Wednesday, February 10, 2010
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Severely injured children are dying in Haiti because volunteer pilots are wary about airlifting kids out of the country to U.S … 
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U.S.
- Snow shuts down federal government, life goes on - 09:33 PM
- NY governor says he'll step aside only 'in a box' - 11:12 PM
- Space shuttle Endeavour pulls in at space station - 01:20 AM
- LA-area foothills under mudslide threat - 11:41 PM
- Anthem asked to justify rate hike in California - 09:51 PM
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Black History Month
Second Baptist Church at forefront of education values
The church's role in education is deeply rooted in African-American heritage, historians say. People learned how to read the Bible by moonlight. Phonics was taught by pronunciations of Kings in the Old Testament.Children and adults learned math by studying their past through the building of Egyptian pyramids. And Negro spirituals such as "Wade in the Water" provided the first maps for slaves seeking freedom. - 02/09/2010
'God was with him' during swine flu
St. Clair Shores' priest makes miracle recovery from flu
St. Clair Shores --The Rev. Gerry Bernier figures God must have been in the driver's seat the night of Nov. 16, when he ended up in Romulus -- 32 miles from his church's rectory -- wearing only his pajamas in 40-degree weather. - 02/06/2010
Suit over hijab may be settled
Detroit -- The federal lawsuit against a local judge who ordered a Muslim woman to remove her religious head covering last fall could be settled by a federal magistrate. - 02/04/2010
Pope scolds Fiat for plant closure
Rome -- These days, it seems beleaguered Italian automaking could use a little divine intervention. After car giant Fiat SpA announced plans to shut auto production at its Sicilian plant, Pope Benedict XVI waded into worldly matters to urge the company to keep the jobs in Italy. - 02/04/2010
Pastors group supports state-appointed academic chief for DPS
The Council of Baptist Pastors of Detroit and Vicinity are putting their support behind a state-appointed leader of academics for Detroit Public Schools. - 02/03/2010
Area faithful give to Haiti
Garden City -- The outpouring of generosity has surprised even the Rev. John Hearn Jr. When the pastor of Christian Faith Ministries asked area churches for relief aid for post-quake Haiti, he worried he wouldn't have enough to fill the cargo plane arranged to make the delivery to Port-au-Prince this week. - 02/03/2010
Detroit church's housing initiative still fills void in Midtown
The Rev. Nicholas Hood II recalled recently the view in 1963 outside the Midtown church he had led for the previous five years. - 02/02/2010
Mayor urges prayer for Detroit
Detroit -- Dorothy Sikes said the power of prayer could give the city a much-needed jolt. On Sunday, Sikes joined hundreds of city residents, other Metro Detroiters and Mayor Dave Bing at the Tabernacle Missionary Baptist Church to do just that: pray. - 02/01/2010
Belleville church holds 12-hour arts marathon for Haiti
Belleville -- With a goal of raising $1,000 an hour, the POWER Centre Church International and the Life of EmPOWERment will host a Hope for Haiti marathon of arts to raise money for the nation hit hard by a massive earthquake on Jan. 12. - 01/30/2010
Crystal Cathedral makes deep cuts
Garden Grove, Calif. -- The Southern California megachurch founded by televangelist Robert H. Schuller Sr. is selling property, laying off workers and pulling its signature TV program "Hour of Power" from some markets to offset a nearly $8 million drop in revenue. - 01/29/2010
Ex-pope whipped himself
Vatican City -- Pope John Paul II whipped himself with a belt, even on vacation, and slept on the floor as acts of penitence and to bring him closer to Christian perfection, according to a new book by the Polish prelate spearheading his sainthood case. - 01/27/2010
French report wants limits on Muslim face veil
A parliamentary panel that wants Muslim women to stop veiling their faces recommended Tuesday that France ban such garb in public facilities, including hospitals and mass transit, and a leading panel member said he foresees such an interdiction by the end of 2010. - 01/26/2010
Leader in civil rights
Church kicking off bicentennial celebration
Detroit -- Central United Methodist Church has long been one of Metro Detroit's cornerstones of the civil rights movement. - 01/16/2010
Garden City church relieved to hear from Haiti mission workers
It was the best text message the Rev. John Hearn Jr. has ever received. On Thursday morning, a 25-year-old teacher at his missionary school in Port-au-Prince finally replied to the multiple text messages the Garden City minister had sent, trying to find out if she and others had survived the devastating earthquake that hit Haiti on Tuesday. - 01/15/2010
Pope sees woman who knocked him down, forgives her
Vatican City -- Pope Benedict XVI has met with the woman who knocked him over during Christmas Eve Mass and has forgiven her. - 01/13/2010
