Leonardo Blair

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  May 13, 2013

  Is Congress Asking Hourly-Paid Americans to Work More for Less Pay?

  Democrats, Labor Unions and Republican legislators are now at loggerheads over a bill passed in the House of Representatives last Wednesday that seeks to allow private employers to offer hourly-paid workers compensatory time off instead of time-and-a-half pay for overtime.

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  May 13, 2013

  Brother of Ariel Castro: 'I Want Him to Suffer, Rot in Jail'

  Onil and Pedro Castro, two brothers of accused Cleveland kidnapper and rapist Ariel Castro, 52, who were fingered in connection with their brother's crimes, declared in a heart-wrenching interview over the weekend that their brother is now dead to them.

• May 13, 2013

  Video of Married Couple Singing 'Livin' on a Prayer' on Jay Leno's 'Pumpcast News' Goes Viral

  A video of a fun-loving married couple from Burbank, Calif., who surprised the Tonight Show's fictional "Pumpcast News" with their made for TV rendition of two hit songs from the 1980s at a gas pump, has turned the duet into the latest Internet stars and revived the popularity of the songs.

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  May 10, 2013

  Pols Spar Over Full Faith and Credit Act Mandating Gov't to Pay China Over Americans

  In a move tagged by Democrats as "political gamesmanship," the Republican controlled House of Representatives on Thursday passed The Full Faith and Credit Act which Democrats and President Barack Obama argue is "default by another name."

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  May 10, 2013

  NJ Gov. Chris Christie: 'I'm a Damn Good Republican,' for 2016 Presidential Run?

  About 30 pounds lighter from weight-loss surgery in February, New Jersey Governor Chris Christie recently touted his conservative Republican stripes and danced around buzz that he might run for the presidency of the United States in 2016.

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  May 10, 2013

  John Piper's Confessions of Brokenness and Introversion

  Noted theologian and founder of Desiring God Ministries, John Piper confessed that he is an introvert affected by brokenness, but God used him anyway to build a powerful ministry and pastor it successfully for 33 years.

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  May 10, 2013

  Unflappable Hero Charles Ramsey Says Past Domestic Violence Arrests Made Him a Better Man Today

  Still riding a wave of cheers from the public for his role in the selfless and daring rescue of three young women and a girl in Cleveland, Ohio, unflappable Internet sensation Charles Ramsey said media reports of domestic violence arrests in his past were teaching moments which helped him become the man he is today.

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  May 9, 2013

  House of Horror: Ariel Castro Allegedly Forced Abortions, Punched Captive in Stomach Until She Miscarried

  There were rumors. A naked woman had reportedly been roaming the backyard and someone had glimpsed a child staring from a window in the attic where no children supposedly lived. But inside the house at 2207 Seymour Ave., in Cleveland, Ohio, three captive young women and a child were desperately waiting to be freed from the horrors within.

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  May 9, 2013

  Jim Wallis Warns LGBT Activists to 'Stay Out' of Immigration Reform Debate

  Left-leaning evangelical leader and same-sex marriage supporter Jim Wallace warned on Wednesday that tangling gay rights with immigration reform legislation currently being debated in the Senate would be the wrong thing to do at this time, and gay rights advocates are not happy with his comments.

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  May 9, 2013

  Rick Warren Journals Grief of Losing Son to Suicide; Describes 'Comforting Notes' on Twitter

  Pastor Rick Warren of Saddleback Church in Lake Forest Calif., continues to journal his grief over losing his son, Matthew, who committed suicide just over a month ago, through his posts on Twitter. He tweeted on Wednesday that he has been most encouraged by support from the people who his son inspired to find God.