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  Mar 15, 2009

  Texas Pastor Has Advice for Grieving Ill. Church

  On Sunday, services are scheduled to resume at First Baptist Church in this St. Louis suburb, one week after the intruder killed senior pastor Fred Winters with a bullet through the heart.

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  Mar 13, 2009

  Slain Ill. Pastor Remembered for His Caring, Faith

  The Illinois minister slain in his church while delivering his Sunday sermon was remembered Friday as a man devoted to his family, his faith and the congregation he built.

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  Mar 2, 2009

  Rare Snow Blankets South; Cancels Over 210 Church Services

  A potent March snowstorm blanketed much of Alabama with up to 4 inches of snow Sunday, covering Civil War statues and forcing the cancellation of hundreds of church services.

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  Feb 16, 2009

  NY Town Seeks Comfort after Plane Falls onto Home

  At Clarence United Methodist Church, they prayed — for the victims, for their families and for the small army of workers sifting through plane wreckage in suburban Buffalo.

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  Jan 25, 2009

  Christian School Head: 100-0 Basketball Win Not Christ-Like

  A Texas high school girls basketball team on the winning end of a 100-0 game has a case of blowout remorse. Now officials from The Covenant School say they are trying to do the right thing by seeking a forfeit and apologizing for the margin of victory.

• Nov 20, 2008

  Archaeologists: New Evidence for Herod's Tomb Site

  Israeli archaeologists excavating what they believe is the tomb of biblical King Herod said Wednesday they have unearthed lavish Roman-style wall paintings of a kind previously unseen in the Middle East and signs of a regal two-story mausoleum, bolstering their conviction that the Jewish monarch was buried here.

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  Oct 31, 2008

  Poll: 1 in 7 Voters Still Persuadable

  With the sand in the 2008 campaign hourglass about depleted, one in seven, or 14 percent, can't decide or back a candidate but might switch, according to an Associated Press-Yahoo! News poll of likely voters released Friday.

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  Aug 30, 2008

  Gas-Based Church Outreaches Fuel Debate

  Some Christians question whether a financial incentive should be used to draw people into church.

• Jul 30, 2008

  Israeli Premier Doubts Peace Can Come in 2008

  Israel's prime minister backed away Monday from a target date — announced with great fanfare at a U.S.-hosted Mideast peace conference last November — for reaching a deal with the Palestinians by year's end.