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• As hours tick by, "Judgment Day" looks a dud (Reuters)
• Top Jewish Americans ponder support for Obama (Reuters)
• Astronauts offer Pope unique view of Earth's woes (Reuters)
• ISS astronauts inspect tile damage, chat with pope (AFP)
• Pope makes video call to astronauts in space (AFP)
• Shock after Dutch priest endorses pedophilia (AP)
• Apocalypse almost: world waits for Rapture (AFP)

As hours tick by, "Judgment Day" looks a dud (Reuters) Posted: 21 May 2011 05:55 PM PDT Reuters - With no sign of Judgment Day arriving on Saturday as forecast by an 89 year-old California evangelical broadcaster, followers were faced with trying to make sense of his failed pronouncement.

Top Jewish Americans ponder support for Obama (Reuters) Posted: 21 May 2011 02:51 PM PDT Reuters - Some prominent Jewish Americans are rethinking their support for President Barack Obama's 2012 re-election bid after he effectively called on Israel to give back territory it has occupied since 1967 to Palestinians.

Astronauts offer Pope unique view of Earth's woes (Reuters) Posted: 21 May 2011 02:42 PM PDT Reuters - The shuttle Endeavour and space station crews gathered on Saturday for an unprecedented conversation with Pope Benedict, who asked how the space program could promote peace and if the astronauts prayed while in orbit.

ISS astronauts inspect tile damage, chat with pope (AFP) Posted: 21 May 2011 01:00 PM PDT AFP - NASA took a closer look Saturday at a damaged heat shield tile on the underbelly of the space shuttle Endeavour, after astronauts chatted with Pope Benedict XVI for the first-ever papal video call to space.

Pope makes video call to astronauts in space (AFP) Posted: 21 May 2011 09:36 AM PDT AFP - Pope Benedict XVI chatted with astronauts floating high above Earth Saturday as the Vatican linked up with the International Space Station for the first-ever papal video call to space.

Shock after Dutch priest endorses pedophilia (AP) Posted: 21 May 2011 04:20 AM PDT AP - The Dutch Catholic Church and the Salesian order are investigating revelations that a Salesian priest served on the board of a group that promotes pedophilia with the full knowledge of his boss.

Apocalypse almost: world waits for Rapture (AFP) Posted: 21 May 2011 12:49 PM PDT AFP - Warnings of Judgment Day by a US preacher appeared premature Saturday despite sending some people into hiding or rushing to repent, as others partied to savor their time on Earth.

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