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American Scene: Ex-Crystal Cathedral pastor has launched new ministry

ORANGE, Calif. — A Crystal Cathedral splinter church was launched Sunday in a rented movie theater in Orange County, with the breakaway pastor urging the congregation not to speak ill of its former house of worship.

Sheila Schuller Coleman, who abruptly announced she was forming the Hope Center of Christ ...

Historic black church faces foreclosure from minority-owned bank

In a dispute that some are calling a modern-day updating of the biblical Parable of the Ungrateful Servant, a minority-owned bank that benefited from federal bailout funds is threatening to foreclose on one of the nation’s oldest black churches.

The 194-year-old Charles Street African Methodist Episcopal (AME) Church in Boston's ...

WILLIAMS: The betrayal of Congressman West

ANALYSIS/OPINION:

Can someone please explain to me why the Republican Party in Florida allowed Rep. Allen B. West to be gerrymandered out of his congressional district?

Mr. West is the most prominent and best-spoken elected conservative in the United States. He's a motorcycle-riding war hero, a passionate Christian and a ...

Stoned-driving epidemic puts wrinkle in pot debate

DENVER (AP) — Angeline Chilton says she can't drive unless she smokes pot.

The suburban Denver woman uses medical marijuana to ease multiple sclerosis symptoms and says she never would get behind the wheel right after smoking. But her case underscores a problem that no one's sure how to solve: ...

Occupy protest anniversary ends with police sweep

NEW YORK (AP) — Dozens of police officers cleared the park where the Occupy movement was born six months ago and made several arrests after hundreds of protesters returned in an anniversary observance and defiantly resisted calls to clear out.

Some demonstrators locked arms and sat down in the middle ...

Tribe: Bald-eagle permit a victory for tradition

CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — A federal government decision to allow a Wyoming tribe to kill two bald eagles for a religious ceremony is a victory for American Indian sovereignty as well as for long-suppressed religious freedoms, the tribe says.

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service granted a permit March 9 to ...

5 wounded, 2 critically, in Indianapolis gunfire

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Gunfire erupted as throngs were celebrating a mild St. Patrick's Day along a popular downtown canal in Indianapolis, and at least five teenagers were wounded by shots, two critically, police said.

The shots rang out Saturday night near the Downtown Canal on the west side of this ...

Ex-Rutgers student guilty in webcam suicide case

NEW BRUNSWICK, N.J. (AP) — A former Rutgers University student convicted Friday in the webcam spying episode that ended in his gay roommate's suicide could be headed off to prison in a case experts say stands as a tragic lesson for young people about casual cruelties and unintended consequences in ...

Clooney arrested in protest at Sudanese Embassy

WASHINGTON — George Clooney and his father were arrested Friday during a protest outside the Sudanese Embassy, and the actor said he has asked President Barack Obama to engage China on stopping a humanitarian crisis in northern Africa.

The protesters accuse Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir of provoking a humanitarian crisis ...

More than 100 homes damaged as tornados hit Mich.

DEXTER, Mich. — A solitary hand stuck out of the rubble of a home destroyed when a tornado ripped through a Michigan village leaving more than 100 homes in splinters.

The first officer on the scene, Washtenaw County Sheriff's Deputy Ray Yee, reached for the hand and pulled out an ...

American Scene: Killer gets life without parole

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Killer gets life without parole; victim's wife now a suspect

DECATUR | A corporate engineer who fawned over a female subordinate was found guilty but mentally ill Thursday of fatally shooting the woman's husband in an ambush outside a suburban Atlanta preschool.

After a judge sentenced Hemy Neuman to ...

Number of adults returning to their family homes growing

It's been confirmed: They are down with living in the basement.

About 30 percent of young Americans age 25 to 34 who once left their family homes have moved back in, says a report released Thursday by the Pew Research Center.

Not only is there no stigma attached to being ...

Arizona immigration hard guy ponders another run for office

Just months after falling victim to a recall effort, the author of Arizona's immigration crackdown is weighing whether to jump back into another legislative race.

A leader of the movement against illegal immigration, Russell Pearce is slated to announce his plans Monday at a Red Mountain Tea Party meeting in ...

Coalition calls for restricting helium sales, cites 'huffing' hazard

The National Inhalant Prevention Coalition, looking to draw attention to the dangers of "huffing" helium, called Thursday for new restrictions on the sale of the gas - as well as a more serious approach in the media to coverage of its misuse.

"Did you know that a ... 6-year-old can ...

Schools may flunk 'pink slime' mystery meat

ALBANY, N.Y. — School districts soon will be able to opt out of a common ammonia-treated ground-beef filler critics have dubbed "pink slime."

Amid a growing social-media storm over so-called "lean, finely textured beef," the Agriculture Department announced Thursday that starting next fall, schools involved in the national school ...

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