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  Jan 31, 2015

  ISIS Chemical Weapons Expert Killed in US Airstrike; Al-Qaeda Grew 'Fourfold in 5 Years,' Former General Says

  The Islamic State terror group's chemical weapons specialist who once worked for Saddam Hussein has been killed in a U.S.-led airstrike in Iraq, but a former vice chief of staff of the U.S. Army warns that al-Qaeda has "grown fourfold in the last five years."

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  Jan 26, 2015

  Huckabee Says ISIS Beheadings Greater Threat Than Climate Change

  Former Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee took on President Obama's plans to fight climate change, saying that beheadings by the terror group ISIS is a "greater threat to an American than a sunburn."

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  Jan 26, 2015

  Northeast Braces for 'Potentially Worst-Ever' Snowstorm; Up to 3 Feet of Snow, 75 mph Wind

  Millions of people in the Northeast are bracing for a potentially historic storm, which threatens to trigger massive power outages and has already led to cancellation of 1,422 flights. It has the potential for blizzard conditions and 2 to 3 feet of snow.

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  Jan 25, 2015

  Iowa Freedom Summit: Ted Cruz Pushes 'Reigniting the Miracle of America' Theme; Sarah Palin, Carly Fiorina Take Shots at Hillary Clinton

  At least nine potential Republican presidential contenders gathered – and five did not – at the Iowa Freedom Summit in Des Moines Saturday, the unofficial kickoff of the race to win the Iowa caucuses, but no clear frontrunner for the GOP nomination emerged.

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  Jan 25, 2015

  Bobby Jindal at National Prayer Rally: Billy Graham Inspired Me to Convert to Christianity; America Needs a Spiritual Revival, Not Just a Good Political Leader

  Louisiana Governor and potential 2016 presidential candidate Bobby Jindal shared with thousands of people at his national prayer rally Sunday how he converted from Hinduism to Catholicism, and urged prayers for America's spiritual revival as well as President Obama and his family.

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  Jan 25, 2015

  Japanese Hostage Apparently Killed; ISIS Demands Prisoner Swap for the Other Hostage

  A video purports to show the killing of one of the two Japanese hostages by ISIS in Syria after Tokyo failed to pay a ransom, even as the terror group now demands the release of an Iraqi woman jailed in Jordan for her role in a 2005 bombing in exchange for the other Japanese captive.

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  Jan 24, 2015

  World Evangelical Alliance New Secretary General Is Filipino Bishop Efraim Tendero

  The World Evangelical Alliance, which represents more than 600 million evangelicals around the globe, has announced the appointment of Bishop Efraim Tendero, currently the National Director of the Philippine Council of Evangelical Churches, as its next Secretary General.

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  Jan 24, 2015

  Japan Vows Not to Give Up on Two Hostages as ISIS Deadline Passes; Captive's Mother Pleads for His Release

  As the deadline given by the ISIS terror group for a ransom of $200 million passed, Japan pledged on Saturday not to give up on efforts to save the lives of two Japanese hostages "until the very end." The mother of one of the hostages pleaded for his son's release.

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  Jan 20, 2015

  Willow Creek Megachurch Pastor Bill Hybels Preaches on MLK, 'Selma', Bible's Queen Esther Taking Stand, 'If I Perish, I Perish'

  On the Martin Luther King weekend, Pastor Bill Hybels of Willow Creek Community Church urged the congregation to embrace differentness in others and take a stand about justice when needed, just as the civil rights movement leader did.

• Jan 19, 2015

  Christian Nurse Suspended for Praying for Sick Muslim Co-worker in UK; Rejects 'Religious Nutcase' Treatment With Suit Against Health Agency

  A Christian nurse says the U.K.'s National Health Service suspended her for "harassment and bullying" because she prayed a short prayer for her Muslim colleague who was going through heath and personal problems. The nurse is filing a legal challenge against the NHS.