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U.S. / NEWS Thu Apr 10, 2008 @ 8:16am neoform

MSNBC -- Meanwhile, many news organizations are referring to the FLDS group as a sect, meaning a break-off from a traditional religion (in this case, the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints). In contrast, Lalich said she uses the word cult, "and I think.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Tue Sep 4, 2007 @ 3:49pm neoform

USA Today -- The Maryland Lottery on Tuesday validated a winning Mega Millions ticket purchased by an accountant who teaches the Wiccan religion. Elwood "Bunky" Bartlett said he will take a lump sum cash payment. His quarter share of Friday's Mega Millions jackpot.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Mon May 14, 2007 @ 9:32am neoform

ABC News -- Three years ago the Smalkowski family moved to an 80-acre ranch in Oklahoma, and Nicole Smalkowski, who was 13 years old at the time, was excited about it. "We have a whole bunch of land that's ours, you can walk on it, you can camp on your own land.".. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Thu Feb 1, 2007 @ 3:12pm neoform

Mercury News -- Repeated vandalism at the Islamic Center of the East Bay over the past two years has some local Muslims concerned... Read More

U.S. / NEWS Wed Nov 1, 2006 @ 1:33pm mrmdc

MSNBC -- Americans are often thought of as people who believe in God. But results of a new Harris Poll show that may be changing... Read More

U.S. / NEWS Thu Nov 1, 2007 @ 8:16am neoform

MSNBC -- Attorneys for the church maintained in closing arguments Tuesday that the burial was a public event and that even abhorrent points of view are protected by the First Amendment, which guarantees freedom of speech and religion. Several states have passed.. Read More

U.S. / OPINION Mon Jul 23, 2007 @ 6:26am neoform

Sun Times -- The Rev. Mark Sorvillo loved taking his parish's money and spending it on himself. Trips to Rome, Venice, Paris. And $900 meals at New York restaurants. In 1999, Sorvillo found someone else to lavish his parishioners' collection-plate donations on -- a.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Mon Jul 23, 2007 @ 6:09am neoform

Guardian Unlimited -- Religion and sex life among passenger details to be passed on to officials. Highly sensitive information about the religious beliefs, political opinions and even the sex life of Britons travelling to the United States is to be made available to US auth.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Mon Jul 9, 2007 @ 12:43pm neoform

USA Today -- Pamela Moss worships every Sunday at Messiah Baptist Church in Grand Rapids, Mich., where they preach the Bible straight up, sing the old hymns "and then let me get on with my day." But her son, George, 24, is a fervent Evangelical, witnessing to stran.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Wed May 9, 2007 @ 12:51pm neoform

CNN -- The separation of church and state in this country is narrowing. And it is the church, not the state that is encroaching. Our Constitution protects religion from the intrusion or coercion of the state. But we have precious little protection against the po.. Read More

U.S. / OPINION Sun Mar 18, 2007 @ 1:52pm neoform

FOX News -- Hello FOX Fans! It's been quite a while since any of you have seen me on-air, in my former role as update anchor for the Fox & Friends morning show. Thanks so much to all of you that called and wrote, wondering where I was. There's hardly anything more sp.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Fri Feb 23, 2007 @ 3:15pm mrmdc

ABC News -- Annie Laurie Gaylor speaks with a soft voice, but her message catches attention: Keep God out of government. Gaylor has helped transform the Freedom From Religion Foundation from obscurity into the nation's largest group of atheists and agnostics, with.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Sat Dec 9, 2006 @ 10:03pm neoform

New York Times -- Life was different in Unit E at the state prison outside Newton, Iowa. The toilets and sinks — white porcelain ones, like at home — were in a separate bathroom with partitions for privacy... Read More