Leonardo Blair

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  Mar 18, 2014

  Putin Signs Treaty to Annex Crimea; Russia's Deputy PM Laughs at Obama's Sanctions

  Russian President Vladimir Putin signed on Tuesday a treaty making Crimea part of Russia. The move comes after his deputy prime minister, Dmitry Rogozin, dismissed U.S. sanctions meant to freeze the financial assets of 11 Russian and Ukrainian officials as a joke.

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  Mar 17, 2014

  Bill Maher Curses God, Bible, Noah Story and 'Stupid' Americans Who Believe; Calls God 'Psychotic Mass Murderer'

  Comedian and TV host Bill Maher left his target audience in riotous laughter in a recent rant on his show in which he cursed God, the Bible, the story of Noah and the "stupid" Americans who take Scripture literally.

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  Mar 17, 2014

  Pastor Overwhelmed After Decades-Old Bible Survives Blast That Leveled Church, Killed 5 Members in East Harlem, NY

  Members of the Spanish Christian Church leveled by a gas explosion that has so far resulted in the death of eight people, including five from their 60-member church, celebrated Saturday when firefighters discovered a symbol of hope beneath the rubble: a decades-old Bible.

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  Mar 14, 2014

  The Deliverance of Starr Rogers: How Jesus Saved Her From the Brink of Suicide and the Pain of Four Abortions

  Alabama native Starr Rogers aborted four pregnancies during her first marriage and none of them belonged to her husband. After she divorced her husband she almost aborted a fifth baby for the man with whom she had betrayed him.

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  Mar 14, 2014

  Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 Deliberately Flown Off Course Due to Possible 'Sabotage' or 'Hijack,' Radar Data Suggests

  Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370, which has been missing with 239 people on board for nearly a week now, was deliberately flown hundreds of miles off course, according to military radar data. Malaysian security officials think this could be as a result of "sabotage, with hijack still on the cards."

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  Mar 13, 2014

  Colin Powell Gets Cool Points for 60-Y-O Selfie; Says 'Eat Your Heart Out Ellen'

  Former Secretary of State and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Colin L. Powell set the Internet abuzz Thursday when he posted a 60-year-old selfie to Facebook and told talk show host Ellen DeGeneres to "eat your heart out."

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  Mar 13, 2014

  Bishop Dies of Apparent Heart Attack After Wife Allegedly Pushed Him to Confess Infidelity to Church

  A Connecticut bishop died in front of his congregation Sunday after his family reportedly publicly confronted him about a past act of infidelity that his wife of 50 years, Christine, pushed him to confess.

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  Mar 12, 2014

  Pregnant Woman Doesn't Have to Tell Putative Father She's in Labor Because Married Women Can Have Abortion Without Husband's Knowledge, Says Judge

  In what is being described as a landmark ruling and a hit to the rights of fathers, a New Jersey judge has decided that an expectant mother is not obligated to tell the putative father of her child when she goes into labor, and she can also block him from being in the delivery room.

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  Mar 12, 2014

  80-Y-O Man Writes Own Obituary Then Dies on Sunday; No Flowers, He Says, Do Something Kind for 'Some Poor Unfortunate Soul'

  Walter George Bruhl Jr., an 80-year-old husband, father and grandfather died on Sunday, leaving behind a funny and heartwarming obituary he wrote while he was alive, asking friends and family to do something kind for the poor instead of sending flowers.

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  Mar 12, 2014

  Millions of 'White-Collar' Workers to Start Getting Overtime Pay Under Obama Executive Order

  Millions of workers currently deemed ineligible for overtime pay under a federal regulation known as the "white-collar exemption" might soon be able to pocket more for their labor under an executive order President Barack Obama is expected to sign on Thursday.