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• US court tosses protester's arrest at Liberty Bell (AP)
• Man pleads guilty in Mass. black church arson (AP)
• Muslim org seeks return of Va. man stuck in Egypt (AP)
• Ark. preacher tends to families of flood victims (AP)
• Religion News in Brief (AP)

US court tosses protester's arrest at Liberty Bell (AP) Posted: 16 Jun 2010 03:36 PM PDT AP - An anti-abortion protester arrested in 2007 had a First Amendment right to demonstrate on a sidewalk near the entrance the building that houses the Liberty Bell, a federal appeals court ruled Wednesday.

Man pleads guilty in Mass. black church arson (AP) Posted: 16 Jun 2010 12:43 PM PDT AP - One of three white men charged with burning down a predominantly black church hours after Barack Obama was elected president pleaded guilty to civil rights charges Wednesday in a plea deal that calls for him to spend nine years in prison.

Muslim org seeks return of Va. man stuck in Egypt (AP) Posted: 16 Jun 2010 08:51 AM PDT AP - A Muslim civil rights group called on the U.S. government Wednesday to allow a Virginia man stuck in Egypt for weeks to return home.

Ark. preacher tends to families of flood victims (AP) Posted: 16 Jun 2010 08:45 AM PDT AP - As a prelude to Father's Day, Graig Cowart planned to preach to his Baptist congregation about the importance of family. When survivors of a deadly flash flood showed up at his church wet and worried, he opted for works over words.

Religion News in Brief (AP) Posted: 16 Jun 2010 08:02 AM PDT AP - An influential group of religious conservatives plans to sit out the fall gubernatorial election after candidates it favored lost in the recent Republican primary.

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