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Homosexual Marriage Legalized in DC

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Chief Justice John Roberts of the Supreme Court rejected on Tuesday a request from opponents of gay marriage to put on hold a new law that allows same-sex couples to wed in Washington, D.C.
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The government reports 78 dead and warns that the toll will rise. The jolt flattens buildings, downs phone lines and creates a "state of catastrophe" in central Chile.
american-baptists-haiti-1384.jpgEight American missionaries were freed from a Haitian jail Wednesday, nearly three weeks after being charged with child kidnapping for trying to take a group of children out of the quake-stricken country.
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Resilience wins. Saints quarterback Drew Brees and coach Sean Payton celebrate after New Orleans beat Indianapolis 31-17 in Super Bowl XLIV for the franchise's first NFL championship.
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White House officials, lawmakers from Capitol Hill, and leaders of countries from around the world were among the thousands of guests in Washington Thursday for the National Prayer Breakfast.
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If church attendance is one measure of a man's faith, then President Obama may appear to have lost some of his. The first family, once regular churchgoers, have publicly attended services in Washington just three times in the past year, by ABC News' count, even bypassing the pews on Christmas Day.
obama-state-union-cp-802718.jpgThe president used his State of the Union address to cover many topics. He responded to deep public resentment of how Washington rescued the teetering financial sector at taxpayers' expense.
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Obama to offer modest proposals intended to appeal to people struggling financially.

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"We created the Virtual March for Life to encourage people to be here... and to give voice to countless Americans who can't be in Washington, but wish they could."
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President Obama said today that he believes he lost a direct connection to the American people in his first year in office because he focused too heavily on policymaking.
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Liberal Massachusetts voted, Tuesday, to put a Republican in the vacant seat left by the late Sen. Ted Kennedy. With all but 3 percent of precincts counted, GOP candidate Scott Brown held the lead over opponent Martha Coakley, 52 percent to 47 percent.
obama-rel-free-day.jpgPresident Obama proclaimed Jan. 16 as Religious Freedom Day in the United States in commemoration of a statute passed by America's forefathers that declared freedom of religion as a natural right of all humanity.
haiti-people-des.jpgAfter the earth shook more violently in Haiti than it has in two centuries, its citizens hunkered down for the night, awaiting daylight Wednesday to ascertain the full scope of death and devastation.
The high rate of sexual abuse of juveniles in U.S. prisons is unacceptable, declared the ministry Prison Fellowship in response to a government report released this week.
al-qaida-suspect-2003.jpgAn al-Qaida affiliate in Yemen apparently ordered the Christmas Day plot against a U.S. airliner, training and arming the 23-year-old Nigerian man accused in the failed bombing, President Barack Obama said Saturday. 
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The Obama administration pledged Thursday to close gaps in the intelligence system that enabled a suspected terrorist carrying explosives to board a U.S.-bound plane, and vowed to create a better system for sharing and analyzing the information that floods the intelligence community.
People all across the world rang in the New Year Thursday night with spectacular celebrations. Many Americans have high hopes for 2010 after weathering a tumultuous 2009 marred by terror attacks, war and one of the worst economic recessions in history.

World Readies to Ring in 2010

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fireworks-new-year-1610.jpgUnder explosive bursts of crimson, purple and blue, more than 1 million New Year revelers in Sydney got one of the world's biggest parties started Thursday - bidding farewell to the tough year that was 2009 and welcoming a new decade.
presprayerteam-logo.jpgA national organization promoting prayer for our nation's leaders has revealed the locations across the United States which pray the most for those in authority over us -- and the results are quite surprising.

Obama Exhausted After Fast-Paced Year

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obama-tired-salute.jpgAfter a sleepless, overnight flight to Oslo to accept the Nobel Peace Prize earlier this month, President Barack Obama made a not altogether surprising admission. He was tired.

Where Does the Story of Christmas Begin?

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bethleham-star.jpgAs the celebration of Christmas fast approaches, our attention quickly goes to the familiar words of the infancy narratives found in the Gospels of Matthew and Luke. This is a healthy reflex. 
obama-botw.jpgPresident Obama visited a Boys & Girls Club in Washington, D.C. yesterday to deliver some cookies and talk about the baby Jesus.

Obama Answers His Black Critics

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barack-obama-speaking-502.jpgPresident Barack Obama had a chat with White House correspondent April Ryan of American Urban Radio Networks on Monday to answer critics who say he isn't showing enough compassion toward black America.
grinning-dems.jpgIt was the middle of the night in Washington, but all 100 senators were gathered in the Capitol for a key procedural vote on health care reform legislation.
james-bain-221.jpgFor years, James Bain insisted he was home watching TV with his twin sister when a 9-year-old boy was kidnapped and raped.
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