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Wednesday, 31 December '08 - 5:07:26 PM -0400
An anti-gun group is suing to stop enactment of Bush administration rules that would let people carry concealed weapons in many U.S. parks.
Thursday, 1 January '09 - 10:30:49 AM -0400
Viacom and Time Warner have settled on a new contract. They had disagreed over fee increases, and Viacom had threatened to pull the plug on its 19 cable channels, including MTV and Comedy Central.
Sunday, 4 January '09 - 7:45:20 PM -0400
Rhys Millen was nearly able to backflip a truck at the Red Bull: New Year. No Limits. Event in Las Vegas. His speed and rotation were perfect, but a slightly off-balance landing prevented him from riding away clean.
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A couple weeks ago, fanboy dorks exposed their stupidity to the wider community by hijacking the user reviews of two games on review aggregate site MetaCritic.
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A couple accused of letting their infant daughter die by relying on prayer, rather than medicine, say charges should be dropped as they infringe on their right to practice their religion.
Photographer Syl Arena created an impressive array of twelve strobes to help him take ultra-clear high speed shots, and possibly to incite God's wrath by one-upping the sun.
An atheist sign proclaiming that "Religion is but myth and superstition" has been included in a holiday display on public property in Olympia, Washington.
State law in Kentucky says God is its first line of defense against terrorist attack, and a state lawmaker said the job is just "too big for government."
A security guard shot and killed a man wielding two Samurai swords Sunday on the grounds of a Scientology building in Hollywood, police said.
Complaints have led to removal of an atheist group's "Imagine No Religion" billboard in Rancho Cucamonga.
Germany is dropping its pursuit of a ban on Scientology after finding insufficient evidence of illegal activity, security officials said Friday. Domestic intelligence services will continue to monitor the group, officials said. The German branch of the Los Angeles-based Church of Scientology has been under observation by domestic intelligence services for more than a decade.
In 2002, archaeologists claimed a box of ancient bones held the remains of Jesus' brother. Nina Burleigh discusses her book, Unholy Business: The True Tale of Faith, Greed and Forgery in the Holy Land, which explores how forgers create fake artifacts to "prove" Biblical stories to be true.
A South Carolina Roman Catholic priest has told his parishioners that they should refrain from receiving Holy Communion if they voted for Barack Obama because the Democratic president-elect supports abortion, and supporting him "constitutes material cooperation with intrinsic evil."
Online betting outfit Paddy Power is offering 4-1 odds that God exists. So far, folks have wagered $5000 on the question. Interest has increased resulting from an atheist ad campaign on London buses with the slogan: "There's probably no God." From The Telegraph: A spokesman for Paddy Power said that confirmation of God's existence would have to be verified by scientists and given by an independent authority before any payouts were made, however.
Here's an excellent video presentation from the American Association for the Advancement of Science, explaining why religion and science need not be in opposition. As the wise and venerable Lao Stinky once said:Belief in God does not preclude belief in evolution. Belief in evolution does not preclude belief in God.
The University of CA refused to accept credit for a Biology class taught by an association of Christian schools, and so the schools sued. The court found the textbook used specifically threw out science whenever necessary to further biblical accountings, and that the schools' expert engaged in the same "don't ask the scientists" behavior that was prevalent in the Dover ID case.
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