Leonardo Blair

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  Jun 17, 2014

  Starbucks Offers Free College Tuition to Thousands of Workers in Partnership With Arizona State University

  Thousands of Starbucks workers will now be able to get their college degrees for free thanks to a partnership between the coffee giant and Arizona State University (ASU) called the Starbucks College Achievement Plan.

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  Jun 16, 2014

  Father's Day Horror: Woman's Grandson and His Mother Perish in House Fire With Four Others as She Waited for Them in Church

  Father's Day turned into a nightmare for an Irvington, New Jersey, woman Sunday while she sat in church waiting for her grandson and his mother to come help her remember his deceased father in a special Father's Day service at Solid Rock Church. Stephon Sydney, his mother and four other family members were wailing for help in a tragic house fire that killed them all.

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  Jun 16, 2014

  University Ordered to Pay $700K in Legal Fees for Christian Professor Denied Promotion Due to His Conservative Views

  After spending seven years trying to deny a promotion "rightfully due" to Christian professor Mike Adams because of his conservative views, the University of North Carolina at Wilmington was ordered by a federal judge last Tuesday to pay more than $700,000 in legal fees accrued by the professor in a protracted discrimination lawsuit with the institution.

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  Jun 16, 2014

  'Healing Evangelist' Todd Bentley Tells Man With Cerebral Palsy: 'I'm Not Giving You My Anointing,' After He Calls Him a Fraud at Crusade

  Todd Bentley, the controversial founder and "healing evangelist" of Fresh Fire USA, withheld his healing "anointing" from a vocal critic of his ministry at a revival crusade in Tulsa, Oklahoma, after the man called him a "worker of iniquity" before his faith-filled audience.

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  Jun 13, 2014

  Bowdoin College Says Gays Must Be Allowed to Join and Vie for Leadership in Christian Groups on Campus

  Despite claiming in a statement Tuesday that "religious freedom and spirituality are alive and thriving" on the campus, Bowdoin College, a private liberal arts school in Maine, insisted Friday that Christian groups on campus will lose their recognition status if homosexuals cannot become members or allowed to vie for leadership.

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  Jun 12, 2014

  Walmart Starts Employees at $17.40/Hour in Williston, North Dakota, Where Unemployment is 0.9 Percent

  In the booming town of Williston, North Dakota, where unemployment is less than 1 percent, Walmart, America's multinational chain of value stores notorious for paying low wages, starts off workers with an impressive hourly wage of $17.40.

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  Jun 12, 2014

  9,000 Police Storm Church Looking for Billionaire South Korean Pastor Yoo Byung-Eun Accused of Role in Ferry Disaster That Killed 300

  Some 9,000 police officers reportedly stormed the compound of the Evangelical Baptist Church in South Korea between Wednesday and Thursday in search of billionaire pastor and businessman Yoo Byung-eun who is accused of playing a role in the ferry tragedy that left 300 people dead or missing in April.

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  Jun 12, 2014

  28-Y-O Priest Shot Dead, Another Injured Inside Phoenix Church

  A 28-year-old priest who was just ordained two years ago was shot dead in a Catholic church in Phoenix, Arizona, while another was injured near the state Capitol Wednesday night, according to Phoenix police.

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  Jun 11, 2014

  Church Suspended After Fired Pistol-Packing Pastor Refuses to Go; Tells Leaders 'Can't Nobody Fire Him But God'

  A pistol-packing Alabama pastor who was fired by his church leaders last year refuses to leave the church, telling them, "can't nobody fire him but God." He subsequently fired the opposing trustees and deacons, and replaced them with a more supportive team.

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  Jun 11, 2014

  Transgender Priest Rev. Cameron Partridge, Will Preach at Sunday Service Celebrating LGBT Pride at Washington National Cathedral

  The Rev. Cameron Partridge will become the first openly transgender priest to preach at the Washington National Cathedral in Washington, D.C. on Sunday, June 22, as the historic church celebrates LGBT pride month in a service led by Rev. Gene Robinson, the first openly gay priest to be elected a bishop.