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Persecution of Baha'is continues in Iran
It is early dawn and no one in the household is awake. There is a loud pounding on the door and voices demand to be let in. The father goes to the door and government officials storm in and begin rummaging through the family's belongings, searching...Tags: Politics, Church and State Relations, Prisons, United Nations, Islam
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Supreme Court weighing public school graduation in a church
WASHINGTON — Can a public high school hold its graduation ceremony in a local church? The Supreme Court has been pondering that question in its private conference for six weeks, discussing whether to take up a Wisconsin case that could reset the...
Tags: Religion and Belief, Christianity, Church and State Relations, Washington, DC, Symbols and Symbolism
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Nan Rich, long shot for governor, says she's undeterred
In her dark-horse campaign to become Florida's next governor, former state Sen. Nan Rich likes to recall the stories of Democratic political legends Reubin Askew, Lawton Chiles and Bob Graham. Each was a little-known state senator when he launched his...
Tags: Miami Beach, Broward County, Politics, Children's Health, Interior Policy
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Seven seek district judge seat held by David Harding since 1989
A decision by David B. Harding not to seek re-election after almost 24 years as district judge in Center Valley has led to a flood of candidates in the May primary. The seven hopefuls includes lawyers, a police chief, a police officer, a constable and an...Tags: Laws, Colleges and Universities, Center Valley, Politics, Career and Workplace
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Media fuss over athlete's sexuality embarrassing
I am fairly indifferent to other people's business when it comes to personal things, leaving well enough alone and all, until others try to push their personal business in my face. Then it bothers me and I'm sure a number of Tribune readers as well!...Tags: CVS Corp., Religion and Belief, Mitch Daniels, Politics, Abusive Behavior
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How and why do we seek God?
I was flipping through the TV channels Sunday afternoon and came upon a preacher I had seen before. It seems his message is always the same with a little different twist. He always preaches "seed money." His message is that if you would send him seed...Tags: Religion and Belief
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In Theory: Are parts of Scripture outdated and in need of change?
It's not often that a Christian minister agrees with the New Atheist movement, but the Rev. Michael Dowd believes it's possible when it comes to what he calls the "idolatry of the written word." A self-described "New Theist" — one who "value[s]...Tags: Belief and Faith, Arts and Culture, Death and Dying Customs, Music, Values
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Random testing can send students a harmful message
There is no place for drugs in school, and Lake Highland Preparatory, as a private school, has every legal right to subject its students to random drug testing. Although courts have held that random drug testing in public schools violates the Fourth...
Tags: Laws, Recreational Substance Use, Politics, Teachers, Lifestyle and Leisure
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Stembler named principal of Calvert Hall; Bullis wins student video contest
Brother Thomas Zoppo, president of Calvert Hall High School College has announced that Charles Stembler, Class of 1983, the school's current assistant principal for Student Affairs, has been appointed Calvert Hall's principal, effective July 1. Stembler...Tags: Colleges and Universities, Arts and Culture, China, George Washington, Christianity
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Editorials: pencils as weapons, iPads in schools
A dull-pointed policy Sometimes a pencil is just a pencil. Except, apparently, when "zero tolerance" applies. Two 7-year-old boys at Driver Elementary School in Suffolk were suspended for two days this week because they pointed pencils at each other and...Tags: Arts and Culture, Weaponry, Judges, Newport News (Newport News, Virginia), Apple iPad
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Private Jewish schools in Baltimore to close
Two private Jewish schools in Baltimore will close at the end of the school year after plans for a new, combined school failed to get off the ground. Boards of the Day School at Baltimore Hebrew, a kindergarten through eighth grade school, and The...
Tags: Teaching and Learning, Religion and Belief, Education, Students, Judaism
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Family has been doing business in Naperville in parts of three centuries
"Utterly amazed" is how W.W. Wickel would feel about his descendants still operating the family business he founded in Naperville in 1875, said his great-granddaughter Jean Anderson. "Humbled" is how Wickel's descendants, the Anderson family, feel about...Tags: Colleges and Universities, Education, Sales, Business, Charity
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