Leonardo Blair

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  Mar 26, 2014

  Pastor Angers Believers for Telling Christian Women They Should Keep Silent During Preaching, Refusing Even to Say 'Amen'

  Pastor Steven L. Anderson of Faithful Word Baptist Church in Tempe, Ariz., is once again drawing the ire of women on the Internet for sharing his controversial brand of biblical advice. Women should remain quiet during teaching in the church, he says, and should refuse to say as much as "amen."

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  Mar 26, 2014

  Popular Youth Pastor Matt Pitt to Be Released From Jail in April; Witness Allegedly Lied About Officer Impersonation

  In what could turn into a redemptive comeback, popular youth pastor Matt Pitt of The Basement is expected to be released from jail in the next three weeks after serving time there for nearly eight months for allegedly impersonating a police officer.

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  Mar 25, 2014

  Sick Woman Gets Out of Ambulance, Takes Metro to Hospital After Fighting First Responders Made Her Feel Unsafe

  An ailing Washington, D.C. woman who called 911 for help getting emergency medical attention said she was forced to walk away from a city ambulance and take the local Metro to a hospital after two members of D.C. Fire and EMS started a heated argument in front of her.

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  Mar 25, 2014

  Orphan Boy Davion Only, 16, Who Begged Church to Adopt Him Last Year Still Does Not Have a Home

  Davion Only, a desperate 16-year-old orphan boy who made international headlines when he begged a congregation in Florida to adopt him last September has still not found a home, despite earlier media reports to the contrary.

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  Mar 24, 2014

  Bomb Scare Interrupts Service, Forces Evacuation of $23 Million Greater Allen Cathedral Megachurch in NYC

  A bomb scare at the $23 million Greater Allen Cathedral megachurch in Queens, N.Y., temporarily disrupted services on Sunday, forcing the evacuation of the church's 2,500 seat sanctuary.

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  Mar 24, 2014

  Lesbian Actress Ellen Page Tells Pastor Who Offered Her 'Arms of Heavenly Father:' I'd Rather Have a Girl's Arms

  Actress and "Juno" star Ellen Page who came out as a lesbian last month to much fanfare, publicly rejected an unidentified pastor's offer of love from Jesus for her "struggling soul" by telling him she doesn't want the "arms of Heavenly Father" around her and would much rather have a sapphic embrace.

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  Mar 24, 2014

  Malaysia Flight 370 'Ended in Southern Indian Ocean;' 'All Lives Are Lost,' Says Family Member

  Any inkling of hope for a survival story coming out of the agonizing search for missing Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 was definitively dashed Monday when Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak revealed that the flight ended in the middle of the remote southern Indian Ocean, "far from any possible landing sites."

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  Mar 21, 2014

  Why Google CEO Larry Page Would Want His Billions Going to Capitalists With Big Ideas Rather Than Charity, Should He Die

  Google CEO Larry Page, who has a net worth of $32.3 billion, said if he should die he'd rather bequeath his wealth to capitalists with big ideas like Elon Musk, the founder of Tesla Motors, SpaceX and Solar City, instead of giving it to charity.

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  Mar 21, 2014

  Hawaii Police Urge Lawmakers to Keep Exemption in State Law That Allows Undercover Cops to Have Sex With Prostitutes

  Police officers in Honolulu, Hawaii, have come out in defense of an exemption in state law that allows undercover officers to have sex with prostitutes, arguing that they need it as legal protection to catch lawbreakers in the act.

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  Mar 21, 2014

  Ex- Pastor of ROC Church Begs for Help With Legal Bills to Fight 7 Felony Sexual Abuse Charges

  Disgraced Geronimo "Pastor G" Aguilar, ex-pastor and founder of the Richmond Outreach Center megachurch in Richmond, Va., is now begging for help to cover his legal fees in fighting seven felony sexual abuse charges as the church prepares to name their new senior pastor on March 29.