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• Evangelicals call for immigration reform (AP)
• 3 on trial in Atlantic City corruption case (AP)
• DA: Pa. couple prayed, denied care to dying tot (AP)
• French culture minister denies paying boys for sex (AP)
• Report: Global Muslim population hits 1.57 billion (AP)
• 'American Qur'an' blends US life, Quranic verses (AP)

Evangelicals call for immigration reform (AP) Posted: 08 Oct 2009 05:10 PM PDT AP - An American evangelical Christian group is urging Congress to approve reforms to immigration laws in a resolution approved Thursday.

3 on trial in Atlantic City corruption case (AP) Posted: 08 Oct 2009 04:18 PM PDT AP - Sitting in the back seat of a car in Atlantic City, the young prostitute listened as two men in the front told her exactly what to do, prosecutors say. Lure the Baptist minister and councilman to a motel room, have sex with him while he is facing the clock radio and make sure he hands over some money.

DA: Pa. couple prayed, denied care to dying tot (AP) Posted: 08 Oct 2009 02:36 PM PDT AP - A fundamentalist couple who prayed over their sick toddler rather than get medical help before his pneumonia death have been ordered to stand trial on manslaughter charges.

French culture minister denies paying boys for sex (AP) Posted: 08 Oct 2009 01:01 PM PDT AP - France's culture minister denied Thursday paying boys for sex, in an impassioned response to critics on the right and left demanding that he resign over a candid book recounting encounters with male prostitutes in Thailand.

Report: Global Muslim population hits 1.57 billion (AP) Posted: 08 Oct 2009 09:26 AM PDT AP - The global Muslim population stands at 1.57 billion, meaning that nearly 1 in 4 people in the world practice Islam, according to a report Wednesday billed as the most comprehensive of its kind.

'American Qur'an' blends US life, Quranic verses (AP) Posted: 07 Oct 2009 08:07 PM PDT AP - The scene is seared into the American psyche: the residents of New Orleans engulfed by flood waters, perched on rooftops and desperate for help as corpses float past and helicopters whirl overhead.

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