Jeff Schapiro

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• Jul 1, 2011

  Osama bin Laden's Son in Talks with UN to Release Family

  Osama bin Laden’s son, Omar bin Laden, says he is working with the United Nations to free his family members who are detained in Pakistan.

• Jul 1, 2011

  Glenn Beck Hosts Last Fox News Show; Starts Own Station

  After two and a half years on his popular Fox News program, Glenn Beck finished his final show on Thursday with as much fondness for old memories as optimism for the future and his new venture – an online station called GBTV.

• Jun 30, 2011

  Time Editor Halperin Calls Obama Vulgar Name; Suspended as MSNBC Analyst

  When Time magazine Editor-at-Large and MSNBC political analyst Mark Halperin described President Obama in terms not appropriate for morning television today, he went one vulgar word too far.

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  Jun 29, 2011

  Yankees Closer Rivera Helps Save a Century-Old Church

  New York Yankees closing pitcher Mariano Rivera, along with his fellow congregants from the Spanish-speaking church, Refugio de Esperanza, have agreed to fix up and buy a century-old church building in the city of New Rochelle, N.Y.

• Jun 29, 2011

  Ohio House OKs 'Heartbeat' Abortion Bill

  The Ohio House of Representatives passed a bill on Tuesday that could result in one of the toughest and most restricting abortion laws in the country. If signed into law, it would make abortions illegal after a fetal heartbeat is detected, which usually occurs around six weeks after conception.

• Jun 28, 2011

  Over 200 Methodist Clergy in Illinois Pledge to Oppose Church on Gay Unions

  After civil unions were officially made legal in the state of Illinois on the first of June, 208 members of the clergy belonging to The United Methodist Church there have signed a pledge stating that they will oversee same-sex civil unions

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  Jun 28, 2011

  College Basketball Legend Lorenzo Charles Dies in Bus Crash

  Lorenzo Charles, a forward on North Carolina State's 1983 national championship basketball team, was killed on Monday when the bus he was driving on Interstate 40 in Raleigh crashed.

• Jun 27, 2011

  Christian School Bus Flips in Accident; No Deaths

  A bus full of both child and adult passengers heading to a Christian camp flipped on Interstate 81 in Pennsylvania Sunday afternoon. Thankfully, though roughly two dozen people were mildly to moderately injured, no one was killed in the accident.

• Jun 27, 2011

  LA Dodgers File for Bankruptcy to Prevent MLB Takeover

  The Los Angeles Dodgers baseball organization filed Chapter 11 bankruptcy in Delaware this morning in an attempt to protect the financially fledgling franchise from being completely seized by Major League Baseball and its commissioner, Bud Selig.

• Jun 24, 2011

  Lindsay Lohan Not Found in Violation of Probation Despite Failed Alcohol Test

  Hollywood actress Lindsay Lohan was back on the legal chopping block again on Thursday after testing positive for alcohol consumption while still under probation.