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• Catholic bishops reject Obama offer on contraceptive coverage
• True Religion up on strong 4Q, forecast
• Catholic bishops say Obama offer on contraceptive coverage falls short
• Christian fashion show to be held in Tampa
• Church bomb plot suspect charged in federal court

Catholic bishops reject Obama offer on contraceptive coverage Posted: 07 Feb 2013 04:03 PM PST WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Roman Catholic bishops on Thursday rejected the Obama Administration's latest bid for compromise over a hotly disputed health policy that requires employees at religiously affiliated institutions to have access to insurance coverage for contraceptives. Cardinal Timothy Donlan of New York, president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, said his group would redouble efforts to reach an agreement on the contraceptives issue after more than a year of protest and scores of federal lawsuits from Catholics groups and other social conservatives. ...

True Religion up on strong 4Q, forecast Posted: 07 Feb 2013 01:30 PM PST Shares of True Religion Apparel Inc. soared Thursday after the clothing company beat market expectations for its fourth quarter, and it issued a strong earnings outlook.THE SPARK: The company, known for ...

Catholic bishops say Obama offer on contraceptive coverage falls short Posted: 07 Feb 2013 11:58 AM PST WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Roman Catholic leaders on Thursday said the Obama administration did not go far enough toward their issues in the offer of compromise offered last week over health care coverage of contraceptives for employees of faith-based institutions. "The February 1 notice of proposed rulemaking ... shows some movement by the administration but falls short of addressing U.S. bishops' concerns," the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops said in a statement. "We have been assured by the administration that we will not have to refer, pay for, or negotiate for the mandated coverage. ...

Christian fashion show to be held in Tampa Posted: 07 Feb 2013 08:38 AM PST The organizers of Christian Fashion Week have a message: modest does not equal frumpy."A lot of the designers we talked with looked at the challenge as a creative challenge," said Jose Gomez, ...

Church bomb plot suspect charged in federal court Posted: 06 Feb 2013 07:13 PM PST TULSA, Okla. (AP) — An Illinois man charged with plotting to firebomb dozens of churches in northeastern Oklahoma with Molotov cocktails will be tried in federal — not state — court, authorities announced Wednesday.

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