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• Josh Ritter protests US Christian university's policy on gays after playing show there
• Church, Bryan, Lambert lead CMT Awards nominations
• 3 resign from NJ church in priest scandal
• Four Saudis held over Tanzania church bombing
• Attack on northeast Nigeria church, market kills 10
• Testament to tenacity: NY man nearly finished handwriting King James Bible after 4 years

Josh Ritter protests US Christian university's policy on gays after playing show there Posted: 06 May 2013 01:58 PM PDT GRANTHAM, Pa. - Singer-songwriter Josh Ritter says he won't play a central Pennsylvania Christian university again unless it changes its policy against "homosexual behaviour."

Church, Bryan, Lambert lead CMT Awards nominations Posted: 06 May 2013 12:00 PM PDT Eric Church, Luke Bryan and Miranda Lambert are the lead nominees for this year's CMT Music Awards. The trio of country music's newest stars are nominated for the top honor, video of the year, along with ...

3 resign from NJ church in priest scandal Posted: 06 May 2013 09:10 AM PDT NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — The pastor of a church that let a priest barred by law enforcement from working with children to go on youth retreats has resigned.

Four Saudis held over Tanzania church bombing Posted: 06 May 2013 06:25 AM PDT DAR ES SALAAM (Reuters) - Tanzania has arrested four men from Saudi Arabia and four Tanzanians in connection with the bombing of church on Sunday that killed two people, an attack that has heightened sectarian tensions in the east African nation. Investigators said they were still determining the type of device used in the attack on the Catholic church in Arusha, a town in the north of the nation of about 45 million people that is roughly evenly split between Muslims and Christians. ...

Attack on northeast Nigeria church, market kills 10 Posted: 06 May 2013 03:12 AM PDT KADUNA, Nigeria (Reuters) - Gunmen killed 10 people in an attack on a market and a church in northeast Nigeria before fleeing over the border to Cameroon, police said on Monday. The attack took place on Sunday in the farming village of Njilang, Adamawa state, near the border, an area that has become a haven for Islamist sect Boko Haram. "The gunmen opened fire in the village market, killing six persons, then proceeded to the church and opened fire there too, killing four more," Adamawa state police spokesman Mohammed Ibrahim said by telephone. ...

Testament to tenacity: NY man nearly finished handwriting King James Bible after 4 years Posted: 06 May 2013 01:40 AM PDT PHILMONT, N.Y. - In the beginning, Phillip Patterson decided to write out every word in the Bible.

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