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Associated Press – November 12, 2007 CONCORD, N.H. – Republican Mitt Romney said Monday he’s the decider, yet the presidential candidate has put aside his desire to deliver a speech about his Mormon faith on the advice of political staff – a move that speaks volumes about his campaign. The former Massachusetts governor provides the…

Associated Press – November 12, 2007 BALTIMORE – Pope Benedict XVI will make his first visit to the United States as pontiff next year, and plans to visit the White House, ground zero and speak at the United Nations, Archbishop Pietro Sambi told the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops on Monday. Benedict will travel to…

Associated Press – November 9, 2007 TRENTON, N.J. – Lawmakers in New Jersey, which hasn’t executed anyone in 44 years, will decide within two months whether to wipe the death penalty off the books, legislative leaders said Friday. If approved by the Legislature and Gov. Jon S. Corzine, a death penalty opponent, the move would…

United Press International – November 9, 2007 BERLIN, Nov 9, 2007 (UPI via COMTEX) — The fall of the Berlin Wall 18 years ago Friday is not the only event in the history of Germany that occurred on the 9th day of November. At least four other significant events took place on that date, Deutsche…

United Press International LOS ANGELES, Nov 9, 2007 (UPI via COMTEX) — The Los Angeles Police Department announced a mapping program used by its anti-terrorism bureau to identity likely terrorist breeding grounds in Muslim areas. Michael P. Downing, a deputy Los Angeles police chief, detailed a joint program with the University of Southern California to…

Associated Press New York – A priest has been arrested on charges of stalking late-night talk show host Conan O’Brien by writing him threatening notes on parish letterhead, contacting his parents and showing up at his studio, prosecutors said Wednesday. The Rev. David Ajemian, a priest in the Archdiocese of Boston, was arrested last week…

United Press International WASHINGTON – A majority of Americans asked said they support allowing civil unions for same-sex couples, a new ABC News/Washington Post poll indicated. A record 55 percent of people in the United States polled said they support such unions to give same-sex couples the same inheritance, pension and health insurance rights as…

Associated Press Beijing – Beijing Olympic organizers angrily disputed allegations of religious intolerance Thursday, saying Bibles and other religious items for personal use will be welcome at next summer’s games – except for the banned Falun Gong spiritual movement. Recent reports by a religious news agency and European media saying Bibles would be banned at…

By Sarah More McCann Religion News Service WASHINGTON — Lester Leavitt said he first had an inkling he might be gay when, as an 18-year-old college freshman, he was startled by his hope to see certain boys at a party. “Lester, what are you thinking? Are you gay or something?” Leavitt wondered at the time.…

Associated Press – November 7, 2007 SALT LAKE CITY – A polygamous-sect leader tried to hang himself in jail in January, eight months before a jury convicted him of rape as an accomplice, according to court documents. The disclosure Tuesday was in an evaluation by mental-health expert Eric Nielsen, who examined Warren Jeffs in April…
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