Leonardo Blair

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  Aug 16, 2013

  American and British Christians Need to 'Grow Up,' Says Former Archbishop of Canterbury

  Christians in the U.S. and Britain need to "grow up" and stop equating being "mildly uncomfortable" with persecution, says former Archbishop of Canterbury, Rowan Williams.

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  Aug 16, 2013

  Bristol Palin Slams Obama Administration; Tells Young Americans 'Please Beware' of Surveillance

  Bristol Palin, the oldest daughter of former Republican vice-presidential candidate Sarah Palin, warned young Americans on Thursday that the Obama administration is "snooping and spying on innocent citizens" and they should band together and fight against it.

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  Aug 16, 2013

  12-Year-Old With 'Brain- Eating' Infection 'Seems to Be Getting Worse'

  After hundreds of prayers from friends, family and well-wishers, the parents of a 12-year-old Florida boy infected with a rare and deadly "brain-eating" condition are now asking for a miracle as their son's health "seems to be getting worse."

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  Aug 16, 2013

  Staggering 11.8 Million Viewers Make 'Duck Dynasty' the Most Watched Reality Show Ever

  A staggering 11.8 million viewers tuned in to watch the premiere of the fourth season of the backwoods reality series 'Duck Dynasty' on A&E this Wednesday to make the series the most watched reality show ever on cable television.

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  Aug 15, 2013

  Federal Court Rules That People Have a Right to Beg in Michigan

  A federal appeals court in Michigan caused a celebration among beggars on Wednesday, after it ruled that a Depression-era statute outlawing begging in the state is unconstitutional, because it violates an individual's right to free speech.

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  Aug 15, 2013

  Firefighter Pastor Cuffed, Threatened With Stun Gun for Allegedly Waving Hello at Cops

  An Evansville, Ind., firefighter and youth pastor at the Memorial Baptist church is now at the center of a controversial incident in that town after he alleged police officers cuffed and threatened him with a stun gun because he waved hello during a bicycle ride on Tuesday.

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  Aug 15, 2013

  16-Year-Old Hannah Anderson Says Family Friend Who Kidnapped Her, Killed Mother and Brother, Deserved to Die

  A remorseful Hannah Anderson, 16, who was kidnapped for six days by family friend James Lee DiMaggio after he murdered her mother, 8-year-old brother and a dog named Calli said he deserved the death he got.

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  Aug 15, 2013

  'I Would Do It Again' Says 70-Year-Old Court Clerk After She's Fired for Helping Free Innocent Man From Prison

  A defiant 70-year-old great-grandmother, who was fired from her job as a court clerk in Kansas City, Mo., nine months before her retirement because she helped to exonerate a man wrongfully imprisoned for rape, said if she went back in time she would "do it again."

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  Aug 14, 2013

  Partners in Crime, Weeping Jesse Jackson Jr. and Wife Sentenced to Prison for Misspending $750K

  Former U.S. congressman Jesse Jackson Jr. and his wife Sandi both wept as they received separate prison sentences for felonies related to the misspending of some $750,000 in campaign funds on Wednesday.

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  Aug 14, 2013

  $103 Robbery Cripples Church's Dinner Program for Homeless

  A new dinner program for the homeless run by the Rock of Refuge Pentecostal Church in Middletown, N.Y., was crippled last week after $103 went missing from the program's bank account.