Earth Day may fall later this week, but as far as former NASA astronaut Edgar Mitchell and other UFO enthusiasts are concerned, the real story is happening elsewhere....
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The Supreme Court has agreed to hear a case this fall on whether the sale of videos depicting dog fights and violent deaths of small animals is protected by the First...
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John McCain's top adviser, Steve Schmidt, says it is time for the Republicans to jump on board with civil rights and marriage equality. In his first public...
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Grainy footage taken on a mobile phone and widely distributed around Baghdad shows a terrified young Iraqi boy cowering and whimpering as men with a stick force him...
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The Department of Homeland Security is warning law enforcement officials about a rise in "rightwing extremist activity," saying the economic recession, the...
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A key backer of an Afghan law that critics say legalizes marital rape and rolls back women's rights rejected an international outcry as foreign meddling on...
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We all see beauty in objects, such as the symmetry and sleekness of the Eiffel Tower in Paris, or the the powerful history in the once-standing Berlin Wall. For...
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This week, President Obama is reaching out to the Muslim world. He's trying to change Muslims' perceptions of the United States, but it's just as...
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The Iowa Supreme Court says it will release its much-anticipated ruling on the state's gay marriage ban on Friday. Lambda Legal, a New York-based gay rights...
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The Melbourne Catholic Church is following a Vatican recommendation to test the sexual orientation of would-be priests. The identification measures are a response to...
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The U.N.'s top human rights body has approved a proposal by Muslim nations urging the passage of laws protecting religion from criticism. Members of the Human...
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The Texas Board of Education votes this week on a new science curriculum. The new curriculum is designed to challenge evolution, and introduce creationism, a step...
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If you live in the United States, you are almost certainly friends with at least one atheist, agnostic, nonbeliever, skeptic, or unaffiliated humanist, whether you...
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A wide-ranging study on American religious life found that the Roman Catholic population has been shifting out of the Northeast to the Southwest, the percentage of...
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Yes Fred Phelps, leader of the Westboro Baptist Church, and his hateful daughter Shirley Phelps-Roper, have been banned from the United Kingdom. The pair has been...
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Rep. Richard Carroll has introduced a bill to repeal Article 19, Section 1 of the Arkansas state constitution, which says: "No person who denies the being of...
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Bill Maher interviews the famous scientist and author Richard Dawkins ("The God Delusion") on "Real Time" (HBO).
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KUALA LUMPUR: Muslim women activists say they will no longer accept the use of Islam to discriminate against women. Project director of Musawah (the global meeting...
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The editor and publisher of a top English-language Indian daily have been arrested on charges of "hurting the religious feelings" of Muslims. The...
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The good news for lovers of lobster is that a lawyer has invented a device that will dispatch the shellfish kindly and in a way that makes it taste better. Simon...
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