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Friday, March 12 2010
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Feds recall more children jewelry in cadmium probe LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Federal safety regulators recalled a line of Christmas-themed bracelets Thursday, expanding their effort to purge children's jewelry boxes and store shelves of items containing high levels of the toxic metal cadmium.... German schools angry over church abuse scandal MUNICH (AP) -- German educators sharply criticized Catholic church officials for their handling of a spiraling child abuse scandal even as more alledged victims came forward Thursday, including a former member of the all-boys choir led by the pope's brother.... Police: Burglar uses church equipment to view porn AMES, Iowa (AP) -- Second-degree burglary charges have been filed against an Ames man who broke into a church where he allegedly used the institution's electronic equipment to watch pornography. Police allege the 55-year-old man broke into the First Christian Church on Thursday. After gathering items from around the building, he is believed to have gone to the basement to spend the night.... Religion News in Brief AMSTERDAM (AP) -- A campaign to give elderly Netherlands residents the right to assisted suicide has gathered more than 100,000 signatures, enough to force a parliamentary debate on the matter.... Santorum makes pitch for Iowa evangelical voters WINDSOR HEIGHTS, Iowa (AP) -- As he speaks to hundreds of Iowa evangelicals about his "faith walk," it's clear former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum is connecting with the audience.... Police make 3rd arrest in Calif. church shooting RICHMOND, Calif. (AP) -- Police say they've made another arrest in a shooting at a Northern California church that injured two teenage brothers.... Colo. man who claims pot as sacrament is convicted GEORGETOWN, Colo. (AP) -- A Colorado man who says marijuana is a sacrament in his religion has been convicted of misdemeanor drug charges.... Pope's brother: I ignored physical abuse reports BERLIN (AP) -- The pope's brother said in a newspaper interview published Tuesday that he slapped pupils as punishment after he took over a renowned German boys' choir in the 1960s. He also said he was aware of allegations of physical abuse at an elementary school linked to the choir but did nothing about it.... Archbishop defends decision on lesbians' children DENVER (AP) -- The archbishop of Denver on Tuesday defended a decision by a Catholic school not to allow two children to continue as students because their parents are a lesbian couple.... Dutch bishops announce sex abuse investigation THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) -- Dutch Catholic bishops announced an independent inquiry Tuesday into allegations of sexual abuse of children by priests at church schools, and apologized to victims.... |
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