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• 'The Bible' Would Have Fit Right in at Fox News
• Arizona weighs unemployment tax break for churches
• Egypt's Coptic Christian pope blasts Islamist president over handling of sectarian violence.

'The Bible' Would Have Fit Right in at Fox News Posted: 11 Apr 2013 01:46 PM PDT Rupert Murdoch wanted Fox News to air The Bible, the hit miniseries on History with an Obama-esque Satan. Murdoch wanted the miniseries to run on a News Corp. channel—he just couldn't figure out how to fit it in among all the comedies, murder shows, and talent contests, the Los Angeles Times's Joe Flint reports. So Murdoch and Fox chief Roger Ailes planned on running The Bible on Fox News Sunday nights, presumably instead of Huckabee reruns. They thought it would appeal to its "older and more conservative audience," Flint reports. Alas, it didn't work out. News Corp. ...

Arizona weighs unemployment tax break for churches Posted: 11 Apr 2013 08:21 AM PDT Hundreds of private school teachers and day care workers employed by religious organizations wouldn't be eligible for unemployment benefits under a proposed law backed by Republicans in the Arizona Legislature. ...

Egypt's Coptic Christian pope blasts Islamist president over handling of sectarian violence. Posted: 09 Apr 2013 02:11 AM PDT CAIRO (AP) — Egypt's Coptic Christian pope blasts Islamist president over handling of sectarian violence. .

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