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Angel quits job to model Proverbs 31

A former Victoria’s Secret Angel was inspired to go public with her choice to quit her job as a lingerie model by the Live 31 Movement begun by a group of Baylor freshmen.

Romney makes religion a key election issue

Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney said Tuesday that President Barack Obama’s administration has “fought against religion” and sought to substitute a “secular” agenda for one grounded in faith.

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NYPD monitoring of Muslim students sparks outrage

Yale University is condemning the monitoring of Muslim college students across the Northeast by the New York Police Department, calling it “antithetical to the values of Yale, the academic community, and the United States,” while Rutgers University and leaders of student Muslim groups are calling for investigations into the monitoring.

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MIT chip may someday replace repeated immunizations

There might be a sigh of relief coming from doctors and patients in the next few years.

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Alleged pumpkin thief won’t plead guilty

A 23-year-old college student from New Mexico is scheduled to go to trial for allegedly stealing a small pumpkin worth two dollars.

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Unpaid interns claim they were exploited

The handling of unpaid internships is being challenged by former interns who claim they were exploited by Fox Searchlight Pictures.

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TCU drug bust highlights bigger, national problem

Maybe this week’s drug bust at TCU shouldn’t surprise anyone.

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Birth control debate reaches Mass.

The debate over the line between religious freedom and federal health care mandates has made its way into Massachusetts’ closely watched U.S. Senate race, with Republican Sen. Scott Brown accusing his chief Democratic rival of wanting to “dictate to religious people about what they should believe.”

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FEMA trailers hit the road

The last of the once-ubiquitous FEMA trailers has been removed from New Orleans more than six years after floodwalls and levees broke during Hurricane Katrina and caused the city to fill with floodwater.

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Judge grants Sandusky local jury for sex abuse trial

A judge rejected requests by prosecutors that jurors be brought in from outside the State College area to hear the child sex-abuse case against former Penn State assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky.

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