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  Jul 2, 2013

  Lottery Winner Leaves $10,000 Tip for Diner Owner Whose Daughter Is Fighting Cancer

  A diner owner from Chamberlain in Saskatchewan, Canada, was recently overwhelmed with emotion after a man who won $25 million in the British Columbia lottery last year paid for his meal of a burger and fries with a $10,000 check and told him to keep the change to help his young daughter who is suffering from cancer.

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  Jul 2, 2013

  Musician Matthew West Tells Story of 'Forgiveness' With Help of 20,000 in New Book

  Matthew West has entered the "scary new world" of book writing and the popular contemporary Christian musician who describes himself as a storyteller is tackling the subject of forgiveness with the help of narratives drawn from the lives of more than 20,000 people in his first project.

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  Jul 1, 2013

  Publisher Pulls Plug on Paula Deen Book After It Hits No.1 on Amazon

  Book publisher Random House announced they were cancelling the publication of 'Paula Deen's New Testament: 250 Favorite Recipes, All Lightened Up,' due out this fall even after pre-orders of the cookbook had it sitting at #1 on Amazon's bestseller list.

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  Jul 1, 2013

  George Zimmerman's Defense Atty Eats Celebration Cones With Daughter in Controversial Photo

  A controversial photo of George Zimmerman's defense attorney Don West eating ice cream with two of his daughters with the tagline "we beat stupidity celebration cones" triggered a firestorm of criticism on Friday after some took it as a potshot at the prosecution's star witness, Rachel Jeantel.

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  Jul 1, 2013

  New Round in Battle Over Texas Abortion Limits Begins Today

  After Democratic activism botched the passage of legislation in the Texas Senate that would have banned abortions in that state after 20 weeks, the legislature's Republican majority vowed that the process would not be derailed again in a second special session that begins on Monday.

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  Jun 28, 2013

  Paying Pastors Is 'Church Welfare,' Says Christian Historian David Barton

  Christian historian David Barton recently described a pastor's salary as "church welfare" and said ministers of the Gospel need to have alternative sources of income to protect themselves from undue influence.

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  Jun 28, 2013

  'Preachers of LA' Trailer Teases With Lavish, Dramatic Lifestyles of Six Mega-Pastors

  Fast cars, lavish mansions in swanky neighborhoods, infidelity and angst-filled episodes are on full display in the prosperous lifestyles of six megachurch pastors featured in a trailer for the new reality show, "Preachers of L.A.," slated for the Oxygen network this fall.

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  Jun 28, 2013

  Donald Trump, Long List of Companies Show Support for Paula Deen

  While celebrity chef and embattled TV personality Paula Deen has lost the support of a few companies since she was accused of racism, a long line of companies and billionaire Donald Trump remain unreservedly and vocally supportive of the famed chef.

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  Jun 28, 2013

  Glenn Beck Calls Marco Rubio 'Piece of Garbage' for Defending Senate Immigration Reform Bill

  Conservative radio host and political commentator Glenn Beck ripped Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.), calling him a "piece of garbage" for defending his support of the immigration reform bill that passed in the U.S. Senate on Thursday.

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  Jun 27, 2013

  Hope for Undocumented Immigrants as US Senate Passes Immigration Reform Bill

  Hope sprung for America's more than 11 million undocumented immigrants on Thursday when a supermajority of senators in the United States Senate passed a bipartisan immigration reform bill that would give them immediate legal status and a path to citizenship.