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3. Getting lawyers to reset moral compass | The idea that lawyers need a dose of spirituality finds a modern prophet in Northeastern University law professor David Hall, who says his profession is in depression and must openly reclaim spiritual values to reconnect with its noble mission (Rich Barlow, The Boston Globe)
   
   
4. Restaurant, Baptist church battle over liquor license | A vegetarian restaurant and lounge and a Baptist church in Northwest are battling over the restaurant's application for a liquor license. The church says the restaurant is located near a school and cannot have the license (The Washington Times)
   
   
5. Spotlight on 'mega church' business management | Black Enterprise will focus on business and religion (KTVT, Dallas)
   
   
6. Do faith-driven investors risk screening out profits? | They come in many flavors: mutual funds for Catholics, Lutherans, Mennonites, even followers of Islam. But how do religious investors balance moral principles with the need to earn decent returns? (The Christian Science Monitor)
   
   

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Trinity Broadcasting Network gets tax windfall:

1. Trinity tax refund bigger than expected | Church exemption means $396,000 from city, county (The Tennessean, Nashville)
   
   
2. Sunday: Christian TV empire savors a tax blessing | Trinity gets 'church' status, a refund (The Tennessean, Nashville)
   
   
3. Trinity Broadcasting has wealth and critics | The wealth of Trinity Broadcasting Network has raised eyebrows and added to criticism about its operation (The Tennessean, Nashville)
   
   
4. Trinity programs seen in 'just about every country' | Trinity Broadcasting Network today owns about 36 full-power stations, is carried via about 40 satellites around the world and is broadcast in "just about every country," TBN attorney John Casoria said (The Tennessean, Nashville)
   
   

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People :

1. A powerful preacher who tries to deflect public acclaim | The Rev. John Stott, who appeared in Manhattan, is seen by many as one of the two or three top figures in evangelical Christianity over the last half-century (The New York Times)
   
   
2. The fall and rise of Carlton Pearson | Followers, media spotlight are returning to outcast preacher (The Dallas Morning News)
   
   
3. Q&A with David Coffey | 'There are 6 million Nigerian Baptists' says president of the Baptist World Alliance (The Dallas Morning News)
   
   

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Deaths:

1. Rev. Earl Stallings, 89, pastor praised by jailed Dr. King, dies | In 1963 the Rev. Earl Stallings risked the rejection of his own white congregation, and worse, by seating African-American worshipers among them at his Easter service (The New York Times)
   
   
2. Henry M. Morris, 87, a theorist of creationism, dies | Dr. Morris's writings provided the intellectual underpinnings for attacks on evolution as an account of world history (The New York Times)
   
   
3. His voice led the way | Accident at city church takes minister's life and leaves his good friend 'inconsolable' (The Hartford Courant, Ct.)
   
   

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Other articles of interest:

1. Religion news in brief | Aid to Palestinians defended; Richmond loses Methodist forum; Initiative links faith, foreign policy (The Washington Post)
   
   
2. World must stand up to religious censors | Hold groups accountable for their actions (Marci A. Hamilton, USA Today)
   
   
3. The return of the happy housewife | The more traditional a marriage is, sociologists found, the higher the percentage of happy wives (Charlotte Allen, Los Angeles Times)
   
   

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