Archive for October, 2009

Russell Brand: Seeking salvation (Times Online)

His amazing sexual prowess, his obsession with Helen Mirren, his recovery from addiction, his radio shame — Russell Brand confesses all to Chrissy Iley. Then he tells her he’s seeking redemption. Will we forgive him?

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The school rules (Times Online)

Whether it’s private or state, faith or grammar, where we send our children to school says more about us than we’d like at the best of times. At the moment, though, that choice feels even more troubling, as each week there’s another incendiary headline to set fragile parental hearts racing.

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Pope makes Anglican conversions easier (MSNBC)

The Vatican wants to make it easier for conversions of Anglicans to Catholicism, the goal being to entice traditionalists opposed to women priests, openly gay clergy and blessing of same-sex unions.

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TWCA falls to Brazosport Christian in TAPPS action (The Woodlands Villager)

The Woodlands Christian Academy fell to 1-2 in TAPPS Division IV District 4 play Friday with a 36-28 loss at Brazosport Christian.

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Calvary Christian powers past Springfield (Springfield Sun)

Springfield lost another tough game last Friday, this time to the hands of visiting Calvary Christian, 41-8.

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Letters by poet Byron sell for record sum (UPI)

LONDON, Oct. 31 (UPI) -- A series of letters written by the late British poet George Gordon Byron has sold for a world record $458,000, Sotheby's auction house in London said.

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New book examines common ground between Mormons and Masons (Provo Daily Herald)

On March 15 and 16, 1842, in Nauvoo, Ill., Joseph Smith, founder and first president of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, became a Freemason. "He was initiated over a two-day perio

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Vatican: Halloween Is Anti-Christian (FOX 23 Maine)

The Vatican condemned the celebration of Halloween as "anti-Christian" and "dangerous" on Friday because of its links to the occult.

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Faith Christian spikers fall in five to Coventry (Perkasie News-Herald)

It is the curse of the fifth game for the Faith Christian volleyball team. In five league games this year, the Lions are yet to record a win when the match goes to the fifth game tiebreaker. On Tuesday it looked like no fifth game would ne necessary against Coventry Christian, but after dropping games three and four, the curse continued.

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Graceville keeps Rocky Bayou Christian winless this year (Washington County News / Holmes County Times-Advertiser)

The Rocky Bayou Christian football team suffered another lopsided loss on Friday, but Knights coach John Reaves said his squad had nothing to hang its head about.Graceville won its first District 1-B game with a 59-12 victory over visiting Rocky...

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