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Money & business:

1. Kinkade defends self but says 'sorry' | In a letter to gallery owners, the artist acknowledges that he may have behaved badly (Los Angeles Times)
   
   
2. Religion Today: Firing God? | Connecticut lawmakers are considering a bill that would bar companies from holding mandatory employee meetings where religious or political ideas are discussed. Backers say the legislation could restrict companies' use of corporate chaplains as part of employee support programs (Associated Press)
   
   
3. Mixing work, faith is not a good idea | Prayer, proselytizing should be segregated from business (Editorial, Minneapolis Star-Tribune)
   
   
4. Your doctor may be more spiritual than you think | 76% of the doctors believe in God and 59% believe in some sort of afterlife (Newsday)
   
   

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Entertainment and media:

1. Heavenly Hollywood | The 168 Hour Film Festival gives a new generation of Christian filmmakers a big screen to play with (Pasadena Weekly, Ca.)
   
   
2. The God factor | Sun-Times religion reporter Cathleen Falsani finds God in unlikely places (Wednesday Journal, Oak Park, Ill.)
   
   
3. German rock under fire for God song | Europe's Mohammed cartoon controversy has claimed a German rock band as its latest victim. Germany's top music awards show cancelled a performance of the church-critical song "God is a Popstar," by the band Oomph! (Deutsche Welle, Germany)
   
   
4. 'Godcasts' spread word on 'Net | Churches use technology for outreach (Tennessean, Nashville)
   
   

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Abuse :

1. Top U.S. bishop accused of sex abuse | Bishop William Skylstad issued a statement Wednesday categorically denying the accusation, saying he has not violated the vow of celibacy he took 47 years ago (Associated Press)
   
   
2. 102 Dublin priests eyed for child abuse | The Roman Catholic Church in Ireland, rocked for a decade by sex scandals, on Wednesday made its biggest admission yet: 102 of its Dublin priests past and present, or 3.6 percent of the total, are suspected of abusing children (Associated Press)
   
   
3. Attorneys work on accord in seminary abuse cases | Lawyers say 23 men could receive $1 million each in their suit against church and Franciscans (Los Angeles Times)
   
   
4. Ministry leader accused of raping woman | Fort Washington church suspends member over charges in Fairfax City (The Washington Post)
   
   
5. Priests urge bishop to use mediator | It worked for New York City transit workers, so why not for Long Island Catholics? (Newsday)
   
   

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Miracles :

1. Lourdes moots "miracle lite" for sudden healings | The Roman Catholic pilgrimage shrine at Lourdes may introduce a kind of "miracle lite" category for sudden unexplained recoveries because modern medicine increasingly refuses to declare any disease incurable (Reuters)
   
   
2. Lourdes introduces miracle-lite | Exasperated at the refusal of modern medicine to declare any disease incurable, the Roman Catholic pilgrimage shrine at Lourdes plans to introduce a kind of "miracle lite" category for sudden unexplained recoveries (The Scotsman)
   
   
3. Lourdes finds cure for lack of miracles: a less strict definition | Miracles, like much else in the Catholic church, aren't what they used to be (The Guardian, London)
   
   

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Other stories of interest :

1. Very little 'versus' yet in Roberts' high court | Unanimous decisions were those on such normally contentious issues as abortion protests, religious liberty, the death penalty and antitrust law (Los Angeles Times)
   
   
2. French kings drawn into Da Vinci clash | Copyright claimant wilts in the witness box as the books are subjected to a line-by-line comparison (The Times, London)
   
   
3. Pope asks kidnappers to free boy | Pope Benedict XVI has pleaded for the immediate release of a 17-month-old epileptic Italian boy kidnapped from his home near Parma last Thursday (BBC)
   
   

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