“The women of America aren’t finished yet and we can shatter that glass ceiling once and for all.” Note: Check the related links for provocative reactions to the Palin pick including our extended discussion on “The B-Cast” of evangelical reaction to the decision….
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Associated Press
National Guard troops stand ready, batteries and water bottles are selling briskly, and one small-town mayor has spent a sleepless night worrying. The New Orleans area is skittishly watching as a storm marches across the Caribbean on the eve of Hurricane Katrina’s third anniversary.
With forecasters warning that a strengthening [...]

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WorldNetDaily
DENVER – Two teenagers who had been given city permission to write their messages protesting Democratic presidential nominee Sen. Barack Obama’s support for abortion on public sidewalks during the Democratic National Convention this week were shoved to the sidewalk, cuffed and arrested for doing just that.
The two are part of the Survivors organization, a Christian, [...]

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By Steve LeBlanc, Associated Press
Boston – A measure that would decriminalize minor marijuana-possession cases is on the ballot in Massachusetts largely because of one man: billionaire financier and liberal activist [...]

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WorldNetDaily The American Civil Liberties Union has filed a lawsuit on behalf of two high school students who say they are offended by the school’s policy of allowing prayer at voluntary events and holding Christmas [...]

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DEBKAfile
Reporting this Thurs. Aug. 28, Alexander Vovk, spokesman for Russia’s strategic nuclear forces said the Topol RS-12M was tested to “develop equipment for potential combat and use against ground-based missiles.”
Earlier this week, amid the crisis over Georgia, Russian president Dmitry Medvedev warned of a military response to the US missile [...]

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By JEANNINE AVERSA
WASHINGTON (AP) – The economy shifted to a higher gear in the spring, growing at its fastest pace in nearly a year as foreign buyers snapped up U.S. exports and tax rebates spurred shoppers at home.
The Commerce Department reported Thursday that gross domestic product, or GDP, increased at a 3.3 [...]

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TCPalm.com

Denise Harvey

VERO BEACH — Denise Harvey, 40, of Vero Beach, was sentenced to 30 years in state prison for having sex with a 16-year-old who was a high school friend and baseball teammate her son’s.
Harvey was silent Thursday as she was fingerprinted and taken away from being sentenced by Circuit Judge [...]

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Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
Six Christian families across Pennsylvania intend to continue their federal court battle in hopes of receiving an exception from state law mandating that they supply their local school districts with documentation about the home-schooling of their children.
The families, represented by the Virginia-based Home School Legal Defense Association, have been tied [...]

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WorldNetDaily

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi

DENVER – House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s abortion theology remains under attack, with Catholic members of Congress writing her to castigate her re-interpretation of church teachings and a priest on the EWTN network condemning her for a perspective in which, he believes, she would bomb a city full [...]

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Newsday

It was an unpleasant announcement for Pastor Bertrand Crabbe to make to his congregation at True North Community Church in Port Jefferson Station. The group had outgrown its home on Terryville Road and would soon have to take up a nomadic existence for the foreseeable future — holding services out of rented ballrooms or school [...]

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London Times
An Anglican priest has unlocked the 270-year-old secrets of Charles Wesley’s coded diary, throwing light on the turbulent relationship that he had with his brother John in the early years of the Methodist movement they founded.
Wesley, a central figure in the 18th century evangelical revival, has been portrayed as a spiritual [...]

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Dr. David Hawkins
I was reluctant to write another column on pornography, however, the emails keep coming in about the absolutely devastating impact this addiction has on marriages.
In my book, Breaking Everyday Addictions I note how sexual addictions are more rampant than anyone realizes. From men who have serial affairs, to those [...]

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Sao Paulo, Brazil (AP) -
A disposable diaper has saved the life of an 18-month-old boy, breaking his fall from a third-floor apartment window, officials said Thursday.
Caua Felipe Massaneiro survived a 30-foot (10-meter) fall because his diaper snagged on a security spike embedded in the concrete wall around his apartment building in [...]

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King James Version
He that believeth on the Son hath everlasting life: and he that believeth not the Son shall not see life; but the wrath of God abideth on him.
New International Version
“Whoever believes in the Son has eternal life, but whoever rejects the Son will not see life, for God’s wrath remains on [...]

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