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• Lifehouse's 'Moment' lingers on | Debut hit stays on charts for more than 30 weeks (USA Today)

Crime:

• Expert says ex-Klansman is faking | But defense expert says Cherry is suffering from a form of dementia and can't stand trial for 1963 church bombing (Associated Press)
• Earlier: Judge considering ex-Klansman's competency in 1963 church bombing trial | Bobby Frank Cherry was indicted last year along with Thomas E. Blanton Jr., who was convicted in May (The New York Times)
• Pastor in sex-ring case still under investigation | Roby Roberson is suing City of Wenatchee, police, over 1994-95 investigations (Associated Press)
• Elsewhere: The Wenatchee "sex rings": An overview (ReligiousTolerance.org)
• Church youth leader pleads guilty to molestations | Faith has been sorely tested in Middleton, Massachusetts, since St. Agnes Church's Christopher Reardon was accused in the state's largest child-molestation case. (Associated Press)
• B.C. court awards damages to aboriginals for sex abuse at residential school | But $500,000 judgment makes both sides unhappy (Canadian Press)
• Also: Anglicans' Waterloo | Long before it became enmeshed in more than 1,000 lawsuits by natives over allegations of sexual, emotional, physical and cultural abuse at residential schools, the Anglican Church of Canada was deeply in the red thanks to a combination of its own management techniques (Editorial, National Post, Canada)
• Church embezzler faces prison time | Greek Orthodox bookkeeper sentenced to 2.5 years for stealing more than $100,000 (WESH, Orlando)

History:

• Oldest Christian find in Norway | New discovery hints that Christianity may have had a foothold in Norway centuries earlier than previously thought (Aftenposten, Oslo)
• Also: A Severe Salvation | How the Vikings took up the Christian faith (Christian History, issue 63)

Fatal church van crash:

• Van crash kills 4 on church trip | Group of Westminster Hmong was headed to retreat in Idaho (The Denver Post)
• Confusion and sorrow reign after Idaho crash of church van (The Denver Post)
• Also: Feds have warned of rollover danger | Dangerous 15-passenger vans are often used by churches (The Denver Post)
• Van crash claims 5th life | Westminster teen had parents at his bedside (The Denver Post)
• 17-year-old driving van that rolled | Young Hmong church member may have fallen asleep at wheel (Rocky Mountain News, Denver)
• Denver mourns 5 who died in crash (Associated Press)

Other stories of interest:

• High-profile leaders dispute plagiarism and slander charges | Supporter says Hank Hanegraaff is 'not guilty' of D. James Kennedy's charges (Charisma News Service)
• What it means to be 'born again' | For some,the change hit like a lightning bolt; for others, it came quietly and gradually. Readers share their stories. (The Philadelphia Inquirer)
• Giving in different denominations | Religious giving has reached all-time lows (Philanthropy)
• U.S. Marshals to protect abortion doctor | Ashcroft had been accused of ignoring requests ahead of protests in Kansas (The Washington Post)
• Also: Ashcroft orders U.S. Marshals to protect abortion doctor

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