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  Feb 16, 2015

  California Parents Outraged to Learn Second Graders Are Watching Porn on School-Issued iPads

  Parents in a California coastal town are enraged at their local school district after they discovered that second graders are using their school-issued iPads to watch pornography and other inappropriate material while at home.

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  Feb 16, 2015

  ISIS Cuts Off 3 Women's Hands; Brutally Whips 5 Men for Using Cell Phones to Call Their Families

  The Islamic State terrorist organization has chopped off the hands of three women and whipped five men who were caught using their cellphones in the Iraqi stronghold of Mosul, a witness has claimed.

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  Feb 13, 2015

  Billy Graham's Hometown Considers Transgender Bathroom Rights; Opponents Claim It Would Put 'Women and Children In Danger'

  Lawmakers in the city of Charlotte, N.C., the hometown of world-renowned evangelist Rev. Billy Graham, are weighing whether to expand the city's non-discrimination ordinance to include legal rights for transgenders to use public restrooms designated for the opposite sex.

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  Feb 13, 2015

  Man Awakens After 12 Years in Vegetative State, Credits God's Intervention for Miracle

  The South African man who miraculously woke up from a 12-year trance in a vegetative state, after doctors said he would likely die, is saying that God is the sole reason behind his recovery.

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  Feb 12, 2015

  Gang-Infested Portland School Revitalized by Church Program; Pastor Challenges America's 300,000 Churches to Help Nation's Troubled Public Schools

  Thanks to the efforts of one Oregon suburban church, a public school in inner-city Portland that was once on a short list to be shut down due to frequent gang violence and had a reputation of being one of the most underperforming schools in the state, has been transformed and is now thriving at its highest academic level in years.

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  Feb 12, 2015

  Sudanese Army Troops Raped Over 221 Girls, Women in 'House-to-House' 3-Day Onslaught in Darfur, Says Leading Human Rights Group

  Sudanese government forces systematically raped and beat at least 221 women and girls in a series of organized door-to-door attacks in Darfur last year, a leading human rights watchdog group announced on Wednesday.

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  Feb 12, 2015

  (Interview) St. Louis Cardinals Manager Mike Matheny on How His Christian Faith Influences His Coaching Style, Why He Only Coaches a Youth Team of 'Orphans'

  The manager of the St. Louis Cardinals Major League Baseball team, Mike Matheny, released a new book offering his critique of how today's parents are ruining the youth-sports experience for children and also touched on how he boldly expresses his love for Jesus in today's increasingly secular environment.

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  Feb 11, 2015

  Fmr. Church of England Archbishops' Council Member Comes Out as Gay; Pushes for Church to Affirm Same-Sex Marriage as 'Biblical'

  A former orthodox member of the Church of England's Archbishops' Council, who once staunchly opposed the church's affirmation of same-sex partnerships, has been appointed the new director of an LGBT-activist Christian coalition seeking to change the church's biblical beliefs about homosexuality after publicly announcing for the first time that she's a lesbian.

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  Feb 11, 2015

  Megachurch Pastor Robert Jeffress: Homosexuality 'Will Pave the Way for Antichrist to Persecute, Martyr Christians'

  In speaking as a guest on a national syndicated Christian radio show this week, Texas Southern Baptist megachurch pastor Robert Jeffress explained how society's growing acceptance of homosexuality and attack against those who express their biblical view of marriage is paving the path for the Antichrist.

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  Feb 11, 2015

  Franklin Graham's Operation Christmas Child Exceeds Goal, Collects 10 Million Shoeboxes

  The evangelical humanitarian organization Samaritan's Purse has exceeded its donation goal of 10 million gift-filled shoeboxes in 2014 in its popular charity program, Operation Christmas Child.