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Politics :

1. Tory leader proposes tax breaks for moms | British Conservative leader David Cameron is supporting a plan to offer tax breaks to women who stay home with their young children. (UPI)
   
   
2. N.Korea accuses U-S of blocking its religious delegation | North Korea today accused the United States of suppressing religion by allegedly blocking the entry of its religious delegation into the country and demanded an apology. (Associated Press)
   
   
3. Latest bid in battle for cross is rejected | 'The moment of truth is upon us,' Aguirre says (Union-Tribune, San Diego)
   
   

Television :

1. Televangelists want Calif. TV station | Televangelists revive offer for PBS affiliate after court ruling on sale (Associated Press)
   
   
2. Bill Moyers set for 'Faith & Reason' | With an eye toward charting some common ground, and exploring the richness of that terrain, "Bill Moyers on Faith & Reason" presents seven weekly hourlong sessions with writers of wildly varying positions on belief and disbelief — and who collectively disavow any simple either-or polarity. (Associated Press)
   
   
3. Thoughtful television | 'Moyers on Faith' (Jonathan Storm, Philadelphia Inquirer)
   
   

Film & theater :

1. Film rating upsets Christian groups | 'Facing the Giants' received a PG rating (ABC News)
   
   
2. 'Jesus' amusing and profound | Over its 100-year history, it's likely Cal Performances has presented few if any Christian religious services in its annual potpourri of arts programs. (Contra Costa Times)
   
   

Crime :

1. U.S. flag from Iraq stolen from church | A U.S. flag that once flew at a Pentagon base in Iraq has been stolen from the suburban Chicago church it was given to in December. (UPI)
   
   
2. Minister blames attorney for convictions | The evangelical minister who counts homosexuality and "wicked, sick, perverted rap music" among the contributors to society's ills now blames his conviction for soliciting sexual favors from a borough boy on his defense attorney. (Chester Daily Local, Pa.)
   
   
3. Thieves take wood meant for ACTS shelter roof | The local charity Area Christians Together in Service fell victim to larceny sometime between May 18 and June 1. (Henderson Daily Dispatch, N.C.)
   
   

More articles of interest :

1. Pastor says man discounted wife's talk of suicide before cliff plunge | A Sunday school teacher from Staten Island who the police say killed herself in a plunge from a cliff last week had talked to her husband about suicide recently, the family's pastor said yesterday. But the husband, who has pleaded not guilty to a charge of assisting a suicide, took her comments as emotional outbursts rather than literal warnings, the pastor said. (The New York Times)
   
   
2. Stepping out of the shadows | Black synagogue testifies to Judaism's diversity (South Bend Tribune, Ind.)
   
   
3. Decyfer Down mixes rock 'n' roll and religion on the road | The Morehead City-based Decyfer Down has been spreading the gospel of rock 'n' roll — make that the gospel and rock 'n' roll — for "eight hard years." (New Bern Sun Journal, N.C.)
   
   
4. Finns pass anti-prostitution law | The Finnish parliament has approved new legislation aimed at curbing human trafficking in the sex trade. (BBC)
   
   

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