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On Friday, President Obama said he supports the right for an Islamic center to be built near Ground Zero. “Let me be clear: as a citizen, and as president, I believe that Muslims have the same right to practice their religion as anyone else in this country,” he said. “That includes the right to build…

On Wednesday, the Iranian woman who faced stoning to death for adultery denounced her lawyer and confessed to adultery and being an accomplice to her husband’s killing. But her lawyer and human rights groups assert the mother of two was coerced to make these statements that aired on state television. In 2006, Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani…

Federal Judge Vaughn Walker who last week overturned California’s gay marriage ban agreed Thursday to a continued hold until at least Wednesday (Aug. 18) to give opponents time to appeal. If the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals doesn’t act by 5 p.m. local time that day, then gay couples can wed, the Associated Press…

Do one thing every day that scares you – Eleanor Roosevelt Have you ever done anything scary – and exciting? One community member shares what it was like skydiving for the first time. In their journal, another member explains how they overcame a fear of zombies, which represented spiritually their “fear that I truly did…

Ted Stevens (R-Alaska) died in a plane crash Monday night near Dillingham, Alaska. The 86-year-old former Alaska senator served on Capitol Hill from December 1968 until January 2009. “A decorated World War II pilot who survived a deadly 1978 plane crash, he was the longest-serving GOP senator in history and spent his 40-year Senate career…

How young is too young to talk to children about sex? For some parents that talk may occur earlier than they’d thought because many girls are now entering puberty at 7 and 8, says a study published in the journal Pediatrics. The new study says more girls are developing breasts by age 7 than reported…

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Is there another reason we need to study our food labels while shopping? Are all sugars equal? Findings from a study recently published in the journal Cancer Research indicate the cancer cells soaked up processed sugar more quickly, metabolized it and multiplied. Researchers at the University of California Los Angeles fed pancreatic tumor cells glucose…

Tax-free weekends signal the return of Back-to-School shopping. Summer vacation is winding down, but your to-do list is longer than your remaining leisurely days. What to do? Join fellow Community members as they share tips on how to stress less. How to Stress Less is a space where members share “tried-and-true coping strategies” that “might…

On Tuesday, a man who was forced to resign for allegedly stealing beer from his employer pulled out a gun and started shooting, killing eight people and himself at a Connecticut beer warehouse. The beer distributorship’s owner was also shot and survived; one other person was hospitalized. Join the discussion about this shooting, other instances…
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