Leonardo Blair

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  May 8, 2014

  Believers Rally After HGTV Cancels Reality Show Starring Christian Twin Brothers Who Oppose Abortion, Homosexuality, Divorce

  Christian viewers of the Home & Garden Television (HGTV) are now up in arms after the network announced Wednesday that they have "decided not to move forward" with a reality show called 'Flip It Forward' starring conservative Christian twin brothers David and Jason Benham who are openly opposed to abortion, homosexuality and no-fault divorce.

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  May 8, 2014

  NFL Team That Drafts Openly Gay Player Michael Sam Will Face Boycott, Says D.C. Lobbyist Seeking to Ban Gays From League

  Jack Burkman, head of the Washington, D.C. lobbying firm J.M. Burkman & Assoc. who is seeking to ban gays from the NFL, says he intends to build a national coalition to boycott any football franchise that picks openly gay football player Michael Sam in the NFL Draft, which starts Thursday at Radio City Music Hall in New York City.

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  May 8, 2014

  Executive Pastor of Reality Church Placed on Leave After 'Baffling' Drunken Bike Crash That Sent His 8-Y-O Son Flying

  Congregants of the Santa Barbara campus of the Reality Church in California were left baffled Sunday when they were informed that their popular executive pastor, Gerald Torres,43, had been placed on administrative leave after he was involved in a drunken motorcycle crash that sent his passenger and 8-year-old son Judah flying.

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  May 7, 2014

  Former Pastor Gets 15 Years in Prison for Charging $50K on Church's Credit Card

  A former South Side Chicago pastor who racked up more than $50,000 in unauthorized personal charges on credit cards he opened in the name of his old church was sentenced to 15 years in prison for his crimes on Monday.

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  May 7, 2014

  Woman Claims NYPD Officers Repeatedly Tried to Arrest Dead Husband in Home Despite Posting Death Certificate on Door

  A Brooklyn, New York woman filed a federal lawsuit against the City of New York and two NYPD officers seeking unspecified damages Friday for repeatedly barging into her home seeking to arrest her husband who has been dead for more than eight years.

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  May 7, 2014

  University of Arizona Campus Preacher, Brother Dean, Says Women Wearing Yoga Pants 'Partially Responsible' for Rape (VIDEO)

  A young student campus preacher at the University of Arizona who sparked controversy and an online petition to get him booted from the school last year for saying immodestly dressed women "deserve rape" defended his position in a recent interview that there are "certain qualities" that attract sexual assault.

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  May 6, 2014

  Mother of Zach Sobiech, Teen Who Wrote Inspiring Song 'Clouds' Before Dying From Cancer, Tells His Story in 'Fly a Little Higher'

  A year ago Zach Sobiech, 18, of Lakeland, Minnesota, captivated the world with his brave battle with a rare cancer called osteosarcoma through an inspiring song he wrote called "Clouds." Now, almost a year since he died, his mother, Laura Sobiech, is telling his story in a book called "Fly a Little Higher."

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  May 6, 2014

  Family Pastor of Iowa Church Commits Suicide Weeks After Lead Pastor Gave Thanks That Church Never Had a Funeral in Five Years

  A family pastor in Iowa left his family and friends in deep sorrow and a state of "unbelief" last Thursday when he reportedly committed suicide, leaving behind a wife and two sons.

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  May 5, 2014

  Woman Pays $15,000 Bail for Complete Stranger After Witnessing 'Worst' Arrest She Has Ever Seen

  A woman moved by the arrest of a young man she described as "one of the worst things I've ever seen" plunked down $15,000 last Thursday to secure a cash bail for him even though he was a complete stranger to her.

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  May 5, 2014

  Stephen Hawking Warns Artificial Intelligence Could be 'Worst Mistake in History' as Johnny Depp's 'Transcendence' Examines It

  "Imagine a machine with a full range of human emotions. Its analytical power will be greater than the collective intelligence of every person in the history of the world. Some scientists refer to this as the 'singularity'. I call it 'transcendence'," says Johnny Depp's character Dr. Will Caster in the haunting new science fiction drama 'Transcendence'.