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7. 7 charged for dismantling campus pro-life display | Northern Kentucky University professor Sally Jacobsen and six students face misdemeanor charges of criminal mischief and theft by unlawful taking, prosecutor Justin Verst said (Associated Press)
   
   

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Arts and entertainment:

1. LDS film prompts warning by theater | Horton Plaza 14 Theater in San Diego warns patrons that States of Grace is "a Mormon film, not a Christian film" (Daily Herald, Provo, Ut.)
   
   
2. Christian rock and mainstream music move closer together | In an overwhelmingly Christian country, it may seem strange that Christian rock exists as a niche genre; if rock better reflected American demographics, then secular rock would be the niche (The New York Times)
   
   
3. Finn Eurovision hopes "don't want to burn in hell" | Christian groups in Finland and in Greece, which hosts a televised song contest in May, denounce the band Lordi as Satanists and the Greek Consumers' Union wants them banned (Reuters)
   
   
4. I want my_____ TV | Expanding ethnic, religious networks find it tough cracking cable lineup in the region (The Boston Globe)
   
   
5. Carroll parents split over post-prom movie | A group of Carroll High School parents is outraged that the school's parent organization is sponsoring a post-prom trip to see the film "The Da Vinci Code" in May (The Journal Gazette, Ft. Wayne, Ind.)
   
   

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Books:

1. 'Peter, Paul, and Mary Magdalene' | Religion scholar Bart D. Ehrman, who chairs the Department of Religious Studies at the University of North Carolina, talks about his new book, Peter, Paul, and Mary Magdalene: The Followers of Jesus in History and Legend (Fresh Air, NPR)
   
   
2. 'Sanctuary': Images from the house that shelters the soul | Jason Miccolo Johnson's Soul Sanctuary is a new book of photographs from black churches in big cities and small towns across the American landscape (The Washington Post)
   
   
3. Pushed into a corner | An interview with Eyal Press, author of Absolute Convictions: My Father, a City, and the Conflict that Divided America, about abortion and its historically complex relationship with America (The American Prospect)
   
   

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Orlando's Holy Land Experience:

1. Holy Land Experience might be safe from tax man | House gives initial approval to exemption for theme park (The Orlando Sentinel)
   
   
2. Update: House approves Holy Land exemption (The Orlando Sentinel, second item)
   
   

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