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  Jun 7, 2013

  Anna Christine, 10, Stuns Audience With 'The House of the Rising Sun' on 'America's Got Talent'

  A 10-year-old girl from Henderson, Nev., has left some people wondering if she has the Benjamin Button disease after she powered through a soulful rendition of traditional folk song, "The House of the Rising Sun," on the popular TV show "America's Got Talent."

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  Jun 7, 2013

  Catholic NFL Champ Matt Birk Skipped White House Trip Because Obama Said 'God Bless' Planned Parenthood

  Recently retired NFL player Matt Birk who played center for the 2012 Super Bowl champs, the Baltimore Ravens, rejected the opportunity to join the team on the traditional champion's trip to the White House this week because of President Barack Obama's support for Planned Parenthood.

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  Jun 7, 2013

  Report: US Economy Not Yet in Recovery Mode But Housing Is Looking Up

  The U.S. economy is not yet in recovery mode, according to the second quarterly report of 2013 of the UCLA Anderson Forecast's outlook for the United States.

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  Jun 6, 2013

  Brainy Beauty Queen and Lawyer Erika Harold Announces Run for Congress

  Miss America 2003 winner and Harvard educated lawyer Erika Harold, 33, announced on Monday that she is running for Congress and she has a lot to talk about on her second time around.

• Jun 6, 2013

  Forget Student Loans, If You Can Solve This Math Problem You'll be a Millionaire

  The American Mathematical Society (AMS) announced on Monday that the prize for solving a number theory problem known as the 'Beal Conjecture' has been increased to $1 million.

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  Jun 6, 2013

  4 Pastors at Virginia's ROC Megachurch Resign Amid Swirling Sexual Assault Allegations

  A swirling controversy over the criminal past and alleged sexual proclivities of the founding pastor of Virginia's Richmond Outreach Center (ROC) megachurch, Geronimo Aguilar, came to a head on Wednesday when the church's board announced that it had accepted the resignation of four of its five pastors.

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  Jun 5, 2013

  Pastor Resigns From Utah Boys Scouts Board Charging New Membership Policy Endorses Sin

  Neal Humphrey, pastor of the Westminster Presbyterian Church in north Utah, recently resigned as a member of the executive board of the Trapper Trails Council, charging that the Boy Scouts' new membership policy excludes evangelical churches and other Christian denominations.

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  Jun 5, 2013

  Christian Wife Warns Women on Facebook to Stay Away From Lawmaker Husband After Strippers Show Up at Home

  In a preemptive strike against women who have reportedly been propositioning her husband, the Christian wife of Republican Alabama State Senator, Shadrack McGill, 38, fired off a warning missive on Facebook on Monday, ordering the women to stay away from her husband or face public shame.

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  Jun 4, 2013

  Church Trip Turns Tragic as Teen Washes Away Over 600-ft Yosemite Waterfall; Brother Urges Prayer

  Although they have yet to find his body, officials from California's Yosemite National Park have declared a Sacramento teenager who was reportedly swept away by a nearly 600-ft waterfall in the park on Saturday as most likely dead.

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  Jun 4, 2013

  'Loving Mother' Allegedly Dumped Newborn in Trash After Giving Birth in Office Toilet Cubicle

  When 27-year-old Shavaughn Robinson returned home at about 6 p.m. last Tuesday her family noticed nothing unusual. She washed some clothes and read books to her 4-year-old son.