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Somerset County Where to Go for June 13
Father’s Day concert The Somerset County Community Band annual Father’s Day Concert at 5 p.m., June 16 on the lawn stage of the Philip Dressler Center in Somerset. There will be free ice cream sundaes. 814-443-3055. Strawberry Festival Mt....Tags: Salads, Lifestyle and Leisure, Steaks, Palace Theater, Memorial Day
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Southern Baptists oppose Scouting's policy on gays
HOUSTON -- Members of the Southern Baptist Convention at their annual meeting Wednesday voted to support families who leave the Boy Scouts due to the group’s plans to accept gay Scouts, urged the removal of Boy Scout leaders who championed accepting...
Tags: Clubs and Associations, Social Organizations, Lifestyle and Leisure, Protestant Convention, Youth Organizations
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Japanese port city of Nagasaki has long East-West connection
NAGASAKI, Japan — On my first trip to Nagasaki, just out of college, I knew what most of the world knows: An atomic bomb fell here on Aug. 9, 1945, bringing World War II to a close. It wasn't until my second visit, more than 20 years later on a...
Tags: Arts, Lifestyle and Leisure, Roman Catholicism, Literature, Explosions
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Southern Baptists consider abandoning Boy Scouts of America
This post has been updated. See the note below for details.HOUSTON — Some conservatives predicted an exodus of families and church sponsors from the Boy Scouts last month after Scouting leaders announced plans to lift a longstanding ban on gay Scouts. So far, an exodus from Scouting has yet to...Tags: Clubs and Associations, Belief and Faith, Education, Lifestyle and Leisure, Social Organizations
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Tim Tebow can count Cris Collinsworth, Pat Robertson and his former Broncos teammates as fans
Tim Tebow can count Cris Collinsworth, Pat Robertson and his former Denver Bronco teammates among his biggest fans. Tebow earned the most effusive praise from Collinsworth, who suggested Tebow can play quarterback in the NFL despite heavy criticism of...Tags: Champ Bailey, National Football League, Photography and Video, Pat Robertson, NFL Draft
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Final resting place for priests getting spruced up
Priests from the Diocese of Palm Beach now have a more dignified place to go when they die. The entry road that serves as the priests' section of Our Lady Queen of Peace Cemetery in Royal Palm Beach is getting spruced up, with 30 newly planted royal...
Tags: Sculpture, Vatican City, Religion and Belief, Arts, Roman Catholicism
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Seamstresses gather to create clothes for Oklahoma tornado victims
Soon after a massive tornado devastated Moore, Okla., last month, a Linthicum seamstress leaped into action, formulating a plan to help the victims. Kathy Furth began reaching out to thread-savvy friends from her parish and a local sewing organization...
Tags: Religion and Belief, Roman Catholicism, Natural Disasters, Hurricane Sandy (2012), Linthicum
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Still healing, small Florida town of Sanford braces for Zimmerman trial�
The Miami HeraldMIAMI Sanford Mayor Jeff Triplett was at his oldest son's football game in Tampa, Fla., about 100 miles away from the city he leads, when he got the call one evening in March 2012 that tension was mounting over the shooting death of Trayvon Martin. Two...Tags: Belief and Faith, Miami Gardens, U.S. Department of Justice, Good Friday, Crime, Law and Justice
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Irish PM says received letters in blood over planned abortion law
ReutersDUBLIN (Reuters) - Ireland's prime minister said he had been sent letters written in blood and been branded a murderer by opponents of his government's plans to allow limited access to abortion, an issue that has polarized the country for decades. Enda...Tags: Dublin (Ireland), Abortion, Roman Catholicism, Republic of Ireland, Politics
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Barbara (Geier) Haberer
Denver, Colo.: Barbara (Geier) Haberer, 92, of Denver, formerly of Bowdle, passed away Nov. 10, 2012. Memorial services will be held at 11 a.m. June 17, 2013, at the Saint Augustine Catholic Church in Bowdle. There will be a short gravesite...Tags: Religion and Belief, Roman Catholicism
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Lucille I. Sherman Rau
Groton: The funeral service for Lucille I. Sherman Rau, 87, of Groton and formerly of Aberdeen, will be 11 a.m. Monday, June 10, 2013, at Bethlehem Lutheran Church, with Pastor Jeff Whillock officiating. Lucille died Wednesday, June 5, 2013, at Golden...
Tags: Religion and Belief, Lutheranism, Groton
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Will D. Campbell dies at 88; maverick minister aided integration
The Rev. Will D. Campbell was a poor white boy from Mississippi who preached his first sermon from a pulpit stocked with a Bible from the Ku Klux Klan. But this son of the segregated South — a self-avowed "good ol' boy with crazy ideas" —...Tags: Separation of Church and State, Yale University, Crime, Law and Justice, Authors, Labor Legislation
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