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Associated Press Topeka, Kan. – A soldier claimed Wednesday that his promotion was blocked because he had claimed in a lawsuit that the Army was violating his right to be an atheist. Attorneys for Spc. Jeremy Hall and the Military Religious Freedom Foundation refiled the federal lawsuit Wednesday in Kansas City, Kan., and added a…

By Brittani Hamm Religion News Service Brushing back a thick layer of dust, Tudor Parfitt revealed a distinctive interwoven pattern carved around the outside of the “terribly, terribly damaged” wooden artifact tucked away on the bottom shelf of a Zimbabwe warehouse. “The moment I saw it, I felt there was something weird about it,” said…

By Adelle M. Banks 2008 Religion News Service WASHINGTON — With the race for the Republican presidential nomination now behind him, former candidate Mike Huckabee has many possibilities ahead: Potential vice president to John McCain? GOP adviser? Another run for the White House? Any way, observers say, one thing seems clear: Huckabee is now a…

Associated Press – March 5, 2008 JERUSALEM – Visiting Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice persuaded Palestinians to return to peace talks with Israel Wednesday after a brief suspension over a deadly offensive against Gaza militants barraging southern Israel with rockets. Rice announced the resumption of talks at a news conference in Jerusalem and shortly afterward,…

United Press International – March 5, 2008 WASHINGTON, Mar 5, 2008 (UPI via COMTEX) — Investigators infiltrated a technologically advanced child pornography ring that resulted in the arrest of 14 U.S. citizens, justice officials said. Officials with the FBI and Justice Department described the ring as a “vast child-exploitation enterprise” that distributed lewd images of…

Associated Press Kansas City, Mo. – A Kansas grand jury that investigated a Planned Parenthood clinic has refused to issue an indictment on allegations that it violated restrictions on the procedure. The Johnson County, Kan., grand jury’s decision was announced Monday evening, Planned Parenthood officials said. Abortion opponents, through a petition, had forced the court…

Associated Press Roswell, N.M. – Karina Acosta’s senior year at Roswell High came to an abrupt end after she was ticketed for blocking a fire lane outside a school and driving without a license. The officer who stopped her – a Roswell policeman assigned to the school – asked her for proof of legal U.S.…

Associated Press Washington – With only 10 months left in his term and Israeli-Palestinian talks collapsed over renewed violence, President Bush said Tuesday there is “plenty of time” to get a Mideast peace deal before he leaves. “This is a process that always has two steps forward and one step back,” Bush said after meeting…

Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News – March 2, 2008 Mar. 2–Encyclopedia of Love. The title alone sounds like an author’s hot ticket to Oprah or The View. But the new, illustrated reference book, edited by Rollins College professor Yudit Kornberg Greenberg, is more ecumenical than racy. The complete title, The Encyclopedia of Love in World Religions,…

United Press International – February 29, 2008 SAN FRANCISCO, Feb 29, 2008 (UPI via COMTEX) — A research team in Sweden said Charles Darwin was wrong about the genetic basis for the yellow skin of some chickens. Greger Larson, a research fellow at Uppsala University in Sweden and at Durham University in Britain, said yellow-skinned…
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