Leonardo Blair

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  May 10, 2013

  John Piper's Confessions of Brokenness and Introversion

  Noted theologian and founder of Desiring God Ministries, John Piper confessed that he is an introvert affected by brokenness, but God used him anyway to build a powerful ministry and pastor it successfully for 33 years.

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  May 10, 2013

  Unflappable Hero Charles Ramsey Says Past Domestic Violence Arrests Made Him a Better Man Today

  Still riding a wave of cheers from the public for his role in the selfless and daring rescue of three young women and a girl in Cleveland, Ohio, unflappable Internet sensation Charles Ramsey said media reports of domestic violence arrests in his past were teaching moments which helped him become the man he is today.

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  May 9, 2013

  House of Horror: Ariel Castro Allegedly Forced Abortions, Punched Captive in Stomach Until She Miscarried

  There were rumors. A naked woman had reportedly been roaming the backyard and someone had glimpsed a child staring from a window in the attic where no children supposedly lived. But inside the house at 2207 Seymour Ave., in Cleveland, Ohio, three captive young women and a child were desperately waiting to be freed from the horrors within.

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  May 9, 2013

  Jim Wallis Warns LGBT Activists to 'Stay Out' of Immigration Reform Debate

  Left-leaning evangelical leader and same-sex marriage supporter Jim Wallace warned on Wednesday that tangling gay rights with immigration reform legislation currently being debated in the Senate would be the wrong thing to do at this time, and gay rights advocates are not happy with his comments.

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  May 9, 2013

  Rick Warren Journals Grief of Losing Son to Suicide; Describes 'Comforting Notes' on Twitter

  Pastor Rick Warren of Saddleback Church in Lake Forest Calif., continues to journal his grief over losing his son, Matthew, who committed suicide just over a month ago, through his posts on Twitter. He tweeted on Wednesday that he has been most encouraged by support from the people who his son inspired to find God.

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  May 9, 2013

  Dead Giveaway: Hero Charles Ramsey Gets Autotuned and a Tweet From McDonald's

  From the moment Cleveland hero Charles Ramsey's animated interview on how he helped save Amanda Berry and two other women began trending on social media, America knew it would only be a matter of time. The Gregory Brothers have autotuned news interviews of America's newest hero and the song, 'Dead Giveaway', published on Tuesday is already a hit.

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  May 8, 2013

  Saving Amanda Berry Was 'Christian, American' Thing to Do, Says Hero Charles Ramsey

  Charles Ramsey, the Cleveland man whose courage led him to help save Amanda Berry and two other women from a man who had held them captive for almost 10 years, doesn't think his actions were heroic. It was just the "Christian, American" thing to do, he says.

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  May 8, 2013

  Marco Rubio, Heritage Foundation Spar Over $6.3 Trillion Immigration Bill

  Florida Republican Sen. Marco Rubio and the Heritage Foundation are now at odds over a study released by the foundation on Monday that calculates that the cost of an immigration reform proposal partly authored by Rubio would add $6.3 trillion to America's deficit.

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  May 8, 2013

  Ex-S.C. Gov. Mark Sanford Overcomes Past Scandal, Wins in Special Election

  After a grueling political fight filled with personal drama that spurred even his Republican colleagues to desert him, former South Carolina Governor Mark Sanford experienced what the media is describing as redemption on Tuesday night when voters re-elected him to represent the state's First District in Congress.

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  May 8, 2013

  Poll: Americans Divided Over New Immigration Bill

  As the Senate's "gang of eight" works to enact a sweeping immigration reform bill proposing a 13-year pathway to citizenship for 11 million illegal immigrants in America, a recent Gallup poll is showing that the nation is almost equally divided in its opposition and support for the bill.