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Mass Animal Sacrifice Festival Begins In Nepal 2009-11-25T01:59:15-05:00 KATMANDU, Nepal -- Hundreds of thousands of Hindus gathered at a temple in southern Nepal on Tuesday for a ceremony involving the slaughter of more than 200,000 animals, a festival that has drawn the ire of animal-welfare protesters. A Nepalese...

Idolatry: Virtual Quests Lead to Real Love and Death for World of Warcraft Fans 2009-11-25T01:58:15-05:00 When it began it was just a computer game. Now it is seen as a cultural force that sparks love affairs, breaks marriages and creates "sweat shops" to satisfy a black market in virtual goods. World of Warcraft marks its...

Adultery: Impeachment Panel Wants Detailed Answers On Sanford's Trip 2009-11-25T01:57:40-05:00 (Exod.20:14; Lev.20:10; Prov.6:32; Matt.5:27-28; Gal.5:19-21) The State A House panel taking up an impeachment resolution against Gov. Mark Sanford Tuesday said it wants detailed answers about the governor's secret trip to Argentina last June. The committee, in its initial meeting,...

Adultery: Taxpayers to Pay $150-a-Hour Lawyer to Defend Governor's Office 2009-11-25T01:57:02-05:00 Gov. Mark Sanford has a second layer of legal protection -- at taxpayers' expense. The Governor's Office has hired Connecticut-based attorney Ross Garber to represent its interests as lawmakers begin deliberations on whether to impeach the embattled, two-term Republican governor....

Homosex Priest Aaron Cote Found Guilty Of Abusing Altar Boy In Maryland 2009-11-25T01:56:29-05:00 SPRINGFIELD, MA -- A former Western Massachusetts priest with ties to Westfield and South Hadley was sentenced to 10 years of probation after he was found guilty Monday in a Maryland court of sexually abusing an altar boy seven years...

Sex-Abuse Victims Criticize Catholic Bishop In Rhode Island 2009-11-25T01:56:01-05:00 PROVIDENCE -- Clergy sex-abuse victims and their supporters said Tuesday that Rhode Island's Roman Catholic bishop is not doing enough to protect children from pedophile priests even as he's taken on U.S. Rep. Patrick Kennedy for his stance on abortion...

Fairbanks Diocese to Pay Millions In Sex Abuse Settlement 2009-11-25T01:55:30-05:00 Alaska victims of sexual abuse by Catholic priests and volunteers with the Fairbanks diocese could finally receive payments early next year for the damage done. A $9.8 million settlement announced in U.S. Bankruptcy Court Tuesday amounts to a big step...

Pastor Accused Of Child-Sex Crimes Can't Live In Home With Kids, Judge Rules 2009-11-25T01:54:58-05:00 LELAND, NC -- A Leland pastor accused of child sex abuse is not allowed to live with children under 18 years old, a Brunswick County Superior Court Judge ordered Tuesday. James T. Johnson will likely have to move out of...

Liberty Counsel Files Complaint with the FCC for Indecent Acts of Adam Lambert 2009-11-25T01:45:53-05:00 WASHINGTON -- Liberty Counsel has filed a complaint with the Federal Communications Commission against the American Broadcasting Company ("ABC") for airing an outrageously lewd and filthy performance by Adam Lambert on November 22, 2009 during the 2009 American Music Awards....

Search Continues In Mo. Sex Abuse Case 2009-11-25T01:45:04-05:00 INDEPENDENCE, Mo. -- Investigators have seized more computers and videotapes as they investigate claims from several family members who say they were sexually abused as children by adult relatives. The items were taken Friday when authorities returned to the Independence...