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White House didn't foresee birth control backlash

Sat, 11 Feb 2012 11:13:18 -0500

It's not like he wasn't warned.

First lady talks fitness with religious leaders

Sat, 11 Feb 2012 11:15:24 -0500

Michelle Obama is spending her Saturday morning at a Florida church, talking with religious leaders about their role in helping people eat better and become more physically fit.

Penn class teaches students how to live like monks

Sat, 11 Feb 2012 12:44:19 -0500

Looking for a wild-and-crazy time at college? Don't sign up for Justin McDaniel's religious studies class.

No discipline planned at North Dakota degree mill

Sat, 11 Feb 2012 12:18:55 -0500

The chancellor of North Dakota's university system says no immediate discipline is planned for any Dickinson State University employees in the wake of an audit determining the school awarded hundreds of degrees to foreign students who didn't earn them.

Remains in Calif. ID'd as serial killers' victim

Sat, 11 Feb 2012 13:06:23 -0500

Human remains uncovered in Northern California with the help of a convicted serial killer have been preliminarily identified as one of his victims.

Parents: Hazed students not allowed to play sports

Sat, 11 Feb 2012 11:49:32 -0500

The parents of two boys who say they were punched during high school baseball hazing rituals say they're being victimized again — this time because they aren't being allowed to play sports after switching schools.

Deadline nears, Obama wants payroll tax cut action

Sat, 11 Feb 2012 06:00:00 -0500

President Barack Obama is pressuring Congress to extend a payroll tax cut for the rest of the year as another deadline nears for Congress to act or see taxes go up for millions of working people.

Police seek man after 3 found dead in Wash. home

Sat, 11 Feb 2012 12:56:13 -0500

Police have identified a "person of interest" in the homicide investigation of a woman and two children whose bodies were found in a home in north Spokane.