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Geza Vermes dies at 88; scholar wrote about Dead Sea Scrolls
Geza Vermes was a graduate student in Belgium in the late 1940s when he was captivated by news sweeping the globe about a remarkable discovery in the desert east of Jerusalem. He quickly switched gears, penning his doctoral thesis on the Dead Sea Scrolls,...
Tags: University of Oxford, Teaching and Learning, Religion and Belief, Canterbury, Judaism
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Texas court backs cheerleaders' display of religious banners
Cheerleaders in a small Texas town can continue to display their Bible verse banners at football games, after a district judge ruled Wednesday that their actions did not violate the Constitution. The cheerleaders in the football-dominated town of...
Tags: Religion and Belief, Human Rights, Judges, Crime, Law and Justice, Justice System
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Supreme Court rules in favor of Monsanto in seed-patenting case
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court gave a victory to Monsanto and other makers of patented seeds Monday, ruling they can prohibit farmers from growing a second crop from their genetically engineered seeds. In a unanimous decision, the court said the...
Tags: Genetic Engineering, Patents, Copyrights and Trademarks, Elena Kagan, Fatigue
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Supreme Court weighing public school graduation in a church
WASHINGTON — Can a public high school hold its graduation ceremony in a local church? The Supreme Court has been pondering that question in its private conference for six weeks, discussing whether to take up a Wisconsin case that could reset the...
Tags: Symbols and Symbolism, Church and State Relations, Islam, Religion and Belief, Christianity
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Global Voices: Ahmadis' mission of peace in an age of terror
This post has been updated and corrected. See the notes below for details.Just weeks after the terrorist bombings at the Boston Marathon, the global leader of the world’s 10-million-plus Ahmadiyya Muslim Community has brought his religion’s message of peace, public service and uplift to the faithful of Southern...Tags: Church and State Relations, Islam, United Nations, Religion and Belief, Elections
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Football: Catholic Athletic Assn. approves new leagues for 2014
Varsity Times InsiderThe Catholic Athletic Assn. voted Tuesday to approve new football leagues beginning with the 2014 season. The 26 schools approved a proposal from Serra. The new leagues: League 1: Alemany, St. Bonaventure, Chaminade, Crespi, Oaks Christian. League 2:... -
North Caucasus to Boston: Rise and fall of the Tsarnaev brothers
Anzor Tsarnaev was tough, a championship boxer back home, and he wanted his oldest boy to be tough too. Rain or shine, like a scene from "Rocky," the wiry Chechen immigrant would ride his bicycle as his son Tamerlan jogged to a Boston-area boxing gym,...
Tags: Music, Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, Islam, Entertainment, Science and Technology
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Global Voices: Author reflects on thwarted Afghanistan invasions
“Those who don’t know history are destined to repeat it.” Nowhere has that admonishment by 18th century statesman and philosopher Edmund Burke been ignored with such disastrous consequences as in Afghanistan. The imperial British...
Tags: Government, National Government, Afghanistan, Barack Obama, Hamid Karzai
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'Paradise' runneth over for Ulrich Seidl
Austrian director Ulrich Seidl makes a habit of blurring boundaries: his documentaries include staged scenes, and his dramas feature nonprofessional actors who are sometimes playing versions of themselves. But there is little middle ground when it comes...
Tags: Entertainment, Paradise (movie), Religion and Belief, Christianity, Berlin (Germany)
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Uganda priest ostracized for publicizing sexual abuse
KAMPALA, Uganda — He is a celebrity across eastern and central Africa, a gospel music star known to many as the "Dancing Priest." But for years he also was a keeper of painful secrets — his own and many others'. In going public, Anthony...
Tags: Music, Roman Catholic Sex Abuse Scandal, Abusive Behavior, Entertainment, Uganda
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For the record
Safety recall: In the April 30 Business section, an article about a Nissan safety recall said that Maxxis — Nissan's spare tire supplier — had a faulty inflation gauge on an air pump and was either overinflating or underinflating spare tires....Tags: Patents, Copyrights and Trademarks
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Tribeca 2013: In 'Trials of Muhammad Ali,' a counterpoint to '42'
NEW YORK--When a championship boxer like Muhammad Ali felt disrespected by another fighter, he might have been expected to do what most boxers would: knock his opponent's lights out. But the icon took a different route when faced with a rival he...
Tags: Entertainment, Tribeca, Religion and Belief, Jackie Robinson, Rashied Ali
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