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• Nov 18, 2013

  Couple Jailed After Deputy in Search of Loose Pig Finds 11-Year-Old Boy Cuffed to Porch With Dead Chicken Tied Around His Neck

  A nurse and child protective services worker from Union County, N.C., were jailed Saturday night under a combined bond of more than $1 million after their 11-year-old foster son was accidentally discovered cuffed to the porch of their house with a dead chicken tied around his neck.

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  Nov 18, 2013

  Martin Bashir Calls Sarah Palin 'America's Resident Dunce;' Suggests Someone Should Poop in Her Mouth for Comparing National Debt to Slavery

  In a scorching critique of a speech in which Sarah Palin compared the national debt to slavery, MSNBC host Martin Bashir suggested that perhaps someone should poop and urinate in the mouth of the former governor of Alaska and GOP vice presidential nominee.

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  Nov 18, 2013

  25-Year-Old Preacher Battling Brain Cancer Declares He Won't Lose Faith Over Affliction, Then Dies Full of Hope

  Georgia preacher Brandon Bennings was only 23 years old in 2011 when he discovered he had a deadly form of brain cancer. And with support from his friends, family and church, he refused to give up hope that God could heal him. Last Monday, he died still clinging to it.

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  Nov 16, 2013

  Pastor Who Committed Suicide Sunday Stopped Man From Taking Own Life Weeks Earlier; Rick Warren Sends Condolences as Hundreds Mourn at Funeral

  It didn't matter what his critics had said about him not going to heaven. As far as hundreds of mourners who turned up for the funeral of Pastor Teddy Parker Jr., 41, who killed himself last Sunday, he had gone home to be with the Lord and that's that.

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  Nov 15, 2013

  Meet the Family Left to Weep in the Aftermath of Pastor Teddy Parker Jr's Suicide as They Prepare to Say Farewell Saturday

  Pastor Teddy Parker Jr.'s family was once a picture of perfection, but America will witness the crushing grief left in the wake of his suicide on the faces of his wife, two daughters, and family and friends as they say their final farewell at his funeral on Saturday.

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  Nov 15, 2013

  Youth Pastor Shot Dead Hours After Community Leaders Pray to End Gun Violence; Victim's Mom Tells Killer 'God Loves You'

  Just hours after community leaders held a prayer rally to end gun violence in Pomona, Calif., a beloved youth pastor, on his way home from a church party, was brutally gunned down in a car early Monday morning.

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  Nov 15, 2013

  In Wake of Pastor's Suicide, Richard Land Shares Advice on How Young Ministers Can Cope With Loneliness of Ministry

  One thing that Dr. Richard Land, president of Southern Evangelical Seminary in Matthews, N.C., can tell you about Christian ministry after 51 years in it, is that "it's very lonely." And as pastors across America reel in the wake of Pastor Teddy Parker Jr.'s suicide on Sunday in Warner Robins, Ga., he shared some advice on how they can stay alive.

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  Nov 14, 2013

  Belief That Pastor Who Killed Himself Is Going to Hell Is 'Ludicrous' and 'Unbiblical,' Say Dr. Richard Land, Pastor E. Dewey Smith

  Pastor E. Dewey Smith Jr., longtime friend of Pastor Teddy Parker Jr., who shot himself outside his home as his church and family waited for him on Sunday, dismissed "diabolic" chatter about his friend Thursday, including the notion that he is going to hell for what he did as "ludicrous" and "unbiblical."

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  Nov 13, 2013

  White Supremacist Who Tried to Create All-White North Dakota Town Shocked by DNA Test Proving He Is Part Black

  A self-proclaimed white supremacist who tried creating an all-white town in North Dakota was shocked then roundly ridiculed after a DNA test he took to prove his genetic purity revealed he was 14 percent Sub-Saharan African.

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  Nov 13, 2013

  Pastor Who Killed Self Battled Manic Depression, Struggled to Keep It Secret; Was Taking Medication, Had 'Physical Challenges'

  His family knew and were trying to help, but everyone else was in the dark about Pastor Teddy Parker's mental health struggles until he shot himself in his truck in the driveway of his home in Warner Robins, Ga., on Sunday.