On Friday, Virginia Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli issued a legal opinion that allows the state to impose stricter guidelines on clinics that offer abortions. “The state has long regulated outpatient surgical facilities and personnel to ensure a certain level of protection for patients. There is no reason to hold facilities providing abortion services to any…

Supporters and opponents of a proposed Islamic community center built in Lower Manhattan faced off Sunday. They staged dueling rallies near the proposed facility, which is to be built about two blocks from the site of the fallen World Trade Center. Opponents who advocate relocating it or dropping the plan altogether feel it would be…

On the heels of a poll last week indicating that a growing number of Americans incorrectly believe President Obama is Muslim, evangelist the Rev. Franklin Graham commented on the confusion over the president’s faith. “I think the president’s problem is that he was born a Muslim, his father was a Muslim,” Graham told CNN’s John…

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is hailing the country’s reportedly first domestically-built drone bomber, which was unveiled Sunday. Ahmadinejad described the long-range, unmanned aircraft as an “ambassador of death” to Iran’s enemies. “But he also argued the drone serves as ‘a messenger of salvation and dignity for humanity’. The Iranian leader said it is aimed at…

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