joseph Smith, the controversial figure who founded the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, was long accepted as a faithful and monogamous husband by many of the church's followers. But church leaders recently revealed that Smith was a husband to as many as 40 wives, including married women and a 14-year-old girl.

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  Nov 11, 2014

  Conservative Pundit Glenn Beck Reveals Painful Details of Years-Long Struggle With Neurological Illness

  Conservative pundit Glenn Beck, 50, revealed Monday the painful details of a years-long struggle with a neurological illness that threatened to cut short the functionality of his brain, and highlighted how he finally found help to overcome it.